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August 2014

The Last Puff

Author: Dr Sajeela Maini Publisher: Sajeela Publishing House, New Delhi (Pp 284, ISBN 978-93-5137-478-7, Rs 395) A smoker has a weird and wonderful bond with his cigarette. He loves his cigarettes as much as he hates them. Categorically…

What Would apple Do?

Author: Dirk Beckmann Publisher: Jaico Publishing House (Pp 184, ISBN 978-81-8495-563-7, Rs 299) Apple’s must-have products add up to one giant success story – iPod, iPad, iTunes, App store, et al. What makes Apple the most innovative…

Climate Change and Threats to Human Security

Editor: Narottam Gann, Publisher: Kalpaz, New Delhi (Pp 336, ISBN 978-93-5128-015-6, Rs 999) Climate change is a long term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods that range from decades to millions of years.…

The Path Unexplored

Author: Dr Sivathanu Pillai Publisher: Pentagon Press, New Delhi (Pp 278, ISBN 9788182 747906, Rs 995)Author Dr Sivathanu Pillai of this book, who is not only the author but a scientist in real sense, has an outstanding storytelling talent…

Unseen- The truth about India’s manual scavengers

Author: Bhasha Singh (translated by Reenu Talwar), Publisher: Penguin India (Pp 320, ISBN 978-0143420385, Rs 299) The first thing that strikes you about Unseen - The Truth about India’s Manual Scavengers is its poignancy. Taking up a…

The Unwanted Shadow

Author: Bhaskaryaa Deka Publisher: Half Baked Beans Publishing, New Delhi (Pp 168, ISBN 978-81-928936-1-7, Rs 175) The novel The Unwanted Shadow is a thriller from Indian author Bhaskaryaa Deka. The story revolves around Mohan who moves to…

Printed words are eternal!

–says Uma Vasudev, celebrated journalist, writer and documentary film maker With three political biographies on Indira Gandhi, numerous novels, several books on culture, music and the arts, Uma Vasudev still continues to explore a wide and…

New authors, New topics!

Authors and publishers are coming up with unique topics. A few weeks ago, Bengaluru based Madhu Satish released her first book Dhik Dhik Thara, on boat rowing, to an enthralled audience. Ritu Goyal Harish from All About Book Publishing…

There’s an untold story in everything around us!

–says Girija Rani Asthana, renowned children author and vice president AWIC Being a children writer for the last twenty-five years, Girija Rani Asthana truly loves the children world. She has been writing in English and Hindi, both fiction…