Books by Pradip Kumar Das

The book deals with situations, personalities, and events following the writer's return to his hometown, Calcutta (Kolkata), after a prolonged period of absence, and recounts his observations, some in retrospect, of the changes that have taken place since he left. The author is not given to mushy sentimentalism. It is, in many ways, a critique of the Bengali psyche and the demographic changes that have affected the way of life of the average citizen seen from the perspective of an individual born into privilege. Among other things, the book examines the man/woman relationship and provides interesting cameos of the writer's perceptions of Indian womanhood and, in general terms, the truths that he holds dear to his heart. The book is divided into five chapters, including some amusing anecdotes.

This book is, therefore, a maiden attempt in that direction giving the principles of design of an important jute-processing machine like jute card. Great Britain has been the pioneer in the design and manufacture of jute machinery in ninteenth century till first part of twentieth century after the success in introducing mechanical processing machinery for cotton and flax beginning in eighteenth century during Britain¿s industrial revolution. Cotton machinery is not so rugged in comparison to flax and jute machinery but more intricate. This might have arisen from the necessity to combat the coarse and long fibre structure. In pre-independence time of India when Britishers established jute mills on the banks of the river Ganges, all the machinery were imported from Great Britain and installed in the mills. Their size was so gigantic and rugged such that workers used to call the jute card particularly ¿ Hati Kall ¿ in Bengali meaning elephantine machine.