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The great book bonanza
Literature is nothing if it is not a joyful act in itself. Yet, writers clearly have responsibilities towards the language and the communities that sustain them. U.R. ANANTHA MURTHY explores the meaningful possibilities and the spaces available for a writer in our troubled times. CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Writer at the crossroads Radical changes in lifestyles brought about by science and technology have taken the traditional children's writer by surprise, resulting in a crisis of conscience. MANOJ DAS looks at the options and the possibilities available in children's literature today. 
Eye catchersContemporary Indian Art: Other Realities, edited by Yashodhara Dalmia, Marg Publications, 2002, p.140, cloth-bound, Rs. 2250.
Her own woman No rhetoric here; just a firm indictment of the `civilised' world, says ZIYA US SALAM, listening to Mahasweta Devi.
Defeat of the mindHe had done nothing shameful. It was the way they forced him to live, forced all of them to live, which was shameful. Their intrigues and hatreds and vengeful acquisitiveness had forced even simple virtues into tokens of exchange and ... DIFFERENT REGISTERS 
Understanding violenceTHE well-known writer Amitav Ghosh, speaking in a recent function in Mumbai, said that as a writer he often wondered if it was possible to write about violence in a non-violent way and his constant effort was to make it possible. It was sometime ... 
First ImpressionsINDIA in 1756. Sati Edwards does not knew it yet, but soon her life will lead her up to events over which she would have no control. Sati is a cross between the two demarcating towns that house the natives and the British. What are their terrible ... END PAPER 
Ruined by readingONE day, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, a book lover asleep in the shadow of her books, woke up and asked herself the classic addict's question: "What has reading done for me? What do I have then, after years of indulgence? A feel, a texture, an aura: ... WORD SPEAK Linguistic incursions LAST month's "Wordspeak" column was on Indian English, about certain characteristics of English as spoken and written in today's India. The true Indian English was, however, what the Europeans spoke when talking with the natives during the ...
Story of a confluenceGoa, the site of a confluence of Portuguese and Indian cultures, is the subject of India and Portugal, with the emphasis on architecture. But the book has other surprises as well, says ZERIN ANKLESARIA. FICTION Mapping obsessions Kartography is about obsessions: with words, maps and, most of all, the idea of home. A home that is impossible either to love or exorcise. CINEMA Praising `Mother India' Mother India is a well-researched book, though uncritical in its attitude to its subject, says S. THEODORE BASKARAN. Cultural technologies of colonial rule Identifying the complex relationships between knowledge (the colonised body as ethnographic text), colonial rule and history, Castes of Mind argues that colonialism re-invented caste in a way which was to have a lasting mark on society and its present post-colonial politics, says R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI. HISTORY 
Capital talkWhile the constituent individual books have all been published before, The Delhi Omnibus, covering all the major themes, is a convenient ready-reckoner, says R. KRITHIKA. WILD LIFE 
Tiger tales"HIS Eminence", "My Lord", "Lofty One". These are not appellations for a reigning monarch or a head of State. These are the terms by which the tawny-eyed tiger, the beauty among the beasts, is addressed by the Mnong community in Indo-China; they ...
Have you seen my daughter? Exclusive extracts from NIMI KURIAN'S poignant and highly commended short story. Memories of a lost home Exclusive extracts from ALOK BHALLA's interview with INTIZAR HUSAIN, from A Chronicle of the Peacocks, published recently.
Centenary of Prix GoncourtTHE Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, will complete one hundred years in a few months' time. As the centenary year opens shortly in 2003, literary and educational institutions have started to hold lectures and symposia on ... |
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