The Home and the World

A Classic tale exploring the emotional intellectual and spiritual growth of the female protagonist Bimala against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement in Bengal. Her husband Nikhil and paramour Sandip act as the catalysts in her metamorphosis.

DICK LEONARD, a leading political journalist, is currently European Community Correspondent for The Observer and Senior Advisor to the Centre for European Policy Studies. He was previously an assistant editor of The Economist, and also teaches a university course in journalism. A former Labour MP for Romford, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Anthony Crosland, his previous books include Guide to the General Election, The Backbencher and Parliament (co-editor with Valentine Herman), Paying for Party Politics, Word Atlas of Elections (with Richard Natkiel) and The Economist Guide to the European Union. ROGER MORTIMORE has worked for MORI since 1993 as Political Analyst and Senior Political Assistant to the Chairman, Robert M. Worcester, concentrating on political and constitutional research as well as on opinion polling methodology. He was extensively involved with MORI's election opinion polling in 1997, in particular with the weekly surveys for The Times and with the Independent Television News (ITN) Exit poll. He is also responsible for editing British Public Opinion newsletter.