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An unlikely radical
PUBLISHING 
Let's get off the merry-go-roundADITI DE participates in a workshop on the issues facing children's publishing in India but says the camaraderie and like-mindedness did not quite add up to imaginative solutions.
Solitary worldsWhat are the rooms inside Raj Kamal Jha's head like? Could a reader find a corner in there that she might want to inhabit forever, asks NILANJANA S. ROY.
IN CONVERSATION 
Speaking through her work"The neem is the miracle tree, the tree of blessings; it dates back to dreamtime. I chose it as the leitmotif of my novel as it is a symbol for India," says INEZ BARANAY, author of Neem Dreams. The Madras Book Club ...
CLASSICS REVISITED 
Faulkner's sounds and furiesA CLASSIC novel doesn't tell just a story; essentially, it is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. But the philosophy is never expressed explicitly; it need only to spill over into the characters for it to stick out like a sore ... BOOKWATCH 
Quick-fixesIN an age when motivational and self-help books are available a dime a dozen, here are two books that will get a second look from even the cynics. While The Present draws attention to itself because of its author — Spencer Johnson of ... BOOKWATCH 
Reporter's notebookJOURNALISTS churning out books on major events they cover in the line of duty is commonplace; more so now than ever before when Indian publishing has become hyper-active. The Kargil war was a case in point with many a journalist putting into book ... BOOKWATCH 
'Breaking News' revisitedIN an age when the media is seemingly obsessed with only "breaking news", here is a book — edited by veteran journalist, B.G. Verghese — which makes out a case for staying with the story even after it has been pushed out of the ... 
A wisdom of wizardsWITH The Order of the Phoenix, the invention which has marked the previous four instalments of the Harry Potter saga is undiminished, but J.K. Rowling's ultimate purposes are clearer. She is a humane moralist with unusual architectonic ... DIFFERENT REGISTERS When the floodgates open IT is so heartening to see so many novels and short story and poetry collections flooding the market in Tamil. All of them are well produced although many of them reproduce European and other painters with absolutely no qualms, for their covers ... 
First ImpressionsAMERICA'S gun-toting culture, its easy gun laws and even easier accessibility to weapons have been in the news lately. In the hands of an alcoholic psycho, a gun can become a deadly weapon. Joan Bowden is the victim of such a situation. A typical ... ENDPAPER 
Reading in bedFOR a long time I've felt guilty about reading in bed. I thought I was the only one. Then, to my astonishment, I learnt that most book lovers — even young ones — do their best reading in bed. While I enjoy the sight of a book lover ... WORDSPEAK Xing things WHILE a visitor from India was being driven around North America, he asked, after some observation, "What are these pedzings and deerzings?" It took some time for his host to understand that the person was referring to roadside signs "Ped Xing" ...
TRANSLATION Disappointing effort Unnecessary paddings and more than a fair share of errors in translation makes Waiting for Rain a disappointment, says GOUTAM GHOSH. DETECTIVE FICTION 
Getting on with the jobIn a world where terrorists and governments could cause thousands to die, does a single murder still remain unique? A review of The Murder Room by MAITREYEE SAHA. SCIENCE FICTION Bird brained, after all JAMES PATTERSON'S newest book, The Lake House, is disappointing and lives up neither to the promise of his own writing nor to the potential of the subject. This is a real pity, because an exciting, informed and imaginative account of a ... CIVIL SOCIETY 
In defence of Hindu LawMenski argues that modern legal scholarship has portrayed Hindu law as uniformly oppressive, ignoring its evolving character, its capacity for diversity and flexibility, its welfare potential and the possibilities for freedom it contains. A review by PRATAP BHANU MEHTA. DALIT LITERATURE 
Forging one's own destinyOutcaste goes beyond the horrors of untouchability to narrate Damodar Jadhav's determination to forge for his children a destiny that was never ordained, writes SHANTA GOKHALE. DISCOURSE 
Whose language is it anyway?Language as an Ethic is a plea for language to be used correctly. But it falters even as it attempts to articulate its several incompatible positions, says IRA SINGH. Unbiased perspective Inez Baranay portrays the Indian ethos with as much authenticity as she does the American, the Australian and the British, says PADMINI DEVARAJAN. FICTION 
Subterranean worldA STORY of a displaced people — their lives, their struggles and their poverty. Chinnamani is an 11-year-old, living in Indira slum in Bangalore. He dreams of becoming a cricketer. But when he forms a "club", all he and his teammates can ... TRAVEL WRITING In a new nation Ramabai's observations provide a mirror in which we, more than a century later, can catch a glimpse of Americans as they were, says APARNA BASU. SPIRITUALITY 
Travels through trancesIn Between Worlds, Uma Singh puts adventure back where it belongs, combining an unusual open-mindedness with healthy levels of inquiry and scepticism, says ZAC O'YEAH. POPULAR FICTION Thinking person's thriller The Da Vinci Code breaks new ground as a thriller by artfully combining research, suspense and history, says PRADEEP SEBASTIAN. BIOGRAPHY 
Giant without footprintsIT is a sad fact that George Joseph is little known among the freedom fighters of South India, despite his being in the forefront of the struggle along with national leaders. He was very close to Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Kamaraj, ... HISTORY OF SCIENCE 
Our scientific heritageThe Scientific Edge, written from a rationalist and secular standpoint, is an important addition to contentious contemporary debates, says NASIR TYABJI. MUSIC 
No more glory daysAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNAN reviews three books on the icons of rock music, its `counter-culture' and its ultimate complicity with the corporate entertainment industry.
CULTURAL STUDIES 
Debating academic activismDWAIPAYAN BHATTACHARYYA attends a cultural studies workshop held at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, and finds out that sincere attempts are being made to connect political theory to popular mobilisation. |
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