On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 05:08:26AM -0000, Rohit wrote:
> I am a novice. I want to know whether Python can be used to develop
> client/server database and web applications like .NET.

http://pylonshq.com/
http://www.djangoproject.com/
http://turbogears.org/

> Which is the best book/source to learn Python?

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonBooks

Christoph