“atul goswami”

A number of contributors in this book look into regional disparities from the perspective of the North East in general and Assam in particular. Hardbound... More

The book, containing eleven papers written by eminent social scientists onthe traditional self-governing institutions among the hill tribes of north-eastIndia, not only describes but also critically examines the relevance of theseinstitutions to the needs of tribal society in transition. The papers ... More

Riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, and how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled professionThe struggle to perform well is universal, and nowhere is the drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. In his new book,... More

In gripping accounts of true cases, Atul Gawande performs exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in its idealized form but as it actually is—complicated, perplexing and profoundly human. He offers an unflinching view from the scalpel’s edge, where science is ambigu... More

About the Book: Even though thin solid films have found tremendous applications in electronic, optical and other industries the basic concepts about them have often been taken similar to those of the bulk materials from which films are prepared and these need not be so. This book is intended to serv... More

At the dawn of independence in India, in a small sattra in South Kamrup in Assam, the Gossains, its religious and spiritual heads, grapple with a palpable threat to their traditional authority. The sattra soaks in opium fumes, taxes challenge their ownership of land, the emerging forces of communism... More