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Dirda on Books
Byline: Michael Dirda Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda takes your questions and comments concerning literature, books and the joys of reading. Each week Dirda's name appears -- in unmistakabl...(Continue Reading)
The world's first multinational; Corporate greed, the ruination of traditional ways of life, share-price bubbles, western imperialism: all these modern
In The Discovery of India, the final and perhaps most profound part of his "prison trilogy", written in 1944 from Ahmednagar Fort, Jawaharlal ......(Continue Reading)
Novel of the week. . - Spring Books - Don't You Want Me - book review
Don't You Want Me India Knight Penguin, 272pp, [pounds sterling]6.99 Our heroine, Stella, is in her late thirties, has a child but no husband, ......(Continue Reading)
Top 5 Books on the Mother Goddesses
Goddess worship has long been a significant aspect of Hinduism. Here is a selection of books that narrate the story of the mother goddesses of India and bring out the various facets of this tradition and its contemporary nature....(Continue Reading)
Book Review: Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is by Swami Prabhupada is one of the most widely read translations of the Hindu scripture. Here's a short review of the book....(Continue Reading)
Ganesha: The Elephant-God - All About the Zoomorphic Hindu Deity
About the elephant-headed deity - the Hindu god of success, the importance of his form and how he got his head....(Continue Reading)
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