Routledge India imprint: 457 books
South Asia
The Spectre of Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Since the partition of the subcontinent along communal lines, political violence has increased in South Asia. Terrorism is one such manifestation of this violence. This book witnesses serious assessment of various aspects of terrorism that are affecting South Asia as eight scholars of international...
Writing Wrongs
The Cultural Construction of Human Rights in India
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
This book examines the ‘cultural apparatus’ of Human Rights in India today. It unravels discourses of victimhood, oppression, suffering and witnessing through a study of autobiographies, memoirs, reportage and media coverage, and documentaries.
Moving across multiple media and genres for...
Raja Serfoji II
Science, Medicine and Enlightenment in Tanjore
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
In the early nineteenth century, the south Indian kingdom of Tanjore, which had come under the control of the East India Company, flourished as a ‘centre’ of enlightenment. This book traces the contours of the Tanjore enlightenment, which produced a knowledge that was at once modern and deeply...
Insurgent Sepoys
Europe Views the Revolt of 1857
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
The Revolt of 1857 in India has so far largely been viewed as an event that was of interest to British and Indian scholars investigating the various consequences of British colonial rule in India. What has remained out of the focus of study during the last 150 years is the possible impact of the Revolt...
Conflict and Reconciliation
The Politics of Ethnicity in Assam
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Diverging from reductionist studies of Northeast India and its multifarious conflicts, this book presents an exclusive and intricate, empirical and theoretical study of Assam as a conflict zone. It traces the genesis and evolution of the ethnic and nationalistic politics in the state, and explores...
Interrogating Inclusive Growth
Poverty and Inequality in India
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
The high growth performance of the Indian economy since the launch of economic reforms in the early 1990s has been much lauded. But how much of this growth has made its way to the poor?
In a radical assessment of ‘inclusive growth’, this book probes the impact of neo-liberal policies on...
Indo-US Nuclear Deal
Seeking Synergy in Bilateralism
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
This book interrogates the Indo-US civil nuclear agreement from its inception in July 2005 to its conclusion in the latter part of 2008 through 12 articles, each of which focuses on different aspects of the deal. They discuss the factors that facilitated the deal, the roadblocks that were encountered,...
Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2012
Uneasy Stasis and Fragile Peace
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Sixth in the annual series, this volume examines the major trends in armed conflicts in South Asia during 2011, efforts towards conflict management undertaken by the State and their effectiveness, as also the road ahead. While focusing on the burning issues within the region, the volume looks into...
Beyond Inclusion
The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
In India, two critical aspects of public policy — social justice and higher education — have witnessed unprecedented expansion in recent years. While several programmes have been designed by the State to equalise access to higher education and implement formal inclusion, discrimination based on...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
The Chār Bāgh-i-Panjāb, written by Ganesh Das Wadera immediately after the annexation of the Lahore kingdom by the British in 1849, is a classic Persian text. Its long descriptive part is the only surviving account of the social, religious, and cultural life of the peoples of the Punjab, especially...
The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks
Fragile Frontiers
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Critical questions remain unanswered on the events of the cold-blooded and devastating terror attacks in Mumbai on 26 November 2008. Investigative and introspective, this book offers a lucid and graphic account of the ill-fated day and traces the changing dynamics of terror in South Asia. Using new...
Urban Navigations
Politics, Space and the City in South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space, resources and habitation, bringing together accounts from India, Pakistan, Nepal...
Indian Tribes in Transition
The need for reorientation
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
India has witnessed a sea change in its social structure and political culture since Independence. Despite the developmental model that the country opted for, the hangover of the Raj continued to encourage fissiparous tendencies dividing the Indian populace on the basis of religion, ethnicity and...
Recovering from Earthquakes
Response, Reconstruction and Impact Mitigation in India
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Earthquakes come without warming, and often cause massive devastation, resulting not only in the loss of property but also of lives. Many of the survivors suffer from intense and lasting psychological trauma. This book covers the experience of recent earthquakes in India, and what has been learnt...