Routledge India imprint: 457 books
by Som Prakash Verma
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
This book presents the Persian Baburnama, a key primary source andthe earliest record of Babur’s memoirs. The authoritative translation uses paintings from the original work and draws on contemporary texts of the period to delve into the history of the legendary Mughal ruler. It provides a fresh...
Multi-stories
Cross-cultural Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
This unique work explores, through personal narratives, the overlapping and intermingling of cultures as well as the immense cultural diversity across the world. This exploration inevitably questions notions of higher or lower cultures, and civilized or uncivilized peoples. Indeed it questions the...
Saudi Arabia in a Multipolar World
Changing dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has established itself as the twelfth-largest economy in the world, the largest West Asian economic power, world’s largest oil producer, and a strong and capable force in international politics, particularly in the Sunni Islamic world. However, at present it is at crossroads....
Negotiating Cultural Identity
Landscapes in Early Medieval South Asian History
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2019
This volume breaks new ground by conceptualizing physical landscapes as living cultural bodies. It redefines dynamic cultural landscapes as catalysts in which the natural world and human practice are inextricably linked and are constantly interacting.
Drawing on research by eminent archaeologists,...
Rise of the Plebeians?
The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
For decades, India has been a conservative democracy governed by the upper caste notables coming from the urban bourgeoisie, the landowning aristocracy and the intelligentsia. The democratisation of the ‘world’s largest democracy’ started with the rise of peasants’ parties and the politicisation...
Central Asia
Geopolitics, security and stability
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Throughout history, Central Asia has formed an important strategic link between the East and the West and been described as the ‘great pivot’ in the early-twentieth century.
This book looks at the relations between the Central Asian states and major external powers. It shows how these nations...
Rise of Saffron Power
Reflections on Indian Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
This volume looks at the impact of the landmark 2014 elections and the consequent Assembly elections which have transformed the ideological discourse of India. It discusses a variety of topical issues in contemporary Indian politics, including the Modi wave, Aam Aadmi Party and the challenges it is...
Emerging Trends in Indian Politics
The Fifteenth General Election
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
This study presents 13 articles interrogating themes likely to impinge on India’s 15th general elections in 2009. These were written following intense discussion between the contributors and use available data as well as original data and analysis.
The significance of the analyses goes beyond...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Globalization has significantly redefined the nature of governance in the water sector. Non-state actors—multilateral and transnational donor agencies and corporations, non-government organizations, markets, and civil society at large—are assuming a bigger role in public policy-making for water...
Contested Coastlines
Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
This book is about the tragic journeys and livelihood insecurities of coastal fisherfolk jailed by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for having entered each other’s territorial waters. While reflecting on national anxieties and the deleterious politics of boundaries, it reveals how these...
Culture and Politics in South Asia
Performative Communication
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This volume looks at the politics of communication and culture in contemporary South Asia. It explores languages, signs and symbols reflective of current mythologies that underpin instances of performance in present-day India and its neighbouring countries. From gender performances and stage depictions...
The Indian Constituent Assembly
Deliberations on Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
The Indian Constituent Assembly laid the foundations of the largest democracy in the world. The debates between the members of the Assembly form the bedrock of the Indian Constitution. The chapters in this volume propose a range of methodological perspectives from which these critical debates might...
Indian Horror Cinema
(En)gendering the Monstrous
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
This book studies the hitherto overlooked genre of horror cinema in India. It uncovers some unique and diverse themes that these films deal with, including the fear of the unknown, the supernatural, occult practices, communication with spirits of the deceased, ghosts, reincarnation, figures of vampires,...
Rituparno Ghosh
Cinema, gender and art
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
An iconic filmmaker and inheritor of the legendary Satyajit Ray’s legacy, Rituparno Ghosh was one of the finest auteurs to emerge out of contemporary Bengal. His films, though rooted firmly in middle-class values, desires and aspirations, are highly critical of hetero-patriarchal power structures....