K.R. Narayanan

Judging by the aplomb with which he goes about his ministerial tasks, Mr K.R. Narayanan appears to be at home in the troubled and troublesome world of pre­sent-day Indian politics.


Reviewed by: INDER MALHOTRA
Linda Ty-Casper

Both these books—one a novel, the other a collection of short stories—have been published by Readers International whose policy is to publish ‘contemporary literature of quality from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, featur­ing especially works that have suffered political censorship or were written in exile.’ Not surprisingly, therefore, both these books belong to the genre of the literature of protest.


Reviewed by: TEJESHWAR SINGH
Katar Singh

Rural Development and the agricultural sector, much in the fashion of socialism and empathy for the poor, has acquired any number of exponents and path-finders and people concerned enough to exhort everyone else to practise the ‘faith’—since everyone swears by it as if it were a faith in itself.


Reviewed by: ALOK SINHA
V.D. Chopra

Soviet Indian friendship…is an impor­tant factor for peace and stability in the current tense situation and an example of how countries with different systems can fruitfully cooperate


Reviewed by: P.R. CHARI
T.K. Oommen

All the three books under review deal with significant dimensions of Indian social structure and are works of noted social -anthropologists. Notwithstanding the inevitable overlaps, I propose to discuss them successively in the order in which they are listed.


Reviewed by: No Reviewer
Jamal Khwaja

Islam and Muslims are quite important subjects not only in India but in the world at large. The Middle East always remains in the news thanks to many regional conflicts in the area.


Reviewed by: ASGHAR ALI ENGINEER