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A factual account of the role of the famous 161 Indian Infantry Brigade in saving Kashmir from the ravages of the rapacious Pathan tribesmen. The unforgettable story is told here by the Commander of this brigade, with a wealth of detail matched by depth of perception. The story is worth reading agai... More

The author, after a long search, arrives at what in his judgement, is the most effective strategy to overcome the food-population hunger race and to win the war on poverty. The strategy is based on a simple proposition, namely, the natural resources of all developing countries must be systematically... More

First published in 1854, Hard Times is a novel about England’s Industrial Revolution and the ideology that sustained it. In his introduction, Sambudha Sen reads the novel as a splintered work, that draws upon the expressive resources of such popular forms as radical journalism to intensify its cri... More

These are the Proceedings of the International Brainstorming Session on Geochemical Precursors for Earthquakes organised by the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata from September 11 - 13, 2006.... More

It is 1984, a year which marks the end of an era in New Delhi, a city simmering with ethnic strife during the anti-Sikh riots consequent to prime minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination. This cataclysmic event as the backdrop to the story serves to emphasize a climate of change and depicts the diff... More

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The theme of the two lectures in this monograph relate to issues of development in the context of the dominant role of finance in the globalization process.... More

The essays in this book have been divided into two sections. The first section examines one of Narayn's major works, The Guide. The essays here discuss the genesis of the novel, narrative structure, use of language, humour and irony in the novel, the characters, and also the post-colonial quality of... More