Tipu Sultan: He fought British and now Hindutva fanatics fighting him
By IndScribe
The BJP's bigotry is well-known as far as Tipu Sultan is concerned. They don't like Tipu and there are reasons.But first...
Anita Desai’s new characters search for wholeness
(IANS Book Review)
By Sourabh Gupta, IANS,
Book: "The Artist of Disappearance"; Author: Anita Desai; Publisher: Random House India; Price: Rs 350; Pages: 176
Adiga, Nilekani begin New Year atop bestseller charts
By IANS,
New Delhi : The roar of the tiger is once again heard this week as Aravind Adiga retains the top spot on the bestseller list in the fiction category with his Booker Prize winning novel as does Nandan Nilekani in the non-fiction category with "Imagining India...".
The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are:
Non fiction
1. "Imagining India: Ideas for the new century"
Author: Nandan Nilekani
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.699.00
2. "Outliers: The Story of Success"
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Allen Lane
Price: Rs.399.00
A mother’s dilemma, a virtual world, Nepal
The nightmare of being the mother of a 27-year-old, looking at a relationship through the lens of virtual reality and a journey through Nepal are some of the hand-picked gems IANS is treating its readers to this weekend. Take a look.
1. Book: Simi's Mum's Diary: The Daughter of All Battles; Author: Rupa Gulab; Publisher: Amaryllis; Pages: 201; Price: Rs. 175
Piecing together nuggets on beloved Bangalore
By Maitreyee Boruah, IANS,
Book: "Multiple City: Writings on Bangalore"; Editor: Anita De; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.399
From Mahatma Gandhi to Winston Churchill, everyone was bowled over by its weather. Today it is called India's tech hub. But Bangalore is not just one city - it is a multiple city, say old timers, travellers, poets, cartoonists and IT professionals writing on why they love the place.
Bengal to release Netaji files on Friday
Kolkata : The West Bengal government will release 64 files related to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Friday.
West Bengal Chief...
March of the Aryans: A window back into debris of time (Book Review)
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: "The March Of The Aryans; Author: Bhagwan S. Gidwani; Publisher: Penguin India; Pages: 680 pages; Price: Rs.599
India’s liberalisation through middle class eyes (Book Review)
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: "The Liberals", Author: Hindol Sengupta; Publisher: Harper Collins India; Pages: 309; Price: Rs.350
Melange of vampires, infanticide, love and Vivekananda
By IANS,
New Delhi : From the world of vampires to poetry from Vivekananda, here are five new books to sit back and enjoy this week:
1. "Beyond Twilight: Explore the World of Vampires" - written by Manuela Dunn Mascetti; published by Shree Book Centre & Pentagon Press; price Rs.395: The latest non-fiction tome from the archives of Count Dracula's mysterious domain tries to probe the range of historical, social, literary and even cinematographic allusions that have brought to life the myths and shadowy figure of the Vampire which skulks in the shadows of sunset.
Poetry, Tibet, business on bookshelf
By IANS,
New Delhi : The bookcase this week is a finely-nuanced spread of poetry, narrative, drama and business.
Book on Pranab’s contribution to education
New Delhi : A book highlighting the contribution of President Pranab Mukherjee to the field of education will be released here on Wednesday.
"The book,...
Book on eminent Indian Muslims released in Patna
By Tarique Anwar and Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: The book "Celebrating India: Reflections on Eminent Indian Muslims 1857-2007" by Meher Fatima Husain of Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi was released by Justice Syed Shah Nayyar Husain, Hon'ble Judge of Patna High Court in a ceremony organized by the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library on December 7, 2008.
Two humble servants of Jesus (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Book: "The Mother and The Sister"; Author: Cyriac Thomas; Publisher: Konark; Pages: 195; Price: Rs.595
Poland-based Urdu poet answers ‘Unmasked Questions’
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: "Unmasked Questions"; Author: Surender Bhutani; Publisher: Wydawca Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Warsaw-based Urdu poet Surender Bhutani's new anthology of English poetry addresses posers on religion, love, freedom, the changing world order, conflicts, metaphysics, literature and even economy - spanning the cycle of human sensibilities and the forces that govern life in this epochal era.
Kashmir, cancer, Buddha and writers – captured in print
By IANS,
New Delhi : The book cache this week is a mix of tomes that is thought-provoking as well as fun.
1. Book: "Nehru's Kashmir"; Compiled by Sati Sahni (photographer);
Flights of imagination: An aeronautical engineer as a famous novelist
By Vikas Datta,
Immersed in aerodynamics, material science, structural analysis and the like, an aeronautical engineer would be the last person expected to be a successful and long-lasting novelist. But there was one who started writing for relaxation and eventually ended up with two dozen intricately-plotted but extremely engrossing works stretching from wartime romances to attempts for redemption to dire apocalyptic scenarios - with views on class, gender and race relations most unprecedented for his era.
India captured in a billion shades (IANS Books)
By IANS,
New Delhi : At a time when there has been a dramatic surge of interest in India, here comes a coffee table book that captures the country in all its colourful glory, chronicling its culture, heritage, plurality, ethos and its multi-dimensional progress.
Compiled by diplomat Amit Dasgupta, "India For a Billion Reasons" (Wisdom Tree), is driven by the growing interest in India globally, driven primarily by the prediction that by 2040 it would become the third largest economy after the US and China.
Hemingway’s works to be available in digital form
By IANS,
Havana : Some 3,000 documents belonging to Nobel laureate US author Ernest Hemingway, one of the 20th century's most influential writers, will be available in digital form, starting Jan 5 - thanks to a project by Cuba's Hemingway Museum here.
The collection under the project contains, apart from his literary works, unedited texts and even insurance policies taken out by the author, EFE news agency reported Wednesday.
Centre trying to subvert spirit of Nehru memorial library: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday condemned what it said were efforts by the BJP government to "subvert and dilute" the essential...
Two Muslims writers selected for Sahitya Akademi Award 2015
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi : Two Muslim writers have been selected among others representing 23 Indian languages for this...
‘The Museum of Innocence’ bounces back to No.1 position
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Becoming Indian" by Pavan K. Varma climbed six steps to become the number one non-fiction book on the bestseller list this week while Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk's "The Museum Of Innocence" bounced back after a month to dominate the fiction section.
Non-fiction
1. "Becoming Indian"
Author: Pavan K. Varma
Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane
Price: Rs.499.00
2. "Victoria and Abdul"
Author: Shrabani Basu
Publisher: Rupa & Co
Price: Rs.395.00
3. "The Difficulty of Being Good: On The Subtle Art of Dharma"
Author: Gurcharan Das
Story of an unsung hero from Uttarakhand
By Suparna Banerjee, IANS,
Book: "Johaar Kinkar: Babu Ram Singh"; Author: Gajendra Singh Pangti; Publisher: Dolka Innovations, New Delhi; Pages: 128; Price: Rs.150
‘Occupy UGC’ movement in Delhi sees students detained, lathicharged
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: The 'Occupy UGC' movement over the scrapping of non-National Eligibility Test (NET) fellowship...
Graphic novels, urban blues & art thefts on book shelf
By IANS,
New Delhi : This weekend, the book cart rolls in light humour and racy stories. Browse with IANS.
1. "Stupid Guy Goes to India (Graphic movel)"; Written by Yukichi
In fine print: Delhi, relationships and thrill
By IANS,
(IANS Books This Week)
New Delhi : Fact, fiction, fun and adventure sprinkle excitement on the bookshelf this week.
पुस्तक समीक्षा : कंधमाल का सच और न्याय प्रक्रिया की हताशा
विद्या भूषण रावत
ओडिशा के कंधमाल क्षेत्र में दलित और ईसाई आदिवासियों के बीच हुए हिंसा में लगभग सौ से अधिक मौतें हुई. ये...
Reconnect to cynicism, mystery and miracles (IANS Books This Week)
By IANS,
New Delhi : Here are five new books to add to your reading list this week:
1. "Serious Men": Written by Manu Joseph; Published by HarperCollins-India; Priced at Rs.499.
Ayyan Mani is just another man in Mumbai, stranded in the "rot" of a good marriage, an unremarkable life and a deadend job as personal assistant to an insufferable astronomer called Arvind Acharya at the Institute of Theory and Research. To breathe some life into the drudgery that has set in, Ayyan weaves an outrageous fiction around his 10-year-old son.
Stuff that make Mumbai fabled
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: "Mumbai Fables"; Author: Gyan Prakash; Publisher: Harper Collins-India; Pages: 352; Price: Rs.425
Artists seeking publicity claim faking of their works: Neville Tuli
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Jaipur : Neville Tuli, chairman and founder of Osian's Connoisseurs of Arts - the country's biggest private art auction house, feels that the lack of authentication of art works in India leads to faking while many artists also claim that their works have been forged to gain publicity.
"Works are not authenticated and art still comes without receipts. This allows room for art to be faked. Moreover, many artists like to claim that their works have been faked to seek easy publicity," Tuli told IANS in an interview.
R.K. Narayan is one of my greatest inspirations: Scottish author
By Sreya Basu, IANS,
Kolkata : Scottish author Alexander Mccall Smith, who has written over 60 books, says he owes his success to noted Indian writer R.K. Narayan, whose works inspired him deeply.
"It was my early days as a writer when I came across Narayan's novel 'The Man-eater of Malgudi'. I read the entire novel at one go and then got engrossed in his other novels. He is one of my greatest inspirations even today when I sit to pen a new novel," Smith told IANS here.
Poet Hali instilled patriotism through his writings: Ansari
By IANS,
Chandigarh : Remembering the eminent poet and social reformer Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali Panipati, Vice President Hamid Ansari said Hali had made efforts to instil a feeling of nationalism in the people through his writings.
Ansari Saturday praised the far-sightedness and the writings of Hali while addressing the gathering on the occasion of a two-day Hali Mela (Nov 22-23) which was organised by Hali Trust at Panipat town in Haryana, some 150 km from here.
Change is an idea in Chanakya’s new manifesto (IANS Book Review)
By IANS,
Book: "Chanakya's New Manifesto: To Resolve Crisis Within India"
Publisher: Aleph Book Company
Price: Rs 295
Pages: 244
By Madhusree Chatterjee
AMU organises seminar on life and works of Ismat Chugtai
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Women’s College, Aligarh Muslim University, is organising a two-day seminar to celebrate the works and life of Urdu literary giant...
दादरी
(Courtesy: indianexpress)
By नदीम ज़फ़र, TwoCircles.net
“अख़लाक़" मर गया
हिंदुस्तान का !
पड़ोसी का हक़?
छोड़िये,
लेकिन,
ज़िंदा रहने का हक़
तो दिया हुआ था,
संविधान का I
सब को गाये...
Indian origin journalist’s book nominated for British literature prize
By IANS,
London : The Times journalist Sathnam Sanghera is the latest British-Asian to blaze a literary trail as his book on the travails of his Sikh immigrant family has been short listed for the biography prize at the British Costa Book Awards for 2008.
The book began as a letter to his mother explaining why he was not ready for an arranged marriage. Sanghera started looking for possible objections from his parents to his decision and that led him to forage his family history from when his parents came to Britain from rural Punjab in India.
Sri Lanka peace process R.I.P.
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Book: "My Belly is White"; Author: Austin Fernando; Publisher: Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo
This is a revealing book on Sri Lanka's now dead peace process, written by one who was in the thick of it all. Austin Fernando was Defence Secretary when Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe signed the Norway-brokered ceasefire agreement (CFA) with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in February 2002. In no time, critics, dominantly from the Sinhalese majority, began to accuse the government of betrayal.
Carnival of beauty, nostalgia and history
By IANS,
New Delhi : The weekend book shelf is a mix of nostalgia, history, drama and good health.
Dhondy book lands as ‘evidence’ in Charles Sobhraj case
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : While Nepal's book stores are yet to start stocking Farrukh Dhondy's recently published potboiler about a serial killer, "The Bikini Murders" is already on its way to one of the most important places in the Himalayan republic - the Supreme Court.
Dhondy's book has been submitted to the office of Nepal Attorney General Raghav Lal Vaidya by the lawyers hired by the family of an American tourist who was killed in 1975.
Book review: Unveiling the Hidden History of Women Ulema
Book Review
Name of the Book: Banat-e Islam Ki Dini Wa Ilmi Khidmat ('The
Religious and Intellectual Contributions of Muslim Women')
Author: Maulana Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri
Publisher: Islamic Book Foundation, 1781 Hauz Suiwalan, New Delhi 110002
Year: 2006
Pages: 104
Price: Rs. 40
Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand
Author: Maulana Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri
Publisher: Islamic Book Foundation, 1781 Hauz Suiwalan, New Delhi 110002
Year: 2006
Pages: 104
Price: Rs. 40
Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand
एक रिफ्यूजी बच्चे की फ़रयाद
डॉक्टर नदीम ज़फर जिलानी, मेनचेस्टर, इंग्लैंड
तंग-दिल लोग हैं ज़मीं पे बहुत
चल सु-ए-आसमाँ करें हिजरत!
कब समुन्दर उबूर कर पाती
नाऊ काग़ज़ की हो गई...
Shringara, India, Karachi on weekend book cart
By IANS,
New Delhi : Enjoy a lazy autumn weekend with a shelf of gripping new titles... Browse with IANS.
‘Diplomacy jogs my mind, writing lets me live’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Exile is the saddest thing that can happen to an individual, says diplomat Navtej Sarna, the author of a new novel on Punjab's last ruler Duleep Singh who died "completely alone" in a cheap hotel room in Paris.
"When you lose your roots and identity, everything you are made of - your culture, history - it's a very sad happening in an individual's life," Sarna, who served as the external affairs ministry spokesperson for six long years and is set to take over as India's Ambassador to Israel, told IANS in an interview here.
‘Super Power?’ is No.1 fiction tome
By IANS,
(IANS Books)
New Delhi : Raghav Bahl's "Super Power?" topped the non-fiction section in the bestseller list this week while "Secrets and Sins" by Jaishree Misra climbed several notches to the number one spot in the fiction category.
The top 10 in each section are:
Non-fiction
1. "Super Power?"
Author: Raghav Bahl
Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane
Price: Rs.699.00
2. "Besieged: Voices from Delhi 1857"
Author: Mahmood Farooqui
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.699.00
3. "Fault Lines"
Author: Raghuram G. Rajan
President to honour scholars with ‘Hindi Sevi Samman’
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee will present the 'Hindi Sevi Samman' for 2012, 2013 and 2014 on Thursday at a function to be...
Tale of magical realism, dark but uplifting too (Book Review)
By IANS,
Book: "The Lost Fragrance"; Author: Amit Dasgupta; Published by: Wisdom Tree; Price: Rs.195.
Ex-Maharashtra IG smashes India’s “Islamic terrorism” myth in a new book
Book: Who Killed Karkare? The Real Face of Terrorism in India
Author: SM Mushrif
Price: Rs 300/ USD 25
Pages: 319
Publisher: Pharos Media (www.pharosmedia.com), New Delhi
By M Zeyaul Haque,
A new book curiously titled Who Killed Karkare? says a nationwide network of Hindutva terror that has its tentacles spread up to Nepal and Israel is out to destroy the India most Indians have known for ages and to remould it into some kind of Afghanistan under the Taliban.
सदमे में एएमयू : 4 दिनों में 10 प्रोफेसर्स की मौत
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।Twocircles.net
"एहसान सर के मौत की खबर सुनकर बहुत तकलीफ हुई," अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय के थियोलॉजी विभाग के प्रोफेसर डॉ० एहसानुल्लाह की स्टूडेंट...
Books: ‘Communalism Explained! – A graphic Account’ launched
By TCN Special Correspondent,
A teacher after your heart, from Ruskin Bond
By Paloma Ganguly, IANS,
Book: "Mr. Oliver's Diary"; Author: Ruskin Bond; Published by Puffin; Price: Rs.150
What, you wonder, can be new in the story of a not-yet-40, bald and a bit lonely teacher at prep school, replete with the antics of juvenile boys, a parrot that screeches "bottoms up", frolicking frogs and a violin-playing headmaster?
But Ruskin Bond, who has more than 30 children's books to his credit, uses all the old tricks to make Christopher Oliver a funny and loveable little hero in the hills of Simla.
For cancer survivor, sun shines in heart
By Vishal Gulati, IANS,
Book: "Sunshine: My Encounter With Cancer", Author: Minakshi Chaudhry: Publisher: Rupa; Price: Rs.195; Pages: 200
‘Our notion of happiness responsible for our suffering’
By IANS,
New Delhi : “If we practise looking deeply, we will see that our notion of happiness may be responsible for our suffering. That is why Buddha advises us to look again deeply into the nature of our desires. We suffer because of them,” says Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, Nobel prize nominee and peace-maker, in his new book “Under the Banyan Tree: Overcoming Fear and Sorrow”.
The insightful book, divided into 10 chapters, transcribes his visit to India in 1996, shows the way to be free, happy and to live in the present.
Great Iranian poet’s book available in Greek
By IRNA,
Tehran : The masterpiece of world literature Masnavi Molavi by the Persian mystic and poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Molavi has been translated into Greek.
The valuable volume was translated into Greek by Lina Mystakidou and was published by the Greece's Sidres Publications.
The 788-page book is sponsored by Iran’s cultural office in Greece.
Sikh detective unravels peculiar murder
By Shubha Singh, IANS,
Book: "Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder"; Author: Shamini Flint; Price: Rs.295; Publisher: Piatkus
Shamini Flint's novel sets the scene for a new series of detective novels starring Singapore Police's inspector Singh.
A Malaysian playboy businessman is murdered and his Singapore-born ex-model wife is charged with the crime. Inspector Singh is sent to Kuala Lumpur to track the murder investigation and ensure that Chelsea Liew gets a fair trial.
White Tiger raises Nepal’s hackles
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Indian author Aravind Adiga's debut novel "The White Tiger" that went on to win the prestigious Booker prize in 2008, has raised hackles in Nepal over what is being regarded as the belittling stereotyping of Nepalis.
"Many English-educated urban Indians have a distorted view of Nepalis," said an article in the Kathmandu Post daily Sunday, calling the novel "shocking" and "blatantly representing Nepalis".
‘India has new generation that can take on the world’
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Author Sanjeev Sanyal, whose new book "The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise After a Thousand Years of Decline" has just hit the stores, feels that India is at a very extraordinary turning point.
India has 74,000 newspapers, Uttar Pradesh leads
By IANS,
New Delhi: Bucking the global recessionary trends in the media, India, the world's most populous democracy, boasts of 74,000 newspapers - with Uttar Pradesh leading the rest of the country in promoting a diversity of views.
"More than 74,000 newspapers are registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI)," Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mohan Jatua said in a written reply during question hour in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.
India’s Aravind Adiga wins Man Booker Prize for White Tiger
By DPA,
London : Indian debut novelist Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 for his work The White Tiger in London Tuesday.
The 33-year-old journalist tells the "story of two Indias" in his book, praised by Booker Prize judges' chairman Michael Portillo as "being in the tradition of Macbeth with a delicious twist."
Adiga is the third first-time novelist to win the 50,000-pound ($86,000) Booker Prize, which is awarded each year for the best novel in the British Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland.
Written by Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, but made in India
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : The ever-growing popularity of Indo-Anglian writing and the publishing boom in India have opened the floodgates for English writers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh as well. Authors from neighbouring countries are increasingly publishing their books in India, which offers them a sizeable audience still hooked to the written word.
They have inched their way up the Indian best-seller lists with powerful books that combine gripping narratives, snapshots of socio-political realities, history and commentaries.
India’s World Cup story: A faithful catalogue (Book Review)
By Sirshendu Panth,
Book: Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge; Author: Ashis Ray; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd; Pages: 202; Price: Rs.499
This is a...
Nandan Nilekani, Aravind Adiga still top bestseller lists
By IANS,
New Delhi : Corporate honcho Nandan Nilekani's "Imagining India" continues to dominate non-fiction this week, as does Aravind Adiga in the fiction category of bestsellers.
The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are:
Non-Fiction
1. "Imagining India: Ideas for the new century"
Author: Nandan Nilekani
Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane
Price: Rs.699.00
2. "Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why the World Needs a Green Revolution - and How..."
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Allen Lane
Price: Rs.595.00
3. "Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate"
Author: Walter Crocker
Jamia Millia Islamia to collaborate with Jamia Hamdard; two sign MoU
Plans also in the offing to offer meta courses by brining AMU also on board
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: On the sidelines...
Book on Rajnikant to be released as audio cassette, CD
By IANS,
Bangalore : Capturing the struggling days and the "mysteries behind the persona" of Tamil superstar Rajnikant, a Kannada book about the actor will soon be released in audio cassette and CD format, officials of an audio company said.
The book, titled "Vikshiptha Vichithra", was brought out three years ago on the eve of the release of Rajnikant's blockbuster film "Sivaji" directed by Shankar.
The contents of the book were also serialised in Kannada's leading daily Vijaya Karnataka, in which the author, Mahesh Devashetty, works as a senior sub-editor.
Urdu Magazine Ma’arif completes 100 years of publishing
By TCN News
Bijnor (UP): To commemorate 100 years of Ma’arif, a monthly Urdu magazine, a symposium titled, “Hundred years of Ma’arif: a...
Maharaja in Denims: Punjab’s turbulent history through regression (Book Review)
By Jaideep Sarin, IANS,
Title: Maharaja in Denims; Author: Khushwant Singh; Publisher: Amaryllis; Pages: 175; Price: Rs.250
For a state that is almost always intoxicated with...
Savouring the taste of Tagore’s favourite dishes
By Sreya Basu, IANS,
Kolkata : Many are familiar with Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's literary works and songs, but ever thought of tasting the bard's favourite dishes?
Now Kolkata can boast of a cafeteria-cum-restaurant, Cafe The, where people can get a taste of Tagore's culinary indulgences - all under one roof.
Fatima Bhutto’s book tops bestseller list again
By IANS,
New Delhi : In a super run for late Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto's niece Fatima Bhutto, her "Songs of Blood and Sword" completes a month on top of the non-fiction list while Amish Tripathi's "The Immortals of Meluha" dominates fiction this week.
The top 10 bestsellers in each category are:
Non-fiction
1. "Songs of Blood and Sword"
Author: Fatima Bhutto
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.699.00
2. "The Big Short"
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: Allen Lane
Price: Rs.599.00
3. "Freefall"
Author: Joseph Stiglitz
Gender empowerment must start at home: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Gender empowerment should start from our homes to achieve our goals at the societal level, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Saturday.
"We...
Extension lecture on Sir Syed held at AMU Malappuram Centre
By TCN News,
Malappuram: The Department of Law, Aligarh Muslim University Malappuram Centre organized an extension lecture on “Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Aligarh Movement...
American author makes same Buddha blunder as ‘Chandi Chowk to China’
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Even as public outrage erupted in Nepal over Bollywood film "Chandni Chowk to China", which wrongly described India as the Buddha's birthplace and was subsequently banned in the country, an American author has managed to get away with making the same mistake in her best-selling novel.
Celebrated American author Amy Tan's "Saving Fish From Drowning", a quirky tale about the misadventures of a group of American tourists who blunder through China and Myanmar, also wrongly describes the Buddha, who was born in Lumbini in southern Nepal, as an Indian.
Wendy Doniger, Hilary Mantel week’s top authors
By IANS,
New Delhi : Wendy Doniger's "The Hindus: An Alternative History" topped the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel topped the fiction group.
The top 10 in each section are as follows:
Non-fiction
1. "The Hindus: An Alternative History"
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.999.00
2. "The Difficulty of Being Good: On The Subtle art of Dharma"
Author: Gurcharan Das
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.699.00
3. "The Idea of Justice"
Author: Amartya Sen
Dalrymple’s book stays atop bestseller chart
By IANS,
New Delhi : William Dalrymple's "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India" continued at the number one position in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while "Wolf Hall" by Hilary Mantel bounced back to dominate the fiction category.
The top 10 in each section are:
Non-fiction
1. "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India"
Author: William Dalrymple
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Price: Rs.499.00
2. The Hindus: An Alternative History
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.999.00
Muslim population myth
By Dr kouser Fathima,
The release of data about Indian population based on religion has shattered many preconceived notions. The fear among the majority...
लेखकों ने साहित्य अकादमी अवार्ड वापिस लेने शुरू किए
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली: लंबा वक़्त नहीं बीता जब विचारकों और लेखकों ने एमएम कलबुर्गी, नरेन्द्र दाभोलकर और गोविन्द पान्सारे की हत्याओं और...
Toxic debt brought to book
By DPA,
Sydney : Toxic debt has beaten bromance and textaholic to become Australia's Word of the Year, contest organiser Macquarie Dictionary announced Wednesday.
Defined as lending that "proves subsequently to be financially worthless", the term won the title because of its notoriety as the root cause of the financial crisis still shaking economies around the world.
Macquarie publisher Sue Butler said that "as a lexical creation (it has) a visceral impact".
Book review: Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits
By Chandra Sen for Twocircles.net
Author: By Badri Narayan
Publisher: Penguin, Delhi
Price: Rs 374 at Amazon.in
‘The caste has come into politics’, ‘the standard...
Goa faces neglect behind scenic facade: book
By IANS,
Panaji : Domestic violence is "fairly common" in Goa. One-third of its women suffer from anaemia, and one-fourth are undernourished, says a new book that for a change takes the focus away from the state being a sun-and-sand tourist haven.
Titled "Picture-Postcard Poverty", the book takes a look at what it calls the "unheard voices, forgotten issues from rural Goa". It argues that critical issues of concern are often overlooked in the state.
Decoding the Mahatma, World Cup trivia, geography
An original analysis of who was responsible for Mahatma Gandhi's death, a reader-friendly guide spanning 40 years of the cricket World Cup and getting to know the incredible geography of India - the IANS book stack this weekend is a power house of information. Take a look.
1. Book: The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi; Author: Makarand R. Paranjape; Publisher: Random House India; Pages: 331; Price: Rs.599
Narrative on Modi that will annoy supporters, detractors (Book Review)
By Rohit Bansal, IANS,
Book: "The NaMo Story, A Political Life"; Author: Kingshuk Nag; Publisher: Roli Books; Pages: 188; Price: Rs 295.
Book Review: Madrasa Reforms: Indian Muslim Voices
Book Review
Book: Madrasa Reforms: Indian Muslim Voices
Author: Yoginder Sikand
Year of Publication: August 2008
Publisher: Vikas Adhyayan Kendra(VAK),Mumbai
Price=Rs.100
Reviewed by Mushtaq ul Haq Ahmad Sikander
Indians would rather spend on shoes, not books: Publisher Ashok Chopra
By Shilpa Raina,
New Delhi : The Indian publishing industry is keeping the written word alive in different formats but the gradual decline in readership...
विद्या प्रकाशन ने छापी थी पैग़म्बर मोहम्मद की तस्वीर, अब मांगी माफी
स्टाफ़ रिपोर्टर।twocircles.net
सहारनपुर में विद्या प्रकाशन की कक्षा चार की सामाजिक विज्ञान की पुस्तक में इस्लाम धर्म के पैग़म्बर मोहम्मद साहब की तस्वीर पब्लिश...
Book captures everyday art by rural Indian women
By IANS,
New Delhi : Pushpa is a sweeper at the international airport in Mumbai, sweating it out for eight hours a day to fend for her family of three. But when at home in a slum, the widow is an artist - she draws rice-flour "kalam", or sacred designs to welcome guests, outside her home in a narrow alley near Santa Cruz.
Lalita, a Yadav housewife at Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan, is rooted to a culture where women have lived behind the veil for years. But she is bound to Pushpa by a thread of colours.
Cycle of commerce and debt on weekend book pile
By IANS,
New Delhi : The bookshelf this week is pragmatic with matters of business, money and battle against corruption winning over lighter reads... Browse with IANS.
Day 2 of AMU Litfest focuses on threats to literature and democracy
Sharjeel Usmani for TwoCircles.net
The Cultural Education Centre (CEC) of the historic Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on the second day of the AMU Literary Festival...
Doyen of Hindi literature Krishna Sobti dies at 93
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Iconic Hindi writer Krishna Sobti, a recipient of multiple awards for her outstanding literary career, died here on Friday....
Behind the scenes stories from Shankar’s iconic novel ‘Chowringhee’
By IANS,
New Delhi : Mani Shankar Mukherjee, better known as Shankar, the popular Bengali novelist, is a goldmine of stories.
The anecdotes, rich and funny that chronicle lives and suffering in the urban jungle, just roll off his tongue as if he is a walking-talking storybook.
‘Religious Identity has never been a barrier for acquiring knowledge in India’
By Syed Muhammad Raghib and Abhay Kumar for TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Akhlaque Ahan is an associate professor of Persian...
Voices from Sri Lanka, a memoir, ethical musings and a fictional tale
Crisp and sharp reportage of how Sri Lankans are returning to their normal lives after 30 years of civil war, a message of love and inspiration for readers through a brave memoir, dealing with important ethical issues of our time and a work of fiction - IANS Books This Weekend is a balanced lot. Take a look.
Book: Sri Lanka: The New Country; Author: Padma Rao Sundarji; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 322; Price: Rs. 499
Book Launch: ‘Me Against The Mumbai Underworld’
Uddhav Thackeray, Sanjay Raut & Nawazuddin Siddiqui launch supercop Isaque Bagwan's ' Me Against The Mumbai Underworld'
By Anusha Iyer
Supercop and three-time Presidential Gallantry award-winning supercop Isaque Bagwan...
“Poet reads Poet” programme to promote “Betel Nut City” in Guwahati
A “Poet reads Poet” programme was organised at ‘NEthing’ in Guwahati on Sunday evening in which Namrata Pathak read out from Shalim M Hussain’s...
Chronicling iron women at helm of India’s business empires
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: "Corporate Divas"; Author: Sonia Golani; Publisher: Penguin India; Pages: 227; Price: Rs 250
Of Dilli, spies, tiger hunts and Ramayana
By IANS,
(IANS Books This Week)
New Delhi : Let your hair down this weekend with an exciting pile of books.
Fatima Bhutto’s book still on top
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Songs of Blood and Sword" by Fatima Bhutto, niece of late Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is the top non-fiction bestseller for the third consecutive week while Amish Tripathi's "The Immortals of Meluha" dominates the fiction list.
Non-fiction
1. "Songs of Blood and Sword"
Author: Fatima Bhutto
Publisher: Penguin Viking
Price: Rs.699.00
2. "The Big Short"
Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: Allen Lane
Price: Rs.599.00
3. "Becoming Indian"
Author: Pavan K. Varma
Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane
Price: Rs.499.00
In quest of a larger Bengali identity
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: "Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib"; Author: Nitish Sengupta; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.650; Pages: 639
Murder, food, spooks and Osho: A heady book mix
By IANS,
New Delhi : Readers, here come five new books to keep you turning the pages:
1. "The Monochrome Madonna": Written by Kalpana Swaminathan; published by Penguin-Books India; priced at Rs.250
Kalpana Swaminathan's Lalli is the first credible Indian woman detective in the English language. The third book of the series, "The Monochrome Madonna", begins with the violent death of a man in a strange apartment, 4, Kalina Sputnik, inhabited by S. Shah and V. Dasgupta.
Erotica, healing, Ruskin Bond on book cart
By IANS,
New Delhi : The book case this weekend is packed with action and gripping titles.
Of Tata, Bhabha and good old dramatic tales
By IANS,
[IANS book this week]
New Delhi : Some home truths about towering edifices and small pleasures of stories smartly told. The cache this week is a mix of serious non-fiction and fiction:
1. Book: "Tata: The Evolution of a Corporate Brand"; Written by Morgen Witzel; Published by Penguin Books India; Priced Rs.599
Ismail Hussain memorial harmony award given to Homen Borgohain
By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Prominent author Homen Borgohain, who returned his Sahitya Akademi recently protesting against the ‘intolerance’, was honoured with litterateur...
My stories are about class and immigration: African novelist
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction in 2007 for her book "Half of a Yellow Sun", paints snapshots of the roller-coaster called America in her new book, "The Thing Around Your Neck".
The collection of 12 short stories has been published by HarperCollins.
Superstars, wildlife and religion on bookshelf
By IANS,
New Delhi : Unwind this weekend with a pile of meaningful books. Browse with IANS.
Pavan Varma, Orhan Pamuk bestselling authors of the week
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Becoming Indian" by Pavan K. Varma continued to retain the number one position in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk's "The Museum Of Innocence" again dominated the fiction group.
The top 10 in each category are:
Non-fiction
1. "Becoming Indian"
Author: Pavan K. Varma
Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane
Price: Rs.499.00
2. "Victoria and Abdul"
Author: Shrabani Basu
Publisher: Rupa & Co
Price: Rs.395.00
400 साल पुराने उर्दू और फारसी के लाखों दस्तावेजों की मरम्मत करवा रहा टीएसएआरआई,...
टीएसएआरआई के पास शाहजहाँ और औरंगज़ेब के समय के मुगल-युग के दस्तावेजों का सबसे बड़ा संग्रह मौजूद है। इन दस्तावेजों की मरम्मत के साथ-साथ...
10 facts about Rehman Rahi, Kashmir’s greatest 20th century poet
Rehman Rahi's death on January 9 was mourned across Kashmir.
Afnan Habib | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR (JAMMU AND KASHMIR) — Professor Abdul Rehman Rahi, a well-known Kashmiri...
My book will be about optimism and positivity: Anupam Kher
By Subhash K. Jha, IANS,
Mumbai : After "A Wednesday", actor Anupam Kher's career is going great guns. He has just given the nod to British Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chadha's new movie and has also decided to write a book about his experiences as an actor, husband, father and a socially responsible citizen.
The decision to pen his thoughts was prompted after he won the lifetime Teachers' Achievement Award Nov 8.
Noted writer, Yusufi’s passing away condoled
ALIGARH June 25: "Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi's passing away not only denotes the death of the most outstanding satirist of our time but also his departure...
Now read Taslima Nasreen, other authors in Sanskrit
By IANS,
Lucknow : Literary works of well-known Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen and several others will soon be available in Sanskrit, an official said here Saturday.
"The move will help the revival of Sanskrit language and will also make it popular amongst masses," said C.K. Shastri, general secretary of Samskrita Bharati that has undertaken the project to translate nearly 10,000 books in various languages into Sanskrit.
"We have entrusted Sanskrit scholars from all over India for the translation work," he added.
Nepal, cinema, Bihar, motivation on bookshelf
By IANS,
New Delhi : Look for a book to burrow in with from a colourful cart this weekend.
Meditation and mantras unveiled (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy,
Title: Meditation and Mantras; Author: Swami Vishnudevananda; Publisher: Penguin-Ananda; Price: Rs.250; Pages: 300
Spiritual well-being books are dime a dozen. This is...
Arundhati Roy’s book tops chart
By IANS,
New Delhi : Arundhati Roy's "Listening to Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy" topped the non-fiction category among best-selling books here this week, while Ali Sethi's "The Wish Maker: A Novel" was number one in the fiction category.
The top ten in each section:
Non-Fiction
1. "Listening To Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy"
Author: Arundhati Roy
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price: Rs.499
2. "Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Chinese Premier"
Author: Zhao Ziyang
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Price: Rs. 1,022
An indictment of British colonialism (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Book: Colonialism-Lumpenization-Revolution (Vol I)
Author: Rajendra Prasad
Publisher: Ajanta Books International
Pages: 290
Price: Not stated
Book review: Muslims of India Since Partition
By Geeta Puri,
Balraj Puri's work, a collection of his articles over a period of time in Economic and Political Weekly , Janata and some other journals is sagacious and scholarly contribution to the study of Muslims of India who after 1947, in the words of the author, "acquired a different form, in terms of their role, status, problems, challenges and opportunities. The partition of the country divided them in two and later three parts and led their political, bureaucratic and intellectual elite to migrate to Pakistan ".
