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This unique book commemorates the centenary of the Russian Revolution of 1917 which was an epochal event. The author takes the reader through the storms of a century when ideas of the Revolution changed the fabric of Russian society, and made dramatic impacts on the political, economic, and social structure of that country and when new ideas on literature and art were formulated. She eloquently narrates how the suffering, sacrifice and idealism of ordinary ...
As advisor to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Mohandas Moses was inspired by the Kashmiri poet Kalhana’s Rajatarangini and began writing a book on Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh titled Rajatarangini Revisited on the past and present of the troubled state. After his departure, Achala Maulik, civil servant and author, wrote about Mohandas Moses using the material he had left behind. Stranger in paradise is about this extraordinary man who had remarkable ...
This unique book is about millennium's twenty-nine greatest writers, who made distinctive contributions to the literary heritage of the world in style, in theme, or in ideas. They not only captured the color and the flavor of their times, but also left behind a lasting message for posterity through enchanting tales, impertinent satires, breath taking dramas and engrossing travelogues and also through flaming defiance of injustice and oppression. With wit, ...
Dialogue of Civilizations-William Jones and the Orientalists is a sweeping account of the movement that began in 1784 by Warren Hastings-the then Governor General of India, Sir William Jones, Halhed, Wilkins, Colebrooke, Prinsep, Wilson and others to rediscover the civilization of India. It is no small irony that this movement began in the heyday of a nascent imperialism and under the patronage of the East India Company. The authors describe how this happened, ...