At the outset, the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) has to be applauded for bringing out a volume in honour of A.Vaidyanathan who served several years both in the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) and the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS).
Implementing any technology essentially has two parts: the theoretical knowledge about the system as well as knowledge about the way to practically implement the system.
The book edited by Paramita Dasgupta is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on WTO related studies. It has not only provided a conceptual framework of contemporary issues but also brought up lot of relevant aspects for India.
Blanche D’Souza’s book Harnessing the Trade Winds—The Story of the Centuries Old Indian Trade with East Africa Using the Monsoon Winds, challenges the prevailing viewpoint that ‘the first Indians came to Africa as railway construction workers,
Images of India going to the polls in recent years have invariably tended to underscore the cynical lack of ideology and idealism on the part of leaders and opponents. The very real business of horse-trading and post-poll arithmetic has virtually obscured the possibility of ethico-moral politics—a potential that until the 1950s was a real one.
Annette Gordon-Reed won the 2009 Pulitzer history prize for this remarkable book, surely one of the most deserving recipients of that high honour.