VYASA'S MAHABHARATAM

Bharadvaja Sarma

As the legend would have it, traceable by name Bharadvaja Sarma is the earliest ancestor of the author who uses the name as his pseudonym. Born and educated in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, privileged in having a father who constantly reminded him that a brahmin should not consider himself educated unless he read Vyasa’s Mahabharatam in Sanskrit, fortunate enough to win friends who could shape the direction of his mind, he worked as a translator for seventeen years in his native country and then embarked on a journey of adventure across the Middle East and Europe ending up in Denmark where he got stuck, married and became a Danish citizen. After working at a bookshop for twenty-one years he retired and engaged himself for fifteen years in the study of the Mahabharata in original Sanskrit as an act of piety and devotion. Close to eighty years of age, with no credential either as a scholar or writer, he conceived of making a first ever book-by-book summary translation of the longest epic in existence. It was to be a tribute of love and admiration to the great epic itself. Fearing that he might not live long enough to see the end of the task, he worked feverishly looking upon every tomorow as the deadline and pulled off the audacious dream. Well over eighty he is now prepared to die in peace.

ISBN : 978-81-89781-68-2
Price Rs. 1000
First Published : September 2008

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HAREKRSNA MOVEMENT
THE UNIFYING FORCE OF THE HINDU RELIGION
Haripada Adhikary, B.Sc, MBBS, DOMS (Cal), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng.), FRCO phth (UK), FICS, PhD (USA)
The contents of the book are based upon the materials collected through
extensive and careful research, for the preparation of a thesis for a higher
degree for the Lancaster University. It deals with the conception of Hindu
religion, its history and progress along with the gradual rationalization of the
belief and practices with the time, since Rigveda and its effect on the caste system. Special attempt has been made to present many complex theological topics, in a simpler way for the easy understanding of the young generation, on whom the religion depends enormously, for its future growth and expansion. The vast amount of information have been accumulated here in a concise form to make it a useful reference book for the students of religious studies and sociology.
ISBN 81-85086-98-2
First Published 1995
Rs. 200.00

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A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
Guy Rocher
The book presents a true picture of the contemporary sociological thought
and problems as follows :
1. Why do human collectivities exit and how they sustain themselves? And as a corollary, how is the individual attached to these collectitivies?
2. How is the social framework of human life organised and structured?
3. How is change, or the evolution of human societies produced and explained ?
This introduction to sociology is written around these three fundamental questions. Written in the widest possible perspective, these excises taken into account all the possible dimensions of social reality. Students as well as research workers, in sociology and political science will find the book very helpful. A recognised textbook of the Indian Universities.
ISBN 81-85086-29-X
Second Indian Reprint 2004
Rs.250.00

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NEW SUB-RELIGIOUS SECTS AND HINDUISM
Haripada Adhikary, B.Sc, MBBS, DOMS (Cal), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng.), FRCO phth (UK), FICS, PhD (USA)
The main contents of the book are the concise version of the fieldwork for a
Doctorate Programme, The materials were collected through careful and
extensive research for the thesis. It deals with the conception of the
emergence of religion, its history and progress, along with the rationalisation of thoughts, belief and practices according to the suitability of a particular cult or sect, since Rigveda. Special attempt has been made to present many complex theological topics in a simpler way, for the easy understanding of the younger generation, on whom religion depends enormously for its future growth and expansion. At the same time it covers vast amounts of literature
search, methodology, critical analysis, conclusion and recommendation in a concise form to make it a reference and guide book for higher degree; for the students of religious studies, sociology and anthropology.
ISBN 81-87504-49-8
First Published 2003
Rs. 200.00

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THE ESSENCE OF BHAGAVAD GITA
IN THE LIGHT OF SRI RAMKRISHNAVIVEKANANDA
Braja D. Mookherjee
MS. PhD.
The Essence of Bhagavad Gita is a complete explanation of all slokes of
Bhagavad Gita in english. It should be remembered that we are now living in
a highly sophisticated, complex and comptitive society. People are extremely busy to earn their daily livelihood and have less time to look at the scripture totally. Men are more materialistic, minds are science oriented. God has almost gone from scientific mind and science has driven God to Big-Bang and Black Hole! Keeping all these modern views in mind, the present author has compiled, sequentially, the important slokas of Gita to render its essence to the reader quickly. Then following the path of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda, the author first judged critically, The historicity of Sri Krishna and his saying with scientific mind and then explains them with modern scientific views and findings. This is the purpose and uniqueness of this simple Gita-treatise.
ISBN 81-87504-40-4
First Published 2003
Rs. 200.00

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BENGAL'S RENAISSANCE
Sitansu Sekhar Mittra
The British established their stronghold in India after winning the Battle of Plassay on 23rd June, 1757. Kolkata became the capital of India. English was introduced as the language of administration and the medium of education, although at the beginning Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian remained side by side with English. This led to a process of assimilation that started in the late
18th century and continued into the first quarter of the 20th century. The ancient Indian civilization mixed with the more recent western civilization through the medium of the English language and literature. This resulted in the spectacular event known today as Bengal's renaissance. The educated Hindu Bengalis became its prime movers. Though it originated in Bengal, it gradually benefited the whole of India.
ISBN 81-87504-18-8
First Published 2001
Rs. 265.00

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MATHEMATICAL MACROECONOMIC MODELS
M. M. Metwally
Unlike microeconomics, most of books approach macroeconomic problems from a mathematical point of view. This book differs from other previous
attempts on the subject in three ways. First, it does not just give a few
application of mathematical techniques to some macroeconomic problems. It contains an integrated discussion of macroeconomic theory. In other words, it is a mathematical formulation of macroeconomics and not a macroeconomics
application of mathematical techniques. Secondly, it discusses different models of macroeconomics; linear, non-linear and dynamic. This should be an advantage over other textbooks which concentrate in linear acroeconomics models. It also offers a non-linear treatment to the Keynesian models with fixed and variable money supply and exchange rates. The dynamic analysis is applied to problems of inflation and employment, trade cycle, growth and technological progress. The mathematical methods needed for quantitative
economic analysis are presented in a simple yet rigorous form. The techniques in the Appendix range from the elementary operations on matrices to the sophisticated techniques of optimization including calculus of variation and the maximum principle. Other mathematical macroeconomics texts either assume that the student is familiar with these techniques and applications, this book makes it easy for the student to understand mathematical macroeconomics. This book also offers a long bibliography which contains many useful specialized macroeconomic and mathematical references. It is hoped that the mathematical details used in the presentation of the macroeconomic models would help the students to understand the various implications of these models. It is also hoped that the methodology used throughout the book would be useful to the students and researchers interested in developing quantitative macroeconomics.
ISBN 81-85086-55-9
First Published in Kolkata 1995
Rs. 185.00

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