Kesavan Veluthat
The title of the book is not the Early Medieval of South India—which would have implied that the author is studying one phase amongst the many phases in the history of South India.
Reviewed by: Jaya Tyagi
Jason Hawkes& Akira Shimada
BUDDHIST STUPAS IN SOUTH ASIA: RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ART-HISTORICAL, AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
2009
2009
Jason Hawkes and Akira Shimada rightly point out in their Introduction to this book that although Buddhist stupas have been studied by many scholars over a very long period of time, an integrated understanding of the stupa still eludes us.
Reviewed by: Upinder Singh
Archana Mishra
Tribal studies in India have been dominated by the romanticization of tradition visualizing the egalitarian community institutions as a pivot that propelled grassroot democracy and regulated the relationship of the tribals with their environment.
Reviewed by: Archana Prasad
Stuart Blackburn
This book is a study of the history of printing in South India focussed on the role of folklore in printed books. The author approaches the matter from a folklorist’s perspective and finds the proverbial saying “that print did not produce new books, only more old books” holds true.
Reviewed by: Sadhana Naithani
Lina Fruzzetti
Calcutta defies all stereotypes. It is commonly believed that the civic chaos and economic stagnation that would have killed any other city have not been able to subdue the spirit of this strange urban agglomeration.
Reviewed by: Shirshendu Chakrabarti
Mrinal Sen
This is a big, heavy book weighing about 5 lbs., but it is not heavy reading. On the contrary, it seems designed for scatter-brained, distracted reading—rather like watching a TV Talk Show, punctuated by commercial breaks and ‘recaps’ for those ‘who have just joined us’.
Reviewed by: Narendra Panjwani