At a glance
Clockwise: Shadows Across the Playing Fields, Dhaka College, Afghanistan, Pakistan's Foreign Policy and Pakistan's Foreign Policy
Shadows Across the Playing Fields:60 Years of India-Pakistan Cricket
Shashi Tharoor, Shaharyar Khan
Roli Books Pvt. Ltd India and Pakistan may not become friends in our lifetime, but here in this book you have two very intellectual men dwelling on something that unites and energises their countries. Tharoor, who has just lost ministerial status, and Khan, the diplomat who has headed Pakistan's cricket board, take you on an unusual journey. Dhaka College
Itihash O Oitijjho (1841-1921)
Sharif uddin Ahmed
Academic Press & Publishers Library Sharif uddin Ahmed comes back with yet another brilliant observation of the history one associates with Dhaka. In this well-researched work, he gives readers the story of a significant landmark in the growth and expansion of the city. Dhaka College has carved a niche for itself in the popular consciousness. Ahmed gives us the reasons why. Afghanistan
A Cultural and Political History
Thomas Barfield
Princeton University Press Afghanistan has always been a country of proud people. It has seen off foreign invasions repeatedly, making it clear that it allows no space to outsiders tempted to tell Afghans what they must do about their politics and culture. In this riveting study, Barfield does a splendid job of informing us why Afghanistan is the way it has always been. Pakistan's Foreign Policy
A Reappraisal
Shahid M. Amin
Oxford Pakistan Paperbacks In this second edition of his work, Amin explains what in his view have been the impediments to a smooth shaping and conduct of Pakistan's foreign policy. As a former Pakistani diplomat, he should know. Yet he has his drawbacks. In explaining the Bangladesh factor, he does what other Pakistanis have done before him: he quietly papers over the killings of Bengalis his country's army indulged in in 1971.
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