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Mother India: A Political Biography
of Indira Gandhi
By Pranay
Gupte
Price:- Rs. 699.00
About the
Book:-
Mother India is the fascinating story of independent
India’s
most complex political figure: Indira Gandhi, the enigmatic and solitary
daughter of the country’s first prime minister, who rose to become prime
minister herself. From being the reticent Indu in the Nehru family, she
became one of the great leaders of the twentieth century.
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Pranay
Gupte explores the life and times of ‘Mrs G’, who at the height of her
career was often compared to Bharat Mata—Mother India. Her ‘Garibi Hatao’
call and her efforts at bringing about a Green Revolution endeared her to
the electorate, but controversy and criticism, too, marked her years in
and out of office. From the time she engineered a split in the Congress
Party to emerge as its undisputed leader in the 1960s, through the
triumphal aftermath of the 1971 war, the infamous Emergency, right up to
Operation Bluestar which led to her brutal assassination on 31 October
1984, Mrs Gandhi’s legacy is still being determined.
This comprehensive biography, reissued in a
revised edition on Indira Gandhi’s twenty-fifth death anniversary, not
only explores her career and contradictions as a consummate politician,
but also her relationships as daughter, wife and mother. Packed with
lively anecdotes and cogent insights, this book is both a compelling
portrait of Indira Gandhi and a trenchant analysis of the politics of
twentieth-century India. |
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William Dalrymple was born in Scotland and brought up on the shores of Firth of Forth. He is the author of five books of history and travel, including the highly acclaimed best-seller City of Djinns, which won the 1994 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award. His previous book, White Mughals, garnered a range of prizes, including the prestigious Wolfson Prize for History 2003 and the Scottish Book of the Year Prize. It was also shortlisted for the PEN History Award, the Kiriyama Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. A stage version by Christopher Hampton has been co-commissioned by the National Theatre and the Tamasha Theatre Company.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society, Dalrymple was awarded the 2002 Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his 'outstanding contribution to travel literature' and the Sykes Medal of the Royal Society of Asian Affairs in 2005 for his contribution to the understanding of contemporary Islam. He wrote and presented three television series, Stones of the Raj, Sufi Soul and Indian Journeys, the last of which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA in 2002. In December 2005 his article on the madrasas of Pakistan was awarded the prize for Print Article of the Year at the 2005 FPA Media Awards. He is married to the artist Olivia Fraser, and they have three children. They divide their time between London, Scotland and Delhi. | 15 October
Wendy Doniger's The Hindus: An Alternative History topped the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel topped the  fiction group.
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8. Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence, Author: Jaswant Singh, Publisher: Rupa, Price: Rs.695.00
9. Chasing The Dragon: Will India Catch Up with China?, Author: M. Guruswamy and Z.D. Singh, Publisher: Pearson, Price: Rs.650.00
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Fiction
1. Wolf Hall, Author: Hilary Mantel, Publisher: Fourth Estate, London, Price: 7.99 pounds (Rs.609)
2. The Lost Symbol, Author: Dan Brown, Publisher: Bantam Press, Price: Rs.699.00,
3. Summertime, Author: J.M. Coetzee, Publisher: Harvill Secker, London, Price: 8.75 pounds (Rs.673)
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9. The Englishman's Cameo, Author: Madhulika Liddle, Publisher: Hachette, Price: Rs.295.00
10. The Angel's Game, Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Publisher: Weidenfield and Nicolson, Price: Rs.495.00 12 October
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Synopsis
Love marriages around the world are simple:
Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.
They get married.
In India, there are a few more steps:
Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.
Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.
Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.
Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.
Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya. They are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don’t agree. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple have a tough battle in front of them. For it is easy to fight and rebel, but it is much harder to convince. Will they make it? From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale about inter-community marriages in modern india.
Excerpt
Prologue
“Why am I referred here? I don’t have a problem,” I said.
She didn’t react. Just gestured that I remove my shoes and take the couch. She had an office like any other doctor’s, minus the smells and cold, dangerous instruments.
She waited for me to talk more. I hesitated and spoke again.
“I’m sure people come here with big, insurmountable problems. Girlfriends dump their boyfriends everyday. Hardly the reason to see a shrink, right? What am I, a psycho?”
“No, I am the psycho. Psychotherapist to be precise. If you don’t mind, I prefer that to shrink,” she said.
”Sorry,” I said.
“It’s OK,” she said and reclined on her chair. No more than thirty, she seemed young for a shrink, sorry, psychotherapist. Certificates from top US universities adorned the walls like tiger heads in a hunter’s home. Yes, another South Indian had conquered the world of academics. Dr. Neeta Iyer, Valedictorian, Vassar College.
“I charge five hundred rupees per hour,” she said. “Stare at the walls or talk. I’m cool either way.”
I had spent twelve minutes, or a hundred bucks, without getting anywhere. I wondered if she would accept a partial payment and let me leave.
“Dr. Iyer…”
“Neeta is fine,” she said.
“OK, Neeta, I don’t think my problem warrants this. I don’t know why Dr. Ramachandran sent me here.”
She picked my file from her desk. “Let’s see. This is Dr. Ram’s brief to me – patient has sleep deprivation, has cut off human contact for a week, refuses to eat, has Google-searched on best ways to commit suicide.” She paused and looked at me with raised eyebrows.
“I Google for all sorts of stuff,” I mumbled, “don’t you?”
“The report says the mere mention of her name, her neighbourhood or any association, like her favourite dish, brings out unpredictable emotions ranging from tears to rage to frustration.”
“I had a break-up. What do you expect?” I was irritated.
“Sure, with Ananya who stays in Mylapore. What’s her favourite dish? Curd rice?”
I sat up straight. “Don’t,” I said weakly and felt a lump in my throat. I fought back tears. “Don’t,” I said again.
“Don’t what?” Neeta egged me on, “Minor problem, isn’t it?”
“Fuck minor. It’s killing me.” I stood agitatedly. “Do you South Indians even know what emotions are all about?”
“I’ll ignore the racist comment. You can stand and talk, but if it is a long story, take the couch. I want it all,” she said.
I broke into tears. “Why did this happen to me?” I sobbed.
She passed me a tissue.
“Where do I begin?” I said and sat gingerly on the couch.
“Where all love stories begin. From when you met her the first time,” she said.
She drew the curtains and switched on the air-conditioner. I began to talk and get my money’s worth.
07 October
Hilary
Mantel wins Booker for gripping 16th century tale
In a short-list bereft of Indian
writers, this year's Man Booker prize has gone to British novelist Hilary Mantel
for her gripping 16th century tale titled Wolf
Hall.
Mantel, 57, received 50,000 pounds
as prize money on Tuesday night in what is considered one of the
English-speaking world's most prestigious literary prizes.
Indian writers such as Salman
Rushdie, Anita Desai, Aravind Adiga and Arundhati Roy have previously won the
prize but this year's shortlist did not feature any Indian.
Other writers who made the short
list this year were A S Byatt, J M Coetzee, Adam Foulds, Simon Mawer and Sarah
Waters.
'Wolf Hall' is set in the 1520s and
tells the story of Thomas Cromwell's rise to prominence in the Tudor
court.
Accepting the award at The
Guildhall, Mantel said that if winning the Booker Prize was like being in a
train crash "at this moment I am happily flying through the
air".
She told the audience that it had
taken her about 20 years to decide whether to write this particular
book.
She said: "I couldn't begin until I
felt secure enough to say to my publisher - just what a publisher always wants
to hear - 'this will take me several years you know'. But they took it on the
chin."
Mantel added: "When I began the book
I knew I had to do something very difficult, I had to interest the historians, I
had to amuse the jaded palate of the critical establishment and most of all I
had to capture the imagination of the general reader."
Chairman of judges James Naughtie
said: "Our decision was based on the sheer bigness of the book. The boldness of
its narrative, its scene setting. The extraordinary way that Hilary Mantel has
created what one of the judges has said was a contemporary novel, a modern
novel, which happens to be set in the 16th Century. We thought it was an
extraordinary piece of story-telling."
Mantel was the bookmaker's favourite
to win the award. Ion Trewin, literary director of the Booker Prizes, said the
last time a favourite walked off with the prize was Yann Martel's Life of Pi in 2002.
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction,
first awarded in 1969, promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best
book of the year.
  28 September One peek at MSN India brings you up to speed with what's hot in the world today Drag n' drop 
Last week Oprah announced that Say You’re one of Them was her latest pick, see her talking about the book here http://www.oprah.com/media/20090921_obc_oprah-say-youre-one-of-them-video, it has entered the US best sellers at number 4 on the New York Times paperback chart.
"Each one of these stories really just left me gasping." — Oprah
Through the sanitized windows of our televisions and newspapers, the truth about the pervasive poverty and violence that exists in so many African nations comes only in fits and starts, clouded by physical distance and apathy toward what we may feel we cannot relate to or change. In his first collection of stories, Say You're One of Them, Akpan brings to life the issues facing children in one of the most beleaguered places on earth, so that their voices will no longer go unheard.
In five separate narratives, each told from the perspective of a child from a different African country, Say You're One of Them vividly portrays the horror and beauty to be found in both the history-altering events and the mundane details of everyday life. In these stories of family, friendship, betrayal and redemption, Akpan highlights the tenacity and perseverance of his young protagonists.
The 8-year-old narrator of "An Ex-Mas Feast" needs only enough money to buy books and pay fees in order to attend school. Even when his 12-year-old sister takes to the streets to raise these meager funds, his dream can't be realized. Food comes first. His family lives in a street shanty in Nairobi, Kenya, but their ways of loving and taking advantage of each other strike a universal chord. In the second of his stories originally published in The New Yorker, "My Parents' Bedroom," Akpan takes us far beyond what we thought we knew about the tribal conflict in Rwanda. The story is told by a young girl, who, with her little brother, witnesses the worst possible scenario between parents. This singular collection will also take the reader inside Nigeria, Benin and Ethiopia, revealing in beautiful prose the harsh realities of life in Africa for children.
Akpan's voice is a literary miracle, rendering lives of almost unimaginable deprivation and terror into stories that are nothing short of transcendent. 9780349120645SAY YOU'RE ONE OF THEMUwem AkpanB format PB/ Abacus£7.99/ Rs 395 Dear All,
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Beyond the Secret
Price:- Rs. 395.00
Author: Brenda Barnaby
Publisher: Shree Book
Centre
ISBN: 9878184992021
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Beyond the Secret is more than
a book, it is a revelation, an opportunity to transform our life. All the clues of the successful the
Secret by Rhonda Byrne are developed here for each of us to choose our own
individual development towards our accomplishments and welfare by using an
appropriate and organized mental power. The author not only goes “beyond
the secret” but makes available to us all her knowledge regarding the
fundamental laws of studies related to the
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By the
bestselling author of The One Minute Manager, a business parable
that teaches organizations to cope successfully with
change.
Every
day organizations around the world launch change initiatives often
big, expensive ones - designed to improve the status quo. Yet 50 to
70 percent of these change efforts fail. A few perish suddenly, but
many die painful, protracted deaths that drain the organization's
resources, energy and morale. So, Who or what is killing change?
That's what you'll find out in this delightful whodunit. The story
features a Columbo-style detective named Agent who's investigating
the murder of yet another Change. One by one, Agent interviews
thirteen prime suspects, including a myopic leader named Vision; a
chronically tardy manager named Urgency; an executive named
Communication whose laryngitis makes communication all but
impossible; and several other dubious characters.
The
suspects are sure to sound familiar, and you're bound to relate them
to your own workplace. In the end, Agent solves the case in a way
that will inspire you to become an effective Change Agent in your
own organization.
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 22 September
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Title: Bollywood In
Posters
Author: S
M M Ausaja
Publisher: Om Books
International
ISBN: 9788187108559
Pages: 275
Binding: Hard Bound
Price:INR 2500
Description:
'Bollywood in Posters' is the debut book by
film historian S M M Ausaja that is being launched by Amitabh Bachchan in
the forthcoming IIFA weekend in Macau on
the 11th of June. Published by Om Books International, it is all about
celebrating Poster art in Hindi cinema - an art that could never win an
art historian's attention, at least till the mid nineties. Kitsch is what
it would be generally referred to. The brush-stroke art that appeared in
the publicity material of films till early eighties was belatedly
celebrated. There were artistes - poster designers - who specialized in
publicity art and they were often very popular within the producers'
community, though somewhat anonymous to the rest of the world. Hindi films
arrived in 1931 with Ardeshir Irani's Alam Ara. In the thirties, forties
and fifties, there were lithographic posters. The lithographic press gave
way to the offset press and posters of seventies and eighties were mostly
offset prints. The nineties popularized the digital press. Consequently,
by the end of eighties, the era of hand painted posters ended, replaced by
the printed collage of images appearing on the posters. With the end of
the hand-painted posters, came the realization of treating the originals
as pieces of art, thereby making the hand-painted poster of any film from
thirties to eighties as an object of art. This book is in honor of all the
unsung poster designers who made the poster art of the country immortal
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 18 September Dear Patron,
The Lost Symbol is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown's No. 1 international phenomenon with 81 million copies in print worldwide. It is now released for sale in India.
The LOST SYMBOL - a Novel. By Dan Brown, 2009. After waiting 6 years, Robert Langdon finally resurfaces in Dan Brown`s latest thriller, "The Lost Symbol". The plot unravels in twelve fast paced hours and has everything we`ve come to expect from Dan Brown: history, cryptic codes, freemasons and intrigue. The Lost Symbol is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown`s No. 1 international phenomenon with 81 million copies in print worldwide and the UK`s biggest selling paperback novel of all time, and it will once again feature Dan Brown`s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. This book`s narrative takes place in a 12-hour period, and from the first page, Dan`s readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape.The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown`s prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book. Rs. 699/-
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We are going to get the stock of the new edition of the coveted publication:
Swamy's HANDBOOK 2010 for Central Government Staff (with a Free Diary). By Muthuswamy & Brinda, 2010. This is an essential hand book for all Central Govt. officers, employees and libraries as it provides a gist of all the service rules at one place. Law stated is as amended upto 1st September, 2009. Rs. 210/- + postage.
14 August
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Taxation of CAPITAL GAINS. By Girish Ahuja & Dr. Ravi Gupta, 6th edition, 2009. This is being a comprehensive and illustrated guide on law relating to taxation of capital gains under the Income Tax Act, as amended by the latest Finance Act. Rs. 425/- |
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Taxation of Income from House Property. By Ranvir Singh, 2009. The text of this simple guide book is as amended by the Finance (No.2) Act, 2009. Rs. 250/- |
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Taxation of LLPs. By Srinivasan Anand G. (C.A.), 2009. This book is a guide to law and procedures prescribed under Limited Liability Partnership Act 2009. Rs. 325/- |
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TDS - How to Meet Your Obligations with TDS Tax Tables and New Law Relating to TDS From Payments to Contractors. By Taxmann, 15th edition, 2009. Being a `do-it-yourself` guide on laws relating to deduction of tax at source (TDS) under Income Tax Act [As amended by Finance (No.2) Act 2009], the book is very simple and to-the-point. It includes new rates of TDS & TCS as well. Lot of illustrations and decided cases are also mentioned. Rs. 400/- |
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TDS is Not Tedious. By Sanjai Kumar Verma, 7th edition, A.Y. 2010-11. This book presents questions on day-to-day problems on TDS (tax deducted at source) under the Income Tax Act, answered covering a broad spectrum of topics germane to the main theme. This treatise shall be very helpful in understanding and solving TDS issues. Rs. 625/- |
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Tips on PROPERTY Buying, Selling, Renting & Tax Planning. By R.N.Lakhotia & Subhash Lakhotia, 5th revised edition, August 2009. This simple and small book from two of the most well-known tax-experts of India gives simple tips and precautions which one must take while buying, selling or renting a property anywhere in India. Model drafts and agreements are also given. Rs. 125/- |
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Treatise on SERVICE TAX Law, Practice & Procedure (in 2 Vols.) (Book + CD). By Sunil B.Gabhawalla (C.A.), 9th edition, August 2009. Being a complete book on the subject. CBEC Circulars, Notifications& Trade Notices on Service Tax matters are also given. Free CD contains software for filing of ST Returns with legal provisions and Rules. Rs. 1750/- |
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29 July
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Title:-
Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game
Author:-
Tilly Bagshawe
Price:-
Rs. 250/-
About the
Book:-
The Blackwell family were an
enigma, rich and powerful beyond compare, Kate, Tony, Eve and Alexandra
had a life of dreams, but their dreams were born of greed, ambition and
murder.
Now that tainted legacy passes
to the next generation. Lexi
Templeton, kidnapped and abused by her captors- will her terrifying past
force her to bring down the very empire that created her ? Robbie
Templeton, Lexi’s older brother, once despised by his father and confused
about who he really is. Max
Webster, the only child of scheming Eve… one day the Blackwell billions
will be his. Only Lexi Templeton stands in his way.
Sidney Sheldon’s Master of the
Game chronicled the lives of a family cursed by their own power and
success. Now the story
continues, twisting and turning to a mind-blowing
climax.
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 28 July
Title:-
Ek Zameen Aapni (Hindi)
Author:-
Chitra Mudgal
Price:-
Rs. 300/-
About the
Book:-
Aaj vigyapan jagat ghar-ghar ko
aadhunik bhasha bodh dene ke naam par jis tikhi chamak se chakachaundh kar raha
hai, us glamour se vibhramit kar dene wali duniya mein jitna hissa punji ka hai,
shayad usse kam hissedari naari aur uski deh ki nahi hai. Is naye satta-pratisthan mein stri apni
deh aur prakriti ke madhyam se bazaar ke lubhawne sandesh ko hi upbhokta tak
nahi panhuchti, balki parde ke piche ek badi work-force bhi stri se hi banti
hai.
‘Ek Zameen Apni’ vigyapan ki us
duniya ki kahani bhi hai jahan samaj ki ichchaon ko paina karne ke auzar taiyar
kiye jaate hai; aur stri ke us sangharsh ki bhi jo stri es mayavi duniya mein
apni rachnatmak chamta ki pahchan arjit karne ke liye aur sirf deh-bhar na bani
rahne ke liye karti hai. Ek or
pariwarik sanskaron se ujwarsit upanyas ki nayika ankita hai; aur dusri or,
vigyapan ki chakachaundh-bhari duniya mein aasha-nirasha jhelti, apni madak deh
ke tilasm mein uljhi nita.
In dono yuvtiyon ko hi multah Kendra
mein rakhkar rochak katha ke madhyam se anek prashn uthai gaye hai. Naari aakhir
kis tarah ki swadinth ke liye yudhrat hai?
Woh apne liye kis tarah ki zameen aur kis tarah ka samaj chahti hai? Jis
sambhrant aur dikhnaute samaj ke kuchak mein phanskar woh apne astitiva ke mool
prashno se takra rahi hai, woh use kahan le jaa raha hai? Aisa to nahi ki woh anjane hi ek
suniyojit dhokhe mein apne ko daalkar jis tarah sahas aur sangharsh ka
pradarshan kar rahi hai, ve uski nasamjhi ke swayam use hi dawn par laga rahe
hon?
Upanyas mein stri ke sangharsh ko
ukerte hue yeh chetawani bhi mukhar hoti hai ki naari-mukti ke bhramak pralobhno
mein swadhinth talash karti stri kahin matra bhogya banker na rah
jaye.
27 July
Title:- Lost Monuments
of Lucknow
Author:- Saiyed Anwer
Abbas
Price:- 600/- Paperback, 750/- Hardbound
About the
Book:-
Lucknow is believed to be extant from Lord
Rama’s time. It was a prosperous
town and the capital of Awadh during the Mughal rule. It became the cynosure of all eyes
during Nawabi Rule and was compared by foreign visitors to the great cities of
the world like Babylon, Rome, Athens, Paris, Moscow,
Constantinople, Dresden, Oxford and Eaton. It was acclaimed as the ‘City of
Palaces and
Gardens’.
This books (Page 490) deals with
nearly 500 monuments and historical sites of Lucknow belonging to the period between
11th and 19th century that have now been lost. The monuments and historical sites are
chronologically presented. They are
secular and religious and a good number of them are related to the mutiny of
1857-1858 (India’s first war
of independence) in which Lucknow played a very significant and major
role.
The text is explicit and
supplemented with 1225 references and 170 illustrations (some rare) of
structures in their original and earlier or present state. The reference are given from some 200
publications in Persian, English, Urdu and
Hindi.
Book: Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy
Author: Arundhati Roy
Publisher: Penguin-Books India;
Price: Rs 499
Man Booker winning author Arundhati Roy takes a probing look at the underbelly of the world's oldest democracy in her new anthology of essays Listening to Grasshoppers: Field Notes on Democracy published this week.
"By democracy, I don't mean democracy as an ideal or an aspiration. I mean the working model: western liberal democracy, and its variants. Attempts to answer this question often turn into a comparison of different systems of governance and end with a somewhat prickly, combative defence of democracy. It's flawed, but it's better than anything else that's on offer," Roy said.
The anthology is typically Arundhati Roy - candid, chatty, lucid and probing - more like snapshots from all her earlier works of non-fiction since 1999.
With intelligent political insight, she shows how the journey of Hindu nationalism and neo-liberal economic reforms, flagged off almost around the same time in the early 1990s, is now manifest in dangerous ways.
The book begins with an essay on the state-backed killing of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, explaining how "progress and genocide" have always be comrade-in-arms. They either take place together or follow each other in a strange cycle of fate.
"Fascism's firm footprints has appeared in India. Let's mark the date: Spring 2002. While we can thank the US president and the coalition against terror for creating a congenial international atmosphere for fascism's ghastly debut, we cannot credit them for the years it has been brewing in our public and private lives... it breezed in after the Pokhran nuclear tests of 1998," Roy writes in her essay, "Democracy: Who's She, When She's At Home".
The argument makes sense.
In the essay, "How deep shall we dig", a text of the lecture that she delivered at the Aligarh Muslim University in 2004, she uses Kashmir to establish the Indian government's handling of terrorism along its margins - Jammu and Kashmir and in the seven sister states of the Northeast where the "schism between the real and the virtual world has turned into a place of endless speculation and potential insanity".
Roy brings POTA and allied terrorism-related laws under the scanner and poses a disturbing question - "Successful fascism takes hard work. And so does creating a good investment climate. Do the two work well together?"
"Azadi", another essay that first appeared in The Guardian in August 2008, rakes up a controversy - one that leaves most of us squirming in discomfort.
Roy pleads for an "azad Kashmir" saying "for all these years, the Indian state, known among knowing as a 'deep state', has done everything it can - subvert, suppress, represent, misrepresent, discredit, intimidate, purchase - and simply snuff out the voice of the Kashmiri people".
India needs 'azadi' from Kashmir just as much - if not more - than Kashmir needs azadi from India, she writes. Which is well, but the essay fails to address who makes up the Kashmiri people and the holes in history? Can an Azad Kashmir make room for all?
The concluding essay, "Nine is Not Eleven (And November isn't September) is perhaps the most soul-searching of the lot.
It is a spotlight on th 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks - published in The Guardian in December 2008. The essay, while describing the horrors of the blasts, as beamed across by television channels and the post-mortems that followed the live coverage, makes a pertinent point.
"Dangerous, stupid oversimplification like the police are good/politicians are bad... Tragically, this regression into intellectual infancy comes when people in India were beginning to see that, in the business of terrorism, victims and perpetrators often exchange roles," she writes, citing Kashmir as an instance.
The collection is thought-provoking, well-researched and worth reading.
But in retrospect, the thin line between reportage, editorial writing, sermonising and the fine art of non-fiction essay writing seems to overlap too frequently in the anthology.
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