A Gentle Madness is Nicholas Basbanes’ wonderful account of the bibliophile’s eternal passion for books and book collecting, and it could well have been the title for this review. The book title could also well be ‘The Print Beautiful’ for Pradeep’s book is an ode to fine print, in many cases, he is not able to collect whole books but …
A Memoir of Collecting Rare and Fine Books About bibliophily, the history of migration, and the Maruti Suzuki story told through the voices of the workers 336pp, Rs699; Hachette India Until 2015, Pradeep Sebastian was a contented bibliophile, quite far from the serious book collector anxiously checking his email alerts. In absorbing prose, the author retraces his fulfilling journey of …
One of the joys of a Christmas and New Year vacation is the world slows down and you can catch up with things you’ve been postponing, sometimes for years. As the cover says, “If you’re reading this book in English it’s probably because of Thomas Macaulay.” A simple but telling acknowledgement of his famous minute on education which, though undoubtedly …
