“sharmila purkayastha shampa roy saswati sengupta eds”

Rabindranath Tagore's Ghare Baire was first serialised in 1914 and published as a novel in 1916. The events in the novel deal with the period 1905-7, a period of tremendous political unrest in Bengal. The public upheaval takes place alongside another revolution – that of women's emancipation and a... More

Selected College Poems presents a cross-section of English language poetry suitable for the undergraduate General English course. While the major part of the anthology consists of British poetry from Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas, a few selected American and Indian poets have also been included. Each ... More

Role Call Again is a collection of essays on the many aspects of school life,from the discussions in the staffroom and the exciting happenings in the classroom,to the eccentricities of the school watchman and the drama in the school office.The book is fictional but based unequivocally on what happen... More

Based on the author`s personal experiences as a teacher, the sweet and simple stories in this book captures the myriad aspects of school life-----the excessive burden of studies, the wall-magazine, the studious and the not-so-studious children, the pranks and games, the rains which pep up the gloom... More

The present volume encompasses the multi-faceted aspects of the anti-Partition and swadeshi upsurge resulting from Curzon’s decision to partition Bengal in 1905. The book has evolved out of a UGC-sponsored national seminar organised jointly by Victoria Memorial and Loreto College, Kolkata, held in... More

This Dictionary was compiled as a result of continuous and concerted efforts by a team of teachers of the Multihandicapped Unit of the National Association for the Blind, New Delhi with the active participation and coordination of the author, who himself is a handicapped person. The dictionary is a... More

This book unravels rural indebtedness inAssam arising out of the local, socio-economic specificities of the state. Thisstudy has a number of policy implications, particularly in the context of theeconomic liberalization in India. ... More