“basu”

About the Book This comprehensive and student friendly text gives a clear analysis of the fundamental aspects of the subject, starting from surface behaviour and contact phenomenon of interfacing surface. The book elaborates the types, specification and standardization and measurement of surface irr... More

1000 History Quiz presents a stimulating and varied selection of quizzes on history ever complied. Do you know The first serious attempt to set up an English Settlement at Roanoke Islands was made by Sir Walter Raleigh. The city of New York was known as New Amsterdam. ‘Rickshaw’, a hybrid of wes... More

Besides being one of the best Clean Coal Technologies, fluidized beds are also proving to be the most practical option for biomass conversion. Although the technology is well established, the field lacks a comprehensive guide to the design and operating principles of fluidized bed boilers and gasifi... More

A talented writer plays The Agency Raga with fourteen stories about Calcutta’s CSG Advertising agency, and the bizarre doings of its unforgettable executives, models, clients and directors. Six more stories, the Variations, depict characters as unusual, with adventures equally fantastic. Anjana Ba... More

This translation from the Bangla Antarghat is the story of a group of young friends who had committed themselves idealistically and politically to the Naxalite movement that rocked Bengal in the 1960s. Moving seamlessly from the past to the present, Basu’s narrative is compelling and breathless, a... More