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The Mahabharata: Volume 2

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Mahabharata: Volume 2
Authors and Contributors      Translated by Bibek Debroy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:528
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135
Category/GenrePoetry
Crime and mystery
Philosophy
Religion and beliefs
Hinduism
Ancient religions and mythologies
ISBN/Barcode 9780143425151
ClassificationsDewey:294.59230452
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House India
Imprint Penguin
NZ Release Date 1 June 2015
Publication Country India

Description

Bibek Debroy is an economist and is Research Professor (Centre for Policy Research) and a columnist with Economic Times. He has worked in universities, research institutes, industry and for the government. He has published books, papers and popular articles in economics. But he has also published in Indology and translated (into English) the Vedas, the Puranas, the Upanishads and the Gita (Penguin India, 2005). His book Sarama and Her Children: The Dog in Indian Myth (Penguin India, 2008) splices his interest in Hinduism with his love for dogs.

Author Biography

Bibek Debroy is Member, NITI Aayog. He is an economist and was educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur, Presidency College, Kolkata, Delhi School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge. He has worked in Presidency College, Kolkata (1979-83), Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune (1983-87), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi (1987-93), as the Director of a Ministry of Finance/UNDP project on legal reforms (1993-98), Department of Economic Affairs (1994-95), National Council of Applied Economic Research (1995-96), Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (1997-2005), PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2005-06) and Centre for Policy Research (2007-15). He has authored/edited several books, papers and popular articles and has also been a Consulting/Contributing Editor with several newspapers.