Literature & Trade Catalogue 2016–17

ARTS | PHOTOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS
An Illustrated History of the Indian Enterprise
FICCI
Talking Environment
Vandana Shiva in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo
9780198089810 | HB | 2012 | `4,995
This volume documents the incredible journey of Indian enterprise through the
ages—from the Harappan civilization through the Mughal reign to the
making of the globally recognized ‘India Inc.’ brand. Broadly classifying the Indian
business saga into pre-and post-Independence eras, it maps the trajectory of
Indian enterprise with all its turns. Including contributions from Dwijendra
Tripathi, R. Champakalakshmi, Shireen Moosvi, Purushottam Agarwal, Ashok
Desai, T.C.A. Srinivasa-Raghavan, and Vikram Singh Mehta, this volume
chronicles the Indian business narrative through the intersections of history,
culture, and commerce to offer a multidimensional perspective. It examines the policies and institutions that have enabled
growth, studies the entrepreneurial role of the private sector and the role and position of public sector enterprises in the
current scenario, and also looks at the possible future course for Indian business.
Photographing India
Sunil Janah
A
rare collection of photographs taken by internationally acclaimed photographer Sunil Janah between the late 1930s
and the late 1970s in India, this historically important volume captures various aspects of pre-and post-Independence
India—the freedom movement, the Partition, famines, riots, peasant and social movements,
and important political figures, artists, writers, and other eminent personalities. In addition,
Janah also documents the lives of ordinary people—factory workers, miners, artisans, and
peasants, as well as villagers, city-dwellers, and tribals. In the commentary preceding the
photographs, Janah provides rare and valuable insights into Indian history, the country’s
social and cultural life, as well as his development as an artist.
Including about 400 photographs that offer glimpses of the India that was and the India that
is, across the bridge of Independence, this volume is a rare combination of the personal
history and evolution of an artist and that of a nation.
Sunil Janah (1918–2012), one of India’s leading photographers, is much admired for the beauty
and technical quality of his compositions. In 2012, shortly before he passed away, he was awarded
the Padma Bhushan.
9780198065807 | HB | 2013 | ` 3,
995
From eco-feminism and biodiversity to the Chipko Movement, swadeshi and village
governance, corruption and poverty in India, and the future of Indian farmers among
others, in this book Vandana Shiva unravels her heart to address many critical issues India is
negotiating with.
The dialogue moves effortlessly as Vandana talks about her early life, influence of her parents
and teachers, her affinity with the Himalayas, love for quantum physics, role of technology
and science, ‘earth democracy’, ‘seed globalization’, relevance of Gandhian philosophy in the
contemporary world, and ‘eco-imperialism’. This is the sixth book in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo’s interviews of
prominent intellectuals.
Vandana Shiva
Ramin Jahanbegloo
Talking Architecture
9780198091776 | PB | 2012 | `395
, a philosopher, environmental activist, and author, is well-known for conceptualizing ‘eco-feminism’.
, an Iranian philosopher, currently teaches in the Department of Political Science at York University.
Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo
This book focuses on the life, thought, and ideas of Raj Rewal, one of India’s leading
contemporary architects. The dialogue flows effortlessly from Rewal’s descriptions of his
early life and experiences in Europe to discussions encompassing the aesthetic foundations of
Indian architecture as well as the role of architecture in the twenty-first century.
This engaging volume also includes a large number of evocative visuals—photographs,
drawings, and sketches—
that, together with the stimulating conversation, capture and
illuminate Rewal’s work as well as evoke and challenge ideas about the aesthetics of urban
spaces, the fusion of the essence of Eastern and Western traditions, and the role of an Indian
architect in a global context.
Raj Rewal is one of the leading contemporary architects in India. He is an Associate of the
Royal Institute of British Architects, London, and Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects.
9780198082941 | OIP | 2012 | `595
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