Till the late sixties students of Indian elections and party system used to complain of the dearth of relevant and reliable data needed for undertaking systematic empirical studies in these two areas. The position has changed since then substantially, thanks largely to the efforts of some scholars to develop…
With the increasing realization of the role of Multinational corporation as the coupling mechanism in the structural linkage between the ‘centre’ of the Imperialist system with its ‘periphery’ the literature on the working of Multinationals in the Developing world continues to grow. By now, in purely quantitative terms…
In 1921 when Professor Vakil headed the Bombay School of Economics and Sociology most of the present generation of Indian economists (even senior ones) were unborn. Like John Matthai he was one of the earliest Indian products of the London School of Economics in its formative years…
Most seminars based on a broad theme shed some light and create some obscurity. This one is no exception. Planned as an open-ended discussion, it studies movements of protest and reform in India over the centuries, directed against things as disparate as ‘slavery, untouchability and colonialism’ (in the words of a participant)…
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…