Whispers in the Tower (Record no. 29216)
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| fixed length control field | 01519cam a2200169ua 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781612046686 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | In 823.9 |
| Item number | JOS/W |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Jose C Palathingal |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Whispers in the Tower |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Housto |
| Name of publisher | Strategic Book |
| Year of publication | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 363 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The fictional story Whispers in the Tower begins during the early 1990s in an unspecified region of west central India. Veerendra, an ambitious and unscrupulous registrar, is the prime architect of the retrogressive policies that ultimately ruin the young Akbarabad University. And, he had the unlimited support of the demagogic, oratorical and unprincipled Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Anand Vivek. Akbarabad University started well under a motivated vice-chancellor, but soon after him, under a politicized administration, became a playground for power wrangling, financial corruption, indifference to quality and hostility to academic growth. The result was a third-rate institution, where earnest, scholarly work was deprecated, and the best among the faculties looked for the exit door. This enlightening story shows how the higher-education environment can be polluted by political interference. Education in India, particularly higher education, has become a tool of political activism that weans a series of mostly corrupt politicians, who in turn later infiltrate and help decay the very system that provided them a cradle. |
| 650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Indian english literature |
| 650 0# - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | novel |
| 700 02 - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jose C Palathingal |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 23/05/2014 | 20.95 | In823.9 JOS/W | 57317 | BK |