Bookish

Author: Joseph P. Quinlan, Sumantra Sen, Kiran Nanda
Publisher: Random House India
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9788184003543
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Oozing well before the onset of summer, Thirsty Nation gushes out as a well-researched warning that if our nation continues its prodigal romance with water, bitter consequences are bound to befall.

Narendra Modi a.k.a Namo vows to fight for ‘The Hindus’ (not the community, Wendy’s book) In a fit of secularism, Narendra Modi has decided to gift copies of Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History free of cost to colleges and universities in the country. ‘Let us be open-minded and show tolerance, something that I have always strongly believed in,’ his press office said in a statement. The move seems to be designed to appeal to the YA vote bank. Youngsters, however, seem to be skeptical. ‘Why would we read a heavy, academic book which we had never even heard of before the controversy? We only read about Hinduism when it is written in a snappy, user-friendly manner, like Amish Tripathi’s chillum-smoking, romantic Shiva!’ Dr.Doniger and her publisher have publicly expressed their gratitude – some say, because they have no choice. ‘But this is obviously a plot. If the book is freely available, nobody will want to buy it, ’ said a disgruntled insider. Rahul Gandhi releases excerpts from his autobiography We have recently been informed that Rahul Gandhi is hard at work on his autobiography. Excerpts: “Our party has empowered people in the freedom movement, farmers in the green…