Category: Books
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An insider account of Sikkim turning from monarchy to Indian state
Several books have highlighted Sikkim’s transition from a monarchy to the 22nd state of India in 1975, but G.B.S. Sidhu’s Sikkim: Dawn of Democracy is possibly the first ‘insider’s account’ of the rapid interactions that ricocheted between Delhi and the Himalayan kingdom’s Palden Thondup Namgyal, the 12th and last Chogyal (king) in the run-up to…
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A café owner is giving away books to children who bring him plastic bottles and cans to recycle
A bookseller in southern Italy is offering free books to schoolchildren who bring him one plastic bottle and one aluminum can to recycle. Michele Gentile, who founded the Ex Libris Cafe bookshop in Polla, a small town near Salerno, told CNN he wants to encourage kids to read while doing something for the environment. “My…
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Share a Book India Association is spreading the love of reading among under-privileged children
Prahlad Modern Public School is located in an urban slum in north Delhi. Here, at 11 a.m. every Saturday, something a little out of the ordinary happens: students between Classes III and VIII put their regular school work aside and for the next two hours, peek into worlds imagined by others. Just for this little…
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Manish Tewari launches book on economic justice
Former Union Minister and author Manish Tewari launched “What Marx Left Unsaid”, authored by Malay Chaudhuri, Arindam Chaudhuri and Che Kabir Chaudhuri at the India International Centre here. The book is on a theory of economic justice that creates a case for an exploitation-free world with a maximum wage ratio of the highest paid to…
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Upcoming Book ‘Night of the Living Dead 1990: The Unseen Version’ Will Present Tom Savini’s Original Vision
As much as horror fans tend to love Tom Savini‘s 1990 version of Night of the Living Dead, a damn fine remake, it’s no secret that the film doesn’t quite represent Savini’s intended vision from the outset. “The movie is about forty percent of what I intended,” Savini once said. “It would be a much better…