Unleashing the Vajra: Nepal's journey between India and China

Shakya, Sujeev

ISBN: 9780670093083, 0670093084

Nepal's great advantage is its location between India and China, particularly now as these two Asian giants are set to be the worlds leading economics in 2050.Nepal has historically been at its most prosperous when it has leveraged this geographical position. Today, this opportunity emerges again - and in order to take advantage of the growth of India and China, Nepal needs to hitch its wagon t...

Towards an era of cooperation: an Indo-Australian dialogue

Banerjee, Dipankar (ed.)

ISBN: 9788186019054, 8186019057

Contents: (i) International security issues (ii) East Asian issues (iii) Southest Asian issues (iv) Relations with the USA (v) Multilateral issues (vi) Indian ocean issues (vii) India-Australia bilateral issues.;

Political imaginaries in twentieth-century India,

ISBN: 9781350239777, 1350239771

This volume reconsiders India's 20th century though a specific focus on the concepts, conjunctures and currency of its distinct political imaginaries. Spanning the divide between independence and partition, it highlights recent historical debates that have sought to move away from a nation-centred mode of political history to a broader history of politics that considers the complex contexts wit...

Triadic avenues of India's cultural prospects; philosophy, physics and politics

Sarkar, Anil Kumar

ISBN: 9788170031772, 817003177X

Ulema and politics: a study relating to the political activities of the Ulema in the South-Asian subcontinent from 1556 to 1947

Qureshi, Ishtiag Hussain

ISBN: 9788185199689, 818519968X

to 1947. Deals with the role that the Ulema played in the politics of the Indian subcontinent. It covers a period of a little less than four centuries from 1556 to 1947.

Nirgun Bhakti Sagar: Devotional Hindi literature, 2 vols. (a critical ed. of the Panc Vani or five works of Dadu, Kabir, Namdev, Raidas, Hardas with the Hindi songs of Gorakhnath..

Callewaert, Winand M. et al.

ISBN: 9788185425658, 8185425655

and Sundardas, and a complete word-index. Vol.1 (ISBN 9788185425665); Vol.2: Global index (ISBN 9788185425672)

Contested waters: India's transboundary river water disputes in South Asia

Ranjan, Amit

ISBN: 9780367722371, 0367722372

This book examines India's transboundary river water disputes with its South Asian riparian neighbours--Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. It explores the history of disputes and cooperation over the transboundary river water in this region as well as discusses current disputes and future concerns..

Against the nation: thinking like South Asians

Perera, Sasanka et al.

ISBN: 9789388630221, 938863022X

The authors take the readers across a vast terrain of prospects like visual culture, music, film, knowledge systems and classrooms, myth and history as well as forms of politics that offer possibilities for reading South Asia as a collective enterprise that has historical precedents as well as untapped ideological potential for the future.

Women empowerment and welfare: recent issues and trends

ISBN: 9788194936039, 8194936039

This book is an outcome of collective research work done by various researchers all over South Asia on the recent trends of the condition of women in spheres of empowerment and welfare. In twenty-five essays authors collectively explored situation of women in the South Asian scenario in several domains including the women condition in workforce, domestic arena, Covid 19 period; their manifestat...

Gujarat beyond Gandhi: identity, conflict and society

This book touches upon a fascinating range of topics-the identity debates at the hear tof the idea of modern Gujarat; the trajectory of Gujarati politics from the 1950s to the present day; bootlegging, the practice of corruption and public power proving new insights into understanding the enigma of Gujarat.

India-South Asia interface: religion, politics and the wider world

Ghosh, Partha S.

ISBN: 9789390729777, 9390729777

This book raises the fundamental question: how does one make sense of South Asia conventional wisdom defines it primarily in terms of regional and international politics. The failures of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are emblematic of that wisdom.

Human rights violations in Kashmir

Balcerowicz, Piotr et al.

ISBN: 9781032725482, 1032725486

The book is a comprehensive study on human rights in Kashmir in relation to the dynamics of Indo-Pakistani policies, providing a structured and interdisciplinary approach to the subject. Whilst surveying some of the most appalling case studies of human rights abuses, the book offers a methodical analysis of the structural and structured human rights violations in the divided Kashmir and placing...

Land, water, language and politics in Andhra: regional evolution in India since 1850

Stoddart, Brian

ISBN: 9781138043107, 1138043109

A study of land reform, policy on irrigation and linguistic identity that shaped politics in Andhra Pradesh from 1850 down to the present day.

Political governance and minority rights: the South and South-East Asian scenario

Ghosh, Lipi (ed.)

ISBN: 9781138348240, 1138348244

This volume discusses the contemporary state of minorities, community rights and governance of South and South-East Asia.

A resurgent China: South Asian perspectives

Muni, S D et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9781138348073, 1138348074

This book examines South Asia's perceptions of the rapid and phenomenal rise of China as a formidable economic and military power in the region. Underscoring how India and its neighbours in South Asia are looking at China's rise from their respective vantage points, it shows that the varying perceptions comprise admiration, expectations, anxiety, and apprehension-and in some cases, all of them ...

Female body image and beauty politics in contemporary Indian literature and culture

Chatterjee, Srirupa et al.

ISBN: 9789360806477, 9360806471

This book is the first volume to analyze the myriad conceptualizations of South Asian womens body issues in film, literature, advertising, and other media.

Accessing water in the South Asian city,

ISBN: 9789368839910, 9368839913

Water has always been essential to cities, but more than that, it is a crucial element of urban life in South Asia, materializing through remarkable waterscapes and practices. Looking at a broad geographical and historical scale, this book discusses the role played by urban socio-religious constructs in the shaping of exceptional, complex, and sometimes problematic, waterscapes. Besides examini...

The wasted decades: 1947 to 1991 (Indian Political Economy)

Mitra, Aarnab

ISBN: 9788199438644, 8199438649

This book is a critical examination of Indias post-independence economic and political journey. This compelling book explores how India, despite having Asias only working steel plants, aircraft factory, and industrial base in 1947, fell behind its Asian peers whilst countries like Japan and East and Southeast Asian nations achieved remarkable economic progress. The author analyses the factors t...

Politics and society in South Asia,

ISBN: 9789360957148, 9360957143

The book seeks to address the emerging social, economic, political and environmental issues of the South Asian countries by presenting research and analysis, which are both cross-sectional and multi-disciplinary. The book encourages the development of future research agendas across arts and social sciences disciplines based on the South Asian region.