SMT.
SWARAJ TO RELEASE BOOKS ON BUILDERS OF MODERN INDIA
The Minister for Information and
Broadcasting, Smt. Sushma Swaraj will release three books, C.
Rajagopalachari, Harekrushna Mahtab and Bidhan Chandra Roy, brought
out by Publications Division, at a function here, on Tuesday.
The books are a part of the Division’s series on Builders of Modern
India. This series includes detailed, authentic and well researched
books on the life and works of important personalities who have
contributed to the building of modern India.
The books on C. Rajagopalachari by
Shri R.K. Murthy gives a deep insight in to Rajaji’s multifaceted
personality – Rajajji the philosopher, the story teller, the statesman
and the ‘emperor among patriots’. The author is a well-known short
story writer with several books, articles and skits to his credit.
The biography of Harekrushna Mahtab
contains a detailed life sketch of this freedom fighter who is
considered to be the builder of modern Orissa. It has been co-authored
by Prof. M.N. Das, former Vice Chancellor of Utkal University,
Member of Rajya Sabha and a close associate of Shri Harekrushna
Mahtab; and Shri C. P. Nanda, a research scholar and reader at
Ravenshaw College, Cuttack.
The life sketch of the physician,
chief minister and maker of modern West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra
Roy has been written by Dr. Nitish Sengupta, former Secretary
to the Government of India who, as a young administrator, had
a chance to see Dr. B. C. Roy working. Dr. Sengupta is at present
Member of Parliament and Director General of International Management
Institute, New Delhi.
Publications Division, a media unit
of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is one of the leading
Publication Houses in the country. It holds the exclusive mandate
for preserving national heritage and disseminating information
through the production and sale of low priced, quality reading
material on subjects of national importance. The Division’s books
are well researched, authentic, detailed and cover subjects like
history and culture, biographies, science and technology, country
and people, children’s literature, speeches of prime ministers
and presidents and reference books like India and Bharat. It brings
out over 150 books every year. In 2001-2002 it published 157 books
in English. Hindi and other Indian languages. Publications Division
also publishes about 21 magazines including Yojana in 13 languages,
Employment News/Rozgar Samachar in Hindi, English and Urdu, Kurukshetra
in Hindi & English, Ajkal in Hindi and Urdu and Bal Bharati
in Hindi.
Besides this, the Division has brought
out the Complete Works of Mahatma Gandhi in 100 hard bound volumes
in Hindi and English and also a multimedia CD in Hindi and English
containing 15 minutes of his voice, 30 minutes of film, about
550 photographs and e-book of over 55,000 pages based on his collected
works. The books and journals of Publications Division are very
moderately priced and hence are within reach of the common masses.
However, despite its social commitment the division is consistently
making profits.
