Orient Blackswan: 280 books
by Susan E. Chaplin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Politics of Sanitation in India examines how the environmental problems confronting Indian cities have arisen and subsequently forced millions of people to live in illegal settlements that lack adequate sanitation, and other basic urban services. This has occurred because of two factors. The first...
FDI in India
History, Policy and the Asian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Will large corporate giants monopolise and take over highly profitable sectors? Will the government have effective control over these companies? How will FDI affect local businesses? These are frequently asked questions and FDI in India is a comprehensive study that attempts to answer them. The volume...
by Lucien D Benichou
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
This book tells of the events which led, in September 1948, to the integration of the princely state of Hyderabadthe largest and the richest of the princely statesinto the Indian Union. Over the centuries the area of Hyderabad State which covered most of the central part of the Deccan Plateau, remained...
Decentring Empire
Britain, India and the Transcolonial World (1 Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This volume charts a new direction in the study of British imperialism, its impact on India and other colonial territories, and its influence in propelling the forces of globalisation. Moving beyond the standard model of a bilateral circuit between imperial centre and colonial periphery, it highlights...
George Joseph
The Life and Times of a Kerala Christian Nationalist
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
This book looks at the life of George Joseph (18871938), a South Indian Christian nationalist whose contributions to the Indian freedom struggle have been generally neglected in the literature of the Indian national movement. The book is not a straightforward biography; it attempts to place the subject...
Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari
Vol. I 190721
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (18781972), popularly known as Rajaji, was the first Governor General of independent India (194850). A lawyer by profession, he was drawn into the non-violent nationalist movement steered by Mahatma Gandhi and came to be known as his ‘conscience-keeper’. He was awarded...
Society and History of Gujarat since 1800
A Select Bibliography of the English and European Language Sources
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book consolidates scholarship on Gujarat in English and other European languages, notably, Dutch, German, French, Italian and Portuguese. It draws together well-known sources, as well as rare and under-exploited research material. Detailed bibliographical references are provided for books, chapters,...
Subjugated Nomads
The Lambadas under the Rule of the Nizams
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
his book traces the historical transition of the Lambada community of Hyderabad State under the Nizams during colonial rule. The study spans nearly two centuries—from the early eighteenth to about the middle of the twentieth century. The author shows how this community, originally caravan traders,...
27 Down
New Departures in Indian Railway Studies (1 Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Hitherto, the study of India’s railways has run along a few, increasingly well-travelled tracks. The central goal of 27 Down with its nine, new, railway-related studies—and much else—is to explore some of the neglected dimensions of India’s colonial and postcolonial railways. The contributors,...
Nature, Environment and Society
Conservation, Governance and Transformation in India
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
The future of humanity lies uncertain as nature falls prey to the loot and plunder initiated in the name of development, growth and progress today. As the vast riches of the earth continue to be endangered, a global consciousness regarding the importance of natural resources, biodiversity, etc. is on...
India’s Foreign Policy
Coping with the Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
India’s Foreign Policy: Principles, Challenges and Strategies traces the values and principles that have shaped India’s foreign policy and its evolution starting from the Non-Aligned Movement, up to the end of the Cold War; decline of multilateralism and the nation state; and the challenges of...
Women in Malayalam Cinema
Naturalising Gender Hierarchies
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
"Drawing on contemporary critical theories and academic debates, Women in Malayalam Cinema: Naturalising Gender Hierarchies analyses Malayalam cinema and the question of women from different perspectives. In its focus on woman-cinema interface, as depicted in a century of Malayalam cinema, this book...
by Chidananda Das Gupta
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
What is a good film? How does a screenplay relate to literature? Why is film censorship futile? Are film societies necessary? Does Bengali cinema still huddle under Satyajit Ray’s umbrella? Is the golden age of Indian cinema still to come? These are some of the questions raised and considered in this...
by H. Ronken Lynton
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
In the 1930s the reputation of Indian classical dance had sunk to such a level that for a woman of respectable family to perform in public was enough to create scandal. Today training in classical dance is considered a desirable social grace for girls from good families and many of them are trying to...