India's contact with the west grew with colonization as more and more people turned towards Europe with varying degrees of admiration, fear and respect. Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, the erudite eighteenth-century scholar from Lucknow (1752-1806) was one of the f 1st ed. xxxvii+347p.

It is an important collection of speeches and correspondence for understanding the evolution of Indian democracy, the coverage of the second general election, the foregrounding of governance issues at the Centre and the States, and the articulation of Ind 1st ed. xxxii+636p., Index; 25cm.

The success of Indian Secularism lies in the ways in which its minorities have lived and negotiated their existence with the State and the Broader Society at large. Yet it remains painfully true that over the past decade, the story of Indian Muslims has b 1st ed. 306p., Tables; Notes; Index; 24cm.

Is Nehru's vision of India relevant today? What are the key building blocks of our nation? Have the institutions and infrastructure set up as part of that vision stood the test of time? The speeches selected and introduced by Mushirul Hasan in this import 1st ed. vi+278p.

Seamless Boundaries presents the autobiography of the nineteenth century traveller Lutfullah Khan. First published in 1857, the Autobiography of Lutfullah is one of the earliest known works of its kind by an Indian in English. Belonging to a Sufi lineage 1st ed. xxiv+260p.