Contents: 1. The land and the people 2. The government 3. The economy: The atoll and island economies the economy of the country 4. Fisheries 5. Agriculture 6. Education 7. Health
Peter Hoflich has written a book which gives a truly informative perspective of banking in Asia. Not only has he profiled a wide range of CEOs of varying background, nationality and ambition, but he has also given valuable insights into the banking infrastructure itself in many countries. Whether it is the astonishing growth story of HDFC under Aditya Puri, the bureaucrat turned banker focus o…
The book is chronological in structure, the framework for each chapter being the events that occurred during a specific prime ministership. Woven into the story is a series of studies of economic, political, social, military, administrative, legal and cultural issues. The composite effect is a rounded picture of Nepal at that time. The book concludes with a postscript to Rana rule and a final a…
The late summer headlines of a landmark peace accord between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization stunned and delighted citizens of conscience from every walk of life and from all over the world. Here, at last, were the first glimmerings of harmony for a region whose bloody, intractable conflicts between Arab and Jew had outlived hot and cold wars alike to become a…
Iranian politics has been marked by sharp ideological divisions and infighting. These divides, kept largely out of public view until the 1990s, came to greater light with the contested 2009 presidential elections. To explain the diverse and complex forces that led to this event and that animate Iran’s current fractured society and polity, author Shireen T. Hunter looks beyond the battle betwe…
M.O. Mathai, Nehru's Special Assistant and alter ego between 1946 and 1959, was reputed to be the most powerful man after the Prime Minister during the years that he served Nehru. Mathai was the only one to know everything about Nehru, most especially the first Prime Minister's private thoughts about Politics, Congress leaders, Bureaucrats, Money, Alchohol along with much else that attracted hi…
Kamvara provides an in depth analysis not just or political history but also of a variety of other issues that have plagued this part of the world for so many years. - Mahmood Monshipouri. This is an ambitious, stimulating book that analyzes many important issues in the region, emphasizing the challenges countries face in overcoming historical legacie, developing accountable leadership, reco…
The Battle for Pakistan is a historic odyssey of the titanic struggle for the creation of Pakistan covering all significant events concisely from the Battle of Plassey in 1757 till the birth of Pakistan in 1947. It maintains that the partition of India was the result of a short-sighted, unaccommodating, uncharitable attitude and the wrong tactical moves in the policy of the Congress towards the…
This study has been undertaken in the context of this peculiar nature of the complex interaction, and the American interest in South Asia. All important milestones have been focused upon in this study from 1492, when Christopher Columbus managed to obtain the patronage of the Spanish crown to discover a sea route to India, down to the years just before the Partition of 1947. The visit to India …
The contents of this book: 1. The Hindu-Muslims Divide 2. Option-India 3. The First War - 1947-48 4. Kashmir - An Obsession 5. Another Attempt - Battling for Kashmir Again