Militarism in India: The Army and Civil Society in Consensus
by Apurba Kundu
Taurus Academic Studies, London, 1998
230 pp, GBP 45
Savaging the Civilised
by Ramachandra Guha
OUP. New Delhi, 1999
pp x+398
Juhi sulks. Jackson loves Mahatma Gandhi. Jaffrey shoots his mouth. The Bollywood virus hits Gotham.
It was a near-sell-out-delirious crowd that bellowed and jumped on seats at the Bollywood Awards
An eminently watchable movie based on a mediocre novel.
reviewed by Paramjit Rai
Talking to Rehan Ansari in these pages some months back, filmmaker Deepa Mehta noted that making films
The Call of Nepal
by J.P. Cross
Bibhotheca Himalayica, Kathmandu, 1998
241 pp, NPR __
Moran of Kathmandu: Pioneer Priest, Educator, and Ham Radio Voice of the Himalayas
by Donald A. Messerschmidt
White Orchid Press, Bangkok.
1997314 pp, NPR 650
Living as a Muslim In a Plural Society
by Faziur Rahman Farldi
Islamic Foundation, Madras, 1998
pp 105, INR 65
Visiting Bhutan is an honour bestawed an the few who get to go. Here is a book that will help make you make the best of it.
Defenders of the Establishment: Ruler-Supportive Police Forces of South Asia
by K.S. Dhillon
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 199_
pp 290, INR 300
The Taliban: War, Religion and the New Order in Afghanistan
by Peter Marsden
Oxford University Press, Karachi/Zed Books, London & New York, 1998
pp x+162, PKR 395
Following in the footsteps of Seven Years in Tibet and Kundun, the latest offering for Himalayan buffs is none other than Everest, the movie. This film, however, is one Himalayan
