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Wisdom of Community
Essays on History, Social Transformation and Culture
Inbunden, 2022
1237 kr
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The Wisdom of Community is a compilation of essays which documents the key issues that have been pertinent in national debates in India. In some ways it takes a linear and chronological position on how the past informs us as we proceed with making sense of postmodern fluid society. It tries to …
Creature
In Power and Pain
Inbunden, 2021
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The Creature is an invitation to follow the mechanics between power and pain, which begets the creature. Creatures confront power in, and through, conjunctures of radical contingency. The casual use of power is an exercise in distraction. It is an abiding conundrum that those who endure affliction …
Science Fiction in India
Parallel Worlds and Postcolonial Paradigms
Inbunden, 2022
1317 kr
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Shortlisted for the British Society for Literature and Science (BSLS) Book Prize 2023 Nominated, 2023 Teaching Literature Book Award Indian Science Fiction has evolved over the years and can be seen making a mark for itself on the global scene. Dalit speculative fiction writer and editor Mimi …
‘Civilisational Mission’
From Discovery to the Civilizational Mission: English Writings on India, The Imperial Archive, Volume 5
Inbunden, 2022
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India and the subcontinent stimulated the curiosity of the British who came to India as traders. Each aspect of life in India — its people, customs, geography, climate, fauna and flora — was documented by British travelers, traders, administrators, soldiers to make sense to the European mind. As …
‘Discoveries’, Explorations and the Imperial Survey
From Discovery to the Civilizational Mission: English Writings on India, The Imperial Archive, Volume 1
Inbunden, 2022
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India and the subcontinent stimulated the curiosity of the British who came to India as traders. Each aspect of life in India — its people, customs, geography, climate, fauna and flora — was documented by British travelers, traders, administrators, soldiers to make sense to the European mind. As …
Indian People and Society
From Discovery to the Civilizational Mission: English Writings on India, The Imperial Archive, Volume 2
Inbunden, 2022
1237 kr
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India and the subcontinent stimulated the curiosity of the British who came to India as traders. Each aspect of life in India — its people, customs, geography, climate, fauna and flora — was documented by British travelers, traders, administrators, soldiers to make sense to the European mind. As …
World Literature and the Question of Genre in Colonial India
Poetry, Drama, and Print Culture 1790-1890
Inbunden, 2022
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World Literature and the Question of Genre in Colonial India describes the way Marathi literary culture, entrenched in performative modes of production and reception, saw the germination of a robust, script-centric dramatic culture owing to colonial networks of literary exchange and the newfound, …
Work, Word and the World
Essays on Habitat, Culture and Environment
Inbunden, 2022
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Word, Work and the World begins with the assumption that people are interested in the world around them. The book is written with the intent of drawing in lay and specialised readers into the interdisciplinary world of Sociology/Social Anthropology. The methods of both, since the 1960s, has been …
Confluence of Thought
Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi
Inbunden, 2023
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Rabindranath Tagore and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi constitute the key pillars of Indian nationalist thought. In this book Bidyut Chakrabarty demonstrates how Tagore and Gandhi drew on each other as they articulated their unique mode of thinking, which led to an innovative discourse. Tagore and …
Bangladesh on a New Journey
Moving beyond the Regional Identity
Inbunden, 2023
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This volume contributes to understanding Bangladesh’s growth story, as it celebrates 50 years of independence. The fastest growing South Asian state is being recognised as an important partner and model case study with increasing global relevance by world powers. Sreeradha Datta reviews many of its …
Performing Shakespeare in India
Exploring Indianness, Literatures and Cultures; Revised Edition
Av Shormishtha Panja, Babli Moitra Saraf
Inbunden, 2024
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This book is envisaged as an intervention in the ongoing explorations in social and cultural history, into questions of what constitutes Indianness for the colonial and the postcolonial subject and the role that Shakespeare plays in this identity formation. Performing Shakespeare in India presents …
Humanizing Power
Ambedkar’s Humanist Approach to Power and Politics
Inbunden, 2024
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The book discusses Dr Ambedkar`s philosophical intervention on power for reclaiming human dignity and locates its significance for making a constructive contribution to the existing theories and concepts of power. Dr B R Ambedkar proposed a rational-legal approach to usher in a balance of power …
Interpreting Literature from Northeast India
Av Margaret L. Pachuau, Anjali Daimari
Inbunden, 2024
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This book reflects the nascent sensibilities at work in literature emanating from Northeast India. It takes into account the generic diversity in works derived from the region and discusses fiction, poetry, drama, folk narratives, film adaptations as well as early missionary narratives. It covers a …
Nalanda
Sacred Sites and Sacred Identities (c.600-1200)
Inbunden, 2024
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This book encapsulates the various historical contexts within which Nalanda assumed its significance and attained its mahavihara (mega-monastery) status. By examining sources ranging from textual to archaeological it reveals the history of Nalanda and its remarkable continuity with perceptible …
Interspecies Negotiations
Human-Wildlife Conflict in Indian Literature
Av Susan Haris, Anu Pande
Inbunden, 2026
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Interspecies Negotiations: Literature and Human-Wildlife Conflict in Indian Literature brings together literary analyses that explore how contemporary Indian literature reflects and reimagines human-wildlife entanglements. The escalation of human-wildlife conflict in India cannot be explained …
Reinventing Aurobindo Ghose
Ideational Vision and Nationalism
Inbunden, 2025
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This book challenges the conventional periodization of Aurobindo’s thought, offering a scholarly analysis of the continuity between his nationalist and spiritual ideologies.
Rama Rasa
Transcendence and Worldliness in the Ramayana Tradition
Inbunden, 2025
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The Ramayana tradition, with its multifarious aesthetic and spiritual claims, reveals its depth and versatility in this study of three influential texts: Bhavabhuthi’s Uttara Rama Carita , the anonymous Adhyatma Ramayana , and Tulsidas’ Ramcaritmanas . The eighth-century Uttara Rama Carita (Rama’s …
Ends of Human Life
Indian and Chinese Perspectives
Av Rajeev Bhargava, Roger T. Ames
Inbunden, 2025
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The collection of essays in this volume explores how the theme of the ends of human life is addressed in selected pre-modern texts from Indian and Chinese traditions of thought.
Qualitative Narratives of Space and Gender
Perspectives from India
Av Jagriti Gangopadhyay, Jagriti Gangopadhyay
Inbunden, 2026
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This edited volume brings together the works of researchers who are working on diverse contemporary themes of space and gender through qualitative narratives with a specific focus on India. Qualitative Narratives of Space and Gender is unique with respect to its methodology as every chapter relies …
Perpetrator Lifewriting
Culpability, Complicity and Self-fashioning
Inbunden, 2026
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This study of memoirs by nearly two dozen 20th century individuals involved in the perpetration and commission of mass atrocities examines their strategies of self-representation. Perpetrator lifewriting, from the Holocaust to Khmer Rouge to Abu Ghraib, moves between exculpation and inculpation, …
Portuguese Colonialism, Food, and Society in Goa
1900-1961
Av Maria de Lourdes Brava da Costa
Inbunden, 2025
1237 kr
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This book is a critical exploration of food, power, and inequality in colonial Goa (1900–1961).
Hindu Amir of Muslims
Indigenized Islam from the Indian Ocean Littoral of Malabar
Inbunden, 2025
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This book explores the pivotal role of integration in shaping Indigenized Islam in 16th-century Malabar, a region along the Indian Ocean's coastal fringes. Through a detailed examination of popular traditions, primary texts, and archaeological and architectural artifacts, this study seeks to …
Handbook of Indic Philosophy and Religion
Classical Past and Modern Histories
Av Soumen Mukherjee, Nirmalya Guha
Inbunden, 2025
1201 kr
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Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health Hazard in Delhi NCR
Tracing the Ecological Shift in an Urban Industrial City
Inbunden, 2027
1201 kr
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Climate Crossroads
Literature’s Encounter with a Planet on Fire
Inbunden, 2026
1317 kr
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Why are activists throwing soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers? What associations does the poisonous brown recluse spider have with a centuries old myth from the Sundarbans? How does an ancient Chinese calligrapher’s recording of snowfall on his way home connect with Indian farmers marching for justice …
Comics, Self, and Trauma
Examining Autobiographical Graphic Narratives by Women Writers
Inbunden, 2026
1317 kr
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Saivism in Telugu Literature
Historical Evolution and Influence on South Indian Literary Traditions
Inbunden, 2026
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This book examines the evolution of Saivism among Telugu-speaking communities, with particular emphasis on its influence on women and marginalised social groups. It is organised around three key themes: Saivism prior to the emergence of Telugu literature; the understanding and transmission of …
Roots of Indian Subaltern Labour
Interpreting Caste, Occupation and Marginality
Av Yagati Chinna Rao, Kali Chittibabu
Inbunden, 2026
1105 kr
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Visakhapatnam
A History of Continuity, Change, and Cosmopolitanism
Av Nalini Bikkina, Abhijit Dasgupta
Inbunden, 2026
1237 kr
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Visakhapatnam: A History of Continuity, Change and Cosmopolitanism offers a compelling social science perspective on the evolution of Andhra Pradesh’s thriving metropolis. Moving beyond traditional quantitative urban studies, this volume employs a critical lens to explore how the sleepy coastal …
