Bangladesh

‘It’s not people who aren’t credit-worthy. It’s banks that aren’t people-worthy’ —Muhammad YunusMuhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, set up the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh to lend tiny sums to the poorest of the poor, who were shunned b... More

This two-volume guide to Indian ornithology is the most comprehensive work published on the birds, that are found in or visit India in all seasons. More than a thousand species of birds of all kinds are recorded by the author in this indispensable work and properly described and illustrated in detai... More

This book brings together eleven specialist commentators, including journalists, academicians, retired senior police, army and foreign service officers from Bangladesh, US, Thailand and India, who probe Bangladesh's unmistakable emergence as a state which provides sanctuary, if not active abetment,... More

In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced an alarming rise in Islamist fundamentalism. The world began to take serious notice of this after the grenade attack on the Awami League's rally in Dhaka on August 21, 2004 almost succeeded in killing off the entire top leadership of the party. This book s... More

The years immediately following the Bengal Famine of 1943 witnessed the consolidation of communal ideologies culminating in the riots of 1946 in Calcutta and the violence in Noakhali on 1946-47. This volume explores this period of Indian history and argues that the final phase of the anti-colonial s... More

It is for the first time that a book has come out by a senior officer of the 1 Corps in the Western Sector, Shakargarh Region, where the Strike Corps of Indian Army fought its war. As a participant of war, Col. Saigal, analyses 1971 Indo-Pak war, and indirectly enables one to have the reasons for K... More

The author also shows however that there are other stories to tell about the event of 1947, its history and its aftermath. Members of the so-called religious minorities interviewed by Sinha-Kerkhoff fiercely contest the past that is embodied in state-supported partition rhetoric. In the end, the aut... More

Seeks to trace the changes that have taken place in the configuration of India during the last 20 centuries and in particular the changes in the course of river Ganges during the period. 12 Chapters - Glossary - List of Books consulted - Index - Maps. Hardbound... More

The alteration of the physical condition of a region through natural processes forces men to give up their age-old occupations and to take up new ones. This is followed by a corresponding redistribution of population. The latter phenomenon is also motivated by a change in the economy of the region, ... More

The objective of this country study is to evaluble the long-term orientation and volume of aid to Bangladesh against the needs for and the effects of the aid provided. Contents covers- Part One: The Challenge- Chapter 1. The Setting, Chapter 2. The Economy, Chapter 3. Population, Chapter 4. The Inst... More

This report analyses Bangladesh's labour markets with the objective of deriving some practical policy conclusions to help improve the way they function.Paperback... More

This reference covers all areas of Pakistan, past and present. The subject addressed are under broad headings, relating to the history of Pakistan, its foreign affairs, its land and people, and other cultural, academic, and social conditions thereto.This reference covers all areas of Pakistan, past ... More

Discusses the lands, peoples, history, politics, religions, and cultures of six nations in Southern Asia... More

For anyone interested in what village life in the third world really means this is a moving social document for sociologists, economists and social planners an important micro study of the impact of development on village life seen both from the human and statistical perspectives. Hardbound... More

This book tells the incredible story of the prince as pauper, of pauper as resurrected prince. Partha Chatterjee’s retelling of the notoriously famous ‘Bhawal Sannyasi Case’—one of India’s best-known and most historic legal battles—is narrative history of the finest kind. It is replete w... More

This book tells the incredible story of the prince as pauper, of pauper as resurrected prince. Partha Chatterjee’s retelling of the notoriously famous ‘Bhawal Sannyasi Case’—one of India’s best-known and most historic legal battles—is narrative history of the finest kind. It is replete w... More