You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
'A model work of historical scholarship'-Ramachandra Guha 'The most well-researched, comprehensive history of contemporary Assam ever written'-Partha Chatterjee The crucial battles of World War II fought in India's north-east-followed soon after by Independence and Partition-had a critical impact on the making of modern Assam. In the three decades following 1947, the state of Assam underwent massive political turmoil, geographical instability, and social and demographic upheaval, among others. Later, the truncated state suffered widespread unrest as various groups believed their cultural identity and political leverage were under threat. New social energies and political forces were unleashed and came to the fore. Definitive, comprehensive and unputdownable, The Quest for Modern Assam explores the interconnected layers of political, environmental, economic and cultural processes that shaped the development of Assam since the 1940s. It offers an authoritative account that sets new standards in the writing of regional political history. Not to be missed by any one keen on Assam, India, Asia or world history in the twentieth century.
There is a perception that the region of north-east India maintained its ‘splendid isolation’ and remained outside the reach of the Mughals and did not have a pre-colonial past. The present book is an attempt to decenter and demolish the said perceptions and asserts that north-east India had a ‘medieval’ past through linkage with the dominant central power in India – the Mughals. The eastern frontier of this Mughal Empire was constituted by a number of states like Bengal, Koch Bihar, Assam, Manipur, Dimasa, Jaintia, Cachar, Tripura, Khasi confederation, Chittagong, Lushai and the Nagas. Of these, some areas like Bengal were an integral part of the Mughal Empire, while others like K...
None
Navamalati’s translations of Assamese works include Chihna Yatra by Srimanta Sankaradeva and reassembled by Dr Jagadish Patgiri; Lakshminath Bezbaroa’s Mor Jibon Xuwaron; Dr Maheswar Neog’s Jibonor Digh Aaru Bani; and his avant-garde collection of poems Antyaja; Xotoghni by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya; Indira Raisom Goswami’s Ahiron; Harekrishna Deka’s novel Yatra; Jayashree Goswami Mahanta’s Sahitya Akademi Award winning novel Chanakya; Gautam Prasad Baroowah’s novel Kaziranga; Verses a timely collection holds the poems of 68 Assamese poets, both old and new; The Lion of Assam (Karmavir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi) which is Dr Prabir Bordoloi’s biography of his grandfather, the g...
A Comprehensive Study Dealing With Music Of North-Eastern India With Special Emphasis On Musical Instruments Of Assam. Has Over 75 Colour Illustrations Which Add To The Usefulness Of The Book.