“chidananda dasgupta”

One of India’s most influential film critics and film historians, Chidananda Das Gupta has been writing on cinema since 1946. He has been witness to and has written about almost every development in Indian cinema since Independence, including the film society movement which he initiated, the estab... More

A major international debut novel from a storyteller who couples a timelessly beguiling style to an energetically modern worldscape. Thirteen passengers are stranded at an airport. Tokyo, their destination, is covered in snow and all flights are cancelled. To pass the night they form a huddle by t... More

This book presents the studies carried out under a programme of the Committee on Students for Cooperation in Development in South Asia, which is a non-official corporate body of academic organisations of the countries of South Asia. Under the programme, manpower problems common to all countries of S... More

The name of Rani Lakshmibai, in Indian History, is synonymous with heroism and courage. In extremely adverse circumstances she staunchly refused to give in to the demands of her formidable opponenets, the Britishers; fought them bravely with only a handful of allies and finally sacrificed her life i... More

Razia: The People's Queen catalogues the achievements of the only queen to have reigned in Delhi during the Sultanate Era. She ruled justly, wisely and bravely for four years in the face of stiff opposition, at a time when women's involvement in the public sphere was an inconceivable idea.Shahana Da... More

Aimed primarily at the undergraduate students pursuing courses in semiconductor physics and semiconductor devices, this text emphasizes the physical understanding of the underlying principles of the subject. Since engineers use semiconductor devices as circuit elements, device models commonly used i... More