Gauri Deshpande
Deliverance opens with a one-line letter written by two sisters, Mimi and Shami, to various people across the world—Ranju, Janaki, Toshi-Ojisan, Yoshiyo-Hisayo, and Dr. Abhi—about their parents’ death.
Reviewed by: Prachi Deshpande
G.P. Pradhan. Translated by Shrikant Tambe
Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan (1922-2010) wrote the first draft of the book under review during a term of imprisonment of eighteen months during the Emergency in 1975 (he completed it in 1979).
Reviewed by: Barnita Bagchi
J.E.M. Houben
The book reviewed here has the sub-title ‘Contributions to the History of the Sanskrit Language’.
Reviewed by: A.N.D. Haksar
Saswati Sengupta
Gathering together fifteen papers presented at a two-day international conference at Miranda House (University of Delhi) in January 2010,
Reviewed by: Anne E. Monius
Nagappa Gowda K.
In relation to the Bhagavadgita, three extraordinary developments may be said to have occurred in British India.
Reviewed by: Amiya P. Sen
Elaine Morgan
‘She was there all along, contributing half the genes to each succeeding generation. Most of the books forget about her for most of the time. They drag her on stage rather suddenly for the obligatory chapter on Sex and Reproduction, and then say: ‘All right, love, you can go now,’ while they get on with the real meaty stuff about the Mighty Hunter…
Reviewed by: Devaki Jain