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This is the first in-depth and analytical biography of an Asian woman scientist — Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal (1897-1984). Using a wide range of archival sources, it presents a dazzling portrait of the twentieth century through the eyes of a pioneering Indian woman scientist.
This book introduces Xuanzang, one of China's great heroes, who completed an epic sixteen-year journey to discover the heart of Buddhism at its source in India. It takes the reader on a rousing adventure that also gives a compelling view of Asian history and civilization.
Half of Joseph Conrad’s body of work is set in late 19th-century Southeast Asia and his favourite destinations were Singapore... Læs mere
A collection of essays which chronicles the career and works of Japan's self-proclaimed bridge across the Pacific, Nitobe Inazo. He was appointed Under-Secretary of the League of Nations before the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 led to his downfall.
This handbook is a comprehensive resource on modern Asian educators from East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia and their contributions to Asian educational development through the 19th and 20th centuries.
This book is not just another biography of Gandhi. It is valuable because it offers us a French view and Jewish too perhaps, of a man who became a prophet in a... Læs mere
This book contains two related writings on the Tagores. The first writing is a translation of Sarala Devis... Læs mere
This is a fascinating autobiography set before the partition of the subcontinent. Kali Prasad Ghosh belonged to a zamindar or landed family in... Læs mere
Of Colonial Bungalows and Piano Lessons can be read as a metaphor — as an icon — of the encounter between cultures. The memoir is based... Læs mere
Extensive collection of excerpts.