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Proliferation and Emerging Nuclear Order: Edited by N.S. Sisodia, V. Krishnappa and Priyanka Singh; Academic Foundation, 4772-73/23 Bharat Ram Road (23 Ansari Road), Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, in association with the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Rs. 595.
The emerging nuclear order in the 21st century is discussed in all its varied aspects by eminent scholars in this collection of papers presented at the 10th Asian Security Conference held in 2008.
The consequences of a nuclear Iran for West Asian peace and stability — and more specifically the questions whether it will give rise to a nuclear quest among important states in the region and how the West would respond to such an eventuality; the implications of changes in the East Asian nuclear order for stability and peace in the region; the likely upshot of non-state actors acquiring nuclear weapon technology and capabilities; the lessons for the international community from the discovery of the A.Q. Khan network; and the prospects of international cooperation against nuclear proliferation — these are among the issues analysed and commented upon in this publication.
The Complete Works of Kalidasa — Text with English Translation by N.P. Unni: New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 5824, New Chandrawal, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi-110007. Rs. 2500 (set of two volumes).
The first volume containing Kalidasa’s poems — Kumarasambhavam, Raghuvamsam, Meghadutam, and Rtusamharam — gives the text in Devanagiri, along with a translation of the verses in English and an insightful introduction to each of the poems.
His three dramas —Malavikagnimitram, Vikramorvasiyam, and Abhijnanasakuntalam — are presented in the second volume in the same pattern.
Indo-Persian Historiography: Iqtidar Husan Siddiqui; Primus Books, Virat Bhavan, Mukherjee Nagar Commercial Complex, New Delhi-110009. Rs. 795.
This monograph traces the origin and growth of Indo-Persian historiography up to the 13th century, with emphasis on India’s contribution to the literary heritage of the Persian world.
It is devoted to the study of the six writers who wrote on the history of the Ghurian conquest of norther India, the foundation of the Delhi Sultanate, and the history of the neighbouring countries, Iran and central Asian region in particular.
It makes a pioneering attempt to look into their social background and the religious and political ideals.
Beginning with Muhammad bin Manzur, known as Fakr-i-Mudabbir, the volume discusses the contributions of ‘Chachnama’, Sadid-uddin Hasan-i-Nizami, Sadiuddin Muhammad ‘Awfi, Minhaj-i-Siraj Juzjani and Amir Khusrau, a philosopher poet and historian.
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