1-800-worlds: the making of the Indian call centre economy

Krishnamurthy, Mathangi

ISBN: 9780199476053, 0199476055

The book is a sensitive ethnographic portrait of call centre workers in the university town of Pune engaged by the multinational corporations.

Philosophical anthropology in saiva siddhanta with special reference to Sivagrayogin

xxii,224p., abb., bibl., indices, 22cm.

ABC of Naga culture and civilization: a resource book

Haksar, Nandita

ISBN: 9788192072203, 8192072207

This book deals with the impact of globalization on Naga culture and society. The material and cultural traditions of the Nagas are better documented than any other tribal society in the world. And now this rich and vibrant culture is threatened with extinction by forces of globalization.

The abode of Mahashiva: cults and symbology in Jaunsar-Bawar in the mid-Himalayas, introd. by O.C. Handa

Jain, Madhu

ISBN: 9788173870309, 8173870306

Contents: (i) Socio-cultural geography (ii) Socio-religious system through the ages (iii) The cults (iv) The symbology (v) Aesthetic evaluation of the symbols.;

An abode of the goddess: kingship, caste and sacrificial organization in a Bengal village

Togawa, Masahiko

ISBN: 9788173046773, 8173046778

Based on the field survey, this book is about a village society in Bengal and its relationship with Hindu kingship on the ritual organization of an old temple. The analysis reveals the strong polity over ordinary life in the rural society.

The aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands

Man, Edward Horace (1846-1929)

The ecological and economic contexts of Paliyan development

Mohanty, Bibhu K.

ISBN: 9788121218153, 8121218152

The book focuses on the transition of a food gathering tribe living in the rain shadow area of Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. In the present study the case of Paliyan tribe is taken up to assess the impact of changing ecology and economy and the extent of developmental process initiated by both government and non-government agencies to bring them into the national mainstream along with the degree...

Adi Deo Arya Devata: a panoramic view of tribal-Hindu cultural interface

Jain, Sandhya

ISBN: 9788129105226, 8129105225

This work suggests that tribal society constitutes the keynote and the bedrock of Hindu civilization.

Adi tribes of Arunachal Pradesh

Rizvi, SHM et al.

ISBN: 9788176465243, 8176465240

Adivasi life stories: context, constraints, choices

Munshi, Indra

ISBN: 9788131600443, 8131600440

This book is about the lives of the adivasis, also known as tribals, and the circumstances in which they find themseleves, in one district, Thane, in Maharashtra.

The adivasi question: issues of land, forest and livelihood

Munshi, Indra (ed.)

ISBN: 9788125047162, 8125047166

Adivasi Sanskrti sangita evam nrtya: Bastar ki janjatiyon ke vishesh sandarbh mein

Shukla, Hira Lal

ISBN: 9788188827299, 8188827290

Adivasis and the Raj: socio-economic translation of the Hos, 1820-1932

Gupta, Sanjukta Das

ISBN: 9788125041986, 8125041982

This book brings back a focus on the colonial history of adivasis and discusses the issue of their identity against this background. It is a study of the Hos of Chota Nagpur from 1820, when they first came into contact with the British, to 1932, when their protests took the form of religious reform movements in an attempts to develop a distinct tribal identity.

Adversity to advantage: the saga of people of Indian origin in South Africa

Singh, Anand et al.

ISBN: 9788185264561, 8185264562

It was earlier published as Journal of social science, special volume No.11.

Affairs of an Indian tribe: the story of my Tharu relatives

Hasan, Amir ( -1992)

ISBN: 9788185936000, 8185936005

Affliction: health, disease, poverty

Das, Veena

ISBN: 9788125057321, 8125057323

An enquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan

Bellew, Henry Walter (1834-1892)

ISBN: 9788186505267, 8186505261

After Elwin: encounters with tribal life in central India

Gupta, Prosenjit Das

ISBN: 9788180280283, 8180280284

Against ecological romanticism: Verrier Elwin and the making of an anti-modern tribal identity

Prasad, Archana

ISBN: 9788188789030, 8188789038

Against ecological Romanticism: Verrier Elwin and the making of an anti-modern tribal identity, 2nd rev. ed.

Prasad, Archana

ISBN: 9788188789702, 8188789704

The essays in this book develop a systematic critique of the romanticised notions of tribal life, identity and ecology that informs so much of today's scholarship as well as the popular perceptions and 'everyday commonsense' relating to these themes.