...Sumit Ganguly Few Indian politicians of the nationalist generation have been the object of as much revilement or fascination as V. K. Krishna Menon. Unquestionably erudite, widely believed to be irascible and a close confidante of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, he had an extraordinary career...

...John P. Haithcox Krishna Menon: A Biography . By T. J. S. George . New York : Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc. ix, 267 . Who's Who, Bibliography, Index. $5.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1966 1966 142 at least an introduction, in an engaging way laying...

...Arthur Stein India and World Politics: Krishna Menon's View of the World . By Michael Brecher . New York : Frederick A. Praeger , 1968 . xii, 390 pp. Appendix, Index, $10.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 BOOK REVIEWS 181 amination of the New Yor...

... of colonialism itself on the transition to nationalism and modernity, “the unfortunate outcome of sectarian and separatist politics,” and “a tragic accompaniment to the exhilaration and promise of a freedom fought for with courage and valour” (Menon and Bhasin 1998, 3). List of References Ahmad Jamil-Ud...

...Dilip Menon Abstract South Africans see themselves as a nation that loves sport, but with the World Cup in football imminent, there appears to be a sense of exhaustion both in the media and among the population. One important reason is that football does not dominate the public imagination of sport...

...Kalyani Menon-Sen Abstract If Shanghai has the World Expo 2010, Delhi has the Commonwealth Games 2010. 12 Gupta Dipankar , Mistaken Modernity: India between Worlds ( New Delhi : HarperCollins India , 2000 ) . 11 See, e.g., http://ibnlive.in.com/news/forbes-india-delhi...

...Kalyani Devaki Menon Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 List of References Agarwal Purshottam . 1995 . “Surat, Savarkar, and Draupadi: Legitimizing Rape as a Political Weapon.” In Women and the Hindu Right: A Collection of Essays , ed. Tanika Sarkar...

...Ritu Menon Freedom Unfinished: Fundamentalism and Popular Resistance in Bangladesh Today . By Jeremy Seabrook . London and New York : Zed Books ; Dhaka: Proshika, 2001 . xi , 243 pp. $25.00/£14.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH...

...Ramdas Menon Business, Government, and the End of Empire: Malaya, 1942–1957 . By Nicholas J. White . New York : Oxford University Press , 1997 . 331 pp. $60.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1999 1999 908 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES This slim volume...

...Ramdas Menon Development Success in Asia Pacific: An Exercise in Normative-Pragmatic Balance . By A. H. Somjee and Geeta Somjee . New York : St. Martin's Press , 1995 . ix, 222 pp. $59.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1996 1996 792 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Ramdas Menon 476 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Rural Poverty in Developing Asia: Volume 2 Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Philippines and Thailand. Edited by M. G. QUIBRIA. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 1996. xxx, 774 pp. $25.00 (paper). Distributed by Paul and Company. This edited book, which...

...Dilip Menon The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India . By Ajay Verghese . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2016 . 296 pp. ISBN: 9780804795623 (cloth, also available in paper and as e-book). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2018  2018...

...Nikhil Menon Debating Worlds: Contested Narratives of Global Modernity and World Order . Edited by Daniel Deudney , G. John Ikenberry , and Karoline Postel-Vinay . New York : Oxford University Press , 2023 . 301 pp. ISBN: 9780197679302 . © 2024 Association for Asian Studies...

...Eugene F. Irschick Many Worlds: An Autobiography . By K. P. S. Menon . London : Oxford University Press , 1965 . 313 pp. Index. $4.65. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1966 1966 BOOK REVIEWS 143 litical activities from his early fascination with Annie Besant...

...Robert I. Crane The Transfer of Power in India . By V. P. Menon . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1957 . x, 543 . Bibliography, Illustrations, Index. $8.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1958 1958 BOOK REVIEWS 501 The Transfer of Power in India. By V...

...Baljit Singh The Indian Problem: 1833–1935 . By Sir Reginald Coupland . Fair Lawn, New Jersey : Oxford University Press : 1968 . Fifth Impression, vi, 160 pp., Appendixes, Index. $3.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 182 U. N., Menon replied...

...Rabia Akhtar 1 Harsh V. Pant , Indian Foreign Policy: An Overview ( Manchester : Manchester University Press , 2016 ), x . It is important to note that while Menon's book gives a fairly comprehensive account of regional and global settings in which India must operate...

... Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 In This Issue Stories are at the heart of the ve articles in this issue: the legend of Meng Jiang Nu¨ (Lee), the story of the historical gure Jijabai (Menon), the narratives in the Tosa Diary (Heldt), the story of the suicide of Xi...

...Richard L. Park The Story of the Integration of the Indian States . By V. P. Menon . New York : Macmillan , 1956 . x, 511 . Appendices, Maps, Illustrations, Index. $7.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1957 1957 650 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES fails...

... Mills' concept. Some of the additional defects are the fault of the publisher rather than the authors. In particular, there are an inexcusable number of grammatical errors, and the cover is garish in the extreme. DAVID J. ELKINS University of British Columbia India and World Politics: Krishna Menon's...