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DAVID J. McCUTCHION
Unpublished Letters and Selected Articles
Compiled and edited by Suhridkumar BhowmickThis book is uniquely enriched with about 70 priceless letters written by David McCutchion over a decade to the editor of this book. Beside this the book contains some invaluable writings on the temples of Bengal, about comparative religion, two unpublished articles on the struggle of East Bengal of that period and also a lot of unpublished photographs taken by David.
₹ 225.00Version : ebook - hardcopy -
ANANDA K COOMARASWAMY
The Indian CraftsmanClosely associated with the Tagore family of Jorasanko and the Swadeshi movement of Bengal, this eminent art-historian of the early twentieth century did not discriminate the art of the rural folk with the great religious arts of the rich and urban people. He saw it as conscientious expression of both the artisans as well as the civilization that nurtured it. Creativity of an ordinary earthen pot was equally valuable to him as with that of a gigantic temple. This is a rare and important book by Coomaraswamy who is regarded as the successor of Blake, Ruskin and William Morris in aesthetic point of view.
₹ 160.00Version : ebook - hardcopy -
PAUL GAUGUIN
Noa Noa: The Tahiti JournalOne of the most prominent post-impressionist artists, Paul Gauguin left his family and country only to move to the country of the so-called ‘uncivilized’ Maoris for the sake of painting. There he stayed with the Maoris, noted every intrinsic details of their livelihood and collected their mythology and folklores. He detailed every aspects of them in this book, elaborated the picture of a great civilization. Added with these are reproductions of many of his black and white paintings drawn during his Tahiti days.
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BHOLANATH BHATTACHARYA
Esoteric Cults of Consort Worship in BengalFrom the very days of inception woman breeds a sense of fear as well as devotion in the minds of man due to her mysterious relation with the process of creation. Worshiping woman as a symbol of power of creation and fertility also started from then. At the preliminary stage woman was worshiped as mother. Later, as man also found himself as a contributor in this process of creation, woman was worshiped as companion. The author gives a description of these confined cults which are practiced in different parts of Bengal in India for a long time. Before thirty five years this paper drew the attention of Mircea Eliade, Dineshchandra Sarkar, Atul Sur, Mazharul Islam and Mikhail Nalizevski when it was published for the first time in the ‘Folklore’ journal.
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Nemai Ghosh
Talking about Films
Writings Speeches InterviewsThis is a collection of English writings, speeches and interviews of Nemai Ghosh, best known as the director of the first neo-realist film ‘Chinnamul’ that dealt with partition of Bengal during the partition of India in 1947.
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Selected Editorials from NOW
A Political and Cultural WeeklyEdited by SAMAR SEN
This is compilation of editorials written during the period of January to August 1965 by the celebrated writer and editor Samar Sen for Now, the weekly founded and edited by him.
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Shyamali khastgir
Jadugoda DiaryThe uranium that fuels India’s nuclear weapons and energy programme is mined at Jadugoda in Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand. The company that does the mining is Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL). UCIL was established in 1967 and started its operations in 1968 at Jadugoda with uranium ore mining and a processing plant, each of 1,000 metric tonnes per day capacity.
For more than three decades, there have been a large number of news reports in various magazines and newspapers, detailing various health problems suffered by the people of the area. Mostly these have concerned a large number of deformities in children and various kinds of lung problems.
Shyamali Khastgir surveyed the area in year 2000 and brought out this report.
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পাউলো ফ্রেইরি
মুক্তির জন্য সাংস্কৃতিক প্রয়াসপাউলো ফ্রেইরি-র শিক্ষাচিন্তার মূল কথা হল— প্রতিটি মানুষ এক-একটি স্বতন্ত্র স্বাধীন সত্তা, যিনি পৃথিবীকে পরিবর্তন করতে পারেন এবং নতুন করে গড়তে পারেন। মানুষের চেতনা রূপ পায় আর্থ-সামাজিক ও রাজনৈতিক পরিস্থিতি আর মানুষটির নিজস্ব পারিপার্শ্বিকের প্রভাবে। তত্ত্ব-কর্ম-সমন্বয়ী বিশ্লেষণী চেতনা মানুষকে ভাবনা থেকে কাজে অগ্রসর হতে শেখায়। শোষকের আরোপিত নৈঃশব্দ্যের সংস্কৃতি নিপীড়ন জারি রাখতে সাহায্য করে এবং মিথ্যা কিছু ভাবনার মধ্যে মানুষকে আটকে রাখে। জ্ঞানার্জনের উদ্দেশ্যই হল শিক্ষার্থীর (সেই সঙ্গে শিক্ষকেরও) তত্ত্ব-কর্ম-সমন্বয়ী বিশ্লেষণী চেতনায়নের মাধ্যমে বাস্তব জীবনে মুক্তি অর্জনের পথ করে নেওয়া ।
পাউলো ফ্রেইরি-কে নিয়ে বিশ্লেষণমূলক কাজ এখানে বিশেষ হয়নি। তাঁর শিক্ষাতত্ত্বের প্রয়োগও খুব বিস্তারিত ও সংগঠিত ভাবে হয়নি। বিদ্যায়তনের অন্দরে বসে গবেষণা যথেষ্ট নয়। তাঁকে নিয়ে কোন অর্থপূর্ণ কাজ করতে গেলে দেওয়ালের বাইরে না এলে চলবে না। তা না হলে মূল ব্যাপারটাই থেকে যাবে অধরা। সমস্যা হল, প্রথাবহির্ভূত শিক্ষাও এদেশে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক হয়ে পড়ে। দরকার চিন্তাভাবনাকে বাক্সের বাইরে নিয়ে আসা, জানলা দিয়ে বাইরে তাকানো। ‘শিক্ষাব্যবস্থা’ নামক জড়দ্গবটিকে ভাঙতে হলে, ফ্রেইরি-র শিক্ষাচিন্তা অধ্যয়ন করা তাই খুবই জরুরি। তাঁর সব বই-ই পড়া উচিত, কিন্তু প্রথমে পড়া উচিত ‘কালচারাল অ্যাকশন ফর ফ্রিডম’।
বাঙালি পাঠকের কাছে পাউলো ফ্রেইরি-কে একেবারে গোড়া থেকে পৌঁছে দেওয়ার জন্যই এই বইয়ের পরিকল্পনা। বাংলা ভাষায় ফ্রেইরি-র লেখা সাবলীল ভাবে পৌঁছে দেওয়ার মূল কাজটি করেছেন সবিতা বিশ্বাস এবং এ বই সম্পাদনা করেছেন সলিল বিশ্বাস, দু-জনেই প্রথাবহির্ভূত শিক্ষার কাজে দীর্ঘ অভিজ্ঞতাসম্পন্ন।
প্রথম সংস্করণ, নতুন মুদ্রণ, ১১০ পৃষ্ঠা
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BHOLANATH BHATTACHARYA
Esoteric Cults of Consort Worship in BengalFrom the very days of inception woman breeds a sense of fear as well as devotion in the minds of man due to her mysterious relation with the process of creation. Worshipping woman as a symbol of power of creation and fertility also started from then. At the preliminary stage woman was worshipped as mother. Later, as man also found himself as a contributor in this process of creation, woman started herself being worshipped as companion. The author gives a description of these confined cults which are practised in different parts of Bengal in India for a long time.
₹ 90.00Version : ebook - hardcopy -
ANANDA K COOMARASWAMY
The Indian CraftsmanClosely associated with the Tagore family of Jorasanko and the Swadeshi movement of Bengal, this eminent art-historian of the early twentieth century did not discriminate the art of the rural folk with the great religious arts of the rich and urban people. He saw it as conscientious expression of both the artisans as well as the civilization that nurtured it. Creativity of an ordinary earthen pot was equally valuable to him as with that of a gigantic temple. This is a rare and important book by Coomaraswamy who is regarded as the successor of Blake, Ruskin and William Morris in aesthetic point of view.
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Bholanath Bhattacharya
Krishna in the traditional paintings of BengalThis monograph deals with the history of the pat in various parts of India, the evolution of the pat of Bengal with a special analysis of the Kalighat branch, the patuas, and lastly the history and significance of the Krishna cult in lndia in general and Bengal in particular and the place of this cult in the traditional painting of Bengal. Although the traditional pat of Bengal has had for its subject a host of religious and social themes, the present monograph seeks to introduce the reader to it through illustrations of pats from the author’s personal collection dealing with one particular Hindu deity, namely, Lord Krishna.
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BHOLANATH BHATTACHARYA
The Ornaments of Bengal: A ProfileThis is the story of the ornaments of Bengal as viewed in the historical perspective. The book traces the development of the ornaments of Bengal in fascinating manner with particular emphasis on how ornaments have reflected the social history of the land.
₹ 70.00Version : ebook - hardcopy -
KALPANA BISWAS
Conversation with the MaestrosAll these conversations were held between the Maestros (namely Bijan Bhattacharya, Ritwikkumar Ghatak and Salil Chowdhury) and Ms Kalpana Biswas during the period of 1976-78. Kalpana works as an independent filmmaker now. Prior to film making she had a long career in research based work. She had taken up this esteemed job as a research project in search of understanding the socio-economy of the turbulent 40’s. Published by Context Regroup.
₹ 60.00Version : ebook - hardcopy -
Joel Andreas
Addicted to WarFor people of all ages who want to understand the link between U.S. militarism, foreign policies and corporate greed. The book illustrates (in comic book format) why the U.S. is necessarily dependent on war to feed its shameful consumption patterns. Updated 2010 edition.
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This is the celebrated book on art and aesthetics of the east written by the Japanese master artist, theoretician and art activist Kakuzo Okakura.
₹ 40.00
