Contents: Introduction. I. Language, exile, and translation in a postcolonial context: 1. Postcoloniality and language. 2. Postcoloniality and exile. 3. Postcoloniality and translation. II. An introduction to these translations: 1. About Nirmal Verma. 2. This selection of stories. 3.Identity and translation in "Burning Bush". 4. Some other points of interest in these stories. 5. On "Bhram" and "Bhraman". 6. This translator's approach. 7. Tanslator's apologia. III. The stories: 1. A beginning. 2. Their rooms. 3. One London night. 4. Amalia. 5. In antoher's town. 6. Another world. 7. Differences. 8. Father and lover. 9. The man and the girl. 10. Weekend. 11. Burning bush. 12. Two homes. 13. Last summer. 14. Guest for a day. Notes Bibliography. From the introduction: "This introduction comprises two sections. The first addresses significant issues related to language, exile, and translation in a postcolonial context, that of India, as they apply to translations from a colonized language (Hindi in this collection of stories) into the colonizer's language, English. The second section introduces Nirmal Verma and offers some readings of various emblems and motifs in this collection of "exile stories", again with reference to the postcolonial condition. I also discuss my own approach and motivations as a translator of Hindi stories into English. "In the first section, I consider the connection between postcoloniality and language and argue that in the Indian postcolonial context, the English language is more than the medium of interpellation;

Contents: Introduction. I. Bharat Ratna: 1. Aruna Asaf Ali. 2. Indira Gandhi. 3. Lata Mangeshkar. 4. M.S. Subbulakshmi. 5. Mother Teresa. II. Freedom struggle: 6. Annie Besant. 7. Bhikaji Cama. 8. Kasturba Gandhi. 9. Lakshmi Sahgal. 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. 11. Sarojini Naidu. 12. Usha Mehta. 13. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. III. Social reform: 14. Aruna Roy. 15. Banoo Jehangir Coyaji. 16. Ela Bhatt. 17. Fatima Bi. 18. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay. 19. Kiran Bedi. 20. Medha Patkar. 21. Muthulakshmi Reddi. 22. Pandita Ramabai. 23. Sister Nivedita. IV. Literature: 24. Amrita Pritam. 25. Anita Desai. 26. Arundhati Roy. 27. Mahadevi Verma. 28. Mahasweta Devi.V. Art: 29. Amrita Sher-Gil. 30. Anjolie Ela Menon. VI. Music: 31. Begum Akhtar. 32. D.K. Pattammal. 33. Gangubai Hangal. 34. Girija Devi. 35. Kishori Amonkar. 36. Prabha Atre. VII. Dance: 37. Balasaraswati. 38. Mallika Sarabhai. 39. Padma Subrahmanyam. 40. Rukmini Devi Arundale. 41. Sanjukta Panigrahi. 42. Sitara Devi. 43. Sonal Mansingh. 44. Yamini Krishnamurthy. VIII. Cinema: 45. Mira Nair. 46. Shabana Azmi. IX. Sports and Adventure: 47. Bachendri Pal. 48. Kalpana Chawla. 49. Karnam Malleswari. 50. P.T. Usha. "One hundred years ago in India, many people believed a woman's place was in the home. Women were excluded from voting booths, most colleges and universities, and all but a few professions. Now women can be found in the halls of Congress, science labs, athletic fields-even outer space. But they didn't arrive there overnight. "India's 50 Most Illustrious Women is a sincere endeavour to recognise contributions

Contents: Forward. 1. Introduction. 2. The problem of global environment. 3. Review of literature. 4. An analysis of the environmental pollution in developed and less developed countries. 5. The way out. 6. Concluding observations. Bibliography. Annexures. "The constituents of environment are transnational and follow no artificial boundaries, national or state. The environmental nuisance in one state pollutes the environment of the other. While meeting the industrial needs of one state not only local environmental disturbances are created but the environment of the other states also are affected. It is worth noticing that, greed of a few advanced nations leads to the environmental tampering of a majority of the states. This type of feeding of the industrial needs at the cost of environment and the need of replenishing the environment to a sustainable level as also the problem of "unlimited wants v/s limited resources" lead to the economics of environment. The environmental pollution by the Developed Countries (DCs) arises much more due to the "greed" rather than the "need" factor dominant in less developed countries (LDCs). This "greed"versus "need" phenomenon gives rise to disparities in the economics of environment between developed and less developed economies. The present work attempts to analyze and delve deep into the problem aforesaid. "The main theme of the present work -"the disparity in the economics of environmental pollution between developed countries and less developed countries" has been discussed in chapter 4 of the book. Underlining the

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Regional Cooperation under SAARC (1985-95). 3. Regionalism versus multilateralism. 4. Anatomy of SAARC Preferential Trade Agreement. 5. SAPTA-a balance sheet. 6. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index. "The book explores the potentialities of economic cooperation among the countries of the South Asian region under the aegis of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC). It underscores the imperatives of forging a successful Regional Trading Bloc (RTB) in the region in view of the increasing trend in favour of such groupings the world over. It examines at length whether the regionalism and multilateralism under World Trade Organization (WTO) are complementary to each other or contradictory. It critically studies the progress made so far in carrying out the work of opening up the economies under SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) and the time and work required to upgrade it into South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA). It also draws a comparison between the regional trading blocs among the developed countries, like EU, NAFTA etc., and in South Asia, comprising the developing and least-developed countries, in terms of trade cooperation. Finally, it attempts to recommend some measures to step up economic cooperation among the member countries." (jacket) No. 27353

Contents: Preface. 1. Hinduism. 2. The poet in the making. 3. The best is yet to be. 4. Trust God. 5. Welcome each Rebuff. 6. The spark of divinity. 7. Life hereafter. 8. His humanism. 9. Conclusion. Bibliography. Appendices. "Robert Browning's poetry postulates a unique kind of philosophy, which naturally approximates to the Hindu vision of life. Viewed from this point of view, Browning is a philosopher-poet who appears to be much taller than he has actually been measured out to be. The Hindu vision of life and Browning's poetic works have a number of similarities with particular reference to the concept of karma (action), faith in God, immortality of soul, rebirth, transinigration of soul, concept of humanism,universal brotherhood etc. "In conclusion, it has been inferred that Browning's poetic vision has much in common with the Hindu vision. But these subtle similarities and approximations between Browning's poetic output and the basic tenets of Hinduism do not naturally suggest or imply the indebtness of either to the other. In fact, these similarities and approximations between the two should not be interpreted as identification.Wherever, an attempt, in the foregoing chapters, has been made to identify such similarities, it has been undertaken only treating it as simply a voyage of discovery, a finding out of new facts, just intended to explore the obscure and the little Brown recesses of Browning's poetry." ( jacket) No. 27422

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Performance evaluation of mutual funds: a conceptual framework. 3. Regulatory framework of mutual funds. 4. Research methodology. 5. Growth of mutual fund industry in India. 6. Investment performance of Indian mutual funds. 7. Market timing abilities of fund managers. 8. Summary and conclusions. Appendix. Select bibliography. Index. "The Indian mutual fund industry has witnessed major transformation and structural changes during the past one and decade as a result of policy initiatives taken by the Government of India to break the monolithic structure of the industry in 1987 by permitting public sector banks and insurance corporations to launch their own funds. Later, in 1993,the Government also permitted the private sector to enter into the mutual fund business. Thus, when 36 mutual funds manage a whopping Rs. 1,01,821 crore in 417 schemes, with an investor base of 2.3 crore, it is vital for both the fund managers as well as investors to know as to how the mutual funds have performed over the years. "The present study examines the investment performance of mutual funds during the five-year period from April 1, 1994 to march 31, 1999. The study also investigates the market timing abilities of Indian mutual fund managers. It also examines the structural changes arising in the Indian mutual fund industry during the period 1987 to September 30, 2001. "The book, thus, attempts to answer the following important and pertinent questions: o Are risk-return characteristics of mutual fund schemes in conformity with their stated

Contents: Introduction. 1. Some reflections on the episode (Pataka) in Abhijnanasakuntalam of Kalidasa. 2.The element of Pataka and the plays of Kalidasa. 3. The concept of three unities and the plays of Bhasa. 4. Arthopaksepakas in Bharata. 5. Viyogavallari of Durgadatta Sastri-a Katha, Akhyayika or a novel. 6. Modern trends in the Sanskrit plays of V. Krishnan Tampy. 7. One act plays of Sri Narayan Sastry Kankara: a critical appraisal. 8. Dramaturgy in Visnudharmottara Purana. 9. Number of Rasas : a new approach. 10. Comparative study of Western theory and Indian theory of drama. [Three articles are in Hindi] "The present book is a collection of research papers which were written on various topics from time to time. This book includes papers written on literary criticism. Some deal with the knotty problems of Sanskrit poetics. Such as number of Rasas and Arthopaksepakas in Bharata, while some deal with the works written in Sanskrit in modern times which defy the set patterns of the old. All the papers have been written keeping in view the tenets of Sanskrit poetics and dramaturgy, only two essays, 'Adhunika Sanskrit Nataka and Adhunika Sanskrit Sahitya Mein Vidusiyon ka Yogadana' are descriptive and informative in nature. I will be very thankful if any of the scholars are benefitted by reading the present book. I seek all the blessings of learned scholars and hope that the book will be received with goodwill in literary circles of Sanskrit scholars." (jacket) No. 27775

Contents: Preface. 1. Energy scenario. 2. Energy policy. 3. Primary energy sources. 4. Non-conventional energy sources. 5. Generating additional fuel sources. 6. Petroleum products. 7. Power costs and tariff. 8. Co- generation for industries. 9. Coal policy and power generation at coal pit-heads. 10. Rural energy scenario (1998). 11. Sugar mills as rural power houses. 12. Bio-mass for rural power generation. 13. Co-generation in cement industry. 14. Mini-steel plant with co-generation. 15. Nuclear energy development. 16. Fuel conservation in industries. 17. Electrical energy conservation. 18. Environment and energy. Index. "This work, written by an eminent author, has deep bearing on several aspects of energy and environments. His main thrust in eighteen chapters is on fuel, petroleum products, tariffs, industries, coal-power, sugar mills, cement industry, steel plants, nuclear development, electrical conservation and environments. The author is much concerned about the fact how planning for energy, especially power generation was earnestly taken up after independence in all the Five Year Plans. The book would be useful addition to the catalogue of academic institutions as well as the teachers, scholars and students in India and abroad." (jacket) No. 27939

Contents: Introduction. 1. Legal rights and responsibilities of journalists. 2. Government and Independent news media. 3. Neighbourhood newspaper. 4. What is editing. 5. What news is all about. Appendices: 1. Proposal for a journalism school. 2. Proposal for a film. 3. Proposal for a book on Dalai Lama. 4. Challenges of writing autobiographies. "Writing on media is a kind of introspection. There are many professions in which the practitioners take a dispassionate view of their own working and share with their end users through formal writings. It can also be called internal audit of the media world. Om Gupta has commented extensively on the functioning of the print and electronic media in the leading newspapers and magazines in his long career spanning more than three decades. He has put together all his writings on media in this book interspersing them with a connecting thread thus exposing the students and general readers about the intricacies and complexities of a world which looks so glamourous these days. The book also contains a long introduction on the techniques of media writing and specialised derivaties like documentary films, autography writing and even training of journalists. The book will also function as a ready reckoner for all those who have an abiding interest in media writing." No. 28253

Contents: Preface. 1. Evolving role of the military/Asha Gupta. 2. Role of military in South-east Asia/Saroj Pathak. 3. Military's role in the democratization of Myanmar/Madan M. Sankhdher. 4. Pakistan's fourth military regime/Veena Kukreja. 5. Military rule and prospects of democratic development: the case of Pakistan and Bangladesh/A.N. Shamsul Hoque. 6. Military rule and democratizing processes in Bangladesh and Pakistan/Zillur A. Khan. 7. Role of the military in Turkish society: an assessment from the perspective of history, sociology and politics/Suna Kili. 8. Army and democracy: the Mexican experience/Gabriela Palavicini Corona. 9. Democratization and professional change in the Argentine Armed Forces/Antonio O. Donini. 10. Ethnicity and transition to democracy in Nigeria: explaining the passing of military rule in a multi-cultural society/Okechukwu Ibeanu. 11. The Kashmir problem and India's defense policy/Nirmal Jindal. 12. Cyber-terrorism: an emerging challenge/Deepak Sharma. 13. Emerging trends/Asha Gupta. Bibliography. Index. "The present volume is the outcome of the well-researched presentations made by various scholars on the 'Role of Military in Democratisation' at the IPSA World Congress held at Quebec City in Canada during August 2000. It delves deeper into the heterogeneous experiences of the military regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America in past few decades. Since the military experiences in different parts of the third world have been varied and hybrid, the response to their narration is bound to be shifting and