Author: Publisher: Black Kite
ISBN: 9789389253634
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Author: Irfan HabibImagining India
Author: Ainslie Thomas EmbreePublisher: Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In this illuminating collection of esays, Ainslie Embree examines the complex interplay of indigenous Indian culture with Islamic and western civilizations. He argues that civilization is not a fixed residue handed down from the past, but rather an enduring structure with adaptive mechanisms that permit it to be both a historically determined and continuously creative force.
Essays on India
Author: Carlo LeviPublisher: Hesperus Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
With his typically perceptive insights, Levi writes evocatively on his experiences in India, including his interview with Pandit Nehru, his tour of a tent city at a political convention, and his meeting with a Hindu nationalist party. This only available edition of a fascinating account of his impressions of the subcontinent is a valuable addition to the tradition of Western writing on India, made all the more fascinating by the influence that Levi’s famous memoir of exile Christ Stopped at Ebolihas had on many Indian intellectuals. Published in 1945, that account of his time spent in exile in Italy after being arrested in connection with his political activism introduced the trend toward social realism in post-war Italian literature.
India’s Perception, Society, and Development
Author: Arup MaharatnaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 8132210174
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
There has been, of late, a growing realisation that the pace and pattern of economic development of a country can hardly be understood and explained comprehensively in terms of the straitjacket of economics discipline alone. India is a prime example of the importance of the part played by a country's history, culture, sociology, and socio-cultural-religious norms, values, and institutions in its development process. This book, with its assorted essays of varying depths of scholarship and insightful reflections, attempts to drive home this point more forcefully than ever before. In its search for the non-economic roots of India’s overall sloth and murky progress in its broad-based economic and human development, the book illuminates major oddities deep inside a unique mental make-up full of perceptual and ideational dilemmas, many of which are arguably shaped by the long-lasting and dominant influence of what could be called the Brahminical lines of thinking and discourse. With India’s hazy and dodgy world of perceptions as a backdrop, the book also addresses – through its intelligent essays - the deep and sometimes dire ramifications of the historic advent and the dramatic advance of neoliberal market ideology today.
Author: Partha ChatterjeeSelect Essays on Indian Economy
Author: C. RangarajanPublisher: Academic Foundation
ISBN: 9788171883387
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
This Twin-Volume Publication Brings Together Some Of The Path-Breaking Writings Of Distinguished Economist Dr. C. Rangarajan On Various Aspects Of India`S Economy. Vol. I Covers Agrculture, Industry And The Economy; Monetary System And Financial Sector. Vol. Ii Covers Fiscal Sector; External Sector. Useful For Economists, Researchers, Students, Bankers, Policymakers Etc.
We, The Children of India
Author: Leila SethPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184752539
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
We, the children of India— Former Chief Justice Leila Seth makes the words of the Preamble to the Constitution understandable to even the youngest reader. What is a democratic republic, why are we secular, what is sovereignty? Believing that it is never too early for young people to learn about the Constitution, she tackles these concepts and explains them in a manner everyone can grasp and enjoy. Accompanied by numerous photographs, captivating and inspiring illustrations by acclaimed illustrator Bindia Thapar, and delightful bits of trivia, We, the Children of India is essential reading for every young citizen.
Locality, Province and Nation
Author: John GallagherPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521098113
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
With the steady growth of interest in the history of India under the British, interpretations have emerged, and they may sharply alter much of our thinking about Indian nationalism and British Imperialism. Some of these historical revisions, and the conclusions which may flow from them, are illustrated by the essays in this book. All of them grapple with questions of Indian political organization in different parts of the British Raj. They enquire how these organizations worked at different level; in the towns and in the countryside, in the provinces and in the subcontinent itself. They examine how these kinds of politics came to be bonded together into what were called 'nationalist' movements. They suggest that the interplay between these movements and British Imperialism was very much more ambiguous than has been commonly supposed. All these essays are preliminary announcements of findings which will later appear in longer versions.
Masculinity and Its Challenges in India
Author: Rohit K. DasguptaPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786472243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This volume of new interdisciplinary essays provides insights into the emerging field of masculinities and the challenges it poses to the Indian male. Masculinities research has evolved considerably and demonstrates that men are not an homogenous group but are instead diverse--there are many "masculinities." Manliness can no longer be studied from just a North American or European perspective but from those of every part of the world. Covering an array of topics such as the construction of identity and the negotiation of power and sexuality, these essays aim to show how masculinities are experienced and embodied within India.
