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This book is about G.A. Natesan (1873-1949), an enterprising Madras publisher and an ardent patriot, who founded in 1897 a publishing firm, called G.A. Natesan & Co., from where issued in the first three decades of twentieth century a regular stream of informative and instructive, cheaply-priced books on all sorts of subjects, aimed at promoting a national awakening in the country. In January 1900 Natesan also founded a monthly called the Indian Review, which ...
This book discusses all the currents and crosscurrents objectively and in great detail, suggesting that Goa is destined to become a multicultural, cosmopolitan state, thriving on horticulture and service industry, eschewing dependence on agriculture and heavy industry.
Tourists come and go without knowing anything of ‘real’ Goa. The author suggests that Goa is not just about beaches, there is a vibrant society trying to cope up with the currents and ...
Many Faces of Woman is a celebration of women and women empowerment womanhood and a woman s trials and tribulations, and much more! Women should be encouraged to face the challenges if life, stand up for the weak and vulnerable and society should give women the right to live with dignity and freedom.
Many Faces of Woman will ignite a spark amongst one and all to join hands to help men and women to connect with one another to emerge victorious! As you go through ...
There is no dearth of separate studies on Gandhi, Nehru and J.P., the three leading political leaders and thinkers of Modern India. However, most of them are either adulatory or derogatory. There is hardly any book which offers a balanced and critical view of all the three leaders under one cover and in a comparative perspective, in the context of their objective of establishing a just economic, social and political order in India. This book is a pioneering ...
Bhakti Ratnavali contains devotional elements of the Srimad-Bhagwatam Purana, compiled by Sage Vyasa. The Bhagawatam is the most revered Hindu religious scripture and has been translated into several Indian languages. The Bhakti Ratnavali was translated from its original Sanskritised version, compiled by Sage Vishnupuri, into Assamese by Sri Madhabdeva.This work by Pranabananda Pathak, remains the author's second attempt at translating verses of the Bhakti ...
Rash Bihari Bose (1886-1945) was a revolutionary leader fighting the British in India and was one of the key organizers of the bomb attack on Lord Harding and the Gadar Conspiracy at Lohore. He fled to Japan to avoid a certain death sentence and spent the latter half of his life there. He became close to the right wing nationalists in Japan and was instrumental in almost persuading the Japanese authorities to support the Indian freedom struggle. He did the ...
In reality the totality of Indian music is a cumulative result of six musical categories functioning for centuries and enjoying an impressive distribution in India - a country of subcontinental expanse! The six categories are identifiable as primitive, folk, religious, art, popular and confluence. Each category enjoys a unique cultural hinterland though in larger contexts the categories inevitably overlap! Consequently they raise interesting questions about ...
The VPM’s Centre for International Studies held a national seminar on “India-Pakistan Relations in Pursuit of Peace†in Mumbai in April 2004. This volume is the edited updated version of papers submitted by fourteen eminent thinkers on different aspects of the subject. Low political issues such as the role of Bollywood were discussed by Mahesh Bhatt in his inaugural address, while how cultural relations can help to improve relations was analysed by Maneesha ...
Let Freedom Ring: Story of Naga Nationalism is indeed a unique book. It is the story of the Naga national movement under the leadership of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN). It is unique on many counts. First, it is based on documents and interviews of the leaders of the movement. Second, the book is a work of a Naga political scientists who has analysed the movement without sacrificing the rigours required of a scholar. This is the first book to ...
India’s obsessive interest in Pakistan is defined by the political and security issues and is conditioned by history. The pain and despair at the vivisection f the motherland is obviously far from over. There is nostalgia for the land that suddenly became distant and inaccessible almost overnight, and negative feelings for the people who occupied that land. This book is not about Indo-Pak relations, nor does it discuss the Kashmir issue. It is about the people ...
In this far-reaching series of essays, author James Hunt examines the complex set of influences which helped shape Mohandas K. Gandhi leading to the transformation of an anglophile Indian lawyer into the Mahatma of historical myth. James Hunt is able to expand the existing scholarship on Gandhi and to deepen our understanding of the formation of his intellectual and spiritual program. These essays take the reader on a tour of the "stimulating ...