A tapestry of colonial life Fanny Parkess journals trace her journey from prim memsahib to sitar-playing Indophile and are greatly enjoyable accounts, discovers William Dalrymple.
Al-Qaida uncovered The authors account of his meeting with bin Laden in the Tora Bora caves forms the high point of the book.
BROWSERS NOOK
Mirror on life If one wants to make the point that women writers are writers who happen to be female, and can write on subjects other than the female experience too the vicissitudes of life, in different shades, as the introduction describes it Three Sides of Life offers good examples.
God, a woman? Coelhos book celebrates female divinity in a way that evokes both exhilaration and sorrow, his trademark style.
The State government has been recovering hundreds of acres of encroached lands, especially in and around Bangalore, and disposing them off through auctions, inspite of not getting a good price. Is it the right move or are there better options?
We invite our readers to give their opinion in about 100 words.
Responses may be sent to Deccan Herald, No 75, M G Road, Bangalore - 560001 or e-mail: editordh@deccanherald.co.in latest by 2 pm on Saturday.
A selection of responses will be published in Sunday’s edition.
