Krishna - India 1

Caste and gender are complex markers of difference that have traditionally been addressed in isolation from each other, with a presumptive maleness present in most studies of Dalits (“untouchables”)……続きを見る

India and Her Futures is a collection of essays by one of India's most prolific public intellectuals, Gopalkrishna Gandhi. As a former public servant, diplomat and scholar, his contribution to think……続きを見る

This essay examines the history of the Indian subcontinent and the Partition of 1947 from a pedagogical perspective. How does education shape political rivalry and hostility? The Partition of the In……続きを見る

It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with truth, and as my life consists of nothing but those experiments, it is true that……続きを見る

This book delves into the concept and definition of social movements from different perspectives with relevance to India. It offers critical insight into the fundamental and ongoing debates and trea……続きを見る

Received a special citation from The de la Torre Bueno© First Book Award Committee of the Dance Studies Association (2020). The book has been hailed as "an invaluable addition to the scholarship on ……続きを見る

The idea of social capital allows scholars to assess the quality of relationships among people within a particular community and show how that quality affects the ability to achieve shared goals. Wi……続きを見る

Reveals how imperial power and local resistance have shaped landscapes The perception, valuation, and manipulation of human environments all have their own layered histories. So Sumit Guha argues in……続きを見る

Through an exploration of subjects such as Gandhi impersonators, performance artists, and ritual participants, Mimetic Desires makes an intervention toward understanding the phenomenon of impersonat……続きを見る

This multilayered historical ethnography of Bodh Gaya ー the place of Buddha’s enlightenment in the north Indian state of Bihar ー explores the spatial politics surrounding the transformation of the……続きを見る

When asked about his message to the world, the Mahatma famously said, ‘My life is my message.’ In him there was no room for contradiction between thought and action. His life in its totality is a se……続きを見る

This is the second of the three part series on Indian kings. In this part you will be able to review the biographies of: Part II Ashoka Ambareesha Parashurama Bali 続きを見る

This is the first part of the two part series on the greatest Indian thinkers 1.  B.R. Ambedkar 2.  Dr. M. VISVESVARAYA 3. Basaveshwara 4. Dayanand 5. Rammohun Roy続きを見る

This is the third part of the three part series which include the following: Part III Ramanujacharya Madhwacharya Shankaracharya Swami Vivekananda Bhakta Tukaram 続きを見る

The book is the second part of the two part series on Indian Thinkers featuring the following TENALI RAMAKRISHNA BANKIM CHANDRA ANAND COOMARASWAMY VIDURA CHANAKYA 続きを見る

Three part series featuring the Indian Saints. The first part has the following: Part I – This book Narayana Guru Mahaveera Bahubali Dhondo Keshav Karve Ramana Maharishi続きを見る

The book features the following warriors of India. ABHIMANYU BHISHMA EKALAVYA KARNA VIBHEESHANA LAKSHMANA SHIVAJI 続きを見る

The title covers the five great kings of India. This is the first of three part series Bhageeratha Hakka-Bukka Kharavela Yudhishtra 続きを見る

From the fluttering fabric of a tent, to the blurred motion of the potter’s wheel, to the rhythm of a horse puppet’s wooden hoovesーthese scenes make up a set of mid-1980s art exhibitions as part of……続きを見る

The global is an instituted perspective, not just an empirical process. Adopted initially by the British in order to make sense of their polyglot territorial empire, the global perspective served to……続きを見る

What sustains and remakes family and community through migration? For centuries, people from Mustang, Nepal, have relied on agriculture, pastoralism, and trade as a way of life. Seasonal migrations ……続きを見る

A pioneering analysis of exemplary feature films Commercial cinema has been among the most powerful vectors of social and aesthetic modernization in South Asia. So argues Iftikhar Dadi in his provoc……続きを見る

Whether from the perspective of Islamic law’s advocates, secularism’s partisans, or communities caught in their crossfire, many people see the relationship between Islamic law and secularism as anta……続きを見る

Who should bear the cost of protecting charismatic wildlife? Following the downgrading of the snow leopard’s status from “endangered” to “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of N……続きを見る

Enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border have posed conceptual and pragmatic challenges to both states since Partition in 1947. These pieces of India inside of Bangladesh, and vice versa, are spac……続きを見る

This book is part of a series of books aimed at disseminating the accurate history of India drawn from the primary sources. History writing, especially about the medieval Muslim rule has been fraugh……続きを見る

Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as “personal devotion,” bhakti nonetheles……続きを見る

From approximately the third century BCE through the thirteenth century CE, the remote mountainous landscape around the glacial sources of the Ganga (Ganges) River in the Central Himalayas in northe……続きを見る

In the enchanted world of Braj, the primary pilgrimage center in north India for worshippers of Krishna, each stone, river, and tree is considered sacred. In Climate Change and the Art of Devotion, ……続きを見る

Caste, class, and development converge in a booming metropolis Over the course of the twentieth century, Bombay’s population grew twentyfold as the city became increasingly industrialized and cosmop……続きを見る