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Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction

Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer T. Roberts (Paperback 2011)

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Herodotus has come to be respected by most scholars as a responsible and important historian. Herodotus was both a critical thinker and a lively storyteller, a traveller who was both tourist and anthropologist. Like Homer, he set out to memorialize great deeds in words; more narrowly, he determined read more...
 
Together They Fought :Gandhi-Nehru Correspondence: 1921-1948

Together They Fought :Gandhi-Nehru Correspondence: 1921-1948 by Uma Iyenger and Lalitha Zachariah (Hardcover 2011)

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Many epithets have been used to describe the relationship between Gandhi and Nehru-mentor and pupil, leader and successor, traditionalist and socialist-but none can do justice to the rich and vibrant exchange of views they had. Edited by Uma Iyenger and Lalitha Zachariah, this volume includes read more...
 
The Economic History of India, 1857–1947:Third Edition

The Economic History of India, 1857–1947:Third Edition by Tirthankar Roy (Hardcover 2011)

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One of the most widely-read accounts of Indian economy under colonial rule, The Economic History of India documents and examines multilayered structural shifts in India’s economy initiated by the Raj. Strongly differing from linear perspectives, this book situates colonial India’s transition to a read more...
 
Article 370 : A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir

Article 370 : A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir by A. G. Noorani (Hardcover 2011)

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On 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India came into force with a unique provision—Article 370. The special status accorded to the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the article meant that its people lived under a different set of laws while being part of the Indian Union. Alternating deftly between read more...
 
Dante in Love

Dante in Love by A. N. Wilson (Hardcover 2011)

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For Yeats, Dante Alighieri was 'the chief imagination of Christendom'; for Eliot he was of supreme importance, both as a poet and philosopher; Coleridge championed his introduction to an English readership. Tennyson based his poem 'Ulysses' on lines from the Inferno and Byron chastised an read more...
 
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi And His Struggle With India

Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi And His Struggle With India by Joseph Lelyveld (Hardcover 2011)

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A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments—his success in seizing India’s imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to read more...
 
Economic History of Early India

Economic History of Early India by R.S. Sharma (Paperback 2011)

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Economic History of Early India brings together essays written by Dr R.S. Sharma on the economic history operating in India from the earliest times to c. 1200 AD, and how the same influenced and shaped India’s politics and society of the times. Dr Sharma deals with economic patterns evident during read more...
 
Homi Bhabha and the Computer Revolution

Homi Bhabha and the Computer Revolution by R.K. Shyamasundar, M.A. Pai (Hardcover 2011)

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In February 1960, India’s first full-scale digital computer—the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Automatic Calculator (TIFRAC)—was launched largely due to the efforts of Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909–1966). Paying tribute to the remarkable vision of Bhabha, this book looks at India’s past, read more...
 
History, Literature, And Identity Four Centuries Of Sikh Tradition

History, Literature, And Identity Four Centuries Of Sikh Tradition by J.S. Grewal (Hardcover 2011)

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This book examines the entire range of Sikh sacred literature produced between the sixteenth- and nineteenth century to give a comprehensive account of the Sikh tradition. Divided into five parts, it discusses the historical context of the production of Sikh literature and also the development of read more...
 
Journeys of Indian Artists:Four Generations of Indian Artists in their Own Words

Journeys of Indian Artists:Four Generations of Indian Artists in their Own Words by Yashodhara Dalmia (Hardcover 2011)

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In this volume noted art historian and curator Yashodhara Dalmia maps the developments in Indian art through conversation with 30 Indian artists from across four generations. In these rare interviews, acclaimed practitioners like J. Swaminathan, F.N. Souza, Tyeb Mehta, K.G. Subramanyan, Satish read more...
 

 


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