“rudrangshu mukherjee”

‘. . . through careful research and focus on the joint actions of the peasants and talukdars, Mukherjee has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of the events of 1857 in Awadh.’ - Michael Fisher,  Journal of Asian Studies ‘An excellent and scholarly work, likely to be long regar... More

The speeches that changed the political tide; which are unforgettable for their eloquence; those which marked a seminal moment in Indias history: here is Subhas Chandra Bose damning Gandhi, Jinnahs opening speech for the Pakistani parliament, Nehru advocating divorce, a young Vajpayee espousing the ... More

Full of timeless words of wisdom on politics, non-violence and self-improvement, this is an invaluable treasury of quotations from the writings of India's man of the millennium.... More

‘Come out! Get ready! It’s for our religion! From biting these cartridges we shall become infidels!’On a sleepy Sunday afternoon in March 1857, an agitated sepoy in the English East India Company’s 34th Native Infantry marched on to the parade ground in Barrackpore, exhorting his comrades to... More

Long before India dreamt of industrial self-reliance, Jamsetji Tata envisioned India’s biggest industrial enterprise—its first steel plant. Long before theindustrialized nations instituted worker-friendly policies, an Indian company instituted an eight-hour day for its workers. Long before the t... More

An illuminating inquiry into the play of power and dominance behind 1857 On 27 June 1857, rebels publicly slaughtered over 300 men, women and children of the ‘master race’ at the Satichaura Ghat in Kanpur. On 15 July, a group of women and children who had survived were killed at the ... More

The essential writings of one of the greatest statesmen and morally influential figures of the twentieth century Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was born in Porbander on the western coast of India. His childhood and early upbringing were undistinguished but as an adult he initiated and was ... More

'...through careful research and focus on the joint actions of the peasants and talukdars, Mukherjee has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of the events of 1857 in Awadh'. Michael H Fisher, Journal of Asian Studies. 'An excellent and scholarly work, likely to be long regarded as the ... More

These essays analyze the relationship between trade and empire, between the Indian Ocean and its ports, and between merchants and markets in the eighteenth century.... More