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Lesley Downer's new book offers a grand panoramic tour of Japan's history
Japan has received far more than its share of natural disasters, most massive earthquakes, volcano eruptions, gigantic tsunamis and ravaging fires Listen to This Article The Shortest History of Japan by Lesley Downer Published by Picador India xiv+258pages ₹599 A grand panoramic tour of Japan's history Shreekant Sambrani For the rest of the world, Japan conjures up a vision of unique sensual images and experiences: exquisite cherry blossoms, the ever-so delicately flavoured sushi, the highly stylised Noh and kabuki performances, the elaborately coiffed geisha dressed in an ornate kimono, the ethereal 17-syllable haiku, the ritualistic tea ceremony, aesthetic bamboo pavilions with tatami covered floors, extremely courteous, disciplined and equally industrious people worshipping their emperor (though no longer divine) — the list is endless. Even a veteran traveller is mostly unable
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Business Standard
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville' reveals essence of the new American right
The new American right is a Hydra-headed monster. Mr Trump isn't its cause, but its distilled essence Shreekant Sambrani Listen to This Article Charlottesville: A study of rage and resistance by Deborah Baker Published by Penguin Random House 442 pages ₹1,299 Charlottesville in the Commonwealth of Virginia is a city of about 50,000, evenly divided among white and black residents. It is among the oldest cities in the state, with great historical significance. Monticello, the estate of Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the United States and its third President, is just outside the city. Jefferson's successor as President, James Madison, the 'father of the Constitution,' and the author of the Virginia Compromise, which equated electorally five freed slaves to three white persons, was
