<p>Fifty years of independence has not provided the degree of economic growth, social enlightenment of political stability that had been the hope and aspiration of more than a billion people who live in South Asia. Moudud Ahmed has attempted to explain some of the reasons why the countries of South Asia and in particular India have not measured up to their potential. This is principally glaring when their achievements are stacked against those of some of the South-East Asian countries who were more disadvantaged economically and socially three decades ago but can now project a far better national scenario than any of the countries of South Asia. The author feels that India, as the predominant political and economic power in South Asia has failed to provide a viable growth model for development nor has helped assuage the social and political fears of its much smaller neighbors. The issues of Kashmir and nuclearisation not only pose the most immediate threat to security of the region but the consequent arms race between India and Pakistan was drastically retarding the development of the region. He contends that Bangladesh's role within South Asia is many ways unique. Its problems of development, economic, social and political, are examined in detail and the author does not shy away from mentioning the reasons for the existing state of affairs. In his vision, however, the author finds that Bangladesh has a great potential and it could lead the South-Eastern part of the sub-continent into a region of prosperity. Finally, the author underscores a number of suggestions, which could help improve the situation and prepare the region to face the challenges of globalization.</p>

South Asia: Crisis of Development: The Case of Bangladesh

Moudud Ahmed

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Economic Geography of Bangladesh: Revised and Updated Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Haroun Er Rashid

Social Sciences

The thirteen stories in this collection span a period of nearly thirty years, from the early sixties to the late nineties, and are the works of some of the most respected fiction writers of Bangladesh. No connoisseur of Bangla literature will dispute the fact that an anthology of short stories by writers from Bangladesh cannot be complete without them. However, the problems of logistics make it the editor's painful duty to exclude all but just a few out of a vast array of superb literary creations. Even so, the expatriate Bangla speaking community who have made their second home outside Bangladesh, especially the third generation who have had little chance to acquire the kind of fluency of their mother tongue that would enable them to read Bangla literature with facility, are sure to find in these stories the true flavour of their linguistic and cultural heritage. At the same time, readers belonging to other communities as well will be able to savour the richness of Bangla literature by reading these translated stories.

Vintage Short Fiction from Bangladesh

Sagar Chaudhury

Literature & Fiction

THE LAST GUARDIAN Stephen Hatch-Barnwell's (1909-1989) Tour of Duty as ICS (Indian Civil Service) in Bengal (1933-1947) as CSP (Civil Service of Pakistan) in East Pakistan (1949-1966) is not just another British officer's "notes to successors" for those of us who care to read such memoirs. The author makes lt a point to inform the readers that his main purpose was to show what life was for a young ICS officer in the very last days of the British Raj and not to give a personal life history to the readers. India, the crown jewel of the British Empire, during 1930s &'40s, was in the throes of a turbulent movement for national independence Bengal was at the centre of it, with terrorists at the Fringe trying to assassinate the British rulers and Hindu-Muslim tensions leading to communal riots, It was during this period of fire and fury that Stephen Hatch-Barnwell decided reluctantly to join the Bengali cadre of the Indian Civil Service, the steel frame that held the empire together.

The Last Guardian: Memoirs of Hatch-Barnwell, ICS of Bengal

Stephen Hatch-Barnwell

Paradise on Earth

Travel

Azizul Jalil

Europe

Bittersweet Victory a Freedom Fighters Tale

History

Abdul Qayyum Khan

Asia

Partition's Post-Amnesias; 1947, 1971 and Modern South Asia

Ananya Jahanara Kabir

Bhombal Dass - The Uncle of Lion: A Folk Tale from Bangladesh

Ashraf Siddiqui

Ahabohoman Bangler Kotipoy Probochon

Amena Begum

State against the Nation: The Decline of the Muslim League in Pre-independence Bangladesh, 1947-54

Ahmed, Kamal

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