Search results for 'a face of bengal : looking through the prism of basic education'
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₹200.00Basic education, like a prism, refracts a spectrum of economic, political and cultural issues that usually remain knotted. The writer discovered this when he toured West Bengal – from the heart of Sundarbans to Shantiniketan, from the floodplains of dying rivers to the ochre plains of Jangalmahal. What emerges is a tapestry of sights, sounds and smells that often speak more than cold statistics. Learn More
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₹85.00Biographies of Sorrowful Satis : Novels written by women in nineteenth century Bengal. Learn More
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Mid-nineteenth century had brought in the hope that science was set to usher in the golden era of a humane world free from pain and exploitation. But soon it transpired that while scientific truths might be objective, the practice of science was certainly not above imperialist class interests. How then to reconcile science with human values? How then to assert that to lose faith in science is sin? Wise and compassionate scientists never stopped worrying about this crucial question. Great minds such as Joseph Needham, Linus Pauling and Dorothy Hodgkin delved deep into history, philosophy, religion and politics in order to redeem humanity's confidence in science. Each such scientist had to face imperialist persecution and harrassment despite attaining dizzy heights in their respective fields. Each had also to fight against highly talented but tragically paranoid and pro-imperialist scientists such as Edward Teller, for whom finishing off the USSR in a nuclear war was the ultimate idea of peace on earth. This book is a fascinating and inspiring account of that tumultuous struggle involving the two sides of science - the benign and the grotesque, much of it in the scientists' own words translated into Bengali with ample notes and prefaced with knowledgeable introductions. The book takes a fresh look not only at the history of science but at that of the anti-imperialist and anti-fascist struggles of the twentieth century.
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His early life in the intimate natural setting of Barisal and Silchar, the great Bengal famine of 1943, the violent legacy of Partition, and above all his experience of service in the armed forces went to the making of Manindra Gupta(1926-2018), one of the major architects of Bangla poetry in the post-Jibanananda era. He assimilated all that was best in his predecessors and carved out a style all his own. Dispensing with the conventional lyric mode marked by effusion, Gupta brought his intensive reading of world literature, critical thinking, and unsentimental worldview to bear on his unique style of presentation that is manifest in the deft employment of the occult and the absurd. This book offers an interpretation of Gupta's life, his texts and times.
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₹125.00This book is a record of the investigation conducted by Gautam Chattopadhyay into the impact of the November Revolution in Russia (1917) on Bengal. Originally published in 1967, the work has been reprinted to commemorate the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution, with an Introduction by Ramkrishna Bhattacharya and notes by Siddhartha Dutta. Learn More
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₹325.00Dui Bangali Ek Bangali deals with the complex history of Bengali Muslims as a community, their identity formation, the challenges they face and the invincibility of their spirit. The legendary fight of the people of Bangladesh for the recognition of Bengali language, the threat of communalism, their rich heritage of literature, art, music and theatre – all that characterize the cultural history of Bangladesh – have been sincerely examined. Learn More
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₹375.00‘What have you got up your sleeve? Some new poems?’ Apu’s old college friend Pulu asks him in Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sansar. ‘A wonderful novel,’ Apu muses. ‘It’s about a boy, a village boy... poor, but sensitive. His father is a priest. The father dies, the boy goes to the city... Not to become a priest. He wants to study. His study, his education, his hardships... broaden his mind, sharpen his intellect...’ ‘Well?’ Pulu chips in. ‘But where is the novel? It’s an autobiography!’ Yes, true. In fact, it is the autobiography of the Bengalis, since 19th century. But not the unabridged version; obscure, even contrary parts have been left out of it. In search of the missing narratives, the author has set out on a fascinating trip, listening to the tales of grit blood love and dreams of the people he has encountered, and has pieced together the life story of a young deltaic land. Like Parimal Bhattacharya’s earlier books, Apur Desh, too, has been fashioned out of the forms of fiction, memoir, reportage, travelogue and more: it is a journey. Learn More
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₹65.00This book redefines the idea of development with a steady focus on the need of ensuring the access of the common people to education, health care and other services. Learn More
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₹475.00One of the most remarkable autobiographies ever produced in Bengali literature. Learn More
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₹200.00Here we find an account of the changes brought by Rammohan Roy, Vidyasagar, Bankimchandra, Rabindranath and Aurobinda in the social and political climate of Bengal. Learn More