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Bishop Desmond Tutu Chides His Flock: "God Is Not A Christian!" by DESMOND TUTU

It is often said that God created man in his own image and man has returned the compliment, saddling God with his own narrow prejudices and exclusivity, foibles and temperamental quirks.

Broken Republic by ARUNDHATI ROY

A judge in Mumbai called slum-dwellers pickpockets of urban land. Another said, while ordering the bulldozing of unauthorised colonies, that people who couldn’t afford it shouldn’t live in cities.

A New Collection of Cartoons by Vishavjit Singh A Book Review by I.J. SINGH

Capturing reality in cartoons is a rare skill and Vishavjit Singh's talent shows. His drawings are neat, clean, impressively eye-catching and unmistakable.

Memory's Harvest: Shauna Singh Baldwin by ANJANA RAJAN

My nani came to visit me, and I asked her to write her memoir. She was kind enough to write about 60 pages that are now a treasured family document.

A Little Work, A Little Play:
The Autobiography of Hardit Singh Malik A Book Review by Dr. GURNAM SINGH BRARD

He served with great courage in the Royal Flying Corps as a fighter pilot in World War I. In one combat mission, his airplane took 400 bullets, of which a couple pierced his leg.

Rajiv Gandhi: The Prime Minister of India Who Took Bribes by B.M. OZA

"The most guilty in the long line of officials was the top man, Rajiv Gandhi himself," reveals his own Ambassador to Sweden.

On Learning Punjabi A Book Review by TEJWANT SINGH GILL

How teaching of Punjabi as a foreign language varies from the learning of it as a native language is the issue addressed in this book, and resolved in an ingenious way.

Delhi Noir A Book Review by AMIT KUMAR GUPTA

These are fourteen tales of darkness and despair ... set in a metropolis where opulence and poverty are constantly clashing,

Sant Singh Sekhon's Seven Plays On Sikh History A Book Review by ROOPINDER SINGH

A translation is expected to remain true to the spirit of the original. As one reads these plays, one can feel the Punjabi original even through the English text.

On The Outside Looking Indian A Book Review by EMILY DONALDSON

A sad tale of how uneducated and supposedly 'traditional' immigrant parents mistreat their children - in virtual house arrest.