Ignatius Press has recently released a softcover photobook tribute to the life of soon-to-be saint Mother Teresa. Works of Love Are Works of Peace: Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity is a project that was four years in the making and containing some 180 photographs taken over a ten-yearContinue Reading
Mother Teresa will be canonized on Sept. 4 — the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Already a saint in the eyes of most people, regardless of religion, she is clearly deserving of this honor. I’m even more certain of her sanctity now that I’ve written a book about her critics.Continue Reading
The Hidden Business of Democracy in India Josy Joseph, Harper Collins, Non-fiction, Rs 599.00 Josy Joseph draws upon two decades as an investigative journalist to expose a problem so pervasive that we do not have the words to speak of it. The story is big: that of treacherous business rivalries,Continue Reading
In the book “Unposted Letters” the author says Sales managers make the mistake of working with the under-producers and non-performers, trying to get them to be more productive, while the top performers go unattended and are taken for granted. Focus on the strong and make them stronger. This striking thought flashed beforeContinue Reading
The book explains how mining in Goa is affecting ecology, water bodies and cultureContinue Reading
Ever since one of my sisters told me that she likes to pray “Soul of Christ” each day after communion, I too took a liking towards this prayer. And I find it very soothing and comforting. It is for the first time that I find a complete book based onContinue Reading
By Pope Francis, Andrea Tornielli Pp152, Rs 499.00 2016 Published by Bluebird Book for Life Pope Francis announced the Year of Mercy on 8 December 2015, on the fiftieth Anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican council. An event in which the Church sensed a responsibility to be a living signContinue Reading
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Westland Limited, Delhi, 2015, pp. 192, Rs. 399.00 VOLUME XL NUMBER May 5, 2016 A Mosaic of Pain and Suffering The wounds may have healed to an extent but the suffering is relived and borne again and again by the affected families and through them, by theirContinue Reading