Beyond Tranquebar: grappling across cultural borders in South India

Fihl, Esther et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788125054375, 8125054375

This book is a collection of twenty-four essays by scholars who take us to seventeenth-century Denmark, as the kingdom strives to find a place in the thriving colonial enterprise.

Bishnupriya Manipuri: identity culture and change

Sinha, Harendra

ISBN: 9788183249430, 8183249434

The Bishnupriya Manipuris constitute a linguistic minority community living in North East India, mainly in parts of Assam, Manipur, Tripura and also Bangladesh.

Buddha to Krishna: life and times of George Keyt.

Dalmia, Yashodhara

ISBN: 9781138038141, 1138038148

This book traces the emergence of modernism in art in South Asia by exploring the work of the iconic artist George Keyt. Closely interwoven with his life, Keyt's art reflects the struggle and triumph of an artist with very little support or infrastructure. He painted as he lived: full of colour, turmoil and intensity.

Calcutta then / Kolkata now, text by Indrajit Hazra et al., photo research by Abhijit Chakraborty et al., ed. by Neelam Narula

ISBN: 9788193750193, 8193750195

A pictorial book on Kolkata, capital city of West Bengal.

Caste and kinship in Central India: a village and its region

Mayer, Adrian C.

ISBN: 9780815383680, 0815383681

Centres out there?: facets of subregional identities in Orissa

Kulke, Hermann et al (ed)

ISBN: 9788173049064, 8173049068

Major themes of the present volume are narrative and ritual traditions of the former Fendatory States and their emergence as Centres Out There as well as studies on various 'Facets of Subregional identities' and their impact on the urban culture of coastal Orissa.

challenging multiculturalism: European models of diversity

Taras, Raymond (ed.)

ISBN: 9780748664580, 0748664580

Child labour in India: challenges for theological thinking and Christian ministry of India

Gideon, Rohan, P

ISBN: 9788184651393, 8184651392

This book brings to light many of the forgotten concerns of children in our theological thinking and church ministry.

Cine-politics: film stars and political existence in South India

Prasad, M. Madhava

ISBN: 9788125053569, 8125053565

This book explores the trajectories of three moajor stars, M. G. Ramachandran, N. T. Rama Rao and Rajkumar, from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, respectively. It argues that the widespread political mobilisation of star charisma in south India-`cine-politics'- sheds critical light on the very nature of democratic political life in postcolonial India.

Combating human trafficking: gaps in policy and law

Mishra, Veerendra

ISBN: 9789351502531, 9351502538

This book demystifies the term trafficking with a view to properly understand its trends, dimensions, and gaps in policy and law that need to be plugged.

Colour matters? The truth that no one wants to see, reflections, thoughts and experiences of working in a multi-ethnic environment

Kumar, Anuranjita

ISBN: 9789389000474, 9389000475

The book explores these cross-cultural dynamics and highlights the difficulties of being a minority in different geographies. The book is replete with stories of individuals across continents and multi-ethnic, multi-professional backgrounds narrating their personal experiences, learnings from their own encounters.

Dynamics of dissent: theorizing movements for inclusive futures

ISBN: 9780367432294, 0367432293

This book analyses dissent and its manifestations in movements of social and political transformation across communities and cultures. It shows how these movements create ruptures in the structures of power, and social hierarchy; expressed through songs, slogans, poetry and performances. The chapters in the book explore these sites of transgression and the imprint they leave on culture, politic...

Conflict resolution in multicultural societies: the Indian experience

Mukherjee, Jhumpa

ISBN: 9789351500339, 9351500330

Consumer culture, modernity and identity

Mathur, Nita (ed.)

Highlighting the politics of the market and the media and taking account of the current scholarship - from Zukin to Sassatelli - the 13 chapters in the book trace manifestations and trajectories of consumer culture and modernity as they connect to develop a sense of renewed identity.

Courtesans, bar girls and dancing boys: the illicit worlds of Indian dance

Morcom, Anna

ISBN: 9789350097922, 9350097923

Cremation and burial: in the context of Christanity in India

Paul, Arun, K

ISBN: 9788184651492, 818465149X

Critical humanities from India: contexts, issues, futures, ed. by D. Venkat Rao

ISBN: 9781138323636, 1138323632

Cross-cultural research methods, 2nd ed.

Ember Carol R. et al

ISBN: 9788131605882, 8131605884

Cultural politics of modern India

Gudavarthy, Ajay

ISBN: 9789350023839, 9350023830

The book is about the representations, images and discourse and their interface with politics, including electoral and institutional. It traces the current processes in involving various subaltern groups including the Dalits, Muslims, OBCs, rural and urban poor and broadly argues that while they are gradually being included in the policy frame, they are also getting inextricably entangled into ...

Cultural sociology

Mandal, Bindeshwari Pd

ISBN: 9789380921549, 9380921543