The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c3.150

c3.150

According to the *Economic Journal* (Journal of the Royal Economic Society, London) Prof. Sarkar's *Imperial Preference* “gives a detailed account of the circumstances that in his opinion justified the Government and the legislature of India in concluding the Ottawa Agreement of 1932. The arguments are full and well-reasoned, and are copiously illustrated by figures and charts. Several books and pamphlets have appeared in India at the time and subsequently, condemning the policy of the Indo-British Trade Agreement, and it is satisfactory to have in Mr. Sarkar's book a realistic presentation of the opposite point of view from the pen of an independent economist. That Mr. Sarkar, who is a vigorous as well as prolific writer on the present-day economic problems of India, is not afraid of propounding views which run counter to those held by a large section of Indian politicians is clear from the contents of Mr. Shib Chandra Dutt's book, *Conflicting Tendencies in Indian Economic Thought*”.