The Non-Fiction Collection - Volume Two

Author: Eminent ContributorsPublisher: PenguinYear: 2007Language: EnglishPages: 487ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143103571 DescriptionFor some years now, it’s been happy season for books and publishing in India.

But the most enduring success story in English-language trade publishing in the country—indeed in all of Asia—began long before this. These commemorative volumes of the finest writing published in trilogy are dedicated to the finest Indian authors and authors of Indian origin anywhere in the world.

Showcased here are authors who have topped best-seller charts in India and abroad, and won virtually every major literary prize including the Nobel Prize, the Jnanpith Award, the Man Booker Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.

It is unlikely you will find a richer, more representative collection of writing from or about South Asia. This series of Fiction and Non-Fiction in 5 volumes bring the best in contemporary Indian and international literature to readers everywhere.ContentsPublisher’s Note xiThe Case of the Bonsai ManagerR.

GOPALAKRISHNAN 1Teardrop on the Cheek of TimeROYINA GREWAL 8The Holy TrinityRAMACHANDRA GUHA 17A Life Less OrdinaryBABY HALDER 34Economic RealitiesSANJOY HAZARIKA 41Sun after DarkPICO IYER 51DamuNARENDRA JADHAV 60The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian PoliticsCHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT 69The KapoorsMADHU JAIN 74India’s PoliticsBIMAL JALAN 92J.

KrishnamurtiPUPUL JAYAKAR 98Unveiling IndiaANEES JUNG 106The IndiansSUDHIR KAKAR ? KATHARINA KAKAR 116To My CountrymenA.P.J. ABDUL KALAM 135Dare to DreamBACHI J.

KARKARIA 141Our BoysMUKUL KESAVAN 152The Garb of ModernitySUNIL KHILNANI 160SoniaRASHEED KIDWAI 172Commentaries on LivingJ. KRISHNAMURTI 179Bombay London New YorkAMITAVA KUMAR 186History and PeaceKRISHNA KUMAR 194Beyond the Last Blue MountainR.M.

LALA 201The Common Man Meets the MantriR.K. LAXMAN 210YadavJILL LOWE 215Chronicle of an Impossible ElectionJ.M. LYNGDOH 224A Cricket Causality : Bob WoolmerPRADEEP MAGAZINE 232The Boundaries around ‘People Like Us’ARUN MAIRA 243Unheard VoicesHARSH MANDER 252Feast of LoveBHICOO MANEKSHAW 260Sitara: Dancing Tigress from NepalSAADAT HASAN MANTO 266Partial RecallARVIND KRISHNA MEHROTRA 284Ocean of Wisdom: His Holiness the Dalai LamaRAJIV MEHROTRA 308Reinventing the WheelGITA MEHTA 315Caste and Politics: Anti-caste or Anti-upper CastePRATAP BHANU MEHTA 320Maximum CitySUKETU MEHTA 333The Red LettersVED MEHTA 344A variety of AbsencesDOM MORAES 354The Joy in LovingMOTHER TERESA 367AssimilationMADHUSREE MUKERJEE 370Spectre of ViolenceRUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE 379May You Be the Mother of a Hundred ChildrenSUDHA MURTY 385‘I Was Kicking Someone’VIJAY NAMBISAN 394PeasantASHIS NANDY 410FaithRENUKA NARAYANAN 416India’s Legal SystemFALI S.

NARIMAN 424The QuestJAWAHARLAL NEHRU 428Going to the CinemaPRAN VEVILE 436AmbedkarGAIL OMVEDT 443On Laughter and CelebrationOSHO 453A Double LifeALYQUE PADAMSEE 462Education and the Art of ReadingNANI PALKHIVALA 470Diddi and BabuIRA PANDE 478