Bøger af Debraj Bhattacharya

This book explores the meanings and perceptions of development and the dialectics of theory, policy and practice. It looks at how theory translates into policy, and the disconnections in its design and implementation in the Indian context.

Analyses the experience of modernity in South Asia. Arguing that South Asia's experience of modernity has to be understood in a global context, this book explores a wide range of topics such as: the emergence of 'Assam Fever' in colonial discourse; an experiment with fusion music in early colonial India; among onial India; among others.