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Akhada

Author : Saurabh Duggal
Publisher : Hachette India
ISBN 13 : 9351951359
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Akhada written by Saurabh Duggal and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2017-01-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring story of one of India?s greatest wrestling coaches. In 2000, after the Olympic Games closed with much fanfare in Sydney, legendary wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat watched, dejected, as the prize reserved by his state government for the winner of an Olympic gold medal went unclaimed. Determined to never see this instance repeated, Phogat decided to do the unthinkable. Much to his neighbours? curiosity, he spent two days digging a pit in his courtyard and asked his young daughters and nieces to join him there at the break of dawn one day. Little did they know that this unusual command from their father would change their lives forever. Yet, each of their wins in the ring, every ambition he had for them, came at great personal cost. In the small village of Balali in Haryana, a state infamous for its practice of female foeticide and low literacy rates, Phogat had to battle not just deep social stigma and an apathetic government but also a disapproving family and personal tragedy to train the girls in his sport. Akhada tells the remarkable story of a man of tremendous fortitude, of a father who fought against all odds to give his daughters a future they could not have dreamed for themselves.

Cities in South Asia

Author : Crispin Bates
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317565134
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Cities in South Asia written by Crispin Bates and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalisation has long historical roots in South Asia, but economic liberalisation has led to uniquely rapid urban growth in South Asia during the past decade. This book brings together a multidisciplinary collection of chapters on contemporary and historical themes explaining this recent explosive growth and transformations on-going in the cities of this region. The essays in this volume attempt to shed light on the historical roots of these cities and the traditions that are increasingly placed under strain by modernity, as well as exploring the lived experience of a new generation of city dwellers and their indelible impact on those who live at the city’s margins. The book discusses that previously, cities such as Mumbai grew by accumulating a vast hinterland of slum-dwellers who depressed wages and supplied cheap labour to the city’s industrial economy. However, it goes on to show that the new growth of cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Madras in south India, or Delhi and Calcutta in the north of India, is more capital-intensive, export-driven, and oriented towards the information technology and service sectors. The book explains that these cities have attracted a new elite of young, educated workers, with money to spend and an outlook on life that is often a complex mix of modern ideas and conservative tradition. It goes on to cover topics such as the politics of town planning, consumer culture, and the struggles among multiple identities in the city. By tracing the genealogies of cities, it gives a useful insight into the historical conditioning that determines how cities negotiate new changes and influences. There will soon be more mega cities in South Asia than anywhere else in the world, and this book provides an in-depth analysis of this growth. It will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian History, Politics and Anthropology, as well as those working in the fields of urbanisation and globalisation.

Gender, Sexuality, Decolonization

Author : Ahonaa Roy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000330192
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Gender, Sexuality, Decolonization written by Ahonaa Roy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new approach to the understanding of non-normative sexuality and gender transgressive modes in South Asia and South Asian diaspora. It reconceives sexual representation from the point of view of the theoretical, political and empirical trajectories of decolonization, provincialization and neoliberalism to look at the role of historical contingency, postcolonial sexual politics and gender and sexual diversity. The volume brings together anthropological, historical, material and political analyses around South Asian sexual politics by exploring a range of themes, including culture, class, ethnicity, identity, intersectionality, migration, borders, diaspora, modernity and cosmopolitanism across various local, regional and global contexts. By using southern/non-Western and subaltern theorizations of gender and sexuality, the book discusses South Asian sexualities through issues such as the sexual politics of indeterminacy; sexual subculture, iconography and political decision-making; religious identity; queer South Asian diaspora; decolonizing the postcolonial body; sexual politics, gender and feminist debates; discrimination, and socio-political violence; the political economy of empowerment; and critical appropriation of the 377 Indian Penal Code. It also builds forms of dialogues to bridge the gap between academic and development practitioners. With diverse case studies and a fresh theoretical framework, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of South Asian studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, sociology and social anthropology, political studies, diaspora studies, postcolonial and global south studies.

Once Upon A Blink

Author : Pujith Gayon
Publisher : The Alcove Publishers
ISBN 13 : 8197061084
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon A Blink written by Pujith Gayon and published by The Alcove Publishers. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive headfirst into ONCE UPON A BLINK, where Gayon serves bite-sized stories with king-sized emotions. Journey from heart-tugging love tales to rollicking romps with mythical creatures, each piece a brilliant splash in the vast canvas of human experiences. Ready for a whirlwind tour of fantasy, science, and soul? Don’t forget to pack your sense of wonder, a handkerchief (for unexpected tears), and perhaps a chuckle or two. After all, where else can star-crossed lovers share pages with dancing dragons, and life’s poignant moments collide with bursts of humour? Gayon promises tales so entrancing, they’ll leave you craving another read... in just the blink of an eye. Blink and miss? Not on Gayon’s watch! Join the literary ride that’s making bookworms everywhere refuse to blink! Hey! don’t miss out, or you’ll be left wondering what wonders were just a blink away...

The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in India

Author : Rajnarayan Chandavarkar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521525954
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in India written by Rajnarayan Chandavarkar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major study of the relationship between labour and capital in India's economic development in the early twentieth-century. The author considers the spread of capitalism and the growth of the cotton textile industry.

Divine Prostitution

Author : Nagendra Kr Singh
Publisher : APH Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788170248217
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Divine Prostitution written by Nagendra Kr Singh and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Holy CEO: An Autobiography

Author : Christian Fabre
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 8184951981
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book The Holy CEO: An Autobiography written by Christian Fabre and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian Fabre’s life was nothing less than a roller-coaster ride. He was far away from home, he had a broken marriage, was penniless, and without a job. The evolution of Swami Pranavananda Brahmendra Avadhuta from the down-on-his-luck French entrepreneur who had witnessed several ups and downs in his business, is an inspiring story. Ironically, the very name that he renounced has become famous all over India today, as more and more Christian Fabre stores open up in numerous cities. After his ordainment as a Naga Swami (a renunciate naked Hindu monk), his beloved Guru gave him an astounding directive – his career in fashionable garments had to be his sadhana (spiritual practice). He had to be in the marketplace, but not of it; he had to bring Spirituality into the material world. Successfully straddling the seemingly opposing worlds of Spirituality and international fashion wear, the Press calls him the ‘Anti-Trump’ or the ‘Naked Emperor of Ready-to-Wear’. This is his story, in his words...

Imperial Power and Popular Politics

Author : Rajnarayan Chandavarkar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521596923
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Imperial Power and Popular Politics written by Rajnarayan Chandavarkar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-11 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this series of interconnected essays, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar offers a powerful revisionist analysis of the relationship between class and politics in India between the Mutiny and Independence. Dr Chandavarkar rejects the 'Orientalist' view of Indian social and economic development as exceptional and somehow distinct from that prevailing in capitalist societies elsewhere, and reasserts the critical role of the working classes in shaping the pattern of Indian capitalist development. Sustained in argument and elegant in exposition, these essays represent a major contribution not only to the history of the Indian working classes, but to the history of industrial capitalism and colonialism as a whole. Imperial Power and Popular Politics will be essential reading for all scholars and students of recent political, economic, and social history, social theory, and cultural and colonial studies.--Publisher description.

Coolies of the Empire

Author : Ashutosh Kumar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108225691
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Coolies of the Empire written by Ashutosh Kumar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies Indian overseas labour migration in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which involved millions of Indians traversing the globe in the age of empire, subsequent to the abolition of slavery in 1833. This migration led to the presence of Indians and their culture being felt all over the world. This study delves deep into the lives of these indentured workers from India who called themselves girmitiyas; it is a narrative of their experiences in India and in the sugar colonies abroad. It foregrounds the alternative world view of the girmitiyas, and their socio-cultural and religious life in the colonies. In this book, the author has developed highly original insights into the experience of colonial indentured migrant labour, describing the ways in which migrants managed to survive and even flourish within the interstices of the indentured labour system and how considerably the experience of migration changed over time.

A Citygraphy of Panchpuri Haridwar

Author : Ashish Kumar
Publisher : Clever Fox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Citygraphy of Panchpuri Haridwar written by Ashish Kumar and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haridwar has hills, forest, river, plane fields, canal, and in between them the temple town, which makes it a complete city of God. When a baby is born, his family takes him to the Haridwar to perform its Mundane (hair cut ceremony) rituals.… In the past centuries and even nowadays people at a very young age, come to the city to get the knowledge of Vedic ritual at gurukuls. On many auspicious occasions like marriage, people visit the city to take a bath in the sacred river Ganga. After the death, the family members take the ashes to immerse it in the holy river Ganga for the peace of soul. Here, you can explore many places and get vast knowledge in various subjects like Indian Vedic culture, yoga and even learn the Sanskrit language. So, explore the mythology, culture, temples, places to visit, things to do, places to eat, and much more about Haridwar like never before in “The Citygraphy of holy town Haridwar” People visit the place from different parts of the country and abroad. People of different ages get other enthusiasm to visit this holy place. Like an aged person would think- Oh! We are going to Ganga Maa's place, I will visit all the temples, and I will offer different offerings to God. Similarly, a young married man might want to go there to celebrate holidays with his family, as this is a great place to visit. Perhaps a picture will come in the minds of children to buy toys from Mota market in the name of going to Haridwar and view the city from Maa Mansa Devi and Maa Chandi Devi Temple. When young people make a trip towards the Himalayas, they usually make a night stay at Haridwar. People come here to visit in groups from colleges and offices. Often, people of the group first enjoy a forest safari in Rajaji National Park and then go rafting in the Rishikesh River. One thing remains common in the plan of each individual and that is to witness the evening Aarti of Goddess Ganga at Hari ki Pauri. That sound of Chanting of Mantras with temple bells

Saints, Gurus and Mystics of India

Author : Giriraj Shah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saints, Gurus and Mystics of India written by Giriraj Shah and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Music Contexts

Author : Ashok Damodar Ranade
Publisher : Bibliophile South Asia
ISBN 13 : 9788185002637
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Music Contexts written by Ashok Damodar Ranade and published by Bibliophile South Asia. This book was released on 2006 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia

Author : Hussain Zaidi
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 8174368183
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (743 download)

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Book Synopsis Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia by : Hussain Zaidi

Download or read book Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia written by Hussain Zaidi and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dongri to Dubai is the first ever attempt to chronicle the history of the Mumbai mafia. It is the story of notorious gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Varadarajan Mudaliar, Chhota Rajan, Abu Salem, but above all, it is the story of a young man who went astray despite having a father in the police force. Dawood Ibrahim was initiated into crime as a pawn in the hands of the Mumbai police and went on to wipe out the competition and eventually became the Mumbai police’s own nemesis.The narrative encompasses several milestones in the history of crime in India, from the rise of the Pathans, formation of the Dawood gang, the first ever supari, mafia’s nefarious role in Bollywood, Dawood’s move to Karachi, and Pakistan’s subsequent alleged role in sheltering one of the most wanted persons in the world.This story is primarily about how a boy from Dongri became a don in Dubai, and captures his bravado, cunningness, focus, ambition, and lust for power in a gripping narrative. The meticulously researched book provides an in-depth and comprehensive account of the mafia’s games of supremacy and internecine warfare.

The Mers of Saurashtra Revisited and Studied in the Light of Socio-cultural Change and Cross-cousin Marriage

Author : Harshad R. Trivedi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788170220442
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Mers of Saurashtra Revisited and Studied in the Light of Socio-cultural Change and Cross-cousin Marriage written by Harshad R. Trivedi and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cultures of Ageing and Ageism in India

Author : Kaustav Bakshi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003852238
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Cultures of Ageing and Ageism in India by : Kaustav Bakshi

Download or read book Cultures of Ageing and Ageism in India written by Kaustav Bakshi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the discourses on ageing and ageism in Indian culture, politics, art and society. It explores its representations and the anxieties, fears and vulnerabilities associated with ageing. The volume looks at ageing within the contexts of the larger discourses of gender, sexuality, nation, health and the performance and politics of ageing. The chapters grapple with diverse issues around ageing and elder care in contemporary India, shifts in socio-economic conditions and the breakdown of the heteropatriarchal family. The book includes personal accounts and narratives that detail the daily experiences of ageing and living with disease, anxiety, loneliness and loss for both elders and their friends and families. The book also explores the models of alternative networks of kinship and care that queer elders in India create in India as well as examining narratives—in society, art, sports and popular culture that both critique and challenge stereotypical ideas about the desires, aspirations, and mental and physical capabilities of elders. Topical and comprehensive, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of gerontology, literature, cultural studies, popular culture, sociology, social psychology, queer studies, gender studies, social anthropology, and South Asian studies.

Sacred Complex in Orissa

Author : N. Patnaik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Complex in Orissa written by N. Patnaik and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study with special reference to Puri, India and Shri Jagannath Temple.

MahaakaaLeshwar, Omkaareshwar, Baeidyanath.

Author : Trilochan Dash
Publisher : Trilochan Dash
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book MahaakaaLeshwar, Omkaareshwar, Baeidyanath. written by Trilochan Dash and published by Trilochan Dash. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous JyotirLinga of MahaakaaLeshwar is situated over the bank of the sacred river Shipra. Lord Omkaareshwar's temple is situated over an Island inside the river Narmadaa. On the other side of Narmada is the temple of Lord Maamaleshwar. Lord Baeidyanath's temple, situated in Deoghar. One of the old Tapovana also exists near Deoghar. This book talks in detail of all these deities, the places around them and their spiritual and scriptural significance.