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Sunday, July 03, 2005
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FACE TO FACE
ISSUES Pirates of the Commons The Commons is a shared spring from which we all draw sustenance. But recent trends seek to diminish its relevance, writes SUDHAKAR THATHS CHANDRASEKHARAN. HEALTHCARE 
Out of the lungWilson succeeds admirably on his own terms — taking ownership of the disease from medics ... and giving it back to the patients who actually experienced it.
Shifting gearsIndia is too diverse a country to be treated as a monolithic entity. The reason why Penguin India has gone for Indian Language publishing, says John Makinson, CEO of Penguin Worldwide.
CLASSICS REVISITED Meditation on the futility of war BOOKWATCH 
Slice of historyA Bunch of Old Letters: Being Mostly Written to Jawaharlal Nehru and Some Written by Him, selected and edited by Jawaharlal Nehru with an introduction by Sunil Khilnani, Viking, Rs. 750. NEARLY half a century after it was first ... 
From a teacher of midnight's childrenInteresting Times in India: A short Decade at St. Stephen's College, Daniel O'Connor, Penguin, Rs. 295. HAVING arrived in admission season, Interesting Times in India: A Short Decade at St. Stephen's College probably has a captive ... 
Between fact and fictionMangal Pandey: Brave Martyr or Accidental Hero?, Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Penguin, Rs. 150. TRUTH, it is often said, lies somewhere in between. So, what the British prefer to call the Revolt of 1857, goes down in Indian history as "The ... 
First ImpressionsFAME, they say, comes at a price. Is that price motherhood? A "normal" lifestyle or a sense of alienation from things ordinary? As she delves into the strange life of her mother, the famous Hindi writer Shivani, Ira Pande looks at the dynamics of ... ENDPAPER The speaking book
FICTION 
Across chasmsWritten with humour, intelligent self-reflection and with love, Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for 2005, is the story of an ethical man who found fulfilment in his calling. IN CONVERSATION `Extraordinary' man At 96, the Tamil writer Chitti's interest in books, writers and people is still undimmed. MEMOIRS The twilight years of Tibet At no point in this mesmerising narrative does Harrer reflect over the implications of his being a Nazi on the run. SOCIETY 
A people's historyThanks to Neera Adarkar and Meena Menon, the memories of a glorious and turbulent past will not be erased even as the physical structures are brought down. DIFFERENT REGISTERS Getting on with life MEMORIS Portrait of an artist Despite some substantial gaps, the diary is a remarkable record of a painter's enterprise. CINEMA Out of India A problem with the book is that the writing style is academic and does not reach out to the general reader. FICTION Meditation on loss Despite being slightly overwritten, this is a far better novel than any contemporary Indian novel. ARTSPEAK Recovering a space for the arts De's success lies in her ability to draw her subjects out of their reticence and make them reflect on varied issues. TRANSLATION Tales with a twist Cynicism is best countered by humour. POETRY Two different kinds of craft While Kannan's poems have an inherent lyricism, Dyson's poems are like prose paragraphs chopped up into line lengths, says MALATI MATHUR. 
EyecatchersThe Parsi Theatre: Its origins and development, Somnath Gupt, translated and edited by Kathryn Hansen, Seagull Books, 2005, p.223, Rs. 425. | ||||||||