Title: The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer
Author: Nigel Collett
Pubulisher: Rupa & Co., Price: Rs. 295/-, pp. 592, PB, Non-Fiction
Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

On April 13, 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh, an enclosed public space in the holy city of Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a c...

Title: Folk Arts Of West Bengal And The Artist Community
Author: Tarapada Santra
Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: Rs. 795/-, pp-264, Photographs 193, HB, Non-Fiction
Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

Rural Bengal has always been a treasure-trove of folk art in diverse forms, which found expression in almost every conceivable item of village life in earlier days, starting from...

Title: Hampi
Author: Subhadra Sengupta , Photographer: Clare Arni
Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: Rs. 995/-, pp-262, Photographs: 158, HB, Non-Fiction
Book Review by Santanu Ganugly

Hampi is one of the greatest heritage sites in India. It has not merely temples or palaces but the remains of a complete medieval city—the magnificent Vijayanagar. There is an exquisite collec...

New Delhi: Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister released the Book entitled "A Chronicle of Ennore Port" in a function organized by Ennore Port Limited at Chennai on 5th November, 2011. Shri G.K. Vasan, Union Minister of Shipping, received the first copy. This special volume was brought out by the Ennore Port Ltd. to commemorate the comple...

Author: Nigel Collett
Pubulisher: Rupa & Co., Price: Rs. 295/-, pp. 592, PB, Non-Fiction
Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

On April 13, 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh, an enclosed public space in the holy city of Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches, leaving almost 40...

By Khuswant Singh
Publisher: Roli Books, Price: Rs: 295/-, Pages: 170, HB, Non-Fiction
Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

For Khushwant Singh who wrote his own obituray in his twenties, death is not sacred but he reflects on it increasingly these days. In Death at My Doorstep, a collection of obituaries written over the years, he presents the dead in death, as in life–good, bad or...

SB Misra
Publisher: Roli Books, Price: Rs.
Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

This is an inspiring story of an ordinary Indian in rural India, where class barriers and gender discrimination still exist. This is a story of courage, determination, faith and the will to dream big and fulfill those dreams in the face of adversity.  In Deora, a remote village near Lucknow in Utta...

Author: Dr. Darlie Koshy
Book Review by Santanu Ganguly
Publisher: Roli Books, Price: Rs. 695/-, Pages: 176, HB, Non-Fiction
Indian Design Edge, attempts to trace and touch upon the evolution and growth of Indian design which makes it possible for design to add and realize value and to create brands in the new age economy.

Breaking the glass ceiling of existing percep...

New Delhi: The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro was a landmark conference which brought together 108 heads of State and Government to Rio, where they endorsed Agenda 21, the blueprint for a sustainable future. There is agreement that the Earth Summit was a major success in raising public awareness about the need to fully integrate environmental and social considerations into...