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John le Carré Won’t Come in Anymore

John le Carré has gone into the cold. He won’t come in any more… that is in person, though his books will forever thrill spy story buffs. And film buffs who have seen The Spy who came in from the Cold, the 1965 British cold war film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. Another memorable work from le Carré has been Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. John le Carré was his pen name.

Born David John Moore Cornwell in 1931, le Carré died on 12 December, of pneumonia in the Royal Cornwall Hospital, his family said. He was 89 and is survived by his wife and four sons.

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John le Carré Won’t Come in Anymore

In a New Book A President Remembers

Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s upcoming memoir, to be released by Rupa in January 2021, spills the beans on the UPA/Congress leadership for its electoral debacle in 2014. Mukherjee was considered the chief troubleshooter for both UPA 1 and 2 till he got elevated to the country’s highest office. In the fourth volume that focuses on his years as President of India during the Manmohan and Modi régimes, he is said to have criticised his former party boss Sonia Gandhi sharply, pointing out her inability to handle the party’s internal affairs, after he had left active politics for contesting Presidential Elections.
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In a New Book A President Remembers

Of Cricket, Controversies and the Custodian

It is always interesting to talk books. And it has to be news in quote unquote when India’s top cricket historian says that one of India’s top cricketers and cricket administrator has succumbed to ‘conflict of interest’. This was Ramchandra Guha discussing his latest book, 'The commonwealth of cricket: The most subtle and sophisticated game known to mankind', with senior actor Naseeruddin Shah on a cultural platform Manthan on 22 November morning.
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Of Cricket, Controversies and the Custodian

Government Stops Giving Work to Printers

As the world is increasingly moving towards adopting digital force multipliers for productivity and given the fact that using technological innovations for planning, scheduling and forecasting is known to be economical, efficient, and effective, the Government of India has decided that there will be no further activities towards printing wall calendars, desktop calendars, diaries, festival greeting cards and similar material by all Ministers/Departments/Autonomous Bodies and other organs of the Government.

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Government Stops Giving Work to Printers

A Techguru’s Fireside Chat with Indian Students

At a time when jobs are few and employability is an issue worrying the government, Pearson chief John Fallon’s visit to India is being seen by educators here as very significant.

Fallon’s talk, scheduled for Wednesday, 4 September 2019 at Amity University, Delhi is aptly titled, Reimagining Learning in India for Employability – Fireside Chat. The event is being hosted by biggest Asia’s IT books publisher BPB Publications.

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A Techguru’s Fireside Chat with Indian Students

Bilingual Fairy Tales

The magical story of Cinderella, whose unhappy life is transformed when she meets her fairy godmother!

The magical story of Little Red Riding Hood, who meets a wicked wolf in the woods, but escapes alive with the help of a kind huntsman!

The magical story of Hansel and Gretel, the brother and sister who have an enchanting adventure in the forest, which turns their bad luck around!

Bilingual Fairy Tales is a series of books aimed at helping young readers achieve proficiency in both Hindi and English. These illustrated retellings of popular fairy tales engage children, while building their skills and vocabulary in two..

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Bilingual Fairy Tales

Gita: The Battle of the Worlds

When 11-year-old Dev's father dies, he can't stop lashing out at those he loves. Until he meets Sanjay – a sprite-like being who claims there is a battle raging inside Dev's own body. Sanjay embarks on a perilous journey beginning in the darkest realm at the bottom of Dev's spine. As he searches for the noble warrior Prince Arjun—the only hope to defeat wicked Prince Ego—Sanjay encounters starving mobs, thieving gangs, water worlds and lands of fire, until at last he finds Arjun on the battlefield, ready to fight for Dev.

This book attempts to take the messages of the Gita and make them more accessible to children and to also present the Gita as a universal message..

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Gita: The Battle of the Worlds

BARD OF AVON's BIRTHDAY:

All the world ‘s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. -William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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The JCB award: Promise of transparency

The JCB award: Promise of transparency

In a short and sweet event on 10 April, leading manufacturer of earthmoving equipment, the JCB Group offered a sumptuous Rs 25 lakh award to fiction writers in India, bringing equity to the prizes game. If the winning book is a translation, the translator will be awarded..

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Charles Allen and the meandering Vaigai

When'll we derive the 'Outcome' in NEP?

Recent news reports state that the HRD Minister has announced in a television interview that NCERT syllabus will be reduced by half, and it will be introduced from the year 2019 academic session.

If you recall, the MHRD has also announced that assessment..
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The comeback kids who set examples

The Life We Live!

What is the nature of human life? If you were to read Professor Jordan Peterson’s recent best-seller,12 Rules for Life, you will learn that human life is full of 'suffering' and our very existence in this world is a 'horrible' tragedy for which we need to 'make amends'. Life, in Peterson’s worldview, is 'nasty [and] brutish'.

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