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National Archives at Kew made the task of finding and perusing documents thoroughly enjoyable. Katharine Thomson of the Churchill Archives Centre and Judy Nokes of the Office of Public Sector Information patiently answered my endless questions about British copyright law. Professor Paul Greenough of the University of Iowa kindly supplied me with a digitized copy of a microfilm made of Mahalanobis’ original typed notes. Greenough obtained the microfilm in 1971 through the kindness of Dr. M. Mukherjee, at that time the Director of the Research and Training Branch of the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. Pramod Mehra at the National Archives of India also helped me immensely. But I found the Nanavati Papers, invaluable records of wartime India, to be in sorry shape; I would love to see copies made and distributed to at least the major libraries in India, if nowhere else.
    I would like to thank my publisher, Lara Heimert, and my agent, Anna Ghosh, for their commitment to the project; and my gifted editor, David Groff, for slicing up a large and unwieldy manuscript and helping me put it back together into a book. Patricia Wynne rendered the maps with painstaking accuracy.
    Last but not least, I want to acknowledge the contributions of my family. My husband, Stefan, put food on the table while I indulged my private passion of researching and writing; and from time to time he was called upon to provide technical and emotional assistance. My mother-in-law, Wera, faithfully relayed to me the volumes that Angelika brought home, returned the same, and helped care for my son when my investigations required travel. My son, Robi, spotted an error in one of the maps; and it is because of him that I possess an inkling of how a mother might feel when she cannot feed her child. I am grateful for the moral support and feedback of my sister, Nandini, my brother, Dhrubo, and my niece Anandi. My mother, Sabita, shared with me details of the famine, which she had witnessed, painful though they were for her to recall. And my father, Biren, remained as ever an invaluable source of wisdom and succor.

Bibliography
Archives

    AMEL
Amery Papers, Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge
BRGS
Burgis Papers, Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge
CAB
War Cabinet Papers, The National Archives, Kew
CAB 195/1&2
Cabinet Secretaries’ Notebooks from World War II, avail able online at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/cab_195_1_transcript.pdf and http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/cab_195_2_transcript.pdf
CHAR, CHUR
Churchill Papers, Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill Col lege, Cambridge
Cherwell Papers
Nuffield College, Oxford University
CO
Colonial Office Papers, The National Archives, Kew
CSAC
Cambridge South Asia Collection (William Barnes Papers, Olaf M. Martin Papers, L. G. Pinnell Papers), Cambridge
IOR
India Office Records, British Museum, London
HS
Special Operations Executive War Diaries, The National Archives, Kew
Linlithgow Collection
India Office Records, National Archives of India, New Delhi
Moran Papers
Wellcome Library, London
MT
Ministry of Transport papers, The National Archives, Kew
Nanavati Papers
Memoirs and oral proceedings of the famine commission, 1944–1945, National Archives of India, New Delhi
T
Treasury Papers, The National Archives, Kew
WO
War Office Papers, The National Archives, Kew
Publications
    Amery, Leopold S. My Political Life. In 3 volumes. London: Hutchinson, 1953–1988.
    Anonymous. “Ba Maw, the Great Asian Dreamer.” The Oracle 2, no. 1 (January 1980): 8.

    Anonymous. “Bengal Famine: Mr. Amery on Relief Measures.” The Times (London), October 16, 1943.
    Anonymous. “Cyclone Havoc in Bengal.” The Statesman , November 3, 1942.
    Anonymous. “Gandhi’s Goat.” Time , November 2, 1931. Available online at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753085,00.html .
    Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism. San Diego: Harvest.
    Atkinson, Fred J.