Reminiscences of their association with Sachin Chaudhuri and Economic Weekly by distinguished economists revived my own memories of those early years. May I, however, first point out a few inaccuracies that have crept in? Deena Khatkhate (EPW, 3 January 2009) mentions Ashutosh Mukherjee as the...
The review on Mohit Sen’s autobiography (May 26) was very moving – we were close friends. It brought back precious memories. Mohit and Vanaja were possibly my husband, I G Patel’s, closest friends – a friendship that went back to their Cambridge days over half a century ago. IGP and Mohit, I think...
This has reference to AM's Calcutta Diary (February 24). It is surprising that AM's comments on the 'Gujarat Earthquake' dwell mainly on the disaster in Ahmedabad, paying less than lip-service to the devastation in Kutch, parts of north Gujarat and other areas. In Kutch, it was not a question of...
Farmer's Responsiveness to Price Changes Alaknanda Patel The Impact of Price Movements on Areas under Selected Crops in India, 1900-39, by Dharm Narain; Cambridge University Press, 1965; pp ix + 234, $8.50.