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A Bird’s Eye View
A two-volume collection of short writings of Salim Ali has been painstakingly ferreted out and put together by Salim Ali’s former student Tara Gandhi. This body of Salim Ali’s work has never before been gathered together into a book. Tara
Gandhi presents a fascinating array of topics as diverse as the Indian landscapes and birdlife that were Salim Ali’s passion. Whether it is the colours of a bird’s feathers or the ecology of the Himalaya mountains or an insightful conservation message, Salim Ali’s evocative writing style makes reading these two volumes enormously pleasurable.
Salim Ali
Edited by Tara Gandhi
Price: Rs. 1495 (2-volume set) Individual volumes not available separately
Tale of courage
Medeleine Brent’ tells an exciting tale of a spirited red-headed girl whose wilfulness and courage win hearts and bring trouble upon her wherever she goes, a girl who has driven herself unsparingly to attain a rare skill as a circus artiste, but whose ambition is to become a doctor. The story moves from the warm bustling atmosphere of a travelling circus to the cold correctness of English country house society, and back again to Eastern Europe before all the complex strands are finally unravelled. It is packed with incident and feeling and will thrill not only her numerous fans but a whole new reading public.
Kirkby’s Changeling
Price: Rs 295
A Certain Ambiguity
A Certain Ambiguity’ is about Ravi Kapoor, who discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had faced many decades earlier – and that had landed him in jail. Charged under an obscure blasphemy law in a small New Jersey town in 1919, Vijay Sahni was challenged by a skeptical judge to defend his belief that the certainty of mathematics can be extended to all human knowledge- including religion. Both Vijay and Ravi discover the power – and the fallibility – of what has long been considered the pinnacle of human certainty, Euclidean geometry.
As grandfather and grandson struggle with the question of whether there can ever be absolute certainty in mathematics or life, they are forced to reconsider their fundamental beliefs and choices. Their stories hinge on the explorations of parallel developments in the study of geometry and infinity – and the mathematics throughout is as rigorous and fascinating as the narrative and characters are compelling and complex.
Gaurav Suri and Hartosh Singh Bal; Rs. 450
The art of drawing
If you like to draw, this book is for you. ‘The Basics of Pen Drawing’ published by Unicorn Art Books teach you how to master the art of drawing your favourite things. Each delightful book is brimming with simple step by step instructions
to show how you can transform basic shapes into beautiful pictures. Tips are an added feature in every book of this series that will help to create life-like presentations very easily.
Price: Rs 72
Soaring in the sky
Aerial photography is prohibited in India. It can be done only with the permission from various government agencies. It is for this reason that there are hardly any substantial books on India from the air. For the first time, Nicolas Chorier achieves
this feat by using the fascinating technique of kite photography (taking aerial pictures by using a kite to lift the camera). The book showcases the finest work of the French photographer. Spectacular views of the wonders of India, jewels such as Amber Fort, Mehrangarh Fort, Nagaur Fort, Pushkar, Chittorgarh, Taj Mahal, Hampi, Mamallapuram and the beaches and backwaters of Kerala.
Accompanying the pictures is the photographer’s anecdotal take on his India odyssey. A French photographer, Nicolas has been an exponent of kite photography for over 10 years. He has shot extensively all over the world, and his pictures on the Nagaur Fort were part of a report that received the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for architectural conservation. Documentaries on him have been screened on French TV, and he has had several exhibitions of his work worldwide.
Nicolas Chorier
(Courtesy A.A. Husain & Co.)
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