Routledge India imprint: 457 books
Questioning the ‘Muslim Woman’
Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
The marginalisation of Muslims in India has recently been the subject of heated public debate. In these discussions, however, Muslim women are often either overlooked or treated as a homogenous group with a common set of interests. Focusing on the narratives of women living in a predominantly Muslim...
by Badri Narayan
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
This book studies how the act of migration is a motivating constituent in the production of popular culture in both the homeland and the destination. It looks at the formations of cultures in the process of identity-making of approximately 200 million Indians scattered across the world, from colonial...
Images of the Body in India
South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
This intriguing book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors go on to show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within Indian...
Ethics for Governance
Reinventing Public Services
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
This book provides a comprehensive overview of India’s public services and bureaucratic systems, and explores why widespread corruption and inefficient delivery have slowed development. It:
discusses the underlying reasons for the prevailing inefficiency in public services;
examines the...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This book traces the trajectory of the Indian Parliament from its formation to present day. The essays presented here explore parliamentary democracy through the formative years and highlight the Parliament’s function as a representative and accountable institution, its procedures and responsibility,...
From Oppression to Assertion
Women and Panchayats in India
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
The book explores the experiences, impact and responses of women in village panchayats in India after a Constitutional Amendment in 1992 made it mandatory to reserve one-third positions for women. Based on extensive field research with interviews of 1,200 panchayat representatives and community members...
Geographies of Difference
Explorations in Northeast Indian Studies
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
This book rethinks Northeast India as a lived space, a centre of interconnections and unfolding histories, instead of an isolated periphery. Questioning dominant tropes and assumptions around the Northeast, it examines socio-political and historical processes, border issues, the role of the state,...
Global Value Chains and the Missing Links
Cases from Indian Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Global value chains (GVCs) are fraught with the phenomenon of fragmentation and dispersion of production across the world. India presents a unique example with its high potential in manufacturing capability but low integration in GVCs. This book examines the reasons why India has failed to integrate...
Mergers and Acquisitions
India under Globalisation
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
This book provides a holistic account of developments and patterns of mergers and acquisitions that have taken place in the Indian corporate sector, especially in the post-liberalisation era. It combines astute analyses with up-to-date data to present an all-inclusive picture of globalisation and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
This book breaks new ground in the study of Dalit literature, including in its corpus a range of genres such as novels, autobiographies, pamphlets, poetry, short stories and graphic novels. With contributions from major scholars in the field, alongside budding ones, the book critically examines Dalit...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This volume examines the critical role of the humanities in universities in India and attempts to redefine its place, meaning and function in education. Bringing together distinguished scholars in the country, it debates the status and predicament of the humanities in the academic programmes within...
Textual Travels
Theory and Practice of Translation in India
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
This book presents a comprehensive account of the theory and practice of translation in India in combining both its functional and literary aspects. It explores how the cultural politics of globalization is played out most powerfully in the realm of popular culture, and especially the role of translation...
by Kaushik Roy, Sourish Saha
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
This volume traces the historical roots and evolution of insurgencies and counter-insurgencies in modern Asia. Focusing on armed rebellions and use of armed forces by both Western powers and indigenous states from the nineteenth century till present day, the volume unravels the problematic of change–continuity...
Traversing Tradition
Celebrating Dance in India
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Dance occupies a prestigious place in Indian performing arts, yet it curiously, to a large extent, has remained outside the arena of academic discourse. This book documents and celebrates the emergence of contemporary dance practice in India. Incorporating a multidisciplinary approach, it includes...