Report by Santanu Ganguly; New Delhi: Niyogi books launched it's latest title "Jaipur Quilts" written by Krystyna Hellstrom on 12th January, 2012 at an impressive function held at the India International Centre, New Delhi.    
 
Chief Guest, Ms. Jaya Jaitly (Founder-President, Dastkari Haat Samiti) released the book and highly appreciated...

Ahmedabad: The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that any study of Indian history cannot be separated from the context of the three large water bodies that surround the Indian sub-continent.India was the lynchpin of the sea-based trade and commerce for at least four millennia.

Addressing after releasing the book entitled "Gujrat and the Sea" edit...

Mumbai: Mahabharata, is an epic that forms the part of rich culture, tradition and history of India. It is one of the greatest literatures of the world which is brought to life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook.

Shemaroo Entertainment releases 'Peter Brook's The Mahabharata' in Hindi on DVDs. It was actually a 9...

Author: Karan Singh
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane, Price: Rs. 450/-, pp-332, HB, Non Fiction

Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

The civilization of the Indian subcontinent is by far the world's oldest living civilization.  A Treasury of Indian Wisdom traces its intellectual and spiritual history over 5000 years.
 
The anthology begins with Vedic hymns, j...

Author: Maha Khan Phillips
Publisher: Penguin Books India, PB
Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

Beautiful From This Angle, the debut novel by Maha Khan Phillips, is not what it seems to be. The author chooses the well-known chick-lit technique of bringing together three women friends to undergo a transformational experience, yet this book is not "chick-lit" in the strictest sense...

Author: Sugata Bose
Publisher: Penguin Allen Lane, Price: Rs. 699/-, pp-408, HB, Biography
Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose dedicated his life to the struggle to liberate his people from British rule. In pursuit of that goal he raised and led the Indian National Army against Allied Forces during World War II. This was a man whose patriotism was, as Mah...

Title: Shobhaa at Sixty: Secrets of Getting It Right
Author: Shobhaa De
Publisher: Penguin  / Hay House, Price: Rs. 350/-, pp-217, PB, Self Help

Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

From India's most widely read writer You've got nothing left to prove ... remember, life begins at 60! For most of us who have crossed the sixtieth milestone in the journey of life, ...

Title: The Service of the State: The IAS Reconsidered
Author: Bhaskar Ghose
Publisher: Penguin / Viking, Price: Rs. 499/-, pp-320, Non Fiction

Book Review by Santanu Ganguly

Is the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) still the most appropriate institution to govern twenty-first-centuryIndia? Should a cadre of generalists head organizations as complex and diverse as ind...