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The word in the machine
Waiting for change `More women than men are studying, but the higher they get up professionally the less chances they have.' SPOTLIGHT Across cultures The Indo-Swedish Translation Project hosted a literary seminar, "Sambandh: Relating Distant Worlds' in Bangalore from February 2 to 5. The event brought many distinguished writers, critics, translators and publishers together for an informed, ...
IN CONVERSATION City stories KALA KRISHNAN RAMESH walks the fuzzy borderline between the real and the unreal with designer Avinash Veeraraghavan. IN COVERSATION 
Translation as absenceNoted French translator Dominique Vitalyos is passionate about translating Indian, especially Malayalam, authors. K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN talks to the translator who is in India now. NEW VOICES Landscapes of the grid Salma's novel unravels a stunningly textured world of Muslim life. PRASANNA RAMASWAMY talks to the author.
CLASSICS REVISITED 
Crucible of fearTo be sure I had counted myself a radical since my days in college and had tried and failed to read Das Kapital; but the Marxist formulations had certainly given shape to my views on politics — fundamentally that to understand a ... DIFFERENT REGISTERS Mothers and daughters MARCH is an important month because the International Women's Day falls in March on the 8th and very often that day becomes a day of meeting of friends in the women's movement who have not met for a long time. We celebrate the day and talk about ... 
First ImpressionsREMEMBER those tomes that you were forced to lug around the dreary library? Here is a history book that will gladden your hearts and lighten your spirits. This book is one that students of history and life can romp through in one sitting. This is ... WORDSPEAK Words that should exist LEWIS CARROLL, who wrote about Alice's romp through wonderland, coined the word "chortle" in his other work Through the Looking Glass (1872). The OED says that it was a combination of "chuckle" and "snort", and I have always ... ENDPAPER 
MarginaliaTHERE are really only two kinds of readers — those who write in books, and those who don't. I myself have never been able to scribble in the margins but several of my friends never begin a book without a soft pencil in hand. Coleridge, a ... 
BookwatchWRITTEN for a Western audience in 1954 at a time when the sun had set on the British Empire, A.L. Basham's The Wonder that was India is among the "must reads" for every undergraduate pursuing history in India. And, herein lies the greatest ...
POETRY No false notes `She hones her words to communicate their magic, that's all she has, and uses them as a mirror in which she looks at herself and the world.' TRANSLATION Masterful tapestries `Both the narratives make for an easy reading with their imaginative descriptions, lucid language and artistic cohesion.' ART Changing canvas `The text as structured by the author is as clinical as the artist he probes.' Future-speak `The book is a compact perspective on global language trends and is futuristic in the points it raises.' FICTION The same book, again and again `Here, in essence, lies the philosophical richness of Auster's work, his refusal to fall into the post-modern trap of denying meaning.' TRANSLATION Portrait of a nation `The writer's main aim was to communicate his perceptions of the social contradictions of Poland ...' GENDER STUDIES Issues in Indian feminism `These essays discuss the many varieties of challenges that have faced women through the expressive and layered prism of literature.' CONSERVATION Bird book `The main aim of the inventory, as cited, "is to document and protect a network of sites which covers all the habitats and species".' NON-FICTION Magic workers `Roopa Swaminathan's style is journalistic more than literary or academic, the prose, simple, and her curiosity, endless.' FICTION Remnants of the Raj `These are, in a sense, haunting stories, taking us back to a time of inequality, subjugation and servility.' HISTORY Beyond the exotic `Schimmel's language is shorn of jargon and is direct and simple with liberal use of quotes from contemporary sources.' TRANSLATION Dealing with difference `Ashokamitran's prose is underplayed and his sardonic wit can be refreshing.' 
From the Blurb'THIS book is an indispensable new A-Z reference to English usage for the 21st Century. It covers more than 4,000 points of word meaning, spelling, punctuation, grammar and style on which students, teachers, writers and editors regularly seek ... |
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