बुक्स and MUSIC

Visa, Stickers and Other Matters of the Soul, Author: Lom Harshni Chauhan

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Price: ` 299/-

One of the major

concerns of Indian parents is how best to pass on to their children the

time-honoured traditions of Indian culture and spirituality, even as they try to raise global citizens. This novel is an endearing account of a young

mother's experiments with raising her daughter in the Indian spiritual way while living in atheist China. As she begins to educate her daughter, she is surprised by the child's sense of understanding and realises that

parenting is her biggest life lesson, with her daughter as her teacher. Lom has done an excellent job of capturing her relationship with her young daughter. Her writing is so vivid and brilliant that the reader becomes a silent participant in their playful interactions. Apart from

parenting it also brings out the

relationship between a spiritual

master and a student. This book would be an useful read for all

parents who want to imbibe spiritual values in their children. It will be a special read if the parent enjoys a special relationship with a spiritual master.

The Man,The Leader MSD

Author: Biswadeep Ghosh

Publisher: Rupa

Price: ` 195/-

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be

remembered for hitting the winning six for India in the final match of the 2011 World Cup against Sri Lanka and also for the hope he ignited in the hearts of many aspiring cricketers across the nation for generations to come. The book unveils Dhoni's struggles during his growing-up years, analysis his career as a

cricketer and captain par excellence and reveals his innate leadership abilities by speaking to luminaries from different walks of life, the Man,The Leader MSD is filled with examples of Dhoni's strong

personality and inspiring leadership and marking one decade of his entry into the Indian cricket team. Replete with images, the book is an

inspirational read.

Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir

Author: Ilina Sen

Publisher: Penguin

Price: ` 399/-

Anchored by the happenings around the arrest, trial and conviction of civil rights activist Binayak Sen in Chhattisgarh along with the struggle for his release, this memoir by his sociologist wife illuminates their

journey and how their world

imploded.

The memoir describes their years at the Chhattisgarh Mines Shramik Sangh (CMSS) trade union where Sen, along with a few other doctors started a hospital while Ilina

organised workers' education and also joined struggles by women mine workers. Categorically stating that the book by no means was about the 'Binayak Sen case', Ilina says, "In the preface it is rather about the life that they, along with many friends and colleagues, led in the region. It is also about the richness of that

experience and the lessons from those years."

The book celebrates Chhattisgarh while also lamenting the lost

opportunity for its inclusive and

violence-free development.

At Home in India: The Muslim Saga

Author: Salman Khurshid

Publisher: Hay House

Price: ` 699/-

As a former Union Minister who has held several crucial

portfolios, the author, on the basis of his vast and varied experience, recounts how Muslims in India accept this country as their own despite many provocations and allegations

doubting their patriotism.The author describes how the Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh and the Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi, came into being and how many of their alumni became part of the freedom

movement and maintained

communal harmony.

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The Patna Manual of Style

Author: Siddharth Chowdhury

Publisher: Aleph

Price: ` 295/-

'Go to any party, in any country, on any moonlit

terrace of the world, the best dressed man is always the one from Patna.' In these nine

interlinked stories we meet the not-so-quintessential Patna man Hriday Thakur. Hriday Thakur, writer, lecturer, publisher, ad-man and inveterate lover of women, from heart break to marriage in post-liberalization India. The book will appeal to upper middle-class and movie buff. Unsentimental to a fault, Siddharth Chowdhury's stories deal with relationships that are intimate and sensuous and sometimes hard to define, taken together, they are an affectionate nod to an idealist generation, insulated in a world of publishing, academia, gin-soaked brunches and Marxist philosophy. The Patna Manual of Style is a treat for readers who have read Siddharth Chowdhury's earlier books Day Scholar, Patna Roughcut and Diksha at St Martin's.

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