Rosh's Reviews

AUTHOR: Katherine Eban GENRE: Investigative Nonfiction RATING: 4.75 stars. Everyone knows the lack of ethics in India. Corruption pervades the public and private sectors, and even the most conscientious of citizens can barely escape this now-routine fact of our lives. I had always assumed that certain sectors might still be sacrosanct because of their very nature of their existence. Right now though, after reading this book, I'm terribly depressed and worried and have lost almost all hopes about reform in this country. Bottle of Lies is an exposé by US investigative journalist Katherine Eban about the generic drug industry, its boom and its flaws. Ranbaxy is its primary target, viewed through the eyes of Dinesh Thakur, the whistle-blower who made public the deep-rooted unethical corruption within the company. Though the book primarily focuses on Ranbaxy, the list of companies Eban has named with actual instances of malpractices contains the who's who of the Indian Pharmaceutic...

AUTHOR: Grace Lin GENRE: Middle-Grade Fantasy PUBLICATION DATE: June 1, 2009 RATING: 4.25 stars. A little girl, Minly, who stays in a poor dusty village without allowing her poverty to dampen her inner exuberance; A mother who has allowed her expectations to ruin her contentment; A father who looks beyond his lowly existence with his magical stories; A lonely dragon who has a deep-seated discontent because he can't fly; A family who seems to have the secret of perennial happiness even in times of trouble; A tiger who can't let go of his anger even if it destroys him; A wise Old Man who knows how to manoeuvre the fortunes of people with his endless strings, ... What brings these motley mix of characters together is this beautiful little book, "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon". Authored by Grace Lin, the book is a brilliant reimagination of Chinese folk tales she heard during her childhood. Little Minly's dreams of bringing happiness to her family, her brave journ...