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VIEWPOINT Time for a reality check PADMINI MONGIA demands that there be some relationship between a book, the advance on it, a generous review or the praise song on the jacket.
No moral centres`South Africa is no longer a place where the issues are black and white. Hardly surprising, that out of this landscape comes a writer whose canvas is every shade of grey in between.'
Poet of the heart `No one has done more for Indian poetry in English than Ezekiel ... It is not Mumbai alone that will mourn for Nissim.' KEKI N. DARUWALLA remembers.
CLASSICS REVISITED 
Hungry soulREADERS who get nothing out of classics have not yet come across writers who are truly original, who do not set out to fabricate new forms of expression, or invent theories merely for the sake of appearing new. They attain their originality ... 
BOOKWATCHSANDIPAN DEB'S book, The IITians: The Story of a Remarkable Indian Institution and How Its Alumni are Reshaping the World, could not have been better timed. It hit the stands at a time when the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and ... WORDSPEAK Cancer as metaphor AN editorial in the Times of India some weeks ago discussed a statement by the Chief Election Commissioner of India. James Lyngdoh had likened Indian politicians to a cancerous growth in society. Although the editorial writer acknowledged ... DIFFERENT REGISTERS 
One's own spaceOFTEN when Republic Day or Independence Day approaches one's mind goes back to those who closely associated themselves with the nation and its cause. It is not the great leaders one thinks of but those whom one has come across in the course of ... 
First ImpressionIT is being billed as India's "first-ever science fiction/ fantasy". Unfortunately some debuts leave you confused. Despite the careful plotting, clever dialogue and even cleverer copy lines, this book fails to enthuse that sense of wonderment ... ENDPAPER 
`Marrying libraries'FOR as long as I can remember I've wanted my soul mate to have read the same books and liked the same writers, but only lately have I begun to see the problem it might pose: once the two of us move in and begin house what are we do with our books ...
Nuts and bolts The recently concluded Chennai Book Fair had some surprises, writes SUBASH JEYAN. EVENTS Show of solidarity LEKHA J.SHANKAR covers the Seawrite Awards, ASEAN's premier literary prize.
PROSE Against abstraction `These essays...have a keen sense of the way it takes all sorts of characters and ideas to compose a genuinely interesting society.' 
Kaleidoscopic journey`The time spanned by these scintillating essays, written between 1952 and 2002 covers a most critical and significant period in both Indian and world history.' FINE ARTS Aesthetics of intimacy `Here is a serious and pain-staking study of the shringara tradition in poetry and paintings, the latter confined to miniatures... ' MEMOIRS Keeping the faith `To face such knowledge and then not to let despair and bitterness engulf you is remarkable. Mariane seems to have achieved that... ' AUTOBIOGRAPHY Read it like a child `The first thing you notice in this book is the absence of provocation and shock that are central to her writings... FACE TO FACE 
Shades of Greene`South Africa is no longer a place where the issues are black and white. Hardly surprising, that out of this landscape comes a writer whose canvas is every shade of grey in between.' NON-FICTION 
Preoccupations`With this work, Shashi Deshpande further entrenches herself in the category of niche writer, because clearly she finds it the safest space from which to discuss her creative work.' CRITICISM 
The transit lounge of cultureThe essays in the Companion ... are more academic ... than literary. Nevertheless, they are all unfailingly insightful, rewarding, even stylish and witty. BIOGRAPHY 
Another glimpse of Nehru`The important question is: Why should there be one more book on Nehru unless the author has fresh information or new insights to share with the reader?' GENDER STUDIES 
Many answers`This is an enterprise that looks at the various ways in which the images and self-images of Indian women are reflected in historical and oral traditions, and in literature, film and theatre... ' FICTION One long scream `Pierre has created a hilarious, haunting and eerily authentic voice for our times.' WORLD AFFAIRS 
Decline and fall of Iraq`Tariq's book is an uncomfortable account emphasising the organised violence of the West... It is consistently humorous and judicious and a fine contribution to our contemporary nightmare of history.' |
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