Tag: BOOK

As we celebrate Buddha Purnima, The New Leam chooses to share with the readers the extraordinarily illuminating messages of mindfulness Thich Nhat Hanh conveyed in the process of his teaching. Yes, Buddha is here. Are we prepared to find Him?

Roshen Dalal weaves together the complex and divergent threads of Indian history retaining both complexity of narrative as well as beauty of presentation.

Varsha Das’s powerful yet simply articulated text leaves an impact on the mind of the young learner on the importance of women’s education.

Lata Mani—a gifted scholar/seeker—inspires us to redefine the mode of cultural critique.

Here is a thought provoking book that is bound to engage the reader in a process of rigorous self-introspection.

The vastly different perspectives and treatments in two recent books about Zimbabwean author Dambudzo Marechera leave the reader with tantalising questions beyond the subject matter.

An extraordinary leader's life and times have been captured in this remarkable yet simply written book with an emphasis on aspects of his human side rather than his political trajectory.

The following passage has been excerpted from Parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor's book The Battle of Belonging: On Nationalism, Patriotism And What It Means To Be Indian.

Vandana Shiva's penetrating observations and sharp reflections make us rethink the project of modernity - its instrumental rationality, its hyper-masculine doctrine of development and manipulation of nature, and its dualism that separates the knower from the known, science from ethics, and is centralizing/monopolizing tendency.

An amazing book by a Tibetan Buddhist Master—here is a reflection. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Sadness, Love, Openness: The Buddhist Path of Joy, Shambhala South Asia Editions, 2018