“m ray hurst”

This is a remarkable work of scholarship which shows how Kashmir’s modern Muslim identity came into existence. In doing this, it demonstrates the complex manner in which politics can enforce the creation of religious identity. Kashmir is a hotbed of religious politics. Disputed between India and P... More

In this work of fiction the main plot deals with the Soviet takeover of India at the height of the cold war and how the forces of the free world fight back. The KGB does this with the help of a fast-rising politician, Raj Kamath, who visualises a new India of his dreams, without hunger and poverty a... More

The concept of UN peacekeeping has had to evolve and change to meet the challenges of contemporary sources of conflict. From a practical, operational and legal perspective, Murphy examines the problems faced by UN peacekeeping operations. Three case studies (Lebanon, Somalia and Kosovo) are used to ... More

Though, like the othe tribes, Santals are featured as inward-looking and ethnocentric, they are incidentally on of the most articultive tribes in eastern India. The present book deals with nature and structure of the communication system of the Santals of Birbhum district of West Bengal in eastern I... More

New Page 1 This sweeping tale is set in the mid-nineteenth century, at a time when the British presence in India had acquired a character it hitherto lacked, with the focus shifting from conquest to the building up of a society. The novel delves into a world of architects and engineers, col... More