In ‘Battleground Bengal’,Sayantan Ghosh sketches how identity, patronage, and fear continue to shape West Bengal’s politics, regardless of who is at the helm.
In 'Target Tehran', Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar tell the inside story of the tumultuous, and often bloody, history of how Israel has managed to outmanoeuvre Iran.
In her book 'Daktarin Jamini Sen', Sen's great-niece Deepta Roy Chakraverti takes readers on a journey through the life of one of the first Indian women to enter the medical profession.
Ravi Varma imported machinery for steam-driven presses from Germany in 1892 and employed the help of two German litho-transfer artists to install and operate them.
The appearance in US maps of Hodgson’s Line, joining NJ 9842 with the Karakoram Pass, sowed the seeds of Pakistan’s Siachen claim. Its correction by US agencies changed nothing.
Low salaries, little growth in corporate jobs and F&O losses, the assumptions that once built middle class security are no longer applicable to the emerging Indian economy.
This is one piece of conventional wisdom that is not supported by empire evidence. Political funding is the root cause of corruption, it could be eliminated if there was state funding for elections. Doubt if even 5% of the resources mobilised by the political class are spent on elections or routine party activities in the intervening period.
Socialism is another fuel for corruption.
This is one piece of conventional wisdom that is not supported by empire evidence. Political funding is the root cause of corruption, it could be eliminated if there was state funding for elections. Doubt if even 5% of the resources mobilised by the political class are spent on elections or routine party activities in the intervening period.