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The identity conundrum
HINDUISM IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE — Reform, Hindutva, Gender, and Sampraday: Antony Copley — Editor; Oxford University Press, 2/11, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 595. THE BOOK under review, which is a volume of ...


Social work practice
SOCIAL WORK AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Elisabeth Richert; Rawat Publication, 3-NA-20, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur-302004. Rs. 650. THIS IS one of those rare books dealing with social work practice that can profitably be used in colleges and ...
Biography of a polymath
APPAYYA DIKSHITAR — A Biography (Tamil): Y. Mahalinga Sastri; Pub. by M. Rangarajan, No. 6, Ramanathan Street, Mahalingapuram, Chennai-600034. Rs. 35. THE WORK under review written on a brief scale gives a vivid account of the ...
Land reforms in Tamil Nadu
LAND REFORMS IN INDIA — Tamil Nadu — An Unfinished Task. Vol. 9: M. Thangaraj — Editor; Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., B-42, Panchsheel Enclave, New Delhi-110017. Rs. 620. THIS VOLUME (ninth in the series) is the ...
Musings on life
GREAT HEIGHTS — An Anthology of Poems: S. Padmapriya; Pub. by D. Ramabai, D-2, Bay View Apartments, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai-600090. Rs. 50. CURRENT AFFAIRS, the goings-on in the everyday world and the environment ...
Minor Jain epic
CULAMANI VOLUMES I AND II: Translated by P. Pandian; Research Foundation for Jainology, 18, Ramanjua Aiyar Street, Sowcarpet, Chennai-600079. Rs. 700 (for the set). "CULAMANI" LITERALLY means the crest-jewel or diadem. Here, it ...
Reminiscences
SCIENCE AS A WAY OF LIFE — A Biography of C.N.R. Rao: Mohan Sundara Rajan; Prism Books Pvt. Ltd., 1865, 32nd Cross, Bangalore-560070. Rs. 235. THE BOOK under review is fascinating, for it gives the reminiscences of C.N.R. Rao who ...
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Authors and publishers are welcome to send copies of their books to The Hindu for review. While every effort will be made to acknowledge receipt of the books under "New Arrivals", the decision to review a book rests entirely with the ...
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TAMIL
Anthology of short stories
VEZHAVENDHAN SIRUKATHAIGAL: Kaa.Vezhavendhan;. Vendhar Pathippagam, 78/103, Dr.Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai-600004. Rs. 60. A RECIPIENT of the 2002 Kalaignar award for excellence in Tamil language and literature, the author, ...
TELUGU
Purana in contemporary mould
BHAGAVATHA HRIDAYAMU: Ekkirala Krishnamacharya; Dhara Radhakrishnamurti — Compiler; Master EK Book Trust, Swetha Dweepam, Chinamurishivada, Visakhapatnam-531173. Rs. 80. SRIMAD BHAGAVATA is a sacred text wherein subjects besides ...
MALAYALAM
Profile of modern society
VARSHIKAREKHA — Novel: Valsalan Vathussery; DC Books, Kottayam-686001. Rs. 60. A NOVEL always provides a more faithful image of everyday life than that can be achieved by any other literary form. There is always something novel ...
HINDI
Social activism
BARI BARNA KHOL DO — Novel: Sulochana Rangeya Raghava; Bharatiya Jnanpith, 18 Institutional area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003. Rs. 195. THIS NOVEL is based on the life history of Krishnaswamy Iyengar and his wife Janaki. It ...
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