For jargon junkies
Book>> An Intelligent Person's Guide to Good Governance by Surendra Munshi, Biju Paul Abraham and Soma Chaudhuri Sage, Delhi Rs 270
Memoirs of a Chinese worker
Book>> Socialism is Great by Lijia Zhang Harper Collins India, Delhi 2008 Price Rs 45
The road is a gallery
Rashmi Patil, retired government employee, Karol Bagh Twenty years ago, I used public transport for my daily commute. The middle class prefers …
World peace, virtually
BOOK>> THE FACEBOOK EFFECT • by David Kirkpatrick, Simon and Schuster • Indian Price Rs 450
Brainkiller knowledge
BOOK>> IN THE SHALLOWS, WHAT THE INTERNET IS DOING TO OUR BRAIN • By Nicholas Carr • Atlantic Books • `700
They write the wrongs
Daughters of sex workers run a magazine to tell their mothers’ stories
World e-domination partnership
Books>> Google Speaks by Janet Lowe Wiley and Co Rs 600 and Inside Larry and Sergey's Brain by Richard L Brandt Portfolio Books Rs 1,200
Free lunch on net
Book>> Free The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson Hyperion Books Price US $ 9
Dorm hackers
Book>> The Accidental Billionaires, The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal • By Ben Mezrich, Doubleday &…
Elusive bride price
ALOK GUPTA visits a Bihar village where people are building a road to get wives
Local politics
Book>>Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Self Governance edited by B S Baviskar and George Mathew Sage Publications, Delhi 2009 Rs 750
Initial forays
Book>> Unlocking E-government Potential Concepts, Cases and Practical Insights by Subhash Bhatnagar Sage 2009
Many hands in media
Documentaries>> Charpashe Films by Children A project of Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
Back alley schools
Book>> The Beautiful Tree, A personal journey into how the poorest are educating themselves James Tooley Penguin Rs 499
Press for profit
Book>> The book in the renaissance • by Andrew Pettegree • Yale university press • US $40
Living the report
Book>> Waves in the Hinterland, The Journey of a Newspaper • by Farah Naqvi, Zubaan Books/Nirantar • Rs 3
Risks of freedom
BOOK>> DEMOCRACY KILLS • by Humphrey Hawksley • Macmillan UK • Indian price Rs 40
A bunch of feisty women
BOOK - BLUESTOCKINGS: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO FIGHT FOR AN EDUCATION - By Jane Robinson - Viking - Rs 800
Potters’ wisdom for last journey
Agents Of Change, Animal Dung, Bihar, Scientists, Forest Conservation, Traditional Knowledge
Very little amendment
Book>> New Forms of Urban Governance in India Shifts, Models, Networks and Contestations edited by ISA Baud and J De Wit Sage Publications, …
Strings attached
Centre's purpose of reserving 50 per cent seats for women in panchayat elections defeated by puppet candidates
'I don't want subsidies'
For five years the non-profit Centre for Renewable Energy has been promoting and selling expensive solar lamps to poor families in Nepal. Today …
Lack of governance agenda
The disconnect between Left’s politics at the Centre and the states is clear—and a problem
Bank at your doorstep
Technology is helping public sector banks find customers in rural India. This is part of the Centre’s efforts to include villages in the …
Atheist in an unholy mess
Social Media>> Religion • Palestine