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Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Author: Suraj 'Eskay' Sriram Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: Rs. 495/-, pp-176, Illustration: 246, PB, Non-Fiction Book Review by Santanu Ganguly Indira Gandhi is perhaps one of the few Indian leaders whose recognition factor has not diminished with time. Her legacy, both in terms of politics and progeny continue to impact the future of this country. In Indira G...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Edited by Shanta Gokhale Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: Rs. 495/-, pp-312, Photographs 35, HB, Non-Fiction Book Review by Santanu Ganguly Satyadev Dubey: A Life Lived Through Theatre documents the work of Satyadev Dubey—director, actor, teacher and playwright. Dubey has been passionately involved in theatre full time since the early sixties. Along with the late Shyamanand Jal...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Author: Rabindranath Tagore, Introduction: Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: Rs. 125/-, pp-164, PB, Fiction Book Review by Santanu Ganguly King of the Dark Chamber (Raja), with an Introduction by Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee and translated by the author—playwright, poet, painter and Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore—is one of his most iconic pla...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Author: A. P. S. Malhotra Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: Rs. 250/-, pp-159, HB, Fiction Book Review by Santanu Ganguly Angad Khanna, a teenage, middle class boy from a family of Hindus and Sikhs was madly in love with Delhi, the only city he new as Home or Homeland, a city he passionately loved with the fervor of a devout. He was imbibing the elixir of life, discovering the ...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Author: Sweta Srivastava Vikram Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: Rs. 350/-, pp-222, HB, Fiction Book Review by Santanu Ganguly New York City-based writer, Shaili Kapoor, is shocked to find out about her mother, Meena Kapoor's, death. Meena had drowned herself in Pashan Lake in Shaili's hometown of Pune, India. When she was younger, Shaili and her mother would oft...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Author: Jvalant Nalin Sampat Publisher: Niyogi Books, Price: Rs. 295/-, pp-288, HB, Fiction Book Review by Santanu Ganguly 'Borders change, kingdoms, empires and even entire civilizations rise and fall. You will see the entire history of humanity as a tapestry and not be wavered by the prevalent political scenario, no matter how bleak it is. You will never pledge your loya...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Elizabeth Lightfoot Publishers: Om Book International Price: Rs. 295/-, Pages: 224, PB Book Review by Santanu Ganguly [We are] driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do „Ÿ that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be. That is the thread that connects our hearts. That is the thread that runs through my journey and Barac...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Nasreen Munni Kabir Publishers: Om Book International Price: Rs. 495/-, Pages: 240, PB Book Review by Santanu Ganguly Great films come from great writing and the aim of The Dialogue of Pyaasa, Guru Dutt's Immortal Classic is to preserve in book form the film's complete dialogue by Abrar Alvi and songs/poems by Sahir Ludhianvi. These are presented in Hindi, Urdu an...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Report by Santanu Ganguly; New Delhi: About forty years ago, in 1970, Raghu Rai, one of the finest photojournalist started documenting Bombay or Mumbai. The City, which also mentioned as the financial capital of India is a true cosmopolitan by nature, where the biggest industrialist living in most luxurious accommodation, also the poor people or the job seekers from all o...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Report by Santanu Ganguly; New Delhi: Author: Dr. S D Desai Publisher: Rupa & Co, HB, Non-Fiction, Pages:306, Price: Rs. 495/- Sid L Scruggs III, International President, Lions Club had the perfect occasion to release the biography of Rohit C Mehta written by Dr. S D Desai, Amid the flash of cameras and audience applause, Dr. S D Desai n...
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