Publications & Books

by Achala Moulik

Phantom Lovers comprises two lyrical novellas- With Fate Conspire and Wait!

With Fate Conspire narrates how, despite the antagonism between the imperial British and the subjugated Indians, a young British magistrate, Julian, is entranced by Radha, a zamindar's daughter in Bengal. On a stormy night they elope to their planned paradise-until the Mutiny of 1857 intrudes on their lives. Their romantic attachment takes them across strange frontiers of time and space until they are united once more.

Wait! is an inspiring story of Rustom, a young Afghan academic and Minoti, his Indian student in London University, who are caught in the tumultuous events that come to Afghanistan in 1978. Rustom is taken as prisoner after a bloody coup in Kabul and is imprisoned in Khandahar. Minoti searches for him for seven years even when others tell him that he is not alive. But she does not give up hope. Rustom is freed and returns to London where Minoti is waiting for him.

by Achala Moulik

The narrator in the novel, a neutral civil servant, portrays the evolution of civil servants from idealism to cynicism as they travel on the glory road to success. There are portraits of several bureaucrats; those who compromise, those who challenge authority, those who refuse to collaborate in corruption. The novel has earned excellent reviews.

A satire on the workings of the Indian civil service machinery, the novel uses irony, humour and sarcasm to unveil the reality of powerful men and women who think they rule the country.

by Achala Moulik

This book traces the evolution of Indo-Russian relations from ancient times to the 18th century when Russians became interested in Indian civilization, their support for the Indian freedom movement, their economic and technological assistance after Indian independence. The cooperation and friendship between these two great nations culminates finally in the Treaty of 1971 when Russia assists India in the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971 and assists in the liberation of Bangladesh.

Written jointly by Leela Mazumdar Moulik, Bela Mazumdar, Aloka Moulik Chatterjee and Achala Moulik

Achala Moulik, the editor, traces the background of writing the book jointly by Leela Moulik and Bela Mazumdar, two sisters, who composed the monographs in Bengali on Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and Rabindranath Tagore, and their daughters, Aloka Chatterjee, who translated them into English, and Achala wrote about Pushkin and Solzhenitsyn. The profiles of the four great courageous writers describe their lives and times, their predicaments and triumphs, in the pursuit of truth and freedom.

by Aloka Moulik Chatterjee and Achala Moulik

This book commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Treaty and its epochal aftermath across a century. The authors narrate the causes of World War I : the growth of two rival European camps, their conflicting imperial ambitions, the subjugation of Asia and Africa, the glorification of militarism and the commencement of a frenetic arms race. World War I war was concluded by the Treaty of Versailles. The United States, Britain and France were the chief victors while Germany and its allies were defeated and suffered penalties for their defeat. The authors trace how the terms of the Treaty of Versailles paved the way for the Second World War.

by Achala Moulik

In this brilliant and courageous book, the author describes the stormy events in Russia that was the prelude to the October Revolution which had a profound impact on the world and which dramatically affected the destiny of nations of both the western and the non-Western world. The author states that the Russian Revolution was an epochal event in modern history with more far-reaching effects than the French Revolution. She vividly describes the revolution, the brilliant and dedicated men who made it possible and those who resisted its victory.

She narrates the new culture created by the revolutionary socialist ideas in the field of literature and music how these ideas influenced other national literary and artistic traditions.

by Achala Moulik

This unique book is on how civilizational reawakening came to five nations - India, Russia, Italy, the Arab world and Japan. The author briefly narrates the chaos that prevailed in these countries until external influence and internal ferment created the scenario and conditions for a renewal or renaissance of the culture and politics of these countries. She describes what has not been narrated before - that even wars and conflicts, invasions and foreign rule worked as a catalyst for the renaissance and reawakening of nations.

The book is being published by Niyogi Books, New Delhi.