Vijay Raman: The Promethean cop with humanitarian ideals
The book Did I really do all this? explores this eternal question of existence through the memoirs and personal experiences of Vijay Raman.
The book Did I really do all this? explores this eternal question of existence through the memoirs and personal experiences of Vijay Raman.
Tamil poetess Lakshmi Kannan’s Nadistuti is of the rivers and for the rivers flowing deep at our heart.
Politics and satire have long-standing relationships. “The Ascent” brilliantly reinvokes this relationship with a generous dose of humour, nonchalance, brilliant wordplay, and delicious use of the contemporary that seamlessly reaches out to the universal.
“Becoming the Storm”, the debut novel of Rami Chhabra, columnist, writer and journalist, is a measured critique of unquestioning, unthinking human values etched into collective consciousnesses that cripple the journey forward and that lurk like invisible but indestructible shackles.
"Shooting Straight", the gripping biography of Lt Gen Rostum Kaikhushru Nanavatty, talks about the exhilarating journey of the decorated and accomplished infantry officer who saw action in Nagaland, Sri Lanka, Siachen and Jammu and Kashmir.
Thierry Henry, one of the greatest footballers of all time, opens up about how only worldwide fame can help to protect from racism, while the story of how racism ended the career of Adam Goodes, the legendary Australian Rules footballer, could well move you to tears.
As Kapadia puts it in one of his "Samosa Gyans": I might not be a billionaire, but I know I've achieved enough to inspire you to get off your seat.
"Far away, in Delhi, one could imagine a chuckle in the corridors of South Block. Nepal's politics, and its politicians, are a quagmire. Its leaders play each other and its neighbours constantly in the struggle for power. India had long waded into the puddle, played the game and lost. Now, it was China's turn."
Conspiracy of Aunts is an exciting combination of romance, Victorian elegance and vignettes from the lives of the bhadraloks (gentry) of Calcutta. You need to judge the book by its (well-designed) cover and dive right in to enjoy the fastpaced events thereafter... A review.
Gun Island is engrossing and almost reads like a whodunit, thus reiterating Ghosh's talent as a master story teller and a craftsman of words. It is amazing how he can thread his ideas about climate change, ecological disasters, crossborder migration and global movement of refugees in search of a better life elsewhere all together in his narrative... A review
