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Bengali Brahmin meets Berkeley

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Bharati Mukherjee is a writer of Indian origin who now resides in California, where she is a university professor. She has written four novels, including 'The Holder of the World' and 'Jasmine'. Her work has met with international approval, though she is not given the same attention as some other Indian authors. Mukherjee was born of a Bengali Brahmin family in Calcutta. She was educated at a convent school and at the University of Baroda.

Author: Warwick, Ronald

Publisher: Times Supplements Ltd.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995

Biography, Mukherjee, Bharati

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The man with two great loves

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Bhikhu Parekh, fellow of the British Academy and president of the Academy of Learned Societies for Social Sciences, is currently writing Identity, Culture and Dialogue which will be published by Palgrave in 2007. Lord Parekh is most passionate about the vita activa and vita contemplativa.

Author: Parekh, Bhikhu

Publisher: Times Supplements Ltd.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006

Intellectuals, Parekh, Bhikhu

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