Title: At The Crossroads – How to Make The Right Choice for a Successful Career Author: Shankar Bellur Category: Career Counselling Genre: Non fiction Publisher: Adhyyan Books Pages: 184 (paperback) Price: Rs. 399 The quality of life depends on the choice made at every critical phase of our lives. A wrong decision made, for any…
A historical perspective of India’s socio-political churning
January 12, 2020Title: Awakening Bharat Mata – The Political Beliefs of The Indian Right Author: Swapan Dasgupta Pages: 428 Price: Rs.699 Publisher: Penguin Random House India Ltd. (2019) By R. Chandra Prakash The title of the book says it all. This is about the socio-political transformation in, what Hindus call this motherland, Bharat Mata. It is about…
Self-discovery by a teacher
January 2, 2020Title : Reflections of a Teacher Author : K.L. Nagaraju Pages : 230 Price : Rs. 250 Year : 2018 Publisher : Notion Press, Chennai We learn from Thythiriya Upanishad about the virtue of respecting mother, father, guru and guest, all being perceived as divinity. Even as the outlook of people at large towards teachers…
Grandma’s Tale
December 31, 2019Title : Rajammal Author : Bharathi Ghanashyam Pages : 235 Price : Rs. 200 for Kindle version with a free Kindle reader; Rs. 508 for paperback. Publisher : Self-published on Amazon By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist Rarely do we come across a great grand-daughter writing a novel thinly based on her great grandmother. Bharathi Ghanashyam…
Book talk: Salvation from sorrow
December 30, 2019Title: The Path of from Sorrow Author: Acharya Mahashraman Translator: Samani Vinay Pragya Pages: 156 Price: Rs. 100 Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharathi Ladnun, Rajasthan (2018) Jain Acharya Maha-shraman’s simple-to-follow prescriptions for leading a purposeful and satisfying life free from sorrow by limiting desires presented in this booklet drawing from Rajasthani literature conforms to the Kannada…
Book talk: A worthy role model
December 30, 2019Title: Back to the Native Village Authors: H.R. Chandravadana Rao and Prof. T.R. Vijayaraghavan Pages: 104 Price: Rs. 100 Publisher: H.R. Chandravadana Rao, Mysuru (2019) The narrative of prose fiction, being shorter than a novel and longer than a short story by the authors, rich in sentimental tone, originally written by the first author…
Mysuru Dance Guru in Global Glare
December 29, 2019Title : Vasundhara – Odyssey of a Dancer Author : George S. Paul Pages : 220 Price : Rs. 1,699 Year : 2019 Publisher : Notion Press, Chennai This splendidly illustrated biography of Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy traces the 50-year spirited journey of the renowned Bharatanatyam exponent, a revered Guru for thousands of her students initiated…
A father figure of forest’s flora and fauna
December 22, 2019Title : An Autobiography of a Kodava Forester Author : Dr. Kodira Achappa Kushalapa, IFS (Retd.) Pages : 228 Price : Rs. 200 Year : 2019 Publisher : Dr. K.A. Kushalapa, Mysuru. In the film of 90 minutes duration, titled “Beautiful people: Some call them animals,” a comic allegory produced in 1974, focussing on various…
Saga of selfless service
December 19, 2019Title : Sutturu Suradhenu Author : K. Veerabhadra Translater : Padma Ramachandra Sharma Pages : 582 Price : Rs. 350 Year : 2019 Publisher : Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Grantha-male, Mysuru A lthough the publication has been deemed to be a novel, the narrative is actually a biographical record of Suttur Seer Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra…
Thus spake Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji
December 15, 2019Title : Glimpses of The Cherished Values Author : Dr. Chandrasekharaiah Pages : 594 Price : Rs. 400 Year : 2019 Publisher : Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Granthamale Writing about the publication, a collection of speeches by Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji, its Editor has rightly chosen to inform the readers that the speeches are heart-to-heart…
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