The HINDU (2006 June 30)

Soccer Bookfair
An online exhibition of Malayalam books on football is being conducted by www.indulekha.com. The books will be available on the net till the end of this edition of the World Cup. There will be a dozen books, seven of which have been uploaded and the rest are on the way.

The books that have been posted are `Red Zone,' a collection of essays on football by M.P. Surendran; `Goal' a novel by K.L. Mohanavarma; `Diego Maradona: Thudarunna Porattam,' a biography on Maradona by Antony John; `Football Cinemakal' is an analysis of football by K. Viswanath; `Loka Cup Quiz,' a quiz book on world cup soccer by Sanil P. Thomas and `Pele' a biography of the football king by Paul Manalil.

The books to be posted are `Kanarikalude Chiri: Brazil Footballinthe Katha' and `Argentina Football: Pookkalum Nakshathrangalum Maradonayum,' both by K. Vishwanath, `Football: Charitravum Varthamanavum' and `Football Quiz' by M. Firoskhan, and `Lokafootball' by Bhasi Malapparambu. Visitors can skim through a couple of pages of each book. Those interested can order the books.

The exhibition is held with a tie-up with DC Books, Olive Publications and Ila Books.

(Friday Review, THE HINDU, 30 June 2006)