New and Bestselling titles Politics 2016-2017 www.sagepub.in Politics | 2016-17 Seconds with Rajiv Kumar and Omita Goyal SAARC is now in its 30th year, do you think it The book discusses economic and political has served its purpose well and lived up to the issues, can you please throw some light over expectations of its member countries? this for our readers? Unfortunately saarc has not served its purpose The book tries to look forward in suggesting page 4A nor achieved its potential or expectations of its ways and means by which economic and members. It is an organisation waiting to be political cooperation in south asia can be rejevunated by enlightened regional leadership strengthened Why does the SAARC still struggles to be a How will you look at the contribution of “purposeful organization”? Questions are often Afghanistan as an eighth member of this union raised about the relevance of SAARC in context since its inclusion in 2007? of the current situation in South Asia. Can you Afghanistan can play a constructive role by please share your views on this? pressureing pakistan to afford overland access It struggles because it has become too to other saarch member countries. This will also dependent on indo-pak relations for its induce positive changes in pakistan vis a vis succeess and it has a pretty much defunct their attitude towards saarc secretariat. Time is now to liberate it from the indo-pak syndrome and strengthen its sectt. 2016 • 284 pages • ` 695 Hardback (978-93-515-0881-6) 24 June 2016 page 16A The making of Bangladesh ‘Untranquil Recollections – The Years of therefore, given an insightful understanding of the Fulfilment” is a remarkable autobiography cum political convulsions and epochal processes that history which comes off the pen of Rehman were at the heart of the break-up of Pakistan. Sobhan…best described as a political activist, freedom fighter and academician who helped W h a t m a ke s t h i s wo r k e m i n e n t l y r e a d a b l e i s a l s o t h e conceive Bangladesh and saw it through to birth pleasing writing style of Sobhan which measures and beyond. His life’s mission, evidently, was the up easily to the standards of ‘King’s English’. His development of this land of great promise. narrative style is engaging and dramatic and these characteristics render ‘Untranquil Recollections..’ Accordingly, what we have in this book is a first- a highly memorable reading experience worth hand account of how Bangladesh came into being having. and how it has survived as a country of immense potential over the years since 1971. 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