India, it is a puzzle of a million pieces. Sometimes they fit together and sometimes they just miss each other by a slight geographic or historical tampering around the edge. India is the vibrant folktale locked inside every historian. It is the ballad sung in the courts of Mauryas and Guptas. India is the very beauty of the British Architecture that adorns Kolkatta.[a] It is the anomalies of French and Portuguese culture that brews in the cafes and clubs of Pondicherry and Goa. It is the friction which exists with the Chinese on the east and Pakistanis on the west and yet it is the peace which resonates with the harmony of South Asia. It suffers from the stereotypes of western media and yet it enjoys the respect of western authors and poets. And this India is one of the many chapters an Indian studies , thus an Indian is the sense of graduating in few of the million myths, stereotypes, epitaphs , accolades and applauses awarded to India. When my father was growing up, mathematics was the speed and accuracy of calculations, displayed in the oral recitations of multiplicative tables [ pahadas], and when I was growing up…
As our country gets ready to celebrate one of its biggest national holidays, citizens all over its length and breadth will gear up to put up a dazzling show of national pride. School teachers will teach their pupils patriotic songs. Housing societies will organize flag hoisting ceremonies, preceded by a seemingly polite but emotionally charged battle over which member will do the honours.
'Satanic Verses' author attacks rise of religious and political tribalism that makes people define themselves by what they hate… The Booker Prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie spoke out against a new "culture of offendedness" yesterday, saying that people increasingly "define ourselves by hate". Speaking to a sellout crowd on the opening day of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Midnight's Children author said: "I do think that one of the characteristics of our age is the growth of this culture of offendedness. It has to do with the rise of identity politics, where you're invited to define your identity quite narrowly – you know, Western, Islamic, whatever it might be." The above is an excerpt from "The Independent UK". Read more…
With the long weekend coming up and a mid-week holiday in the pipeline, here's your chance to get off your couch and go meet the wordsmiths who keep you entertained and enlightened. We have compiled a list of literary events that will be held in your city! Don't forget to tell us how you enjoyed it! Mumbai Book : Happy Birthday! And Other Stories Publisher : Random House India Date : 8/17/2013 Time : 6:00 P.M. Venue : Just Books Spandivity Knowledge Resources, Nerul East, Mumbai Book : Happy Birthday! And Other Stories Publisher : Random House Date : 8/18/2013 Time : 6:00 P.M. Venue : Just Books Shop, Hiranandini Meadows Gladys Alwayes Marg,Thane West Book : Kitchen Clinic Publisher : Random House Date : 8/8/2013 Time : 7:00 P.M. Venue : Crossword, Orbit Mall, Malad, Mumbai Pune Book : Happy Birthday! And Other Stories Publisher : Random House Date : 8/24/2013 Time : 7:00 P.M. Venue : Crossword, ICC, Pune Book : It Started With A Friend Request Publisher : Random House Date : 8/4/2013 Time : 7:00 P.M. Venue : Crossword, ICC Mall, Pune Bengaluru Book : Seek Publisher : Random House Date : 8/10/2013 Time : 6:00 P.M. Venue : Oxford Bookstore,1 MG Mall, 1/2 Swami Vivekananda Road, Bengaluru Chennai Book : FLAT TRACK BULLIES by Balaji Venkatraman, Publisher : Westland Date : 8/9/2013 Time : 6:30 P.M….
Publisher: Pirates
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9788192681009
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I started reading this book with a sceptical mind, the seeds of doubt having been planted already. After all, Tushar Raheja, the author of "Anything for you, Ma'am" was one of the first movers of the ubiquitous young adult genre. But, he has jumped off that bandwagon to provide us with a whole new ball game (pun intended) – Romi & Gang.
In Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods, lies the extent of wanderlust and love for nature that drives man into the deepest of woods and loneliest of trails. It is a story of weird encounters, strange mishaps, the joy of conquering peaks and completing hikes – like the Appalachian Trail (AT) the writer attempts to finish in 1996. This is indeed a travelogue, but with a story.
Set up in the spiritual capital of India, the story revolves around three central characters: Pinku, Guggi and Bhandu. The book picks up pace as Pinku and Bhandu follow Guggi with his dangerous plan and face a lot of troubles. The characters are brilliant and the narrative is amazingly simple yet elegant.
Publisher: Paper Clip Books
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9789332420045
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After enthralling millions with his iconic creations like Super Commando Dhruv, Detective Kapil, Space Star and Manas Putra. , Mr Anupam Sinha, India’s answer to the legendary Bob Kane, has penned down his first graphic novel a relentless adventurous ride “The Virtuals”. Its the sort of publication that stands out in a pile of books. The textured cover, is complemented by the intriguing caption:”They are everywhere and nowhere”, automatically triggering the urge to pick it up to know more.
Author: Shubham Arora
Publisher: PaperClip Publications
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9789332421110
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The feeling of melancholy, has it ever hit you when life chances dance around you? The worst loss to anyone is the loss of Love and Friendship. Sometimes memories are hard to forget, they come to haunt you, especially the bad ones and sometimes even the good ones. One Last Time will make you ponder over how conveniently life gets into a clutter of tragedies, choices and decisions.
Innovation is not an occurrence – it is an attitude.
Though required by everyone, innovation becomes a life line for people who deal with technology, strategy or processes. In the last three decades most of the “maximum impact products “emerged from ICT which changed the way the world works. An innovator need not come up with E=mc2 every time. Ideas, products or processes you come up with could be simple, sometimes even insignificant, can still be counted as innovations as long as they are different. Rather than waiting to come up with something spectacularly great once in your lifetime, your endeavor should be to raise your Innovation Quotient or InnQ gradually by innovating all the time. To make “Innovativity” as an attitude, it is important to broaden your horizon. Visit new locations, read books and articles on new subjects, meet new people from different age groups. That is the way to tickle your brain and give it a chance to kick up something new; original; different.