Recognition for Scholarship at Western Oregon University

May 6, 1992: Received Faculty Honors Award for Superior Teaching and Scholarship.

October 30, 2004: Honors Research Award for Continuing Excellence in Scholarship.

Monographs

Divine Dowager: Life and Teachings of Saradamani the Holy Mother (Selinsgrove/Cranbury: Susquehanna University Press/Associated University Presses, 2003).

Tudor Placemen and Statesmen: Select Case Histories: (Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/Associated University Presses, 2001).

Ramakrishna Revisited: A New Biography (Lanham: University Press of America, 1998).

Swami Vivekananda: A Reassessment (Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press/Cranbury: Associated Universities Presses, 1997).

Prophet Disarmed: Vivekananda and Nivedita. Monash Asia Institute Working Paper 2 (Clayton: Centre for South Asian Studies, Monash University, Australia, 1997).

William Lord Herbert of Pembroke (c. 1507-1570): Politique and Patriot. Revised second edition. (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press,1992).

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa: A Psychological Profile (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991).

Kautilya=s Arthashastra: A Comparative Study (1985. Calcutta: Academic Publishers. Rev. ed. New York/Berne: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1989).

William Lord Herbert of Pembroke (c. 1507-1570): Politique and Patriot (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1988).

Invited Articles in Various Encyclopedias

“Osama bin Laden Declares Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders” in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000 (Pasadena: Salem Press). Tobe published.

“September 20, 1965-March 22, 1966: India-Pakistan Conflict Prompts U.N. Peacekeeping Response” in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970 (Pasadena: Salem Press). To be published.

“Nigerian Military Topples President Shagari” in Great Events form History: The Twentieth Century, 1871-2000 (Pasadena: Salem Press). To be published.

“1988: Osama bin Laden Forms al-Qaeda” in Great events from History: The Twentieth Centiry, 1971-2000 (Pasadena: Salem Press). To be published.

“Nyerere Outlines Ujamaa Policy in Arusha Declaration” in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2007).

“Taiping Rebellion, 1850-64” in Great Events from History: The Nineteenth Century, 1801-1900 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2006).

“Indian National Congress is Founded, 1885” in Great Events from History, The Nineteenth Century, 1801-1900 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2006).

“Ranjit Singh (1781-1839)” in Great Lives from History: The Nineteenth Century, 1801-1900 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2006).

“Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi (1844-85)” in Great Lives from History: The Nineteenth Century, 1801-1900 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2006).

“’Uthman dan Fodio (1754-1817)” in Great Lives from History: The Nineteenth Century, 1801-1900 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2006).

“Gobind Singh founds the Khalsa Brotherhood” in Great Events from History: The Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2005).

AJahangir@ and AClarendon Code@ in Great Lives from History: The Seventeenth Century (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2005).

AThe Reign of Humayun 1530-1556@ and AHungarian Civil Wars 1526-1547@ in Great Events from History: The Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600 (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2005).

AMauryan Empire Rises in India (321 B.C.E.),@ AKautilya Compiles a Treatise on Practical Statecraft (c. 4^th century B.C.E.-3^rd century B.C.E.)@ in Great Events from History: The Ancient World: Prehistory-476 C.E. (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2004).

AValmiki@ in Great Lives from History: The Ancient World: Prehistory-476 C.E. (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2004).

ABabylonia (1900-1500 B.C.)@ and AEthiopia (aka Abyssinia, 8000 B.C.- A.D. 700)@ and AGauls (500 B.C.-A.D. 700) in Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2000).

AHoly Roman Empire-Papacy Wars,@ ANapoleonic Wars,@ AAlexander=s Wars of Conquest,@ and AKet=s Rebellion@ in Magill=s Guide to Military History (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2000).

"Mahendranath Gupta (1854-1932)" and ASarada Devi (1853-1920)" in Encyclopedia of Hinduism and Indic Religions (Columbia: University of South Carolina, 1998).

AMuammar al-Qaddafi,@ AGamal Abdel Nasser,@ AYasir Arafat,@ ACharles de Gaulle,@ and APatrice Lumumba@ in Dictionary of World Biography: 20^th Century (Pasadena & London: Salem Press & Fitzroy Dearborn Press, 1998).

A1991-1992 Civil War Rages in Yugoslavia,@ AFall of Granada,@ AFounding of the Jesuits,@ ARevolt of the Catalans,@ AWat Tyler leads Peasants= Revolt,@ AEnactment of the Provision of Oxford,@ AKing Alfred defeats the Danes at Edington,@ and AMatteo Ricci travels to Peking as Jesuit Missionary@ in Great Events from History: European Series, Revised Edition (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1997).

"Bengal," "Ganesha," "Jallianwala Bagh Incident," "Karma," "Nirvana," "Reformist Hindu Sects," "Vedanta Movement," "Islam," and "Indian Religious Movements in the United States," Asian-American Encyclopedia (New York: Marshall Cavendish & Pasadena: Salem Press, 1995).

ANiccolò Machiavelli@ in The St. James Press Guide to Biography (Chicago & London: St. James Press, 1990).

Invited Articles to the New Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, UK

ASir Anthony Denny,@ ASir John Gates,@ ASir Francis Jobson,@ and ASir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke,@ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).

“V.V. Giri, Fourth President of the Republic of India,” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press). To be published.

Invited Articles to the Encyclopedia of Religion, 2^nd ed., Editor in Chief: Lindsay Jones, 15 vols. (Detroit: Thomason/Gale, 2005). Vol. XV: “Ramakrishna” (Further Considerations) and “Vivekananda” (Further Considerations), pp. 10066-68 and 10089-91.

Invited Article to a Festschrift

“ ‘My bitter comedie’: Treason Trial of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton and the Rule of Law in Tudor England” in Politics of the Reformation: A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Thomas A. Brady, Jr., University of California, Berkeley (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2007).

Invited Articles to an Anthology on the Brahmo Movement of Calcutta, India

Published two articles in English tilted “Ramakrishna” and “Vivekananda” in Kalyansri Das Gupta et al., eds., Brahmo Dharmer Utsa theke Mohanay [Brahmoism: From Fountainhead to Confluence] (Calcutta: Brahmo Sammilan Samaj, 2006). Invited to participate in the launching of this title and receive a copy personally from the Governor of West Bengal as the Chief Guest on August 28, 2006.

Articles under Consideration

“Problem Child of Colonial Calcutta: the Much-Maligned Babu.”

“Tipu Sultan in History: A Re-Vision.”

“Ramakrishna the “Nava Gauranga” and His Caritas Divina.”

Refereed Journal Articles

“Wisdom of the Lands of Mount Olympus and Mount Kailas: A Coda for Thomas McEvilley’s Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies,” International Journal of Hindu Studies, James Madison University, IX, 1-3 (2005).

“Devotio Humana: Rabindranath’s Love Poems Revisited,” Parabaas, Webzine (New Jersey), for

the study of the cultural heritage of Bengal (February 15, 2005).

AAn Anatomy of Colonial Penetration and Resistance in the Eighteenth Century: The Odyssey of Nawab Sirajuddaula and Tipu Sultan,@ Journal of Asian History, Indiana University, XXXIX, 1 (2005).

AThe Sage and the Saint: Vivekananda and Bankimchandra as Patriots and Nationalists,@ East-West Connections: Review of Asian Studies, Belmont University, IV, 1 (2004).

AThe Swami and the Sister,@International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter, University of Leiden, XXXII (November 2003).

AVivekananda and Nietzsche as Critics of Western Bourgeois Civilization,” Virginia Review of Asian Studies, V (Fall 2003).

ABande Mataram: Bankimchandra Chattopdhyay=s Nationalist Thought Revisited,@ South Asia,XXV, 1 (2002).

APatriarchy and Male Seduction: Satyajit Ray=s Devi Revisited,@ Asian Cinema (Temple University), XII, 2 (2001).

ASatyajit Ray=s Alien: Agantuk,@ Asian Cinema (Temple University), XII, 1 (2001).

"Tagore's Broken Nest vs. Ray's Charulata: A Critique," Asian Cinema (Temple University), X, 2 (Spring/Summer, 1999).

"Saradamani's Holy Motherhood: A Reappraisal," Asian Journal of Women's Studies (Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea), IV, 1 (1998).

ASaradamani=s Missed Motherhood vs. Holy Motherhood,@ The Journal of Religious Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala (India), XXVII, 1 (spring 1997).

"Is Ramakrishna a Vedantin, a Tantrika, or a Vaishnava? An Examination," Asian Studies Review (Clayton, Victoria, Australia), XXI, 2-3 (November 1997).

"Asceticism and Misogyny : Vivekananda's Concept of Woman," Asian Culture Quarterly (Asian-Pacific Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan), XXV, 2 (Summer 1997).

"Swami Vivekananda in the West: The Legend Reinterpreted," South Asia (University of New South Wales), XVIII, 1 (June 1995).

AHouse of Cards: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia,@ India Quarterly: A Journal; of International Affairs (Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi), L, 1& 2 (January-June, 1994).

"Saradamani the Holy Mother: The Making of a Madonna," Asian Culture Quarterly (Asian-Pacific Cultural Center, Taipei), XXI, 2 (Summer 1993).

"Vivekananda's Ramakrishna: An Untold Story of Mythmaking and Propaganda," Numen (University of Bremen), XL (1993).

"An African Image of India," Africa Quarterly (Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi), XXXIII (1993).

ANigerian Intellectuals and Socialism: Retrospect and Prospect,@ The Journal of Modern African Studies (Cambridge University), XXXI, 3 (1993).

AIdeology, Intellectuals, and Development in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects,@ Africa: Rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione dell=Instituto Italo-Africano (Instituto Italo-Africano, Rome), XLVIII, 1 (1993).

AThe Opening of the Young American Mind: A Plea for Crosscultural Consciousness in Higher Education,@ Oregon Council for the Social Studies Journal [Portland] (August 1993).

"Ravi Batra's Philosophy of History," Presidency College Alumni Association Autumn Annual (Calcutta), XXI (1992-93).

"Ramakrishna Redivivus: A Psychobiography," The Psychohistory Review (Sangamon State University), XX, 3 (1992).

"Caesaropopulism in Action: US Military Intervention in Panama and the Persian Gulf," India Quarterly: Journal of International Affairs (Indian Council of World Affairs), XLVII, 1-2 (1991).

"Tyranny of Total History: Some Observations on Braudel's Capitaliam and Material Life," Quarterly Review of Historical Studies (Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta. Hereafter QRHS), XXX, 3 & 4 (1990-91).

ASir Thomas Heneage of Hainton: A Henrician Gentleman,@ Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association (Brigham Young University), X (1989).

AThe Troubled World of the Ananda Marga: An Examination,@ Quarterly Review of Historical Studies (Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta) [hereafter QRHS], XXVII, 4 (1988-89).

AThe Earl of Pembroke in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1570,@ Renaissance and Reformation (Canadian Council for Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto), XXIV, 2 (1988).

AAnatomy of the Ananda Marga: Hindu Anabaptists,@ Asian Culture Quarterly, XVI, 2 (Summer 1988).

ARhetoric and Reality of Socialism in the Third World: African Experience,@ Africa Quarterly (Indian

Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi), XXVII, 1-2 (1987).

AHenry VIII=s Privy Council: Elton=s Thesis Considered,@ QRHS, XXVI, 3 (1986-87).

AThe Earl of Pembroke and the Crisis in Queen Mary=s Reign, 1553-58,@ Renaissance and Reformation, XXII, 2 (1986).

"Historians as Defaulters," QRHS, XXVI, 1 (1986-87).

AThe Principle of Utility and Utilitarianism: Bentham=s Jurisprudence Revisited,@ Modern Age: A Quarterly Review (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Bryn Mawr), XXX, 3-4 (1986).

"Political Morality vs. Political Necessity: Kauñilya and Machiavelli Revisited," Journal of Asian History (Indiana University), XIX, 2 (1985).

AKautilya, Plato, and Aristotle: A Comparative Study of the Arthashastra,@ Asian Culture Quarterly, XIII, 1 (Spring 1985).

A>Jentell Mr. Heneage=: A Forgotten Tudor Servant,@ Notes & Queries (Oxford University), new series, XXXI, 2 (1984).

AMarsilius of Padua and Popular Sovereignty,@ Indian Political Science Review (University of Delhi), XVIII, 1 (1984).

ASir Anthony Denny: A Tudor Servant in Office,@ Renaissance and Reformation, XX, 3 (1984).

AKautilya=s Arthasastra and Machiavellism: A Reevaluation,@ QRHS, XXIII, 2 (1983-84).

AA Critical Assessment of John Stuart Mill=s Ideas on Liberty and Democracy,@ Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought (Pittsburg State University), XXIV, 2 (1983).

APaul Freire: A Revolutionary Pedagogue,@ West African Journal of Education (University of Ibadan), XXIV, 1-3 (1983).

AThe Liberalism of Thomas Hill Green: A Reassessment,@ Leviathan (Colorado College), IX, 4 (1983).

ALuther, Erikson and History: A Strange Encounter,@ QRHS, XXII, 3 (1982).

ASir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (c. 1507-70): In Search of a Personality,@ Welsh History Review (University of Swansea), XI, 1 (1982).

ASir William Herbert in Tudor Politics, 1547-53,@ Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly (University of Hawaii), V, 4 (1982).

AThe Rise and Fall of Sir John Gates,@ Historical Journal (Cambridge University), XXIV, 4 (1981).

AUnderstanding Jean Jacques Rousseau and John Dewey: An Essay,@ Indian Educational Review (National Council of Educational Research & Training, New Delhi), XI, 1 (1976).

AHitler and the Second World War,@ QRHS, XIV, 4 (1974-75).

AThe Influence of Methodism on the English Working Class 1740-1819,@ QRHS, XIV, 1 (1974-75).

AA.W.N. Pugin: Avant-Garde Artist,@ Visva Bharati Quarterly (Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India), XXXIX, 1-2 (1973).

Review Essays

ARamakrishna-Vivekananda Research: Hagiography versus Hermeneutics,@ Religious Studies Review (Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (Valparaiso University), XXVII, 4 (October 2001).

ADracula Revisited,@ The Statesman, Calcutta (February 20, 1993).

AThe Crop of 1992,@ The Statesman, Calcutta (April 3, 1993).

Book-Reviews

Review of Neela Bhattacharya Saxena, In the Beginning is Desire: Tracing Kali’s Footprints in Indian Literature (New Delhi: Indialog Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2004). In International Journal of Hindu Studies (James Madison University, VA), X, 1 (2006).

Review of Carol E. Henderson, Culture and Customs of India (Westport, CT & London: Greenwood Press, 2002) in Journal of Third World Studies (Georgia Southeastern State University), XXI, 2 (Fall 2004).

Review of Prem Chowdhury, Colonial India and the Making of Empire Cinema: Image, Ideology and Identity (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000) to be published in International Journal of Hindu Studies, Quebec.

Review of Calude Markovits, The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947: Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000) to be published in International Journal of Hindu Studies (James Madison University, VA).

Review of Hira Singh, Colonial Hegemony and Popular Resistance: Princes, Peasants, and Paramount Power (New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., 1998) to be published in International Journal of Hindu Studies (James Madison University, VA).

Review of Ranbir Vohra, Th e Making of India: A Historical Survey (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1997) to be published in International Journal of Hindu Studies (James Madison University, VA).

Review of Lynn Zastoupil & Martin Muir, eds. The Great Indian Education Debate: Documents Relating to the Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy, 1781-1843 (Surrey, UK: Curzon Press, 1999)) to be published in The International Journal of Hindu Studies (James Madison University, VA).

Review of Brian Hatcher, Eclecticism and Modern Hindu Discourse (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) in East-West Connections: Review of Asian Studies (Nashville, TN), III, 1 (2003).

Review of Tirthankar Roy, Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) in International Journal of Hindu Studies (James Madison University, VA).

Review of Suranjan Ganguly, Satyajit Ray: In Search of the Modern (Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2000) in Asian Cinema, XIII, 1 (Spring/Summer 2002).

Review of Patrick Hogan and Lalita Pandit, eds. Rabindranath Tagore: Universality and Tradition for Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (April 26, 2001).

Review of Edward J. Lazzerini, The Chinese Revolution (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999) in Education About Asia, VI, 1 (Spring 2001).

Review of Philip V. Cannistraro and John J. Reich, The Western Perspective for Harcourt College Publishers, Texas (June 20, 2001).

Review of Darius Cooper, The Cinema of Satyajit Ray: Between Tradition and Modernity (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000), Asian Cinema, XII, 1 (2001). Also in International Journal of Hindu Studies, Quebec, V, 1 (2001).

Review of Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak & David Frawley, In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India (1995. First Indian edn. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidas, 1999) in The Statesman, Calcutta (December 6, 1999).

Review of The Greatest Works of Rabindranath Tagore (Mumbai: Jaico Publishing House, 1999) and The Gitanjali of Rabindranath Tagore, trans. Joe Winter (Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 1998) in The Statesman, Calcutta (October 25 & 30, 1999).

Review of Lance E. Nelson, ed. Purifying the Earthly Body of God: Religion and Ecology in Hindu India (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998) in The Statesman, Calcutta (May 24, 1999).

Review of Brian Tierney & Joan Scott, eds. Western Societies: A Documentary History, 2 vols. for McGraw-Hill Publishing, Boston (Janury 14, 1999).

Review of John J. Butt, World of Change: A Fictional Autobiography of Philippe DeVerdery 1453-1550 for McGraw-Hill Publishing, Boston (August 9, 1999).

Review of Philip Naylor, The Wider West from Antiquity to the Millennium:: A Trans-cultural Survey of Western Civilization, 2 vols. & idem, The Wider West from Antiquity to the Millennium: A Trans-cultural Anthology of Western Receptions/Perceptions, 2 vols. for McGraw-Hill Publishing (April 15, 1999).

Review of N.S.S. Raman, Methodological Studies in the History of Religions With Special Reference to Hinduism and Buddhism (Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1998) in The Statesman, Calcutta (August 9, 1999).

Review of Kate Brittlebank, Tipu Sultan's Search for Legitimacy: Islam and Kingship in a Hindu Domain (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997) in The Statesman, Calcutta (February 27, 1999).

Review of Dennis Sherman, ed. Western Civilization: Sources. Images, and Interpretations, 2 vols. (Fourth ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995) and the Fifth ed. 2 vols. (1998) for The McGraw-Hill Companies (May 1998 & November 23, 1998).

Review of Jason Goodwin, Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire (London: Chatto & Windus, 1998) in The Statesman, Calcutta (August 31, 1998).

Review of Michael Fisher, The First Indian Author in English: Dean Mahomed (1759-1851) in India, Ireland, and England (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996) in The Statesman, Calcutta (June 22, 1998).

Review of Antony Copley, Religions in Conflict: Ideology, Cultural Contact and Conversion in Late Colonial India (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997) in The Statesman (April 20, 1998).

Review of Kumkum Chatterjee, Merchants, Politics & Society in Early Modern India: Bihar 1733-1820 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996) in The Statesman, Calcutta (February 6, 1998).

Review of Candice Goucher et al., In the Balance: Themes in Global History (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998) for The McGraw-Hill Publishing (March 1998).

Review of David Ringrose, Expansion and Global Interaction 1200-1700 (manuscript) for Addison Wesley Longman Press (March 1998).

Review of Radek Sikorski, The Polish House: An Intimate History of Poland (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997) in The Statesman, Calcutta (March 9, 1998).

Review of Jeffrey J. Kripal, Kali=s Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995) in The Statesman, Calcutta (January 31, 1997).

Review of Matt K. Matsuda, The Memory of the Modern (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996) in The Statesman, Calcutta (October 17, 1997).

Review of James S. Sutterlin, The United Nations and the Maintenance of International Security (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1996) in The Statesman, Calcutta (June 6, 1997).

Review of David Kopf, Scratches on Kali's Mind (Minneapolis: Contemporary World Fiction, 1995) in India Post, Fremont, California (March 15, 1996).

Review of Gregory D. Alles, The Iliad, the Ramayana and the Work of Religion: Failed Persuasion and Religious Mystification (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995) in The Statesman, Calcutta (May 7, 1996).

Review of Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya, World's Parliament of Religions, 1893 (Calcutta: Minerva Associates [Publications] Pvt. Ltd., 1995) in Book Line: A Quarterly Newsletter: Publishers & Booksellers, II, 1 (May 1996).

Review of Mrinalini Sinha, Colonial Masculinity: The "Manly Englishman@ and the "Effeminate Bengali@ in the Late Nineteenth Century (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995) in The Statesman, Calcutta (November 29, 1996).

Review of Mikulás Teich & Roy Porter, eds. Fin de Siècle and Its Legacy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990) in The Statesman, Calcutta (January 12, 1996).

Review of José Brunner, Freud and the Politics of Psychoanalysis (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995) & Samuel Slipp, Freud, Women, and Feminism (New York: New York University Press, 1995) in The Statesman, Calcutta (January 12, 1996).

Review of Gerard S. Sloyan, The Crucifixion of Jesus: History, Myth, Faith (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995) in The Statesman, Calcutta (December 15, 1995).

Review of Simon Schama, Landscape and Memory (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995) in The Statesman, Calcutta (October 27, 1995).

Review of John K. Galbraith, A Journey through Economic Time: A Firsthand View (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995) in The Statesman, Calcutta (September 29, 1995).

Review of Harold Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994) in The Statesman, Calcutta (August 5, 1995).

Review of Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today=s Students (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987) in The Statesman, Calcutta (March 4, 1995).

Review of Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud, A Thousand Year Old Bengali Mystic Poetry (Dhaka: University Press, 1994) in The Statesman (June 10, 1995).

Review of Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991) in The Statesman (February 4, 1995).

Review of John Bierhorst, The Mythology of Mexico and Central America (New York: William Morrow, 1991) in The Statesman, Calcutta (August 6, 1994).

Review of Bhupendranath Datta, Swami Vivekananda: Patriot-Prophet (Second revised edn. Calcutta: Nababharat Publishers, 1993) in The Statesman (January 29, 1994).

Review of Bo Young, The Ugly Chinaman and the Crisis of Chinese Culture, ed. & trans. By Don J. Kohn & Jing Qing (London: Allen & Unwin, 1987) in The Statesman (April 2, 1994).

Review of Barbara Crossette, India: Facing the Twenty-First Century (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993) in The Statesman (September 3, 1994).

Review of Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya, Swami Vivekananda in the West (Calcutta: K.P. Baghchi, 1994) in The Statesman (September 24, 1994).

Review of Barbara Crossete, India: Facing the Twenty-First Century (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993) in The Statesman, Calcutta (September 3, 1994).

Review of Gwynne Lewis, The French Revolution: Rethinking the Debate (London: Routledge, 1993) in The Statesman, Calcutta (October 24, 1993).

Review of Michael Schaller, Rethinking with Reagan: America and Its President in the 1980s (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992) in The Statesman, Calcutta (May 8, 1993).

Review of Arif Dirlik, The Origins of Chinese Communism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) in The Statesman (January 9, 1993).

Review of Eric J. Lott, Vedantic Approaches to God (London: Macmillan, 1980) in The Statesman (July 10, 1993).

Review of Dietrich Orlow, History of Modern Germany, (Second ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1991). By invitation from the publishers (April 1993).

Review of Micah L. Sifry & Christopher Cerf, eds. The Gulf War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions (New York: Times Books, 1992) and Efraim Karsh & Inari Rautsi, Saddam Hussain: A Political Biography (London: Free Books, 1992) in The Statesman (January 30, 1993).

Review of L.N. Rangarajan, ed. & tr. The Arthasastra by Kautilya (Bombay: Penguin, 1991) in The Statesman (September 19, 1992).

Review of Philippe Ariés, The Hour of Our Death, tr. Helen Weaver (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981) in The Statesman, Calcutta (December 5, 1992).

Review of B. Chakravarti, The Indians and the Amerindians, Vol. I (Calcutta: Self-Employment Bureau Publication, 1992) in The Statesman (October 10, 1992).

IReview of Carl Olson, The Mysterious Play of Kali: An Interpretive Study of Ramakrishna (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990) in Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion, XXX, 3 (1991).

Review of Ravi Batra, The Great Depression of 1990 (1985. Second revised edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987) in India Weekly, London (July 1-7, 1988).

Review of Roma Chaudhury et al., Role and Status of Women in Indian Society (Calcutta: Firma KLM Private Limited, 1978) in QRHS, XXI, 2-3 (1981-82).

Review of Robert C. Tucker, Philosophy and Myth in Karl Marx (Second ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972) in India Quarterly: Journal of International Affairs, X, 2 (1976).

Review of Chester A. Bowers, Cultural Literacy for Freedom: An Existential Perspective on Teaching, Curriculum and School Policy (Eugene: Elan Publishers, 1974) in Journal of Educational Thought, X, 2 (1976).

MINOR PUBLICATIONS

“Erasmus of Rotterdam: Renaissance Humanist” in Abhijit Dutta et al., eds. Explorations in History: Essays in Honour of Prof. Chittabrata Palit (Kolkata: Corpus Research Institute, 2003).

ANiccoló Machiavelli: A Political Commentator of Renaissance Italy,@Northwest Passage (Spring 2003).

ADurga the Invincible Goddess,@ Cincinnati Shard Utsab [Cincinnati Autumn Festival] (October 12-13, 2002).

“Niranjan Dhar Smarane” [in Bengali. Trans. “Remembering Niranjan Dhar”], obituary on Professor Dhar whose works and whose personal encouragement to my works on Ramakrishna and Vivekananda was of great help. In Utsa Manus [Humanity as the Source], Kolkata (April-June 2000).

AClinton, Lewinsky Shameful,@ The Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon (November 11, 1998).

"The Indian Woman: Reorienting Human Characteristics Without Gender Bias," in India Post (November 17, 1995).

"The Independence Day: A Retrospection" in India Post, Fremont, CA (August 15, 1995).

ABurckhardt=s Renaissance Italy Revisited,@ Presidency College Alumni Association Autumn Annual, XXII (1993-94).

AReading Serves As Pathway to Knowledge, Key to Humanity,@ The Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon (November 28, 1993).

AArmed Santa: New Image for USA in Somalia, I & II in The Statesman, Calcutta (March 22 & 23, 1993).

AHistorian at Large@ [Professor=s Corner] in The Western Star (Western Oregon State College Newspaper), IV, 8 (November 13, 1992).

AMulticultural Education Unites Us,@ The Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon (July 14, 1992).

AThe Changing 1990s: What=s Ahead?@ in Westwords [Western Oregon State College Newsletter], No. 15 (January 22, 1990).

AStudent Evaluation of Faculty,@ Westwards [Western Oregon State College Newsletter], No. 36 (June 27, 1988).

AThe General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century: An Examination of Trevor-Roper=s Thesis,@ Okha [Students Historical Society of Nigeria, University of Benin], I, 3 (1986).

AThe Messages of Jesus,@ Nigerian Observer, Benin City (July 2, 1983).

AThe University Library,@ ASUU Newsletter [Newsletter of Academic Staff Union of the Universities of Nigeria], I, 2 (1982).

"Letter to the Editor," QRHS, XVIII, 2 (1978-79): a critique of Arvind Sharma, "A Model-Analysis of Indian History and Historiography," idem, XV, I (1975-76).

Participation in National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar

City University of New York (Power and Class in Africa) (Summer 1989).

East-West Center, Honolulu (Asian Studies Development Program) (Summer 1992).

Summer Institute on ARethinking Europe/Rethinking World History 1500-1750," University of California, Santa Cruz, California (Summer 1995).

Particpation in Summer Workshop at Oxford University, UK

International Graduate Summer School (Nineteenth Century British Political Thought), Exeter College, Oxford, UK (July 6 - August 14, 1981).

Participation in Conferences and Seminars

Presented papers to the following:

National Conference of Asian Studies Development Program, Belmont University, Nashville, TN (March 17-19, 2006).

History Seminar, Department of History, University of Kalyani, West Bengal India (September 6, 2006)

Honors Twenty Celebration, Western Oregon University, October 30, 2004 (Keynote Address).

History Seminar, Presidency College, Calcutta, India (August 26, 2004).

Celebrating Tagore conference, Fayetteville State University (April 10, 2004).

Philosophy Club Seminar, Western Oregon University (November 7, 2003).

History of Modern Europe class in Jadavpur University, Calcutta (September 1, 2003).

Historiography Seminar, Presidency College, Calcutta (September 10, 2003).

Rotary International Club, Calcutta (September2, 2002).

History Honors students and faculty, Presidency College, Calcutta (September 4, 2002).

Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies at California State University (October 6-8, 2000).

Indian and Comparative Studies Conference, Ferris State University (April 2, 2000).

Faculty Seminar, Western Oregon University (February 23, 2000).

Department of History, Jadavpur University, Calcutta (September 13, 1999).

Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta (September 4, 1999).

Thirty-third Bengal Studies Conference, Fayetteville State University (April 2-4, 1999).

AHome and the World: Tagore at the End of the Millennium@ conference at the University of Connecticut (September 18-20, 1998).

Thirty-second Bengal Studies Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington (May 2, 1998).

Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, University of Colorado (October 25, 1997).

Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta (December 21, 1996).

International Conference on the Hindu Goddess Kali (AEncountering Kali: Cultural Understanding at the Extremes@), Columbia University (September 19-22, 1996).

Eighth International Congress of the Vedanta, Miami University (October 31-November 3, 1996).

Bose Institute, Calcutta (December 15, 1995 & December 16, 1995)).

Brahmo Samaj, Calcutta (December 23, 1995).

Conference on AEnriching the Curriculum: Understanding and Teaching Asian Studies,@ College of DuPage (April 2, 1995).

Thirtieth Bengal Studies Conference, University of Chicago (April 29, 1995).

Salt Lake Forum, Calcutta (September 10, 1994).

Twenty-Seventh Bengal Studies Conference, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury (May 28, 1994).

Keynote address to Phi Kappa Phi, Western Oregon University (then Western Oregon State College)

Chapter=s Initiation Ceremony (May 1, 1992).

Faculty Honors Award Lecture, Western Oregon State College (May 5, 1992).

International Conference on AThe Global Environment Inter-dependence in the 1990s (ICNUP IV),@ Stockton, California (April 18-20, 1991).

ICNUP III, Ontario, California (April 19, 1990).

Oregon Academy of Science Conference, Pacific University (February 24, 1990).

Faculty Development Seminar, Western Oregon State Colege (February 8, 1990).

Attended American Historical Association meeting, San Francisco (December 26-28, 1989).

Social Science Faculty Seminar, Western Oregon State College (May 26, 1989).

Oregon Academy of Science Conference, University of Portland (February 28, 1989).

Natural Science & Mathematics Seminar, Western Oregon State College (February 3, 1988).

Attended Northwest Conference on British Studies annual meeting, Portland State University (October 15-17, 1987).

Study Circle of Professor B.N. Mukherjee, Department of Ancient Indian History & Culture, University of Calcutta (September 14, 1985).

Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta (September 10, 1985).

Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India (August 30, 1985).

Thirtieth Conference of the Historical Society of Nigeria, University of Nsukka (May 30-June 3, 1985).

Faculty of Law Seminar, University of Benin, Nigeria (June 4, 1985).

Lecture to the International Students Association, University of Benin, Nigeria (May 25, 1985).

Nigerian Association of Translators and Interpeters Fourth International Conference, University of Benin, Nigeria (April 25, 1985).

Guest Speaker, SCITEK Club of Nigeria, University of Benin, Nigeria (January 30, 1984).

Department of Ancient Indian History & Culture, University of Calcutta (July 7, 1983).

Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta (July 5, 1983).

Twenty-eighth Conference of the Historical Society of Nigeria, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (May 9, 1983).

Northwest Conference on British Studies, University of Montana (April 9, 1983).

Attended J.H. Broomfield=s Seminar, Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta (July 19, 1982).

Twenty-seventh Conference of the Historical Society of Nigeria, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria (April 13, 1982).

Twenty-sixth Conference of the Historical Society of Nigeria, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria (April 22-25, 1981).

Northwest Conference on British Studies, University of Montrana (April 19, 1979).

Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association meeting, University of Hawaii, Honolulu (August 10, 1978).

Attended American Historical Association=s annual meeting, San Francisco (December 30, 1978).

Attended International Congress of Historical Sciences, San Francisco (July 1975).

Attended American Historical Association=s annual meeting, San Francisco (December 30, 1973).