Ian Jack

It has long been acknowledged that Browning is one of the poets best served by severe selection. The task of the editor who wishes to present the best of Browning is made easier by the fact that Browning’s work falls naturally into three periods, of which the middle one might be said to contain almost all his best work…


Reviewed by: Rajeswari Sunder Rajan
Lawrence Durrell

Monsieur fascinates, is full of many interesting possibilities, yet does not quite succeed. Durrell, sadly, does not develop more fully the many curious, inter-linked themes that he interjects along the tortuous way of this novel within a novel. In fact, one often gets the feeling that Durrell himself—­like most of his characters…


Reviewed by: Tejeshwar Singh
T.P. Ramachandran

In India one does not choose and adopt a philosophical system; one is born into it and grows up in it. This may sometimes prove a disadvant­age, for it is not easy for the leopard to change its spots. If Dr. Ramachandran’s earlier work on The Concept of Vyavaharika in Advaita Vedanta was a model of lucidity and precision…


Reviewed by: K. Swaminathan
R.S. Khare

One of the chief manifestations of the Hindu preoccupation with purity and pollution is in rela- tion to food and its preparation. This is particular­ly the case with the orthodox among the higher castes. R.S. Khare in his detailed study of the eating habits of nine selected caste groups in the Lucknow-Baiswara…


Reviewed by: Malavika Karlekar
Shila Sen

I am text block. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.Then follows an account of the early phase of the evolution of Muslim politics in Bengal bet­ween 1905-1935…


Reviewed by: Uma Kaura
Peter Townsend

Sub-titled Decline and Fall of the British Empire, this book, by an ex-officer of the Royal Air Force who was an equerry of King George VI, is by any standards a remarkable book—full of information, political insights, and written in a most readable style. The author who from the vantage point of Buckingham…


Reviewed by: M.R.A. Baig