Oup India: 245 books
The Muslims of India
A Documentary Record
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2004
This volume presents important documents recording reactions of Muslims in the period following Independence and the Partition of India, and in the subsequect fifty years. Besides key political developments, documets on topics such as Hindu revivalism and Muslim responses, the Babri Masjid question,...
Roads to Freedom
Prisoners in Colonial India
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
In its most brutal form, the prison in British India was an instrument of the colonial state for instilling fear and dealing with resistance. Exploring the lived experience of select political prisoners, this volume presents their struggles and situates them against the backdrop of the freedom movement. From...
Shifting Ground
People, Animals, and Mobility in India’s Environmental History
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Environmental history of India has developed as an important field of inquiry in the last twenty-five years. While providing major insights, the existing scholarship has primarily focused on drawing sharp lines of distinction - those between geographical spaces (forest, rivers, farms), people (herders,...
Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India
Making of the Maithili Movement
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Moving beyond the existing scholarship on language politics in north India which mainly focuses on Hindi–Urdu debates, Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India examines the formation of Maithili movement in the context of expansion of Hindi as the ‘national’ language. It revisits the...
by Nishikant Kolge
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
In 1909, while still in South Africa, Gandhi publicly decried the caste system for its inequalities. Shortly after his return to India though, he spoke of the generally beneficial aspects of caste. Gandhi’s writings on caste reflect contradictory views and his critics accuse him of neglecting the...
Nature in the City
Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
In a rapidly urbanizing India, what is the future of nature conservation? How does the march of development impact the conflict between nature and people in India’s cities? Exploring these questions, Nature in the City examines the past, present and future of nature in Bengaluru, one of India’s...
Sufism, Culture, and Politics
Afghans and Islam in Medieval North India
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
This book provides a political history of north India under Afghan rulers in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Focusing on interconnections between religion and politics, it also raises questions of paramount concern to an understanding of Islam in medieval north India. The book is...
Child Rights in India
Law, Policy, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Legislation is one of the most important tools for empowering children. It reflects the commitment of the state to promote an ideal and progressive value system. Recent years have seen several key developments in the law, policy, and practice related to child rights. Significantly, with the adoption...
Constitutional Questions and Citizens' Rights
An Omnibus comprising Constitutional Questions in India: The President, Parliament and the States and Citizens’ Rights, Judges and State Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2005
This omnibus brings together two highly acclaimed volumes of essays written by India's leading constitutional expert and political commentator, A.G. Noorani. The volume also includes nine new essays that examine key issue areas that emerged in the debate on institutions and citizens' rights later....
A Social History of Christianity
North-west India since 1800
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2018
The Christian community in India emerged from an Indian rather than a foreign or an imperial context. Its internal dynamics were shaped far more by Indian social realities than by missionary designs. This book presents a comprehensive social history of Christianity in north-west India, comprising...
The Future of Disability Law in India
A Critical Analysis of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
According to some estimates, there are around 20 to 60 million people with disability in India. For long this invisible minority went without any kind of protection or even legislation aimed at recognizing their basic rights. It was only in 1995 that the government passed the Persons with Disabilities...
by S.K. Das
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Today, India is one of the leading players on the global stage. It is competing with other countries not just in the marketplace but also in respect of its governance structures. This book underscores the need for creating a modern civil service, which epitomizes best practices overseas and in the...
The Telecom Revolution In India
Technology, Regulation, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
Telecom, a phenomenon of the 1990s, has been witnessing tremendous growth, contributing to more than 2 per cent of India's GDP. Once considered a luxury, it is now accessible to all sections of society. Penetrating to even the remotest corners of the country, it is now propelling a revolution. Next...
by M. Govinda Rao, Nirvikar Singh
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2006
This is a comprehensive work on India's fiscal federalism. The book surveys and analyses the evolution of fiscal federalism from the angle of political economy and brings to bear analytical skills of a very high order to assess and relate the political and administrative dimensions of India's federal...