BOOKS READ IN 2001
 
  1. Mahatma Gandhi and the Environmental Movement - Ramachandra Guha (Jan 06)
  2. Monocultures of the Mind : Biodiversity, Biotechnology and the Third World - Vandana Shiva (Jan 12)
  3. The Walled City - Esther David (Jan 16)
  4. The Woman of Basrur - K Shivarama Karanth [translated by H Y Sharada Prasad] (Jan 22)
  5. Green Rage : Radical Environmentalism and the Unmaking of Civilization - Christopher Manes (Jan 29)
  6. Intimate Relations : Exploring Indian Sexuality - Sudhir Kakar (Feb 01)
  7. The East India Company Book of Coffee - Anthony Wild (Feb 02)
  8. Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel (Feb 03)
  9. On the Banks of Mayyazhi - M Mukundan (Feb 05)
  10. Hugging the Trees : The Story of the Chipko Movement - Thomas Weber (Mar 05)
  11. Waiting for the Mahatma - R K Narayan (Mar 07)
  12. A River Runs Through It and other stories - Norman MacLean (Mar 08)
  13. Woman at Point Zero - Nawal El Saadawi (Mar 10)
  14. Henceforth (Anagat) - Harindra Dave [translated by Bharati Dave] (Mar 12)
  15. Beach Boy - Ardashir Vakil (Mar 13)
  16. The Jaguar Smile : A Nicaraguan Journey - Salman Rushdie (Mar 15)
  17. Seven Wonders of the Cosmos - Jayant V Narlikar (Mar 19)
  18. Guns, Germs and Steel : The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond (Mar 26)
  19. Angela's Ashes : A Memoir - Frank McCourt (Mar 28)
  20. A Green History Of The World : The Environment And The Collapse Of Great Civilisations - Clive Ponting (May 8)
  21. Chasing the Monsoon - Alexander Frater (May 12)
  22. The End of Nature - Bill McKibben (May 25)
  23. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald (May 25)
  24. Ecology and Equity : The Use and Absure of Nature in Contemporary India - Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha (May 26)
  25. Gem in the Lotus : The Seeding of Indian Civilisation - Abraham Eraly (May 30)
  26. A Horse and Two Goats and other stories - R K Narayan (May 31)
  27. The Legends of Khasak - O V Vijayan (Jun 09)
  28. The Saga of Dharmapuri - O V Vijayan (Jun 14)
  29. The Infinity of Grace - O V Vijayan (Jun 18)
  30. Bhava - U R Ananta Murthy (Jul 11)
  31. A Survey of Indian History - K M Pannikar (Jul 15)
  32. Of Myths and Movements : Rewriting Chipko into Himalayan History - Haripriya Rangan (Jul 26)
  33. Face to Face with Fidel Castro - A Conversation with Tomas Borge (Jul 29)
  34. R. K. Narayan : The Early Years : 1906-1945 - Susan Ram and N Ram (Aug 09)
  35. Love and Longing in Bombay - Vikram Chandra (Aug 11)
  36. Energy and Equity - Ivan Illich (Aug 26)
  37. A History of India : Volume One - Romila Thapar (Sep 13)
  38. QED : The Strange Theory of Light and Matter - Richard P Feynman (Sep 18)
  39. Malgudi Days - R K Narayan (Sep 22)
  40. The Glass Palace - Amitav Ghosh (Oct 07)
  41. The Intimate Enemy : Loss and Recovery of Self under Colonialism - Ashish Nandy (Oct 17)
  42. Passport Photos - Amitava Kumar (Oct 18)
  43. In Gandhi's Footsteps - Rainer Horig (Oct 21)
  44. A Carnival for Science : Essays on Science, Technology and Development - Shiv Vishvanathan (Oct 22)
  45. Mistaken Modernity : India Between Worlds - Dipankar Gupta (Oct 24)
  46. A House for Mr Biswas - V S Naipaul (Oct 29)
  47. Confronting Empire : Eqbal Ahmed - Interviews with David Barsimian (Oct 30)
  48. The Pen and the Sword : Edward Said - Interviews with David Barsimian (Oct 31)
  49. Exploring Indian Railways - Bill Aitken (Nov 2)
  50. Dancing in Cambodia, At Large in Burma - Amitav Ghosh (Nov 3)
  51. The Idea of India - Sunil Khilnani (Nov 16)
  52. Tradition, Recovery and Freedom - Dharampal (Nov 21)
  53. Home and Exile - Chinua Achebe (Nov 22)
  54. Branded By Law : Looking at India's Denotified Tribes - Dilip D'Souza (Dec 5)
  55. Environmentalism : A Global History - Ramachandra Guha (Dec 13)
  56. Woodworm - Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay [translated by Shampa Banerjee] (Dec 19)
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