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This book is about the communist-inspired cultural activism in Bengal that had strong national and international links and responded to the critical social and political climate of the late colonial and early- Independence years. One of the main objectives of this activism was to give political direction to the middle-class and help them reach out to the labouring 'other'. The ultimate aim was to establish a cultural counter-hegemony in society by preparing ...
A train stops at a railway station. A young woman jumps off. She has wild hair, sloppy clothes, a distracted air. She looks Indian, yet she is somehow not. The sudden violence of what happens next leaves the other passengers gasping.
The train terminates at Jarmuli, a temple town by the sea. Here, among pilgrims, priests and ashrams, three old women disembark only to encounter the girl once again. What is someone like her doing in this remote corner, which ...
The 150th anniversary of the Great Revolt of 1857 was celebrated all over the country by holding national and international seminars at Centres of Learning. One such national seminar was held in Kolkata by the History Department of Jadavpur University in June 2007.The book is the proceedings volume of that seminar. It reflects the rainbow spectrum of the nature of the revolt seen from different prisms of vision of different personalities. The result is a book of ...
This book deals with the complexities of managing food and beverage outlets. The purpose is to examine the wide range of subject areas that come within the orbit of operational food and beverage management such as food and beverage production, quality control, and financial aspects in food and beverage management. The book a necessary read for all concerned with the management of Food and Beverage in different establishments will interest professionals, students ...