The L-word: love, lust and everything in-between

Banan, Aastha Atray

ISBN: 9789354224768, 9354224768

Text wars: communication, censorship, freedom and responsibility,

ISBN: 9780199499076, 0199499071

The volume brings together essays, poems, comic strips from journalist, scholars, media which received consorship or govt. bachlash. It questions free expression, social and media responsibility.

Understanding classical notion of love mysticism: Hazarat Rabe's Basri (RA) context

Farooq, M.A. Afzal

ISBN: 9789390891306, 9390891302

Forced migrants, refugees, welfare policies and the state,

ISBN: 9788183154796, 8183154794

Forced migration is a serious public concerns from East to West, and North to South. From Myanmar to Mexican there is a huge numbers of refugees are suffering from many challenges due to the lack of welfare and security - including food, hygiene, nutrition, shelter, education etc.

Narratives on tribes in transition: complexities in Indian scenario

ISBN: 9789383221387, 9383221380

Virsaiva ka darsanik or Sanskritik prayalochan

Dwivedi, Parveen Kumar

ISBN: 9789385539343, 9385539345

Cultural studies: the new avant-garde

ISBN: 9789391314897, 9391314899

23 research papers discussing postmodern media and computer culture--how it is affecting our identity, interactions etc.

Cultural revolt in a colonial society: the non-Brahman movement in western India

Omvedt, Gail

ISBN: 9788173049279, 8173049270

Jotirao Phule (1827-90) founded the non-Brahman movement in Maharashtra. He founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873 under the movement.

Flags of fame: studies in south Asian folk culture

ISBN: 9788173040498, 8173040494

The volume contains fifteen articles by eminent Indian and European scholars describing and analyzing various aspects of folk culture in South Asia. The principal emphasis is on folk religion, including both ritual performances and oral texts.

Ethnic studies: issues and approaches

Yang, Philip Q.

ISBN: 9789387496279, 9387496279

The majority of the work considers central issues in ethnicity such as identity, stratification, adaptation, discrimination, racism, segregation, conflict, ethnicity and politics; and race, class and gender. For each issue, key concepts are introduced, main dimensions outlined, empirical evidence presented, theoretical approaches discussed, and often an alternative perspective is suggested. Yan...

A silent revolution: the journey of the Srinivasan Service Trust

Parupudi, Snigdha

ISBN: 9789353579029, 9353579023

This book tells the story of the Srinivasan Services Trust. What started out as the charity wing of a well-known business group quickly transformed into something quite different, evolving into a model of community development that is self-sustaining and empowering. ;

South Asian ways of seeing: contemporary visual cultures,

ISBN: 9789390737383, 9390737389

This book explores South Asia from a visual standpoint, exploring multiple mediums and multiple ways of seeing, including tarot, film, graphic novels, painting, death pictures, graffiti, and installation art. With an intent to establish conversations between and across disciplines like history, sociology, literature, art history culture and media studies, the discursivity of visual cultures in ...

Maps of meaning: the architecture of belief

Peterson, Jordan B.

ISBN: 9780367463151, 0367463156

Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structures? What does this similarity tell us about the mind, morality, and structure of the world itself? From the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos comes a provocative hypothesis that explores the connection between what modern neuropsychology tells us about the brain and what rituals, m...

Global Indian diaspora: charting new frontiers, Vol. I

Samaroo, Brinsley

ISBN: 9789390729661, 9390729661

Global Indian diaspora: charting new frontiers, Vol. II

Maharaj, J. Vijay

ISBN: 9789390729678, 939072967X

Indian traditions and culture

Singh, Trupti

ISBN: 9789383963249, 9383963247

This book culture develops trait by trait: but culture is a complex pattern of inter-development traits. These traits develop concurrently and collect together and gain importance for the human beings. These cultural traits taken as a whole four what is called culture complex.

The vernacular: three essays on an ambivalent concept and its uses in South Asia

Harder, Hans et al.

ISBN: 9781032768304, 1032768304

This book examines the validity of the notion of the 'vernacular' and the position of the so-called 'vernaculars' in colonial and postcolonial settings.

Health, culture and religion in South Asia: critical perspective

Doron, Assa et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9781138349667, 1138349666

The integral nature of things: critical reflections on the present

Mani, Lata

ISBN: 9781138679580, 1138679585

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.

Marginality in India: perspectives of marginalisation from the Northeast

Kikhi, Kedilezo et al.

ISBN: 9781032669403, 1032669403

Marginality in India is not an unusual phenomenon when compared with the other cultures of the globe; however, its sustainability on the primordial basis highlights the peculiarities that make India a classic example. In fact, the present liberalised scenario though has bestowed opportunities, but the scope of affirmative action too has marginalised leading to the status quo to a larger extent....