Fritjof Capra
It is the usual impression that oriental knowledge essentially consists of speculation concerning the ultimate nature of things beyond what is available by pure observation.
Reviewed by: Raja Ramanna
Richard Adams
WATERSHIP DOWN
1976
1976
Watership Down is an incredible book. It is the story of an epic journey of a small band of wild rabbits. Fiver, the prophet, predicts imminent destruction and, under the leadership of his brother Hazel, the rabbits leave the familiar security of their warren and brave the unknown countryside in search of a new home…
Reviewed by: Chitra Narayanan
George Kotturan
Like the proverbial Prometheus, Sikkim, having happily unbound itself from a despotic past, now adds to the diversity-a distinct hallmark of our culture. Yet, reading these tales from Sikkim, one often has a feeling of familiarity. It stems from common experiences of the past…
Reviewed by: Shyamal Roy
Roy Morris Jr.
Roy Morris Jr.’s book chronicles Oscar Wilde’s eleven-month long tour of the United States and Canada in 1882. It is during this tour, we are told, that Oscar Wilde became Oscar Wilde.
Reviewed by: Asma Rasheed
Amandeep Sandhu
ROLL OF HONOUR
2013
2013
Even as not everything written by Indian writers in English may be of equal merit, one would have to acknowledge that the Indian novel in English has come of age.
Reviewed by: Nishat Zaidi
Joâo Cerqueira
When God receives a request from Fátima to help prevent a war between Fidel Castro and JFK, he asks his son, Jesus, to return to Earth and diffuse the conflict. On his island, Fidel Castro faces protests on the streets and realizes that he is about to be overthrown.
Reviewed by: Noorin Khan