Book reviews

1. The Iconic Anna. Review of R Kannan’s book CN Annadurai: His life and Times, Penguin/Viking. Sahara Time (Weekly), Delhi. 24 April 2010

2. A new choreography of two nineteenth century wars. Review of Rajmohan Gandhi’s book “A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 and the American Civil War”. Penguin/Viking Hardback. The New Indian Express (Sunday edition), awaited.

3. Rediscovering the story of unity amid diversity. Review of Meghnad Desai’s book, The Rediscovery of India. The New Sunday Express. 3 January 2010

4. Review of John Richardson’s book, Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism

and Development from Sri Lanka’s Civil Wars. Contemporary South Asia. 16(3) September 2008; also

Sri Lanka: A Paradise Poisoned. Asian Tribune. 28 November 2007.

5. India’s Pernicious Politics of Backwardness. Review of Arun Shourie’s book, Falling Over Backwards: An essay against Reservations and against Judicial Populism. Asian Tribune. 29 November 2007.

6. Debi Chatterjee. Up Against Caste: Comparative Study of Ambedkar and Periyar. Indian Social Science Review. Vol. 7. No. 1. January-June 2005.

7. Gail Omvedt. Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste. Sociological Bulletin. Vol. 54, No. 1, January-April 2005.

8. Rajen Harshe (Ed.) Interpreting Globalisation: Perspectives in International Relations. Seminar. No. 556, December 2005.

9. James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer. Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21^st Century. Seminar. No. 534. February 2004. Also in Spectrezine.org. 1 May 2004.

10. Ann Brooks and Alison Mackinnon (Ed.) Gender and the Restructured University: Changing Management and Culture in Higher Education. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. XXV (1). May 2003.

11. Surinder S. Jodhka (Ed.) Communities and Identities: Contemporary Discourses on Culture and Politics in India. Sociological Bulletin. 52 (1). March 2003.

12. Angela W. Little: Labouring to Learn: Towards a Political Economy of Plantations, People and Education in Sri Lanka. Journal of Educational Planning and Administration. XVII (1). January 2003.

13. Arun Shourie. Courts and Their Judgments. Seminar. No. 519. November 2002.

14. “On an Appraisal Journey”. The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). 4 July 1999. Review of C.P. Bhambri’s book Indian Politics Since Independence. Vol. 2.

15. “Faultiness at Fifty”. The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). 6 December 1998. Review of Polity and Governance: Papers and Proceedings of a Symposium. Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

16. “Justifications for Reservation”. Review of V.A. Pai Panandikar (Ed.) The Politics of Backwardness: Reservation Policy in India. The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). 18 January 1998.

17. Suresh Chandra Ghosh. The History of Education in Modern India: 1757‑1986. Frontline. 6 September 1996.

18. “The Last Maharaja”. Review of Louise Ouwerkerk’s book. No Elephants for the Maharaja: Social and Political Change in Travancore, 1921‑47. (Ed.) by Dick Kooiman. The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). 15 October 1995.

19. “Defending the Indefensible”. Reply to a rejoinder (“Sir C.P. Maligned”) to the above review. The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). 26 November 1995.

20. S. Gurumurthy. Technical Assistance and Economic Development: The Indian Experience. Indian Review of Books. March‑April 1995.

21. Eleanor Zelliot. From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement. Indian Economic and Social History Review. XXXI (1). July‑September 1994.

22. “Embourgeoisement of India”. Review of Robert W. Stern’s book Changing India: Bourgeois Revolution on the Subcontinent. Indian Review of Books. June‑July 1994.

23. “Rama on Trial”. Review of Jitendra Bajaj (Ed.) Ayodhya and the Future of India. The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). 6 March 1994.

24. “India’s Pervasive Violence”. Review of M.N. Srinivas’ book On Living in a Revolution and Other Essays. The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). 19 December 1993.

25. “The Paradox of Discrimination”. Review of Andre Beteille’s book The Backward Classes in Contemporary India. The Hindu (Sunday Magazine). 10 January 1993.

26. “Caste Dominance, Old and New”. Review of Francine R. Frankel and M.S.A. Rao (Ed.) Dominance and State Power in Modern India: Decline of a Social Order, 2 Volumes. Indian Express (Madras). 13 April 1991.

27. K.N. Panikkar. Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar, 1836‑1921. Development and Change. 22 (3). July 1991.

28. “Munro as an Imperial Hero”. Review of Burton Stein’s book Thomas Munro: The Origins of the Colonial State and His Vision of Empire. Economic and Political Weekly. XXVI (1‑2). 5-12 January 1991.

29. “Historian’s Delight”. Review of K.N. Panikkar’s book Peasant Protests and Revolts in Malabar. Indian Express (Madras). 8 December 1990.

30. “How the British Destroyed Bengal’s Textile Industry”. Review of Hameeda Hossain’s book The Company Weavers of Bengal. Indian Express (Madras). 7 July 1990.

31. Kathleen Gough. Rural Change in Southeast India, 1950s to 1980s. Contributions to Indian Sociology. 24(1), January‑June 1990.

32. “How the Coolie Beast was tamed”. Review of Jan Breman’s book, Taming the Coolie Beast: Plantation Society and the Colonial Order in Southeast Asia. Indian Express (Madras). 28 April 1990.

33. S.N. Choudhary (Ed.) Changing Status of Depressed Castes in Contemporary India. Social Action Book Review Supplement. V (5). October 1988.

34. “Dance of the Damned”. Review of K.K.N. Kurup’s book Teyyam: A Ritual Dance of Kerala. Indian Express (all‑India). 22 February 1987.

35. “Indulging a Goddess”. Review of C.J. Fuller’s book Servants of the Goddess: The Priests of a South Indian Temple. Indian Express (all‑India). 24 February 1985.

36. Marc Galanter. Competing Equalities: Law and the Backward Classes in India. MIDS Bulletin. XIV (11). November 1984.

37. “Blighted Roots”. Review of Dharampal’s book The Beautiful Tree: Indigenous Indian Education in the Eighteenth Century. Indian Express (All‑India). 26 February 1984.

38. “A Study of Peasant Societies”. Review of Joan P. Mencher (Ed.) Social Anthropology of Peasantry. The Hindu (Tuesday edition). 22 November 1983.

39. “Confusing and Misleading”. Reviews of Murli M. Sinha’s book Modernisation and Community Power, and N.D. Kamble’s book Labour Migration in Indian States. Indian Express (All‑India). 20 November 1983.

40. “Peasants in Revolt”. Review of D.N. Dhanagare’s book Peasant Movements in India, 1920‑1950. Indian Express (All‑India) 17 July 1983.

41. “The Soviet Dilemma”. Review of Daniel Singer’s book Road to Gdansk: Poland and the USSR. Economic and Political Weekly. XVIII (26). 25 June 1983.

42. “Logan’s Legacy”. Review of K.K.N. Kurup’s book William Logan: A Study in the Agrarian Relations of Malabar. Economic and Political Weekly. XVI (28‑29). 11-18 July 1981.

43. “The Meaning of Kayyur”. Review of K.K.N. Kurup’s book Kayyur Riot: A Terrorist Episode in the Nationalist Movement in Kerala. Economic and Political Weekly. XIV (26). 30 June 1979.

44. Robin Jeffrey. The Decline of Nayar Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore, 1847-1908. Social Scientist. V (12). No. 60. July 1977.