Harud
directed by Aamir Bashir Chasingtales, 2010
'Heaven on Earth' is how my teacher used to introduce us kids to the combustible turf that was, and is, Kashmir.
Unruly Hills: Nature and Nation in India's Northeast
by Bengt G Karlsson Social Sciences Press and Orient BlackSwan, 2011
It is with a sense of déjà vu that
Bollywood Weddings: Dating, engagement and marriage in Hindu America
by Kavita Ramdya
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010
This engaging book begins with Ramdya's own wedding, when she married
This book transcends any neat scheme of categorisation. It is not, strictly speaking, a work of etymology (the study of origin of words) or of philology (the study of language)
The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp
Fiction, Vol II
edited by Rakesh Khanna
translated by Pritham K Chakravarthy Blaft, 2010
In her Translator's Note for Volume I of
No sooner are we introduced to the rooting of the seeds of Islamic rule in the Northwest Frontier Province and the drive to seek distance from the infidels, than we
There has long been a relative paucity of autobiographical writings by women, so those that have been written have come to be seen as significant. Perhaps the mainstream did not
The idea that education will 'make or break' Pakistan is a commonly heard one today. Overall, there is broad agreement that education is as important to Pakistan as
There are two worldviews governing the relationship between an editor and the state. One firmly believes in a model wherein the editor considers himself the natural opposition to the governing
It is rare to come across such a delightfully written and insightful book in the rather arid arena of law. Intriguingly, the cover of a book about prostitution in Bombay
