Bengali Christians, social work in England, Bible translation, Christian insecurity as the BJP take power - these are just some of the elements woven together by Alison Mukherjee with first-hand knowledge and consummate skill. Absorbing, mysterious and heartfelt, her novel takes its readers into new realms. It will leave them subtly changed. - William Radice, SOAS

A delightful read, Nirmal Babu's Bride captivated my imagination with its keenly observed detail of Bengali life. The particular predicament of South Asian Christians has been too long ignored by novelists. Alison Mukherjee's novel illuminates with sensitive integrity those powerful themes of identity, religion, generation and gender. She writes with authority and compassion and deserves a wide readership. I hope that another novel will not be long in following. - Eleanor Nesbitt, University of Warwick

(From jacket blurbs)

"The first significant volume of post-modern poetry written by an Indian is now available. No prizes for guessing the author is Rukmini Bhaya Nair. For its boldness, its conceptual daring, its crafting and many scintillating images…The Ayodhya Cantoshas emerged as a landmark volume." Keki Daruwalla in Biblio

“All told, this is a book of incredible poetic vigour, variety and ingenuity that marks the development of a new stage in the development of Indian poetry in English…truly deserves the overworked adjective 'great'.” Christopher Levenson in The Toronto Review of World Literature.

(From published reviews)

In this beautifully produced volume has been assembled an impressive selection of 23 short stories by the major authors of Bengali literature.

The authors included are: Premendra Mitra, Ashim Roy, Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay, Prabodh Sanyal, Samaresh Basu, Rameshchandra Sen, Narendranath Mitra, Ranjan, Annadashankar Ray, "Parashuram", "Bonophul", Sandipan Chattopadhyay, Hasan Azizul Haq, Gourkishor Ghosh, Syed Mujtaba Ali, Manik Bandyopadhyay, Dipendranath Bandyopadhyay, and Saradindu Bandyopadhyay.