When a few months ago I had the chance to come across the poetry of Margaret Chatterjee (The Sandalwood Tree) I was so deeply impressed, not only by her talent and skill as a poetess but also by her grasp of the various contemporary social and ageless philosophical problems reflected in her verses, that I made a point to meet her in person and find out more about her…
This extremely well-produced book is one of the most thorough and comprehensive studies yet published on the politics of the Indian Ocean, both in terms of littoral issues and the use of the sea itself.Although one may disagree with some of Dr. Singh’s arguments about the various powers as they jostle for influence in the area (if one can yet call the Indian Ocean an ‘area’) his book is a valuable aid to further analysis…
Monika Verma is at least prolific, if these two books, published within a year of each other and averaging over twenty-five poems are any indication. Some of the other poets considered here are even more so. That this is of no great importance should be evident…
The reviewer doubly regrets his inordinate delay in preparing this note. For one thing, both books are to be welcomed as examples of an increasing flow of responsible, illuminating, especially region-specific studies coming now from a broadening array of India’s applied social science institutions. This fanning out of good work among…
It is sad but true that three-quarters into the twentieth century and over fifty years after the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses and T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, we still have no term but ‘modern’ to describe the kind of literature associated, above all, with these two writers…
Clearly, abstract research must continue irrespective of how little of it is applied in practice. The Muslim way of life, not necessarily Islamic as at least two of the above publications amply prove, has also been subjected to considerable theological interpretation and sociological research, but the findings have probably been…