DOCUHENT RESUME ED 053 035 SO 001 621 AUTHOR Gordon, Sue TITLE Buyer's Guide to Indian Periodicals and Books for American Schools and Colleges. INSTITUTION Educational Resources Center, New Delhi (India). SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DREW) , Washington, D.C.; State Univ. of New York, Albany. PUB DATE 69 NOTE 13p. EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS *Area Studies, *Cross Cultural Studies, Humanities, Newspapers, *Non Western Civilization, *Periodicals, Resource Guides, Social Studies IDENTIFIERS Asia, *India ABSTRACT This resource guide was published to assist those who are trying to increase their knowledge and understanding of the subcontinent of India. It is divided into three parts: 1) an annotated list of selected periodicals including both western and Indian journals and Indian newspapers in a variety of fields: Asian studies, economic and social history, politics and international affairs, literature and the arts, and popular fiction, non-fiction, and general interest magazines; 2) a listing of some American sources of Indian books; and, 3) a list of book exporters in India. SO 001 619 through SO 001 623 are related documents. (Author/SBE)
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DOCUHENT RESUME
ED 053 035 SO 001 621
AUTHOR Gordon, SueTITLE Buyer's Guide to Indian Periodicals and Books for
American Schools and Colleges.INSTITUTION Educational Resources Center, New Delhi (India).SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DREW) , Washington, D.C.; State
Newspapers, *Non Western Civilization, *Periodicals,Resource Guides, Social Studies
IDENTIFIERS Asia, *India
ABSTRACTThis resource guide was published to assist those
who are trying to increase their knowledge and understanding of thesubcontinent of India. It is divided into three parts: 1) anannotated list of selected periodicals including both western andIndian journals and Indian newspapers in a variety of fields: Asianstudies, economic and social history, politics and internationalaffairs, literature and the arts, and popular fiction, non-fiction,and general interest magazines; 2) a listing of some American sourcesof Indian books; and, 3) a list of book exporters in India. SO 001619 through SO 001 623 are related documents. (Author/SBE)
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BUYER'S GUIDE TO INDIAN PERIODICALS AND BOOKSFOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Books, magazines, and newspapers from India -- thenumbers are staggering. In this nation where free speechand free press are cherished realities there are 9,315newspapers and periodicals being published including 646dailies. In the English language alone there are 1,958newspapers4
The book publishing trade is also flourishing. In1969 aiver 9,750 English language titles were published in..India making this nation the worlds third largest Englishpublishing country. The quality of publications is alsoimproving and many new volumes are notable for their sturdybindings, handsome covers and illustrations, and excellentpaper and printing,
With such a wealth of printed matter available,there is a greater need for American educators to knowwhere books and periodicals can be ordered and to have
1some help in making wise selections, The EducationalResources Center,therefore, is publishing this Buyer's,Guide to Indian Periodic ls and Books for Ameri an Schoolsand 0..eau. Wi h t e ope o assis ing t ose w o are ry-,
ing to increase' their knOwledge and understanding of thesubcontinent of India4
The Guide is in three parts:, the first being anannotated list of selected periodicals in a variety offields;.,the second part listing some American sources for'buying Indian books; and the third, a list of book export-ers in India. These lists are intended to complement eachother and together provide the teacher or librarian withaccess to the books and periodicals on South Asia that willbe used in teaching. Periodicals are best purchased direct-:ly through the publisher. The American book dealers, or thejobber used by a larger library, may prove adequate for mostusers of the lists. For others with more specialised in-terests, the list of dealers in India will provide supple-mental sources for less accessible materials.
The author, Sue Gordon, who is ERG's Consultant onBibliography and Library Resources received her A.B. andANLS in Librarianship from the University of Michigan.Mrs. Gordon's main assignment at ERC is to compile theIndian materials for the South Asia section of the AnnualJournal of Asian Studies Bibliography* The Indian entries71-67701-y account for over a fourth of the entire bibliography.As a result of her work on the JAS Bibliography, Mrs. Gordonhas become well acquainted withridian periodicals and bookpublishers.
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The 2ducationa1 Resources Center was established in1966 under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. TheCenter exists to develop materials on India for use in Ameri-can schools, colleges, and universities. In addition to pre-paring the Indian portion of the Annual Bibliographic issueof the Journal of Asian Studies (an ERC service in 1968, 69and 70), the Center serves as the Secretariat for the SouthAsia Microform Committee 'sponsored by the Association forAsian Studies. ERC also publishes South Asian Librar andResearch Notes, a continuation of the ou h sia 'cro ormNewsletter ca portable microfilm camera is available at nofor the use of American scholars).
The Center developed prototypes of two periodicalsuseful to educators which .were subsequently taken over bycommercial Indian publishers. Thus Indian Writing Today,"a quarterly devoted to significant writing in India" hadits origins with ERC, as did the Prabhu Book Service'sGuide to Indian Periodical Literature.-
The Center is active in making known to Americanteachers books from India appropriate for classroom orlibrary use. ERC's "Books from India", a set of twentybooks intended to supplement textbooks and other materialsabout India available in the U.S., is being used in over1,500 schools throughout the country. In addition ERC hasprepared booklists for elementary schools, junior high schoolsand secondary schools, as well as subject matter lists inliterature, the fine arts, and social sciences. These listsare revised annually and are available free upon requestfrom ERC. For a major recent bibliography of books on India,contact ERC's sister organization, the Foreign Area MaterialsCenter, 33 West 42nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10036. FAMO isadministratively a part of the University of the State ofNew York and prepares and distributes materials on foreignareas, primarily for use in undergraduate teaching.
Further information on the Educational Resources Center,including lists of materials developed by it, and additionalcopies of this report are available from:
Theodore M. VestalDirectorEducational Resources CenterD-53 Defence ColonyNew Delhi - 3, India.
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A Select List of PeriodicalsConcerned with South Asia
This list attempts to help the American teacher locatesupplementary teaching materials on South Asia. /It includesboth Western and Indian journals and Indian newspapers/ Someperiodicals are recommended which will be of use to studentsdirectly and others which only the teacher himself will pro-bably refer to.
A. Scholarly Journals,/
1. Journal of Asian Studies is the leading journal intlat iteralrbirp=hed quarterly by the Asso-ciation for Asian Studios. It includes a fifthnumber which is an annual bibliography of currentbooks and articles. Often 40 per cent of thearticles are concerned with South Asia. It is anexcellent source for book reviews and current scho-larly research. Many publishers advertise theirnewest books in JAS. Subscriptions cost $15 a yearand may be purchased from:
The SecretaryAssociation for Asian Studies48 Lane HallUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan 48104U.S.A.
2, Asian Survey contains moderate length scholarlyarticles, perhaps 30 per cent of them on SouthAsia, It is a monthly published by the Instituteof International Studies of the University of Cali-fornia. It tends to stress current problems. Sub-scriptions cost $10 per year ($5 for students), andcan be had by writing:
Asian SurveyUniversity of California2234 Piedmont AvenueBerkeley, California 94720U.S.A.
3. Indian Economic and Social His for Review is the31o77717Minent Indian scholarly journa . It isissued quarterly by the Delhi School of Economicsand includes lengthy articles mostly on Indian eco-nomics, sociology, and history as well as book re-views. Subscriptions cost $6 and single issues are
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available at $1.50 from:
Managing EditorIndian Economic and Social History
ReviewDelhi School of EconomicsUniversity of DelhiDelhi - 7, India.
4. South Asian Review is the major British periodicalfocussing on this subject. It publishes all kindsof articles, although the stress is economic andpolitical. It is the quarterly journal of theRoyal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon. Sub-scription may be ordered from:
Research Publications Services Ltd.11 Nelson RoadLondon SE 10England
B. Current Events/
1. Economic and Political Weekly supplepents theTrilormation in the overeseas editions of theIndian newspapers nicely, It covers business,events in various States and includes reviews.In addition, there, is at least one special articleper issue dealing in some depth with subjects likea specific tax, conditions in a city, or an aspectof.international relations. For $10 a year (bysurface mail) subscription, write to:
Shiv PatilCirculation ManagerEconomic and Political WeeklySkylark 284 Frere RoadBombay - 1, India.
Air mail subscriptions are also available.
2...._.,tndian and Foreign Review contains articles on__politics, economics, international affairs etc.Each issue has one picture story on an Indian artforme It also collects items from the daily press.Articles are quite brief and there are many lineillustrations. The Review is published for the
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Ministry of External Affairs. Each copy costs 150by surface mail, 12.75 for a year, $650 for threeyears. Air mail is $4.75 more per year -- 26 issues:To subscribe, send a bank draft marked payable atDelhi to:
Business ManagerIndian and Foreign ReviewP.O. Box 2011Delhi - 6, India.
C. General
1. Seminar - Each month's issue consists of a symposiumon a topic of current economic, political, or cul-tural interest to India. An extensive, international,bibliography is included and a few relevant books arereviewed. A year's subscription costs $6 and singleissues are available at $0.70 each. Write to:
SeminarP.O. Box 338New Delhi - 1, India.
D. Literature and the Arts/
1. Marg is an Indian art magazine full of high qualityphotographs. Each issue centers on one Indian artform. An annual subscription to this quarterly costs$9, or a single issue may be purchased for $3 from:
Marg PublicationsArmy and Navy BuildingFort, Bombay - 1, India.
2. Quest is a quarterly literary magazine that includesreviews, poems and c":'iticism on Indian writing inEnglish as well as articles on a variety of topics.A U.S. subscription costs ",.a a year and it can beordered from:
Quest148 Mahatma Gandhi RoadBombay - 1, India.
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'3. Indian Writing Today is a literary quarterly,tiated under the auspices of the Educational Re-sources Center. It includes critical articles onIndian literature in various major languages anda few, creative pieces (short stories and poetry).It continually indexes itself. An annual subscrip-tion costs $8. Purchase it from:
Indian Writing TodayNirmal Sadanand publishers35C Tardeo RoadBombay - 34 WB, India
4. Dhara is a quarterly review of Indian literature.77727issue contains short stories and poems trans-lated from several of the regional languages intoEnglish. Dhara also includes some foreign litera-ture, book reviews and art criticism. A year'sair mail subscription costs $4 and may be had from:
DharaR.S. Yadav88 Gupta ColonyDelhi - 9, India.
E. Political
1. Mainstream (weekly) contains articles of inter-national as well as Indian interest written froma leftist point of views It costs $25 for an airmail or $5 for a surface mail yearly subscription.Mainstream's agent for Europe and the U.S. is inLondon (it is published in New Delhi).
2. Political and Economic Review is published by theXIITEZda Congress COEMIT7777 Its contents areprimarily economic. Some articles are statisticalalthough most are descriptive. It gives the viewpoint of the old Congress Party every week onIndian economic and political matters. A year'sair mail subscription costs $31 and may be orderedfrom:
All India Congress Committee7 Jantar Mantar RoadNew Delhi - 1, India.
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3. Swarajya is a conservative weekly. It includes arti-cles on political matters in India and abroad - allquite brief. It costs lis.37 (about $5) for one yearor Rs.18.50 (about $2.50) for six months. Write fora subscription to:
SwarajyaKalki BuildingsChe tputMadras 31, India.
4, The Citizen is a liberal weekly which has topicalcomments on present day issue. Deals with politicaland economic problems. Edited by Pran Chopra who hasspoken to several of the ERC Workshop groups. Annualsubscription rates are $4.50 by sea mail and $14 byair. Write to:
The Citizen Magazine0-7 Nizamuddin EastNew Delhi - 13, India.
F. Popular Magazines/
1, Children's World includes fiction and ncn-fiction andis well illustrated with photographs and drawings.It is written for the elementary school - juniorhigh age groups Each issue costs 15 ¢e, 6 months$3.75 or $7,50 for a year, surface mail. Write to:
Children's WorldChildren's Book TrustNehru House4 Bahadur Shah Zafar MargNew Delhi - 1, India.
2. Shankar's Weekly. Sometimes referred to as India'sMinch, it is a magazine of general interest, includ-ing articles on political subjects, humor, cartoons,short stories and poems. It gives a good glimpse ofmiddle class Indian taste. An annual surface mailsubscripticu costs $6.25; if air delivery is desired,the additional postal charges are $27.30 per year.Write to:
Shankar's WeeklyP.O. Box 218New Delhi - 1, India,
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3. Link is India's answer to News; pek or Time. It in-cludes materials on important people, sports, de-velopments in science, book, cinema and art reviews,international affairs, and State and Center politicsin India. Ambassador Galbraith referred to Link asa journal reflecting the po2itical philosophy ofKrishna Menon (i.e. leftist). An annual subscrip-tion costs $32 by airmail ard $6.40 by surface mail.Write to:
United India P32iodicals(P) Ltd.Link HouseBahadur Shah Zr.far MargNew Delhi_ - 1, India.
4. The Illustrated Week-_z comes out every Sunday andincludes a great mady phctc;;Isaphs. Each issueusually has a serialized novel, short story, andpoems, in addition to many kincle of articles andregular features on health, books, stamps, etc,This magazine is sometimes compared to wife orLook. Edited by the noted no7elist and jnurnalist,Khushwant Singh, who has spok2n to several of FRO'sworkshops. A year's subscription costs Rs. 75 (4',10)and 6 months $5. Write to
Illustrated Weekly of IndiaDada Bhai Naor: RoadBombay
G. Newspapers!
The following Indian dailies publish weekly overseasair mail editions. Both consist of summaries of theIndian news of the week,
The Ftates.lma,1Statomilan Hou.leConnaught CircusNew Delhi - :9 India.
Oosts'1.125 for one year (aboui4.30'
2. The Hindus tan TimesHindustan Times .1ressConnaught CircusNew Delhi - 1, India.
It costs $15 per year,
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Buying Indian Books -- Anerican Sources
. This is a list of American book .dealers who regularlyimport South..isian materials of 'various kinds. By and large,their coverage. of books is similar and the teacher or libra-rian ordering books for his school might. do best to orderdirectly from the dealer closest to him.
4. The Cellar Bookshop18090 WyomingDetroitMichigan 48221
5. South Asia Books910 West TexasColumbiaMissouri 65201
6. Orientalia11 East 12th StreetNew York, N.T. 10003
7. East and West Shop132 East 61st StreetNew York, N.Y. 10021
8. Paragon Book Gallery140 East 59th StreetNew York, ,N.Y. 10022
Excellent backstock. Catalogsirregularly. Especially good oneconomics, Pakistan, and thePunjab. .
Has catalog of Indian materialsmost of which are representa-tive of contemporary Indianscholarship. No fiction.
Headed by former ERC Director,Dr. Henry Ferguson. StocksERC's "Books from India". Im-ports educational scholarly andantiquarian books.
Good for American (universitypress) materials on India es-pecially monthly catalog of newarrivals.
English language new and oldbooks. Catalogs twice a year,has a large backstock.
Excellent source for rapid pur-chase of multiple copies ofnovels. Has master catalog ofholdings Of Indian books.
Good.for research materialsand those on esoteric subjects.Has secondhand itemb.
Aggressive well known dealerin all sorts of Indian bcoks.Catalogs available.
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Buying Indian Books Indian SourCes
In spite of the many books about India published in theWest, and the notinconsiderable number of Indian publicationsimported by tAmerican distributors, it is sometimes necessaryfor individuals and libraries to deal directly with Indianbooksellers. The following enumeration is a list for thosepersons whip are more concerned with English language materials.The firms named do not include all the reliable and competentexporters in India; it is of those which have been particularlyrecommended to
Most bookdealers will senl catalogs of publications onrequest. Arrangements for payments should be checked withindividual firms including charges for packing and shipping.Deliveries from India usually take from four to six months.All significant mail to India should be sent by registeredpost..
1. New Order Book Co.Ellis BridgeAhmedabad (Gujarat)
2. Popular Book Depot(Popular Prakashan)7 Lemington RoadBombay
14. India Book ExportsM. Seshachalam & Co.14 Sunkurama Chetty St.Madras - 1
15. Higginbotham's (Pvt) Ltd.165 Mount RoadMadras - 2
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Exports all kinds of books,but particularly in Indologi-.:cal and Northern Indian languageareas.
New to exporting but large andefficient.
Does periodical subscriptions.
Reliable and fast source of new andused'booksi Ten lists per year withdollar prices. Good for source ma-terial, history, biography. Handlesjournals alsos
All areas
Books and periodicals in Englishand North Indian languages. Rare andout-of;-print books, old and newGovt. publications.
Especially good for South Indiansocial sciences and 20th centurymaterials. Publishes catalogs.Handles periodicals and will airmail materials.
Will trace rare books and hard-to-get periodicals. Furnishes classi-fied book lists of Indian publica-tions.
Particularly good for SouthIndian material.
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