निदा फाज़ली उर्फ़ ‘मुझे मालूम था तुम मर नही सकते’
By सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net
वाराणसी: निदा फाज़ली नहीं रहे. वही निदा जिन्होंने 'होश वालों को ख़बर क्या बेख़ुदी क्या चीज़ है' और 'तू इस तरह...
What the soul tells the capitalist
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Book: "A Saint in the Board Room"; Authors: R. Durgadoss and B. Yerram Raju; Publisher: Konark Publishers; Pages: 382; Price: Rs.295
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.
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...
Music for protest: Azadi and Inqilab as the new Hindustani beats
By Najiya O, TwoCircles.net
As marches and rallies dominate the most commonly practised ways of protest, the youth are now searching new ways to protest...
Book release: “How to Become A Good Journalist” hits market
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Becoming a good journalist is the dream of a large number of students, who want to make a mark in this field. Catering the requirements of budding journalists a quality book How to Become A Good Journalist has recently hit the market across the country.
India was keen to retain, and not evict, IBM in 1977: Book
By Arvind Padmanabhan, IANS,
New Delhi : Contrary to the general perception that India had forced US IT giant IBM to exit the country in 1977, evidence shows that the government was not only keen to retain the company but had also held secret parleys for that with the company's top brass in the US, says a new book.
The closed-door talks with IBM were piloted by the then Electronics Commission led by senior technocrat N. Seshagiri, says the detailed account of the IBM era in the book, entitled "The Long Revolution: The Birth and Growth of India's IT Industry".
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.
Odd-even formula: Delhi may shut schools
New Delhi : The Delhi government may declare holidays for schools from the January 1 when the 15-day traffic regulation to curb rising air...
Lessons in corporate leadership
(IANS Books This Weekend)
Whether you want to launch a new business or product, or are keen to know how to climb up the corporate...
Kashmir, Bengal, love and loss in the pile
By IANS,
New Delhi : The book shelf this week is a blend of drama and realisations - facts mingled with fictions.
Adiga, Friedman stay top of the charts
By IANS,
New Delhi : Thomas L. Friedman's "Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why the World Needs a Green Revolution - and How …" remains at the top of the non-fiction bestseller list this week as does "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga in the fiction category.
The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are:
Non-Fiction
1. "Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why the World Needs a Green Revolution - and How …"
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Allen Lane
Price: Rs.595
2. "What Next? Surviving The Twenty-First Century"
Author: Chris Patten
Publisher: Allen Lane
Price: Rs.795
Orhan Pamuk continues to dominate bestselling chart
By IANS,
New Delhi : Meghnad Desai's "The Rediscovery of India" jumped two positions and dominated the non-fiction bestsellers this week while "The Museum of Innocence" by Nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk continued to retain the No.1 position in the fiction category.
The top 10 in each category are as follows:
Non-fiction
1. "The Rediscovery of India"
Author: Meghnad Desai
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.699.00
2. "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India"
Author: William Dalrymple
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Price: Rs.499.00
How do we fight the stagnation among Muslims?
By Farheen Sultana for Twocircles.net
Muslims get excited whenever they hear words such as 'Subhan Allah' and 'Masha Allah' from politicians and actors. 'Oh...
Australia, India sign MoU for joint research, teaching
Hyderabad: Australia's Deakin University and the Indian School of Business (ISB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for joint research and teaching.
They will...
There is no authentic Indian writing for children: Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Actress-turned-musician-turned-artist Suchitra Krishnamoorthi has donned a new hat - that of a writer. She has just released her fiction series for young adults - "Swapnalok Society", a magical reality tale about life in downtown Mumbai.
Krishnamoorthi said the idea had been bouncing in her head for a few years. "I wanted to write a book but was not sure what. I wanted something light and frothy," Krishnamoorthi told IANS in an e-mail interview from Mumbai.
Meher Fatima talks about her book on 150 patriotic Indian Muslims
By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
The book Celebrating India: Reflections on Eminent Indian Muslims (1857-2007) provides biographical profiles of 150 patriotic Indian Muslims, many of them unsung heroes – those who did not become party to the two-nation theory. Author Meher Fatima Hussain, Lecturer at Jamia Millia Islamia, talks to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net on her book.
What inspired you to write this book?
50 Indian authors to descend on London
By Dipankar De Sarkar, IANS,
London : More than 50 leading Indian writers are to gather in London for a two-week marketing blitz aimed at promoting Indian writing in Britain and British books in India.
Organisers of the April 20-22 London Book Festival said the Indian men of letters will include writers, translators, critics and academics such as Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, Vikram Seth, Sunil Ganguly, U.R. Ananthamurthy, William Dalrymple, Pavan Verma, Ram Guha, Urvashi Butalia, Suketu Mehta, Shankar and Amit Chaudhuri.
Powerful expose on culture of international aid
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Book: "International Organizations and Civilian Protection"; Author: Sreeram Chaulia;
Pages 263; Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Secrets of the dominant Hindu Goddess (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy,
Title: 7 Secrets of the Goddess; Author: Devdutt Pattanaik; Publisher: Westland Ltd; Pages: 259; Price: Rs.395
Title: Shikhandi and Other Tales They Don't Tell You; Author: Devdutt Pattanaik; Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 179; Price: Rs.299
Read about gods, philosophy, Indian ethos and a curse
By IANS,
New Delhi : The book case is crowded with contrasts this weekend with serious treatises vying for attention with works of fiction.
1. "The Little Book of Hindu Deities: From the Goddess of Wealth to the Sacred Cow": Written by Sanjay Patel; Published by Penguin Books-USA, Priced at Rs.299.
Read about economic crisis, health secrets and business
(IANS Books This Week)
By IANS,
New Delhi : The books we chose this weekend reflect the tide of the times... a carefree mix of substance and entertainment.
No peace with terrorists who burnt my Mumbai: Rushdie
By IANS,
London : Indian-origin writer Salman Rushdie says he is "desperately upset" by the terrorist attacks on Mumbai - his place of birth - and strongly disagrees with the view that peace ought to be made with Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
"I do think of Bombay as my hometown," he told the Daily Telegraph in an interview.
"Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that my imagination has returned to more than anywhere else.
Book release, Kathak recital liven up Darbar Hall
New Delhi : The high marbled dome of the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan reverberated with music and some scintillating Kathak dance - watched...
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.
‘Fault Lines’ is bestseller again (IANS Books)
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Fault Lines" by Raghuram Rajan continued to top the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while Stieg Larsson's "The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" bounced back to the number one fiction spot.
The top 10 in each category are:
Non-fiction
1. "Fault Lines"
Author: Raghuram Rajan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Price: Rs.499.00
2. "Witness to Life and Freedom"
Author: Pramod Kapoor
Publisher: Roli Books
Price: Rs.595.00
3. "Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian"
Author: Somnath Chatterjee
An unbelievable account of Rajiv Gandhi’s killing
By M.R. Narayan Swamy,
Title: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job? Author: Faraz Ahmad; Publisher: Vitasta; Pages: 312; Price: Rs.495
This is as incredulous an...
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.
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...
Islamic finance, Bollywood and S.D. Burman
The roots of Islamic finance lie in the foundations of Islam and Sharia law, fragmented memories of musician and composer S.D.Burman's life and interesting titbits from the lives of Bollywood directors: the IANS bookshelf this week is buzzing with stories from different genres. Take a look.
1. Book: Decoding Bollywood: Stories of 15 Film Directors; Author: Sonia Golani; Publisher: Westland; Pages: 185; Price: Rs. 250
One of India’s greatest spiritual classics gets a new print (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Title: Autobiography of a Yogi; Author: Paramhansa Yogananda; Publisher: Penguin-Ananda; Pages: 511; Prices: Rs.225
This is not a new book. Indeed,...
‘Conversations With Waheeda Rehman’ : The endearing story of a remarkable actress (Book Review)
By Vikas Datta,
Book: Conversations With Waheeda Rehman; Author: Nasreen Munni Kabir; Publisher: Penguin-Viking; Pages: 227; Price: Rs 499.
AMU Emirates Chapter celebrates Sir Syed Day in Sharjah
By TCN News
The Emirates Chapter of the Aligarh Muslim University celebrated Sir Syed Day in Sharjah on November 20 to remember and learn from...
Carnival of beauty, nostalgia and history
By IANS,
New Delhi : The weekend book shelf is a mix of nostalgia, history, drama and good health.
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
‘Stranger to History’ still leads bestseller list
By IANS,
New Delhi : Aatish Taseer's book "Stranger to History" continued to dominate the bestseller list in the non-fiction category for the third week while Paulo Coelho was the new author atop the fiction list, with his latest "The Winner Stands Alone". The top 10 in each group are:
Non-fiction
1. "Stranger to History"
Author: Aatish Taseer
Publisher: Picador India
Price: Rs.495.00
2. "A Better India A Better World"
Author: N.R. Narayana Murthy
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.499.00
3. "Dreams from My Father"
Author: Barack Obama
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
Insider’s tales, assassination decoded and some gossip
Breaking some myths about former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, how a laid-back girl became the czar of India television and a journalist shares some interesting newsroom stories. IANS Books This Weekend has interesting mix. Take your pick.
1. Book: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job?; Author: Faraz Ahmad; Publisher: Vitasta; Pages: 312; Price: Rs. 495
Yoga to be introduced in Tripura schools from next year
Agartala : The Tripura government will introduce yoga as a subject in schools from classes one to eight from the next academic year beginning...
US releases four translated books in Kolkata
By IANS,
Kolkata : In its effort to cater to the growing interest of Bengalis in the US, its consulate general here Thursday released a set of four books about its economy, politics, government and literature, translated into Bengali, an official said here.
Glittering line-up of authors for Jaipur Literary Festival
By IANS,
New Delhi : Bookworms can look forward to a carnival in January when Jaipur will play host to a galaxy of authors like Vikram Seth, Chetan Bhagat, Hari Kunzru, Micheal Ondaatje, Pico Iyer and Patrick French during the fourth edition of the Jaipur Literary Festival.
One of the most colourful events in the city's social calendar, the festival will be held Jan 21-25 at the Diggy Palace.
Mirza Ghalib still homeless in his birth place
Agra : Though Mirza Ghalib's contribution to 'Urdu Adab' is considered as significant as Shakespeare's to English, the mansion in Agra where he was...
People’s views will be articulated in new education policy: Irani
New Delhi : Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said the new education policy would have views from the people and their...
Scientist Mani Bhaumik to release children’s book Wednesday
By IANS,
New Delhi : Leading physicist and international best-selling author Mani Bhaumik will unveil his first children's book “The Cosmic Detective” in Kolkata Wednesday.
Billed as one of the biggest children's titles by Penguin in 2009, which has been designated as the International Year of Astronomy, the book will be launched by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
According to a communiqué issued by Penguin India here, the author's first book "Code Name God" tried to explain spirituality through science.
US, Britain tried to block Bangladesh’s birth: book
By IANS,
New Delhi : The US and Britain tried to persuade a top advocate of Bangladesh to help roll back the country's liberation struggle in 1971, citing future threats from "Hindu majority India", says a book by a former Indian diplomat.
But Justice Abu Sayeed Choudhury, who was based in London, not only rejected the Western interventions but personally conveyed the secret American move to then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Environment, philosophy, romance: 13-year-old author brims with ideas
By Azera Rahman, IANS,
New Delhi : Debutante novelist Asmita Goyanka drew a parallel of global warming threatening to destroy the earth with the villain in her novel. At the moment, she is working on two other manuscripts and has her mind filled with ideas for more. For a 13-year-old, that's quite a lot.
Set in a fictitious place, Ujaasnagar, Goyanka's novel "The Mystic Temple" is about five schoolgoing girls who take up a dare to snoop around the relics of an ancient temple and are then faced with this huge responsibility of saving the earth from being destroyed by the evil Malvigo.
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...
Of partnerships and mysticism
Unfolding different perspectives of viewing the strategic partnership between India and the US is what IANS books brings to you this weekend. Also, an interesting way to look at Sufi mysticism is in the offering. Take a look.
1. Book: India-US Partnership: Asian Challenges and Beyond; Editor: P.P. Shukla; Publisher: Wisdom Tree; Pages: 194; Price: Rs. 795
‘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...
Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away at the age of 51
By Daisy Katta, TwoCircles.net
Marathi writer, poet and translator Kavita Mahajan passed away in Pune at the age of 51. The cause of her death...
Book Review: Reclaiming Syncretic Histories – A Journey Through Bihar’s Sufi Landscape
Dr. Shujaat Ali Quadri
In a time marked by growing communal tensions and polarizing narratives, young author and scholar Syed Amjad Hussain's book 'Bihar Aur...
A book on Kerala’s legend by a veteran journalist
Thiruvananthapuram : When two legends from two of the four pillars of democracy join hands, the end result cannot but turn out to be...
Badrul Muneer Husnul Jamal: 1870s poem in Arabic-Malayalam script to be telecast on Doordarshan
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net
Kochi: ‘Badrul Muneer Husnul Jamal’, the first romantic poem written by the famous poet late Moin Kutty Vaidyar, will be telecast on Doordarsan from 11th July (Saturday) onwards. Mappilappattu singer Rahman Vazhakkad and party will present the songs.
When religion and art overlapped along the ancient Silk Route
By IANS,
Book: "Indian & Central Asian Art: Narrative Interpretations of Unique Fragments"; Authors: P. Banerjee and Radha Banerjee-Sarkar; Publisher: Abha Prakashan; Price: Rs.4,000
Shakti or Durga, Hindu god Shiva's consort, was worshipped in the ancient Khotan region of China in the 7th century AD, reveals a new book that traces how Buddhism and Hinduism flourished together in China, India and Central Asia along the ancient Silk Route.
Book Review: Khaki & Ethnic Violence in India
By Mahtab Alam, TwoCircles.net,
Name of the book: Khaki & Ethnic Violence in India
Author: Omar Khalidi
Publisher: Three Essays Collective
B-957 Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, Haryana-122 017, India
Phone: +91 98681 26587, +91 91863 44843
Year: 2010 (2nd and Revised edition)
Pages: 196
Price: Rs. 300/-
‘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...
An anthology on today’s India (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy,
Title: Kaw Caw Silly point: A Wonky look at Contemporary India; Author: M.K. Kaw; Publisher: Konark Publishers: Pages: 270; Price: Rs.250.
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.
प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय ने बंद किया उर्दू चैप्टर
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
दिल्ली: यासिर की ख़्वाहिश प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय(पीएमओ) की वेबसाइट को उर्दू में पढ़ने को थी. इसके लिए उन्होंने सीधे प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय का...
Cricket ‘certainly better’ than sex: Harold Pinter
By IANS,
London : British playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, who died this week, said in his last interview he thought cricket was better than sex.
“I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that god created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either,” he said in the interview, published by the Guardian newspaper Saturday.
Cricket was the subject of the interview, given to the Guardian in October amid failing health. Pinter, one of the greatest post-War playwrights, died Thursday at the age of 78.
‘Stranger to History’ continues to top bestseller list
By ANS,
New Delhi : Aatish Taseer's book "Stranger to History" continued to maintain its position at the top of the charts in the non-fiction category this week, while "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders" by Daniyal Mueenuddin grabbed the highest position in the fiction section.
The top 10 in each group are:
Non-fiction
1. "Stranger to History"
Author: Aatish Taseer
Publisher: Picador India
Price: Rs.495.00
2. "A Better India A Better World"
Author: N.R. Narayana Murthy
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.499.00
3. "Delhi Adventures in A Megacity"
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...
A walk through the history of modern Indian art (Book Review)
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: "Manifestations IX: 20th Century Indian Art"; Publisher: Delhi Art Gallery; Editors: Kishore Singh & Shruti Parthasarathy; Pages: 219; Price: Rs.4,750
Dharamvir Bharti’s masterpiece, Man Booker winner and others
Those who have read Hindi author Dharamvir Bharti's works must be familiar with one of his masterpieces, "Gunaho Ka Devta". For the first time, this classic novel has been translated into English. This passionate tale of star-crossed lovers, along with a novel by a Man Booker winner and a slew of other stories, is what IANS has for its readers this week. Take a look.
1. Book: Chander and Sudha; Author: Dharamvir Bharti, translated by Poonam Saxena; Publisher: Penguin Viking; Pages: 352; Price: Rs.499
Infosys’ Murthy turns author with ‘Better India, Better World’
By IANS,
New Delhi : It was an evening to pay tributes to India and its entrepreneurs, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday released the maiden book authored by Infosys Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, as well known for his philanthropic endeavours as for his leadership skills.
And the prime minister was full of praise for Murthy's enterprise, vision and values as he released the book entitled "A Better India, A Better World" at Panchvati conference hall at his official residence.
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.
Setting sail from India to China on ‘River of Smoke’
By Shubha Singh, IANS,
Book: "River of Smoke"; By Amitav Ghosh, Publisher: Penguin Books, Price: Rs.699, Pages: 558
A country without words
By Parayi for Twocircles.net
Friends who had tongues
Are dragged down the road
To adorn the emperor’s brave new prison
Guard dogs bark with blood red eyes
Across roads,...
President Pranab Mukharjee applauds Jamia’s translation project
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Professor Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) presented 14 publications of Tagore Research and Translation Scheme (TRTS), Department...
A horror story on Sri Lanka’s war (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Book: "Still Counting the Dead"; Author: Frances Harrison; Publishers: Portobello Books; Pages: 259; Price: Rs.399
A veritable encyclopaedia on Lord Muruga
(IANS Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Book: "Sri Muruga"; Author: Rahul Kabade; Published by: Sri Muruga Publications (Britain); Pages: 194; Price: not stated
Book on Kamala Suraiya released by Justice VR Krishna Iyer
By Najiya O., TwoCircles.net,
Kochi: Former judge of the Supreme Court Justice VR Krishna Iyer released the book ‘Kamala Suraiya: Safalamaya Snehanveshanam’ (Kamala Suraiya: accomplishment of the quest for love) at ‘Sadgamaya’, the residence of Justice Krishna Iyer in Kochi yesterday.
UP Govt. forms committee for ensuring participation of minorities in government services
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Lucknow: In a significant move, the Uttar Pradesh government has formed a three member committee for ensuring participation of minorities...
New book series explains climate change to children
By IANS,
New Delhi : It's up to children to change their own lives and protect the environment, says leading green campaigner R.K. Pachauri, whose organisation has collaborated in publishing a series of child-friendly books on the perils of climate change.
Pachauri was speaking at the launch of "SOS: In Extreme Danger", an environment primer for children. The slim volume is part of a Save Planet series of 10 books, published by Pearson Education and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
National seminar on Prof. Abdul Qavi Desnavi on Apr. 1-2 in Bhopal
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Remembering Khushwant Singh
By: Misbahuddin Mirza
I was eight years old when one of my friends introduced me to the intoxicating world of reading comics. This was the...
Kerala leaders break silence over book on Amritanandamayi
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala politicians Saturday broke their silence over a controversial book on hugging saint Mata Amritanandamayi.
CPI-M state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said the government...
Vyapam : Names of selected candidates removed from law institute’s merit list, RTI reply...
By Siddharth Datta
New Delhi : The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, (or Vyapam as it is popularly known), which has conducted admission tests for...
UAE children read over million books in charity campaign
By Aroonim Bhuyan, IANS,
Dubai : The count is out. And a total of 1,323,218 books were read by children between the ages of three and 14 in the course of a two-week campaign in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aimed at helping the education of children in developing nations.
What is that again, you would say.
Well, the idea is simple, novel, challenging, innovative and exemplary.
Book Review: Essays in Sociology: Muslims in Manipur
By Dr. Syed Ahmed, for TwoCircles.net,
Sea of Fresh Faces as Rushdie Fails Booker Shortlist
By Dipankar De Sarkar, IANS,
London : Fancied Salman Rushdie failed to make the 2008 Man Booker Prize shortlist for literature announced Tuesday, but Amitav Ghosh and debutant Aravind Adiga stepped in to fill the Indian shoes.
Ghosh's widely-acclaimed Sea of Poppies and Adiga's The White Tiger beat Rushdie's The Enchantress of Florence to make the six novels in a shortlist full of fresh faces.
Adiga and another first-time novelist, Steve Toltz, survived the cull of the longlist of 13 as veteran Rushdie joined John Booker - another previous winner - to face the judges' chop.
50 Indian authors to descend on London
By Dipankar De Sarkar, IANS,
London : More than 50 leading Indian writers led by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen are to gather in London for a two-day marketing blitz aimed at promoting Indian books in Britain.
Alongside, British publishers will work with their Indian counterparts to push British book sales in India, organisers of the April 20-22 London Book Fair told reporters in London Friday.
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 on legendary Indian singer Tansen published in Poland
By EuAsiaNews,
Warsaw : After the publication of a number of books on Urdu poetry in Polish in the last four years, now a book on legendary Indian classical singer Tansen has hit the stalls in Poland's capital.
Tansen regarded as one of the greatest classical singers of medieval times during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar prompted Janusz Krzyzowski, a well-known Polish Indologist to write a book on him.
Kamila Shamsie’s novel shortlisted for Orange Prize
By IANS,
New Delhi : Pakistan-based Kamila Shamsie's novel "Burnt Shadows" has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for fiction 2009, its publishers said Tuesday,
A sweeping novel, "Burnt Shadows" is woven around some of the major historical events ranging from the 1945 Nagasaki bombing, the partition of India and Pakistan, the war in Afghanistan and the 9/11 blasts.
The story is one of disasters evaded, loyalties offered and repaid, and love rewarded and betrayed, Penguin Books-India said in a release.
Second guesses
By TSV Hari
Bombay,
1333 hours
December 31 1992
‘I like your poems Hamid,’ you said.
But you went on to say, ‘I, however, don't find you interesting. You are too intense. All those who are, are dense. I am a carefree girl. I change boyfriends with the same periodicity of changing sanitary napkins,’ you said.
I was shocked that someone beautiful as you could say something daft as that.
I spent a small fortune to find out that you had lied.
Now I know you are poor.
To meet your ends, you hire yourself.
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
Negotiate between Mahabharata, management and fiction
By IANS,
(IANS Books This Week)
New Delhi : Mythlogy to leadership, the weekend bookshelf offers variety and adventure.
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Fairy tales and religious myths not good for children?
By IANS,
London : It is a form of child abuse to teach religious myths to young children who are also likely to suffer negatively by reading tales of witchcraft and wizardry like Harry Potter, argues Britain's leading atheist and popular science writer, Richard Dawkins.
Dawkins is planning to conduct research on both the themes as he believes that while fairy tales may impact on children's rationality, they should be cautioned against "unscientific" religious myths.
Tales of the here and now, told tellingly
By K.G. Sreenivas, IANS,
Book "Turtle Dove: Six Simple Tales"; Author: Divya Dubey; Gyaana Books, Pp 236; Price: Rs. 195
Swathes of the untold lie at the nub of "Turtle Dove: Six Simple Tales". Divya Dubey's book presents a stark yet compelling universe. The mélange of stories sit on the cusp of the familiar yet not so familiar.
Many women scholars read papers in seminar on Islamic literature
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The Council for Islamic Literature (Majlise-e-Adab-e-Islami), Madhya Pradesh branch of Aalami Rabta-e-Adab-e-Islami, organized 8th All India seminar on "Literary pursuits & samples of Islamic literature of Madhya Pradesh's Ulema, Litterateurs & Sufis" here on Sunday wherein more than two dozen scholars presented their research papers.
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Stories by women, for women
From the story of Urmila, Sita's sister to life in Iran and the cruel fate of Bollywood's item girls - all these stories on the IANS bookshelf this weekend throw light on the many hues of women and, interestingly, are written by women. Take a look.
Chandamama’s Ramayana on stalls with rich visuals
By IANS,
Bangalore : Chandamama India, the publishing house of the popular Chandamama range of children's magazines, Thursday offered its young readers epic Ramayana richly laden with colourful illustrations.
According to the publishers, 'Ramayana - An Epic Journey' is the first of its kind attempt when the great Indian mythological saga has been published as a single book with illustrations.
The book was released by management and spiritual guru Swami Sukhbodhananda. "The book has a touch of contemporary world," he said. It is a 430-page book with hand drawn illustrations.
How a book sparked of a Cold War battle
By Vikas Datta
Title: The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book; Authors: Peter Finn and Petra Couvee;...
‘The Immortals of Meluha’ is on top (IANS Books)
By IANS,
New Delhi : Amish Tripathi's "The Immortals of Meluha" continues to retain the number one position in the fiction category while "Before Memory Fades" by Fali S. Nariman tops the non-fiction section in the bestseller list this week.
The top 10 bestsellers in each category are:
Fiction
1. "The Immortals Of Meluha"
Author: Amish Tripathi
Publisher: Tara Press
Price: Rs.295.00
2. "And Thereby Hangs A Tale"
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Publisher: Pan Books
Price: Rs.249.00
3. "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest"
Author: Stieg Larsson
Arvind Adiga wins Booker Prize with ‘shocking tale’ of Indian poverty
By Dipankar De Sarkar, IANS,
London : Indian writer Aravind Adiga has won the 2008 Man Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, for "The White Tiger" - his debut novel set against the backdrop of India's growing wealth gap.
Adiga took the 50,000-pound ($87,000-dollar) prize for a book described by the chairman of the judges as revealing "the dark side of India" at a glittering ceremony Tuesday night in London's Guildhall attended by the literary who's who of the British capital.
Government plans award in Maratha freedom fighter’s memory
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : The government is planning to set up an international award for agricultural innovation in the memory of the founder-member of the Ghadar Party, Pandurang Khankhoje, a revolutionary-turned-farmer from Maharashtra, former union minister Vasant Sathe said.
Khankhoje also helped Mexico, his adopted country, set up 30 agricultural universities.
An epoch-making Urdu bibliography
By Dr Omar Khalidi
Dr. Anwar Moazzam, former professor of Islamic Studies at Osmania University in Hyderabad, Deccan, India and Ashhar Farhan, an info-technologist and entrepreneur has compiled a massive, epoch-making bibliography of works in social sciences in Urdu. Dr. Moazzam launched the project way back in 1976, under the auspices of Indian Council for Social Science Research and National Council for the Promotion of Urdu Language, both institutions funded by the union government of India in New Delhi.
To Fight Another Day: PoWs and their ingenious escapes
By Vikas Datta,
War or military fiction has been an integral part of literature across cultures - be the epics of Homer or Virgil, or closer to home, the great fratricidal war in the Mahabharata, or earlier, the tantalising reference to the Battle of the Ten Kings in the Rig Veda.
Book ‘Islam & Freedom’ published in Rome
By IRNA,
Rome : The book titled ‘Islam and Freedom’ written by Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, noted Iranian religious scholar, was published in Rome by the Imam Mahdi (AS) Association.
Announcing this, Iran’s cultural attaché in Rome, Ali Reza Esmaeili told IRNA on Tuesday that the book was translated into the Italian language and printed in 1,000 copies.
The cover price for the 96-page book is ten euros.
Racy eye-opener of a book on the Maoist movement
By M.R. Narayan Swamy, IANS,
Book: "Jangalnama: Travels in a Maoist Guerrilla Zone"; Author: Satnam; Penguin Books, pp 206; Price: Rs.250
Why Bastar's tribals harbour Maoists?
This is undoubtedly India's answer to "Red Star Over China", the epoch-making story of what the then obscure Mao was up to in China's rural areas at the head of a nascent Communist party that eventually took power in 1949. When American Edgar Snow came out with the classic of a book, the world sat up and took notice.
Jaswant’s book on Jinnah stays atop bestseller list
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" by expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh retained the No.1 position among bestselling books in the non-fiction section this week. J.M. Coetzee's "Summertime" topped the fiction category.
The top 10 in each section are:
Non-fiction
1. "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence"
Author: Jaswant Singh
Publisher: Rupa
Price: Rs.695.00
2. "The Difficulty of Being Good: On The Subtle Art of Dharma"
Author: Gurcharan Das
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.699.00
Sudeep Chakravarti unravels northeast’s bloody history in new book
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Arundhati Roy takes a hard look at democracy
By IANS,
Book: "Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy"; Author: Arundhati Roy; Publisher: Penguin-Books India; Price: Rs 499
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Man Booker winning author Arundhati Roy takes a probing look at the underbelly of the world's oldest democracy in her new anthology of essays "Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy" published this week.
African women writers take a new turn
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : Epic tales of jungle safaris and human rights repression in Africa are making way for a new kind of contemporary literature in a changing continent where women are becoming an increasingly vocal force in influencing literary trends.
Literary pundits are describing the current phase in contemporary African fiction as the "time of boom".
Muslim advocacy group to organize “National Social Leadership Summit” in March
By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: MOEMIN, an advocacy group of Indian Muslims will be organising “National Social Leadership Summit” in...
What’s holding India back? Ramachandra Guha finds ten reasons
By IANS,
New Delhi : What stops India from becoming a 21st century superpower? There are ten reasons, according to author-historian, social analyst and teacher Ramachandra Guha.
Left wing extremism, "the biggest internal threat", tops Guha's list of 10 hurdles that India has to confront.
Fatima Bhutto’s book remains on top
By IANS,
New Delhi : "Songs of Blood and Sword" by Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto is still the number one non-fiction bestseller while Jeffrey Archer's "And Thereby Hangs a Tale" dominates the fiction list.
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
Publisher: Allen Lane
Price: Rs.499.00
‘Modi, a man mesmerised by own persona’ (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy,
Title: How Modi Won It, Notes from 2014 Election; Author: Harish Khare; Publisher: Hachette India; Pages: 242; Price: Rs.599
Man is wise in hindsight. This is certainly true for journalists. Harish Khare, editor and commentator who was also media adviser to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, comes up with his own analysis of what went wrong with the Congress and how Narendra Modi simply crushed the Grand Old Party to lead the BJP to a historic Lok Sabha win.
Bengali literature has bright prospects, says Sunil Gangopadhyay
By IANS,
Dhaka : Bengali literature has bright future, with growing readership in both Bangladesh, India and wherever the Bengali-speaking diaspora resides, India's best known Bengali poet and litterateur Sunil Gangopadhyay said.
He visited Madaripur, his birth place in Bangladesh's Faridpur district, to open a three-day "Sunil Mela", a literary fair that ended Sunday, to celebrate his 75th birthday, BSS news agency reported.
Sunil Literature Practice and Research Centre organised the fair in his ancestral home at Purba Maijpara village under Kalkini Upazila (sub-district).
US techno-spy takes on Iranian black hole terror
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Book: Dark Rising; Author: Grieg Beck; Publisher: Pan Macmillan; Price: Rs.350 (Indian Edition); Pages Rs 470; Genre: Adventure
Cult religion, parenting & art on book shelf
By IANS,
New Delhi : The book cart is light and moving this weekend - bringing out the diverse essence of the region. Browse with IANS....
Modi’s book on RSS now in Marathi
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's book "Jyotipunj", a collection of articles on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders, is now available in Marathi.
The edition, translated from Gujarati by Ravindra Dani, was released in Pune Monday, a release here said.
"When we define or discuss secularism, it is only with the feeling that India as a nation comes first and foremost that could truly define the principles of secularism," Modi said at the book release ceremony.
"Jyotipunj" narrates the story of lives of 16 RSS leaders and what Modi learnt from them.
Orhan Pamuk’s book stays atop bestseller chart
By IANS,
New Delhi : Nobel prize winning writer Orhan Pamuk's "The Museum of Innocence" continued to dominate the bestseller list in the fiction category this week while "The Hindus: An Alternative History" by Wendy Doniger jumped three positions to top the non-fiction section.
Here are the top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction categories:
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
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.
Adiga’s alma mater in Sydney toasts his success
By Neena Bhandari, IANS,
Sydney : Students and teachers at James Ruse Agricultural High in north-west Sydney, the alma mater of Indian-Australian author Aravind Adiga, Wednesday celebrated his Man Booker Prize win.
"We are very proud of Adiga's wonderful achievement. It is amazing for someone so young at 34 to receive one of the highest awards in literature. It reinforces the view of our school as a wonderful place of learning," James Ruse principal Larissa Treskin told IANS.
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...
Cultural Assimilation or Self-Assertion? The Intellectual Divide in Bengali Muslim Society
Mirza Mosarraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
Imperialism is an undeniable reality in the world, with dominant, majority groups historically oppressing weaker, minority communities. However, imperialism is not...
Indian journalists told to leave Pakistan by May 20
Islamabad: The only two Indian journalists stationed in Pakistan have been told to leave the country by May 20, a media report said Thursday.
Snehesh...
Crime novelist La Plante accused of being copycat
By DPA,
Sydney : Best-selling crime writer Lynda La Plante's 1993 novel "Entwined" contains passages lifted from Auschwitz survivor Olga Lengyel's 1947 memoir "Five Chimneys", news reports said Saturday.
The multimillionaire British author denied plagiarism but admitted to The Sydney Morning Herald that a research assistant may have been the culprit.
Sobhraj readies to sue Dhondy over ‘Bikini Murders’
By Sudeshna Sarkar, IANS,
Kathmandu : Within 48 hours of launching his new book "The Bikini Murders" in New Delhi, author and screenplay writer Farrukh Dhondy is all set to get the kind of controversy needed to make the book a bestseller. His "old friend" Charles Sobhraj, who according to media reports is the prototype of the Saigon-born hero in Dhondy's book, is readying to sue the author.
"My French and British lawyers are reading the book," Sobhraj told IANS Sunday in Kathmandu's Central Jail, where he is serving a life sentence for the murder of an American tourist in 1975.
India universities’ delegation experiences UK’s version of ‘Chai pe charcha’
Birmingham : A delegation from 13 Indian universities got an exposure to the United Kingdom's own version of what can be called "Chai pe...
Migration is the reality of my times: Amitav Ghosh
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
New Delhi : The characters and setting may be different, but his latest "Sea of Poppies" like his other works also focuses on migration, which is the reality of "the Asian times", says India's bestselling contemporary author Amitav Ghosh.
"Sea of Poppies", which was launched Monday and hit bookstores across India in the first week of the month, is the first of a trilogy set just before the Opium wars. It is about an old slaving ship, the Ibis, which sails across the Indian Ocean with its motley crew of sailors, stowaways, coolies and convicts.
Kenya deports anti-Obama US author
By Xinhua,
Nairobi : Kenya has ordered out an American author who wrote a controversial book slamming US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Jerome Corsi had planned to make public statements in Kenya that were critical of both Obama and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga after travelling to Obama's family homeland to investigate links between the Democratic nominee and Kenyan politicians.
He had scheduled a news conference Tuesday at a Nairobi hotel for the Kenyan launch of his book, "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality".
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.
Windows into Pakistan: Four debut novels
By Vikas Datta
It is frequently described as the most dangerous place in the world. With suicide bombings and shootings, terrorists camping on its...
Money, art, music…take your pick and read
By IANS,
(IANS Books This Week)
New Delhi : From the irrepressible Shobhaa De to a passionate defence of art by Milan Kundera, here's a stimulating pile of books to spend the weekend with.
‘Princess Diaries’, ‘Tehelka As Metaphor’ top Delhi bestseller lists
By IANS,
New Delhi : Meg Cabot's latest and the last in the series - "The Princess Diaries: Ten out of Ten" - captures the reader's attention as it debuts at the top position in the fiction list while veteran journalist Madhu Trehan's "Tehelka As Metaphor" rules the non-fiction chart this week.
Non-Fiction
1. "Tehelka As Metaphor"
Author: Madhu Trehan
Publisher: Lotus Roli
Price: Rs.595.00
2."Imagining India: Ideas for the new century"
Author: Nandan Nilekani
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane
Price: Rs.699.00
3. "The Man From Pakistan"
Delhi picks Ahmed Rashid, Aravind Adiga as best selling authors
By IANS,
New Delhi : Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid's "Descent Into Chaos" rules the non-fiction list this week while the Booker Prize shortlisted "The White Tiger" by debutant Aravind Adiga is a hit with fiction readers.
The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are:
Non- Fiction
1. "Descent Into Chaos"
Author : Ahmed Rashid
Publisher : Allen Lane
Price : Rs.495.00
2. "Aids Sutra: Untold Stories from India"
Author : Various
Publisher : Random House
Price : Rs.395.00
3. "The Secret"
Author : Rhonda Byrne
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Price : Rs.550.00
Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India
Title: Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India
Author: Prof. Suryakant Waghmore
Publisher: Sage India
Year: January, 2014
Review by: Yogesh Maitreya for TwoCircles.net,
Civility is the least discussed discourse in India. In post-constitutional Indian society, the idea of civility has formed a binary: on one hand, ‘civil society’ that has been propagated by media and resources which are dominated and owned by Brahmin-Bania associations and on the other hand, the civility which has been practice by NGOs and political organisations led by Dalits. The latter had started with the core motive of annihilation of caste and, found its genesis in the struggles of Mahatma Fule and Dr. B.R.Ambedkar in Maharashtra. The idea of civility, practiced by Dalit NGOs and political groups, is contrary to the idea of civility which Brahmin-Bania possess and propagate in India, simply because idea of civility practiced by Dalits aims at annihilation of caste; precisely, Dalit civility is the ‘Civility against Caste’. Is there a god? The debate continues (Book Review)
By M.R. Narayan Swamy,
Title: On Religion; Author: Khushwant Singh (with Humra Quraishi); Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.250
Title: 50 Spiritual Appetizers; Compiled and Edited by: Vinod Dhawan; Publisher: Partridge (A Penguin Random Book Company); Pages: 204; Price: Not given
Hindu nationalists carrying forward colonial idea of demonising Mughals: Audrey Truschke
By Preetha Nair
New Delhi : Mughal rulers patronised Sanskrit literature in their courts, especially between AD 1560 to 1660, and also took up Persian...
Mumbai attacks an ‘act of war’ by Pakistan: Rushdie
By IANS,
London : Describing the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai as an “act of war” by Pakistan, author Salman Rushdie has called for a fundamental change in the way the West deals with terrorism - beginning by scrapping aid to Pakistan.
In an interview published Saturday - the 20th anniversary of global protests over his novel "The Satanic Verses" that forced him to go underground for long - the Indian-born author also criticised “liberal opinion” in Britain for ignoring the problem of terrorism.
PUDR report on SIMI’s saga with UAPA tribunals released
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Banned and Damned: SIMI’s Saga with UAPA Tribunals, a report presenting an analysis of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act...
Literati disappointed with Penguin’s book withdrawal
By IANS,
New Delhi : Expressing unhappiness over Penguin India's decision to withdraw US Indologist Wendy Doniger's book "The Hindu: An Alternative History" from the...