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Bombay, Meri Jaan

Author : Jerry Pinto
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143029663
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Bombay, Meri Jaan written by Jerry Pinto and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2003 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When King Charles Ii Of England Married Princess Catherine De Braganza Of Portugal In 1661, He Received As Part Of His Dowry The Isles Of Bom Bahia, The Good Bay. Reclaimed From The Sea, These Would Become The Modern City Of Bombay. A Marriage Of Affluence And Abject Poverty, Where A Grey Concrete Jungle Is The Backdrop To A Heady Potpourri Of Ethnic, Linguistic And Religious Subcultures, Bombay, Renamed Mumbai After The Goddess Mumbadevi, Defies Definition. Bombay, Meri Jaan, Comprising Poems And Prose Pieces By Some Of The Biggest Names In Literature, In Addition To Cartoons, Photographs, A Song And A Bombay Duck Recipe, Tries To Capture The Spirit Of This Great Metropolis. Salman Rushdie, Pico Iyer, Dilip Chitre, Saadat Hasan Manto, V.S. Naipaul, Khushwant Singh And Busybee, Among Others, Write About Aspects Of The City: The High-Rise Apartments And The Slums; Camaraderie And Isolation In The Crowded Chawls; Bhelpuri On The Beach And Cricket In The Gully; The Women'S Compartment Of A Local Train; Encounter Cops Who Battle The Underworld; The Jazz Culture Of The Sixties; The Monsoon Floods; The Shiv Sena; The Cinema Halls; The Sea. Vibrant, Engaging And Provocative, This Is An Anthology As Rich And Varied As The City It Celebrates.

The Invention of Private Life

Author : Sudipta Kaviraj
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231539541
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Private Life written by Sudipta Kaviraj and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume, which lie at the intersection of the study of literature, social theory, and intellectual history, locate serious reflections on modernity's complexities in the vibrant currents of modern Indian literature, particularly in the realms of fiction, poetry, and autobiography. Sudipta Kaviraj shows that Indian writers did more than adopt new literary trends in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They deployed these innovations to interrogate fundamental philosophical questions of modernity. Issues central to modern European social theory grew into significant themes within Indian literary reflection, such as the influence of modernity on the nature of the self, the nature of historicity, the problem of evil, the character of power under the conditions of modern history, and the experience of power as felt by an individual subject of the modern state. How does modern politics affect the personality of a sensitive individual? Is love possible between intensely self-conscious people, and how do individuals cope with the transience of affections or the fragility of social ties? Kaviraj argues that these inquiries inform the heart of modern Indian literary tradition and that writers, such as Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sibnath Sastri, performed immeasurably important work helping readers to think through the predicament of modern times.

BOMBAY MERI JAAN

Author : Fiona Fernandez
Publisher : books catalog
ISBN 13 : 9788129105165
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book BOMBAY MERI JAAN written by Fiona Fernandez and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bombay Meri Jaan is a quiz book about an island city that is filled with millions of dreams and a never-say-die spirit. A kaleidoscope of people, places, sights, sounds and smells of this bustling megalopolis find their way into this quiz book. Interesting nuggets of information,trivia and hardcore facts are integral to the book. Be it the movie buff, the history freak, or the foodie,everyone can sink their teeth into these pages. Packed with 500 questions spread over ten chapters, you can get hooked on Sachin s cricket exploits or stop over for Mumbais delicious rasta fare. A veritable treat lies in store for anyone who wants to fall in love with Mumbai.

The Taste Of Happiness: Recipes of Biryani/ Pulao, Memories & More...

Author : Aysha Sheikh
Publisher : Clever Fox Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Taste Of Happiness: Recipes of Biryani/ Pulao, Memories & More... written by Aysha Sheikh and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a journey through the diverse flavors of biryanis, intricately woven with the threads of my nostalgic childhood memories. Within the pages, you will also discover a glimpse of my native land, Goa, through personally captured photography, adding a vivid and personal touch to the culinary and cultural narrative.

Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures

Author : Annalisa Oboe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136811729
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures written by Annalisa Oboe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern ideas of freedom and human rights have been repeatedly contested and are hotly debated at the beginning of the third millennium in response to new theories, needs, and challenges in contemporary life. This volume offers culturally diverse contributions to the debate on freedom from the literatures and arts of the postcolonial world, exploring experiences that evoke, desire, imagine, and perform freedom across five continents and two centuries of history. Experiences of Freedom opens with an introductory philosophical essay by Achille Mbembe and is divided into four sections that consider: • resisting history and colonialism • the right to move and to belong • the right to (believe in) free futures • imaginative freedom and critical engagement. Each section contains a piece of creative writing directly connected to these topics from authors Chris Abani, Anita Desai, Caryl Phillips, and Alexis Wright, followed by a selection of critical essays. Contributors: Chris Abani, Rochelle Almeida, Gil Anidjar, Jogamaya Bayer, Elena Bernardini, Anne Collett, Carmen Concilio, Paola Della Valle, Roberto Derobertis, Anita Desai, Lorna Down, Francesca Giommi, Gareth Griffiths, Dave Gunning, John C. Hawley, Peter H. Marsden, Russell McDougall, Achille Mbembe, Cinzia Mozzato, Kevin Newmark, Berndt Ostendorf, Mai Palmberg, Owen Percy, Kirsten Holst Petersen, Caryl Phillips, Annel Pieterse, Christiane Schlote, Nermeen Shaikh, Patrick Williams, Alexis Wright, and Robert J. C. Young.

Remember Me?

Author : Shobna Gulati
Publisher : Cassell
ISBN 13 : 1788402596
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Remember Me? written by Shobna Gulati and published by Cassell. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afterword by Alzheimer's Research UK. 'Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation' - Lemn Sissay 'Lucid and probing' - Guardian 'Wonderful and emotional, a masterpiece of resilience.' - Emma Kennedy Remember Me? is a memoir about caring for a parent with dementia and the memories that resurface in the process. In her first book, Shobna Gulati sets out to reclaim her mother's past after her death, and in turn, discovers a huge amount about herself and their relationship. Remember Me? captures the powerful emotions that these memories hold to both Shobna and her mother; secrets they had collectively buried and also the concealment of her mother's condition. What ensues is a story of cultural assimilation, identity and familial shame.

Shaam-e-Awadh

Author : Veena Talwar Oldenburg
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9352140990
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Shaam-e-Awadh written by Veena Talwar Oldenburg and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1528 the Mughal Sultanate conquered and formally incorporated Awadh as one of its constituent provinces. With the decline of Mughal power the nawab-vazirs of Awadh began to assert their independence. After the East India Company appropriated half of Awadh as 'indenmity', the then nawab, Asaf'ud Daulah, moved his capital to Lucknow in 1775. A move that resulted in the growth of the city and its distinctive culture known as'Lakhnavi tehzeeb'. Since then, nawabi Lucknow has undergone enormous changes. The refinement of 'pehle aap' has all but disappeared. Originally built to support a hundred thousand people, amid palaces, gardens and orchards, the city now staggers under the burden of fifty times that number. Its unchecked growth and collapsed civic amenities are slowly draining the life and beauty of this once vibrant city. The rich and flamboyant culture has faded amidst the decay that has eaten into the fabric of the city and the corruption and treachery that permeate the government. In separate pieces William Dalrymple and Barry Bearak trace the decline of Lucknow---the city, its architecture, people, politics, governance---and the sad end of the havelis and their once grandiose occupants. The elegiac Marsia tradition of the Shias strives to be heard over angry chants of 'Hulla Bol' of political rallies in Mrinal Pande's account of her visit to the city. And, in his hyperbolic saga of seven generations of the fictional Anglo-Indian Trotter family, I. Allan Sealy meanders through two hundred years of Lucknow's chequered history. However, despite the apparent disintegration, Lucknow's ineffable spirit can still be found---in the tantalizing flavours of Lakhnavi cuisine; the delicate artistry of chikankari; the legendary courtesans and the defiant voice of the rekhti; the melodious notes of the ghazaI and the thumri ... Engaging and thoughtful, Shaam-e-Awadh: Writings on Lucknow celebrates the unique character of this city of carnivals and calamities.

Why Loiter?

Author : Shilpa Phadke
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0143415956
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Why Loiter? written by Shilpa Phadke and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2011 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting an original take on women’s safety in the cities of twenty-first century India, Why Loiter? maps the exclusions and negotiations that women from different classes and communities encounter in the nation’s urban public spaces. Basing this book on more than three years of research in Mumbai, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade argue that though women’s access to urban public space has increased, they still do not have an equal claim to public space in the city. And they raise the question: can women’s access to public space be viewed in isolation from that of other marginal groups? Going beyond the problem of the real and implied risks associated with women’s presence in public, they draw from feminist theory to argue that only by celebrating loitering—a radical act for most Indian women—can a truly equal, global city be created.

City Flicks

Author : Preben Kaarsholm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City Flicks written by Preben Kaarsholm and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth of Indian film production, the significance of cinema in Indian society within and beyond India, and the rapid expansion of Indian cities and the urban lifestyle are closely linked phenomena. The relationship between cinema and modernity in the Indian context is both complex and multifaceted, and in this volume, some of the leading names in film and cultural studies explore its many dimensions. The introductory essay sets the parameters of the discussions to follow, analysing the interfaces between cinematic representation, globalization and city life. The essays range from discussions of urbanity and film language to realism and the Indian city in Bengali film of the 1940s; from the cultural resonances of popular Hindi film songs and the idea of the 'city' to realism and fantasy in cinematic representations of metropolitan Indian life; from cinematic aspects of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children to genre, narrative form and film style in contemporary Indian urban action films; from the complexities of female spectatorship for the urban vigilantism of Telugu heroine Vijayasanthi, to an analysis of the current primacy of 'Bollywood' in today's media-driven urban environment; and finally, to the cultural impact and influence of Indian films in diaspora communities in Fiji, Australia, Nigeria and South Africa. Dealing as it does with the intersection of vital contemporary cultural phenomena-cinema, the city, and the modern-these thought provoking essays are a valuable addition to current scholarship in the field.

Mantras of Change

Author : Lak
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143065579
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Mantras of Change written by Lak and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mantras Of Change: Reporting India In A Time Of Flux Brings To The Fore The Face Of A New India, A Country That Is In A Constant And Prolonged State Of Social And Economic Ferment, Largely Driven By The Aspirations Of People At Every Level, Fuelled By The Many Forces That Are Beyond The Control Of The Government Or The Increasingly Powerful Private Sector. Bullock Carts And Snake Charmers Are Deliberately Set Aside As Lak Offers A Glimpse Of Life In Changing India Based On His Travels And Encounters With People Along The Way. Witty And Provocative, The Essays Talk About The Information Technology Boom And Its Impact, The Sexual Revolution, Environmental Degradation, The Breakdown Of Family Structures And, Of Course, Poverty And Caste. In A Series Of Sharply Drawn Portraits, The Book Introduces Us To A Policeman Working In Death Squads, Hindu Priests Striving To Save The Environment, Hiv-Positive Women Dying A Dignified Death, Old Soldiers From The Opposite Sides Of Intractable Conflicts Showing Genuine Affection For Each Other, And Several Sexual Advice Counsellors. Above All, Mantras Of Change Is An Effort To Share With The Readers Lak&Rsquo;S Idea Of India And His Love Affair With A Glorious And Perplexing Land.

The Soul of Mumbai

Author : Ivan Raskino
Publisher : Ivan Raskino
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soul of Mumbai written by Ivan Raskino and published by Ivan Raskino. This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

BollySwar: 2001 - 2010

Author : Param Arunachalam
Publisher : Mavrix Infotech Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 8193848209
Total Pages : 2582 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book BollySwar: 2001 - 2010 written by Param Arunachalam and published by Mavrix Infotech Private Limited. This book was released on with total page 2582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BollySwar is a decade-wise compendium of information about the music of Hindi films. Volume 8 chronicles the Hindi film music of the decade between 2001 and 2010. This volume catalogues more than 1000 films and 8000 songs, involving more than 2000 music directors, lyricists and singers. An overview of the decade highlights the key artists of the decade - music directors, lyricists and singers - and discusses the emerging trends in Hindi film music. A yearly review provides listings of the year's top artists and songs and describes the key milestones of the year in Hindi film music. The bulk of the book provides the song listing of every Hindi film album released in the decade. Basic information about each film's cast and crew is provided and detailed music credits are provided. Where available, music credits go beyond information regarding music directors, lyricists and singers, and include the names of session musicians, assistants, programmers, arrangers, mixers, recordists, etc. Where applicable, music related awards are listed. Interesting trivia is listed for most films, more than 1500 in all. This includes information about artist debuts, plagiarised or sampled songs, controversies and stories behind the making of the film and its music. This book is primarily meant as a quick reference for people looking for information related to a Hindi film or a song, but readers can also browse through the book to get an overview of the events that shaped Bollywood music in the decade. Given that Hindi films are a reflection of the Indian society, the reader can also glean insights about the country's socio-political and cultural environment from the book.

The Contemporary Novel and the City

Author : S. Khanna
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137336250
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book The Contemporary Novel and the City written by S. Khanna and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the deeply divided terrain of the twentieth century city and its formative impact on narrative fiction. It focuses on two major 'world authors' at the two ends of the twentieth century who write, systematically, about the colonial and postcolonial cities they were born in: James Joyce and Dublin, and Salman Rushdie and Bombay.

Outlook

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-11 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Omnium Gatherum

Author : H. V. Nathan
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1948424991
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Omnium Gatherum written by H. V. Nathan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-12-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In turn amusing and poignant, Nathan’s vignettes make for engaging reading. I thoroughly enjoyed them, and so shall you” – Jug Suraiya With fascinating insight, H.V. Nathan weaves several magnificent stories, anecdotes and episodes that pulsate with the quality of a gifted observer, who portrays people and events that make the essence of modern India’s vibrant cities. Stimulating or satirical; perceptive or amusing, Nathan’s themes alternate between the comic relief he finds as a commuter in a jam-packed train; the enigmas he finds as an insider in the grimy world of politics and the entertainment he shares in the melting pot of an urban scenario, thanks to his talent as a linguist. As an aide to a prominent politician and across a career that bridged Kolkata and Mumbai, Nathan views the pan-Indian scene around him with a tinge of irreverent humour, often mirroring the Common Man, immortalized by eminent cartoonist R.K. Laxman, as the inevitable hero. An excellent communicator, Nathan impressed V.S Naipaul enough to devote a whole chapter to this self-effacing man in his tome India: A Million Mutinies Now. Omnium Gatherum now presents Nathan as an author who can engross you in his scintillating sketch of India, in a book that you will mull over long after you have read it.

Memories and Postmemories of the Partition of India

Author : Anjali Gera Roy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429017367
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Memories and Postmemories of the Partition of India written by Anjali Gera Roy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the afterlife of Partition as imprinted on the memories and postmemories of Hindu and Sikh survivors from West Punjab to foreground the intersection between history, memory and narrative. It shows how survivors script their life stories to reinscribe tragic tales of violence and abjection into triumphalist sagas of fortitude, resilience, industry, enterprise and success. At the same time, it reveals the silences, stutters and stammers that interrupt survivors’ narrations to bring attention to the untold stories repressed in their consensual narratives. By drawing upon current research in history, memory, narrative, violence, trauma, affect, home, nation, borders, refugees and citizenship, the book analyzes the traumatizing effects of both the tangible and intangible violence of Partition by tracing the survivors’ journey from refugees to citizens as they struggle to make new homes and lives in an unhomely land. Moreover, arguing that the event of Partition radically transformed the notions of home, belonging, self and community, it shows that individuals affected by Partition produce a new ethics and aesthetic of displacement and embody new ways of being in the world. An important contribution to the field of Partition studies, this book will be of interest to researchers on South Asian history, memory, partition and postcolonial studies.

Postcolonial Urban Outcasts

Author : Madhurima Chakraborty
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317195884
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Postcolonial Urban Outcasts written by Madhurima Chakraborty and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extending current scholarship on South Asian Urban and Literary Studies, this volume examines the role of the discontents of the South Asian city. The collection investigates how South Asian literature and literature about South Asia attends to urban margins, regardless of whether the definition of margin is spatial, psychological, gendered, or sociopolitical. That cities are a site of profound paradoxes is nowhere clearer than in South Asia, where urban areas simultaneously represent both the frontiers of globalization as well as the deeply troubling social and political inequalities of the global south. Additionally, because South Asian cities are defined by the palimpsestic confluence of, among other things, colonial oppression, anticolonial nationalism, postcolonial governance, and twenty-first century transnational capital, they are sites where the many faces of empowerment and disempowerment are elaborated. The volume brings together essays that emphasize myriad critical approaches—geospatial, urban-theoretical, diasporic, subaltern, and others. United in their critical empathy for urban outcasts, the chapters respond to central questions such as: What is the relationship between the politico-economic narratives of globally emerging South Asian cities and the dispossessed? How do South Asian cities stand in relationship to the nation and, conversely, how might South Asians in diaspora construct these cities within larger narratives of development, globalization, or as sources of authentic ethnic identities? How is the very skeleton—the space, the territory—of South Asian cities marked with and by exclusionary politics? How do the aesthetic and formal choices undertaken by writers determine the potential for and limit to emancipation of urban outcasts from their oppressive circumstances? Considering fiction, nonfiction, comics, and genre fiction from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka; literature from the twentieth and the twenty-first century; and works that are Anglophone and those that are in translation, this book will be valuable to a range of disciplines.