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TANSEN
By Girish Chaturvedi
The name of Tansen is synonymous with the grandeur
of Hindustani classical music. Little is known of
his personal life, although he attained great heights,
becoming one of the 'nine jewels' of Emperor Akbar's
court in the 16th century. The author
has painstakingly pieced together a gripping account
of Tansen's birth, his turbulent emotional life
and his quest for music which led him to be nominated
the chief court musician by Akbar.This noval, although
a work of fiction, is based on extensively researched,
real-life episodes in the great musician's life-
brought together, for the first time, into a cohensive,
interesting collection of vignettes on the life
of Tansen.
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..Title:
Tansen....
..Size: 5 1/5"
x 8 1/5"
..Pages:
222
..Hard
Cover
..Price:
Rs. 135.00
ISBN 81-7436-017-4 |
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.Title: The Hose
Of Marwar
.Size: 5 1/5"
x 8 1/5"
.Pages: 224
.Paperback
.Price: Rs. 135.00
ISBN 81-7436-026-3
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THE
HOUSE OF MARWAR
The
Story of Jodhpur
By Dhananajaya Singh
The first intimate
history of the royal house of Jodhpur, this is a stirring
chronicle of the ruling Rathores of Marwar, whose
colourful, extravagant, valorous and sometimes shameful
deeds are vividly described 'from the inside'.
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THE
MEMOIRS OF HAIMABATI SEN: FROM CHILD WIDOW
TO LADY DOCTOR
Translated
by Tapan Raychaudhuri Introduced and edited by Geraldine
Forbes
This
intimate autobiography, rich in details of a society
in transition, was written by one of India's earliest
'native' women doctors. Though a child widow, driven
from pillar to post, Haimabati nourished an ambition
for higher education, eventually trained as a medical
practitioner, and became the 'Lady Doctor' in charge
of Hughli Dufferin Hospital for Women. The Memoirs
of Haimabati Sen illustrates the predicament of
a woman determined to earn an honorable living in
a man's world. This extraordinary account, the longest
and most detailed memoir yet discovered by an Indian
woman born in the nineteenth century, was originally
written in lined school notebooks in Haimabati's
native language, Bengali.
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.Title: The Memoirs
of Haimabati
Sen: From Child
Widow to Lady Doctor
.Size: 5 1/5"
x 8 1/5"
.Pages: 408
.Hard
Cover
.Price: Rs. 495.00
ISBN 81-7436-090
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Title:
Polo in India
Size: 7" x 9"
Pages: 128
Hard Cover
Price: Rs. 595.00
ISBN 81-7436-093-X
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POLO
IN
INDIA
A
Tribute to Maharaj Prem Singh
Polo-India's
gift to the sporting world-was actively patronised
and promoted by the Royal Houses in Rajasthan and
the British cavalry. Polo in India captures
the charismatic personality of Maharaj Prem Singh,
a third-generation player from Jodhpur, whose superb
game took the polo world by storm. The book is a
tribute to this legendary player and champion of
the game.
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