India and Southeast Asia: cultural, economic and strategic linkages

Chandra, Satish et al (ed)

ISBN: 9788121211307, 8121211301

India's Look East Policy has led to a rediscovery of India's cultural and economic relations with countries of Southeast Asia. The present volume tries to deepen this interaction by exploring the nature of the cultural and economic relations between India and countries of the region not only in the past but their relevance to the present.

Gender and science: studies across cultures

Kumar, Neelam

ISBN: 9789350027523, 9350027526

This volume should be of interest to researchers and policy makers who seek to explain why the gender gap in the sciences continues to exist and how it is manifest in specific national and cultural contexts. - Gender and Society, 2013.

Indian cultural diversity in globalization

Alam, Gajnafar

ISBN: 9789382074380, 9382074384

Indian diaspora in the Caribbean: history, culture and identity

Hangloo, Rattan Lal (ed.)

ISBN: 9789380607382, 9380607385

Indian diaspora: between modernity and tradition, ed. by Paramjit S. Judge

ISBN: 9788131607213, 8131607216

The Indian Diaspora: Hindus and Sikhs in Australia, ed. by Purushottama Bilimoria et al

ISBN: 9788124608128, 8124608121

The book contains contributions from several other prominent scholars. Included are special essays on the importance of diaspora by the late Ninian Smart and on the 19th century Afghan cameleers and Indian hawkers.

Indian family system: the concept, practices and current relevance

Singh, Bal Ram (ed.)

ISBN: 9788124605936, 8124605939

This book seeks to examine the joint family system in India: its evolution and relevance and practicality in the present times. It deals with the changing social norms, value systems and human behaviour over time and views the role of religion in promoting human values and fellowship which are an essential ingredient of joint family norms.

Indian society and culture

Pandey, Vinita

ISBN: 9788131607619, 8131607615

Indian tradition, culture and reality

Balambal, V.

ISBN: 9788193417645, 819341764X

The integral nature of things: critical reflections on the present

Mani, Lata

ISBN: 9780415831383, 0415831385

This book interweaves prose with poetry and sociocultural analysis with observational accounts to offer an alternative framework for addressing aspects of the cognitive, cultural, political, and ethical crisis we face today.

Identity within hegemonic process: adivasi ethnicity-class

Saldanha, Denzil

ISBN: 9789350025741, 9350025744

Intercultural communication: building a global community

Patel, Fay et al

ISBN: 9788132106340, 8132106342

Intercultural communication: the Indian context

Rao, Ramesh N. et al

ISBN: 9789351500308, 9351500306

The book provides the requisite context, scholarly framework, and examples that help readers appreciate this disparity. It offers tools and steps to reduce conflict and improve communication among diverse groups in a modernizing India.

International and transnational political actors: case studies from the Indian diaspora

Leclerc, Eric (ed)

ISBN: 9788173049255, 8173049254

The ten papers collected in this volume look at the role of Indian diaspora in international relations, within and beyond the traditional triangular framework of diaspora, state of origin and host State. The contributors explore the processes of building transnational political actors in the Indian diaspora.

Iranian civilization and culture: before Islam and its impact on Islamic civilization and Arab literature, tr.by Shahrokh Mohammadi-Malayeri

Mohammadi-Malayeri, Mohammad

ISBN: 9788173049507, 8173049505

Ethnicity, culture and development of North-East India,

ISBN: 9789394569140, 9394569146

This selected volume is a greater collection of 13 peer reviewed articles to identify and address the issues of Ethnicity, Culture and Development of the people of North East India in proper perspective. The present book endeavours to find the actual issues of ethnicity, culture and development of the region in development perspectives and reckoned that the book will provde an avenue for discus...

Global South Asia on screen

Hutnyk, John

ISBN: 9789350025925, 9350025922

Karnataka: the spirit of the young, by Team Vijay Karnataka, ed. by E. Raghavan et al.

ISBN: 9789382299431, 9382299432

Over the past years, Vijay Karnataka (the states No.1 newspaper) carried a series of articles focusing on youth who made a difference. This series drew an enthusiastic response from readers. Beyond the Kannada domain though, not many understand and appreciate the over-changing and progressive mindset of the Kannadiga. A selection of these articles translated into English will give you an insigh...

Knowledge and power: a discourse for transformation

Mani, Braj Ranjan

ISBN: 9789350980309, 9350980304

The volume probes the politics and duality of the intellectual world in which an elite has appropriated knowledge, much like power and wealth. Bringing to light the hidden agenda and hidden curriculum, it uncovers the dominant canons and constructs that distort the vision for a more humane world.

The Konyaks: last of the tattooed headhunters, photographs by Peter Bos, forewords by William Dalrymple and Peter van Ham

Konyak, Phejin

ISBN: 9789351941125, 9351941124

This book captures the unique but vanishing practice of the tattooing culture, together with the tattoo patterns, their meanings and oral traditions, such as folktales, songs, poems and sayings. It presents an overall view of the Konyak people, their society, way of life and the culture in detail. The Konyaks, were a fearsome headhunting tribe of Nagaland.