Museums of India and Their Maladies

Contents: Preface. 1. Museum movement in India. 2. Museums : need for more museums in India. 3. Necessity of a library in a museum. 4. Cultural exchange through museum. 5. Pavilion depicting monuments in exhibition. 6. Cultural heritage and Planning Commission. 7. Ethnography gallery of the Assam State Museum. 8. My twenty years in the Assam State Museum. 9. Gallery on the village life in the Assam State Museum : a new concept. 10. Museums of Assam and their promises to the public. 11. Newly set up ethnography gallery in the Assam State Museum : an added attraction. 12. Museums of India and their maladies. 13. Museum display technique on the origin of the mizos : a note. Index.

"This book delves deep in dealing all these aspects, museum movement, the need for more museums in India, need of a library in a museum and cultural exchange through museums. The problems faced by the museum personnel all over the country have been discussed at length in the chapter on 'Museums' of India and their maladies." (jacket)