Gautam Bhatia Knihy

The book introduces a novel conceptual framework for analyzing constitutional rights through a comparative lens, highlighting real-life cases where private power infringes upon individual rights. It examines scenarios such as a prestigious club excluding women from leadership roles and a homeowner discriminating based on race. The central question explored is whether individuals can invoke constitutional protections against such private actions, prompting a deeper discussion on the limits and applications of constitutional rights in everyday situations.

* A long-overdue volume on a five-decade long practice successfully creating monumental public works* Documents the work of Namita Singh work through five decades for a society in the making * Illustrated with photographs and drawings lending value to the breadth of the varied projectsHaving set up practice couple of decades after independence, Namita Singh belongs to the generation of architects who participated in the country's rapid development, providing a range of infrastructure projects for a society in the making, its institutions and cities. A Chandigarh-based practice, her firm has delivered a range of buildings, including educational institutes, offices, commercial projects, housing, heritage and restoration works, private homes and interiors across India. While much of her work is in tune with a contemporary modernism, Namita Singh has always drawn on local values and technologies for its generic expressions. A volume long overdue, the publication includes works that illustrate principles the architect uses to build and as well as those that are part of the stylistic consistency of the firm. Accompanying photographs and drawings tell a parallel story and lend value to the breadth of the varied projects presented and of a practice informed by inquiry.

The Definitive Biography of Laurie Baker Laurie Baker has worked in India for over forty years and is renowned for being one of the very few architects in the world to have designed and built buildings as diverse as fishermen's huts, computer institutes, auditoriums, film studios and tourist centres. His distinctive brand of architecture, usually moulded around local building traditions (especially those of Kerela, his adopted home state in south India), is instantly identifiable and has, unsurprisingly, revolutionized traditional concepts of architecture in India. Baker's architecture is responsive, uses local materials and lays stress on low-cost design. This biograpy of Laurie Baker, like his work, is direct, simple and comprehensive; further embellished with sketches, plans, photographs and some of Baker's own writings, the book offers the professional architect view of the life, methods and thoughts of an unorthodox genius.

A wacky take-off on Vishnu Sharma's Punchatantra. Inspired by "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories". We have a fiercely vocal lesbian feminist, an expatriate dog, a mongoose with an Oedipus complex. All touch on the burning issues of the day—unemployment, oppression, environmental pollution, sexual imcompatibility. Political satire at its best.