Nehru
Nehru

Author: Benjamin Zachariah

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1134577400

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Connecting the domestic and international aspects of Nehru's political and ideological life, this engaging new biography places Nehru in the context of the issues of his time and dispels many myths surrounding the figure.

Of a Certain Age
Of a Certain Age

Author: Gopal Gandhi

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0670085022

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Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, M.S. Subbulakshmi and Jyoti Basu were defined by the epoch they lived in and they, in turn, defined it. Their legacies are part of our lore, not yet of our understanding. Of a Certain Age celebrates twenty such individuals with charming biographical stretches. Gopalkrishna Gandhi illuminates key moments in their lives with personal knowledge, conversations and correspondence. He offers us little known facts, conversations and correspondence. He offers little-known facts, vivid portrayals of their vulnerabilities and strengths and touches upon the qualities that made them the stuff of legend. In sketches that are sympathetic and frank, intimate and objective, Gopalkrishna Gandhi analyses the public and political trajectories of these figures and explores the events that connect them to the broader horizon of history. Witten in elegant and fluid prose, of a certain Age provides valuable insights to understanding these remarkable men and womem who shaped events in the twentieth century and had a considerable impact on the subcontinent we know today. About the AuthorGopalkrishna Gandhi was born in 1945 and did BA (Hons) and MA in english literature from St Stephens College, Delhi University. He joined the Indian Administrative service in 1968 and served in Tamil Nadu. He was secretary to the Governor of Tamil Nadu and to the Governor of Tamil Nadu and to the vice-president of India After taking voluntary retirement in 1992, Gandhi saw diplomatic service in London and was head of Indias diplomatic missions in South Africa, Lesotho, Sri Lanka, Norway and Iceland. He was secretary to president K.R. Narayanan from 1997 to 2000 and was Governor of West Bengal From December 2004 to

Bayoneting with Opinions
Bayoneting with Opinions

Author: Bhopinder Singh

Publisher: Zorba Books

Published: 2017-11-28

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9386407833

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The following collection of articles are a reflection of the unique and inspiring perspective of a soldier, who has both served in the Indian Army, and also acted as the Military Secretary to two of the foremost Presidents of Independent India – ​ KR Narayanan and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. These articles deal with matters of a political, military, economic and psychological nature; not simply through an intellectual lens, but through the prism of experience. Interspersed with anecdotes from the personal life of the author, drawing upon all that he has witnessed, and partaken, these words take the reader through a journey filled with dragons, fighter jets, newsroom warriors, and even, Sufi saints. They are a celebration of the human spirit, and an invocation for the betterment of society, and the world that we inhabit. Although, the topics that find mention, are often filled with suffering and bleakness, the element of hope is ever-present. Veering away from the pit-falls of gross over-simplifications, the author delves deep into the topics he has chosen to write about, offering a nuanced and conscientious approach to a wide range of subjects. As comprehensive and varied as the topics are; they are also extremely relevant given the current hyper-nationalistic word-view. The author seeks to remind his readers about the importance of critical engagement and multiple perspectives, and appeals that the spirit of “cooperative federalism” be considered as paramount in these trying times.​

Twentieth Century Neurology
Twentieth Century Neurology

Author: F. Clifford Rose

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9781848161665

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Neuroscience is one of the scientific fields where progress in the 20th century has been spectacular. With the coming of the new millennium, it is appropriate to look at some of the advances and the neurologists who helped to produce them. The original contributions in this volume reflect the background against which the rapid advances have taken place in the past 100 years. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: SIR CHARLES SHERRINGTON, O. M., P. R. S. (1857-1952) (87 KB). Contents: Sir Charles Sherrington OM, PRS (1857OCo1952) (W C Gibson); Henry Head (1861OCo1940) (C Gardner-Thorpe); The British Contribution to Aphasiology (K Poeck); The Concept of Hemispheric Lateralisation (J Stein); James Hinshelwood (1859OCo1919) and Developmental Dyslexia (W M H Behan); Wilfred Harris (1869OCo1960) (E Nieman); Sir Gordon Holmes (1876OCo1965) (W Penfield); Sir Gordon Holmes: A Personal Reminiscence (M Critchley); Gordon Holmes' Work on Sensation and His Association with Henry Head (R Henson); Looking and Seeing OCo Gordon Holmes' 1936 John Mallet Purser Lecture Revisited (C Kennard); Kinnier Wilson (1878OCo1937) and His Books (B Ashworth & E Jellinek); Movement Disorders (K B Bhattacharyya); Kernicterus (B Corner); The Watershed of Neurosurgery (J R Heron); Sir Victor Horsley (1857OCo1916) Revisited (J Lyons); Neurosurgery in the NineteenOCoTwenties and Thirties (B Lichterman); Neurolathyrism (D F Cohn & D Paleacu); From Treponemes to Prions: The Emergence of British Neuropathology (J Geddes); Mitochondrial Myopathies (H R Cock & A H V Schapira); British and American Neurologists Meet: London, 1927 (M Flye & J Toole); The Influence of British Neurology on Harvard Neurology and Vice Versa (H R Tyler). Readership: Neurologists and medical historians."

Sojourners
Sojourners

Author: Ben Davis

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1491789654

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Named after one of earths African-American abolitionists and women's rights activist, Sojourner Truth, who was born into chattel slavery but escaped to freedom in AD 1826, the Jaunt-Ship Sojourner whose name was chosen by the family that would pilot her, was created to be one of the first human ships of the late 22nd-Century to use jaunt technology reverse-engineered from their alien opponents in the so-called Earth-Xeria War several years before. Sojourner would allow the Strong family to journey across the wide open reaches of outer space with the aptly-named Strong family ready to explore its regions for knowledge and to handle its unknown dangers. The Strongs prove themselves not only worthy of a staunch pioneer spirit but having the bravery and fortitude necessary to navigate the perils and wonders of an interstellar frontier all the while at first unsuspecting the treachery of their own Planetary Coalition in its attempt to seize absolute power from the beneficent Xerians.

Writings on Nehru
Writings on Nehru

Author: Ganesh Prashad

Publisher: Northern Book Centre

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9788172112042

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The book has two sections. Articles that are grouped in the first section present a coherent analysis of some of the events that shaped Nehru as a great statesman. Each article presented sums up the intellectual thinking that surrounded in an altogether different way. Further, those articles which are presented in the second section relate to the thought making process in India. Here, the author analyses the impact of various ideologies like the western liberalism, opposition to fascism and militarism, the impact of Russian Revolution of 1917, etc., that nurtured and affected Indian mind. Lastly, the author laments the functioning of Rumpites vis-a-vis that of Gandhian ideals and Nehruvean norms.Quite a few writers like the Laskian ones can recreate great minds and can see the nation making process in a wholesome manner.Salient featuresThe book?presents an analysis on Nehruvean thoughts.?presents a contemporary picture of national politics and modern political communities.?gives a clear picture of contemporary Indian thought making processes.?speaks not only to the political activists and intellectuals but also to almost all social scientists and general readers.?is of great value to those who want to know as how Nehru shaped himself as a great statesman.?is very useful to the students and teachers of Political Science and Modern Indian History.

100 MILLION SLAVES?
100 MILLION SLAVES?

Author: SUBHASH HADA

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2019-11-13

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1645468879

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India was first betrayed by Jai Chand and then by Muslim Invaders followed by the East India Company and their British Rulers . However the most unfortunate part is that afterwards India was deliberately let down by its own people for sixty years. In such a situation whom can you blame ? You , me or all of us really who allowed ourselves to be deceived and looted and made second class citizens in our own country – despite clearly being the majority. Maximum Taxes were collected from Majority for benefit of all the citizens but were passed on to specific community disproportionately. Separate laws and rules were enacted purely for the advantage of this group . Now the time has come when we must rise to remove the shackles of slavery and live to cherish the fruits of our great country. It is hoped that the reader will find the different perspectives in the book to be interesting , enjoyable and eye opening.