“sangeeta datta”

Shyam Benegal is one of the most prolific contemporary film-makers from India's 'New Cinema'. From his first film Ankur (1947) through to Zubeida (2000), he has explored the contradictions and tensions of a society in rapid transition, with a unique focus on the female protagonists. This book traces... More

Shyam Benegal is the best known and most prolific contemporary film-maker from India's arthouse or "New Cinema" tradition. This work traces a career with its beginnings in political cinema and a realist aesthetic. It also provides an overview of the director's work."Shyam Benegal "is the best -known... More

Shyam Benegal is the best known and most prolific contemporary film-maker from India's arthouse or "New Cinema" tradition. This work traces a career with its beginnings in political cinema and a realist aesthetic. It also provides an overview of the director's work."Shyam Benegal "is the best -known... More

Iris Murdoch (1919–99) the distinguished and accomplished British novelist is famous for her twenty-six brilliant novels one of which was awarded the Booker Prize. Freedom and Form is an in-depth study of moral and psychological freedom in the context of some important and representative novels of... More

About the Book: The term systematic botany encompasses the domain not only of the higher plants, but also of the lower plants. Since it is not possible to treat adequately the various plant-groups under a single volume, this edition is restricted to a discussion of the angiosperms. It has been desig... More

A delightful array of fourteen science fiction stories; all perched at the point of the just possible! Each story is firmly rooted in scientific fact but its branches fruit in an enchanted land where fantasy and fiction merge seamlessly. The flight of imagination takes the readers into a bewitchingl... More

A raft carrying a strange women, a village Brahmin who adopts her child, a jealous queen , a weak king, court intrigues………… a spy disguised as a wandering minstrel, a royal tournament at which an undefeated champion is pitted against an unlikely opponent: these are elements i... More

Banaphool holds a unique place in Bengali literature as a writer of fiction. As one of the most talented writers of his age, he introduced the genre of 'ultra-short' stories (sometimes as short as one printed page) in Bengali literature. In these 'ultra-short' stories, Banaphool covered a huge canva... More