JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY PRESS c a t a l o g u e 2 0 1 5 N A PUBLISHED I SINGLE VOLUME FOR THE FIRST TIME ESSAYS ON ESSAYS UPENDRAKISHORE H A L F RAYCHOWDHURY - T O N E PHOTOGRAPHY ESSAYS ON Jadavpur University Press ( HALF-TONE UPENDRAKISHORE The exponential growth of high- RAYCHOWDHURY detail photographic (1863-1915) was a reputed reproduction over the last UPENDRAKISHORE RAYCHOWDHURY is the publishing imprint of Jadavpur Bengali writer, musicologist, PHOTOGRAPHY century is premised on the ) artist, publisher, and editor. His minute half-tone dot, which is fame chiefly rests on the books he FACSIMILE EDITION also the forebearer of the contem- wrote for young readers, such as porary digital pixel. Sekaler kotha, Tuntunir boi, Cheleder Upendrakishore Raychowdhury was mahabharat, as well as his editorship an internationally recognized of the children’s magazine Sandesh. pioneer in the field and is University, Kolkata. 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His minute half-tone dot, which is fame chiefly rests on the books he FACSIMILE EDITION also the forebearer of the contem- wrote for young readers, such as porary digital pixel. Sekaler kotha, Tuntunir boi, Cheleder Upendrakishore Raychowdhury was mahabharat, as well as his editorship an internationally recognized of the children’s magazine Sandesh. pioneer in the field and is He was also one of the leading credited with inventing one of the printers of his time, and an inno- key components of the half-tone vator in the field of process work THIS BOOK IS A FACSIMILE OF UPENDRAKISHORE process. (mass reproduction of photographs). RAYCHOWDHURY’S ESSAYS APPEARING ORIGINALLY IN THE PENROSE’S PICTORIAL ANNUAL MAGAZINE DURING 1897-1912. Between 1897 and 1912, Upendrakishore’s legacy of he wrote nine essays on innovation was carried forward by aspects of his half-tone his son, Sukumar Ray, and grand- technique for Penrose’s Pictorial son, Satyajit Ray, who were pioneers BACK COVER IMAGE: Annual, a periodical of the graphic A NOVEL SCREEN TEXTURE in their own fields. Negative and Block by U. Ray (1901) arts. This edition brings together the essays for the first time, and in facsimile. JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY PRESS FIRST EDITION PRICE RS. 250 Jacket design: Deeptanil Ray Astracharcha N e w e empirical study in this book focuses on the small water bodies of Kolkata. Including Pulin Behari das Rachanasamgraha a social survey, a history of less-known but important water bodies, water quality analysis, some narratives of a people’s movement and a scrutiny of environmental 1 ISBN: 978-93-83660-13-1 politics, this book presents a new understanding of an important natural resource. e study in this book holds particular relevance across the developing world, and will Bengali. 516 pages. 2015 hopefully lead to better water management in other continually expanding urban areas. `700 Mohit Ray is an environmental consultant with a Masters in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester and a Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He leads a non-funded environmental group named Vasundhara Foundation, and has published a wide range of books on environment in Bengali and English. He believes that any environmental movement should also address the issues of common people living in the impact zone. Manuals on weapon-training from Bengal’s Revolutionary period are rare. Along with Lathikhela ho Asisiksha ( ghting with sticks and sword-play), this volume brings together the publicity-shy Pulin Behari Das’s life-long research and practice—unpublished manuscripts on training with the long-stick, knife and dagger, on archery, and free-hand self-defence (jujutsu). A rare instruction manual, Barolathi ba raibansh khela (on the long-stick and Raybansh), written by Das’s student, Jyotirmay Deb Ray akur of Dhaka-Bikrampur, and a brief list of forgotten Bengali strongmen compiled by Samar Basu are appended here. is is an indispensable source-book for those interested in the history of stick- ghting and armed martial training in Bengal. Five ousand Mirrors: Water Bodies of Kolkata Pulin Behari Das was one of the founders of the Dhaka Anusilan Samiti, and the rst on the Indian subcontinent to research the use of weapons. His vast illustrated account of and manual on the use of weapons is singular in the history of armed martial practice in India, and possibly the world. Das was ISBN: 978-81-926767-7-7 largely responsible for the development and dissemination of an indigenous and synthesized tradition English. 324 pages. 2015 2 of armed martial practice. e present collection is testimony to that almost forgotten history. `495 N e w Call of the Hills Coming Soon ISBN: 978-93-83660-06-3 e Tamang song in the Nepali language is called Tamang Selo. 3 Nepali/English. 218 pages. 2015 e repository of Tamang literature is largely oral, embodied in the `200 songs and tales that are handed down from generation to generation. is pioneering bilingual volume seeks to showcase the genre by archiving and making available in English translation a representative body of folk songs about everyday love, life and nature coalesced into a form that touches the heart of Tamang belief and practice. Indian Nepali literature is not o en translated into English, and remains inaccessible to most people within India, and outside it. is volume presents nineteen short stories from the Darjeeling area of the Indian Himalayas, originally written and published in Nepali. Four introductory essays set the context to understand the myriad experiences and issues of the socio-cultural and economic contexts portrayed in these stories. e product of a collaborative project between students of the Department of Tamang Selo Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, and South eld College, Darjeeling, this is the second edition of the book, incorporating new stories and additional introductory ISBN: 978-93-83660-05-6 material. Nepali/English. 201 pages. 2015 `200 4 N e w N e w Ethics: An Anthology e work is an attempt to understand the nature of philosophical discourse as depicted by the Maharshi Gautama in Nyayasutra, as explicated by 5 later commentators such as Bhasarvajna, Varadraja, Kesava Misra, Samkara Misra, ISBN: 978-81926767-9-1 Jayaram Nyaypancanan and so on. e di erent schools of Indian philosophy did English. 260 pages. 2015 not ourish in isolation, and were developed through a process of mutual dialogue `450 and debate. is work pays close attention to the positions held by the Nyayikas in arriving at a fuller understanding of Nyaya philosophy. Ratna Dutta Sharma is Professor of Philosophy at Jadavpur University is volume collects sixteen articles on the eld of ethics. Ethics is at the current time considered to be a practical rather than theoretical eld, but this volume con- centrates on the larger theoretical issues in moral philosophy. is lls a gap in the eld of Indian philosophy which shows a paucity of separate studies on moral issues. Philosophical Discourse: Editors: Madhumita Chattopadhyay, Tirthanath Bandyopadhyay Its Nature and Types In Nyaya Philosophy Contributors: Raghunath Ghosh, Indrani Sanyal, Pabitra Kumar Roy, Madhumita Chattopadhyay, Amita Chatterjee, Tushar Kanti Sarkar, Tapan Kumar Chakrabarti, ISBN: 978-81-926767-8-4 Kanakprobha Banerjee, Manjulika Ghosh, Ranjana Mukherjee, Meenakshi Roy Choud- 140 pages huri, Apala Chakravarti, Manjusree Choudhuri, Mrinal Kanti Bhadra, Tirthanath `300 Bandyopadhyay 6 Coming Soon Aspects of Modernity: American Women’s Poetry e exponential growth of high-detail photographic reproduction over the last century is premised on the minute half-tone dot, which is also the forebearer of the contemporary digital 7 ISBN: 978-81-927525-9-4 pixel. Upendrakishore Raychowdhury was an internationally recognized pioneer in the eld and English. 230 pages. 2014 is credited with inventing one of the key components of the half-tone process. Between 1897 and `550 1912, he wrote nine essays on aspects of his half-tone technique for Penrose’s Pictorial Annual, Enquire with Loreto College Kolkata for availability. a periodical of the graphic arts. is edition brings together the essays for the rst time, and in facsimile. Upendrakishore Raychowdhury (1863-1915) was a reputed Bengali writer, musicologist, artist, publisher, and editor. His fame chie y rests on the books he wrote for young readers, such as Sekaler kotha, Tuntunir boi, Cheleder mahabharat, as well as his editorship of the children’s magazine Sandesh.