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India

Author : Various
Publisher : Europa Editions UK
ISBN 13 : 1787702979
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book India written by Various and published by Europa Editions UK. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD (2022), ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR*** The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, and reportage from around the world. Its aim, to break down barriers and introduce the essence of the place. Packed with essays and investigative journalism; original photography and illustrations; charts, and unusual facts and observations, each volume offers a unique insight into a different culture, and how history has shaped the place into what it is today. Brimming with intricate research and enduring wonder, The Passenger is a love-letter to global travel. IN THIS VOLUME, Arundhati Roy, Prem Shankar Jha, Tishani Doshi explore the contradictory, terrible and joyful chaos that lies at the heart of India. From its very first contact with the West, India has been subject to great mystification as the survival of ancient rituals, and its variety of languages and cultures, continues to fascinate the world. This narrative is intertwined with a newer one that sees the frenetic change of a society at the forefront of innovation. Success stories coexist alongside stories of daily struggle. A large slice of the population still does not have access to drinking water, and agriculture (still the main source of livelihood for most of the 1.3 billion people who live there) is threatened by climate change. India is a country that does not know how to eradicate one of the most infamous forms of classism/racism: the caste system. From the resistance of the Kashmiri people to that of atheists – hated by all religious communities – from the dances of the 'hijra' in Koovagam to the success of the female wrestler Vinesh Phogat, learn about the contradictory, terrible and joyful chaos that lies at the heart of India.

The Passenger: India

Author : The Passenger
Publisher : Europa Editions
ISBN 13 : 1609456718
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Passenger: India written by The Passenger and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey into today’s India through essays, photography, and more, shortlisted for a 2022 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. Since its earliest interactions with the West, India has been the object of a gross misinterpretation, a vague association with ideas of peace, spiritualism, the magic of the fakirs. Constantly reframed and mythologized by Westerners fleeing their supposedly rationalist societies, India continues to fascinate with its millennia-old history, shrines on every street corner, ancient beliefs and rituals, and unique linguistic and cultural diversity. Today this picture is mixed with that of a society changing at a frenetic pace and at the forefront of the digital revolution—a “shining India” of dynamic, fast-expanding megalopolises. Yet these success stories coexist with the daily plight of the large section of its population without access to drinking water or a toilet, with a rural economy (still employing the majority of its over 1.3 billion inhabitants) that depends on monsoons for irrigation and is threatened by climate change. The greatest democratic experiment ever attempted, India remains plagued by one of the vilest forms of class and racial discrimination, the caste system, exacerbated by the Hindu nationalist regime. All things considered, though, it’s hard to find a more dynamic and optimistic country or, as Arundhati Roy puts it, “a more irredeemably chaotic people.” This volume aims to depict India’s chaos and its contradictions, its terror and its joy, from the struggle of the Kashmiris to that of non-believers (hated by all religious sects), from the dances of the hijra in Koovagam to the success of the wrestler Vinesh Phogat, a symbol of the women who seek to free themselves from the oppressive patriarchal mores. Despite the obstacles and steps back, India continues its journey on the long path toward freedom and toward ending poverty for some of the world’s most destitute. Included are writings on: Caste: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by Arundhati Roy · The Invention of Hindu Nationalism by Prem Shankar Jha · No Country for Women by Tishani Doshi · Plus: the grand ambitions of the world’s most underrated space program, Bollywood’s obsession with Swiss landscapes, an ode to Bengali food, eagerly awaiting the monsoon, the wrestler tackling stereotypes and much more . . . “These books are so rich and engrossing that it is rewarding to read them even when one is stuck at home.” —The Times Literary Supplement

The passenger

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788408236832
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The passenger written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

India Calling

Author : Anand Giridharadas
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458763099
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book India Calling written by Anand Giridharadas and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reversing his parents immigrant path, a young writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new. Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, Were all trying to go that way, pointing to the rear. You, youre going this way. Giridharadas was...

The Passenger: Brazil

Author : The Passenger
Publisher : Europa Editions
ISBN 13 : 1609456556
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Passenger: Brazil written by The Passenger and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at Brazilian culture in the series that collects the best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from around the world. In the second half of the twentieth century Brazil made extraordinary contributions to music, sport, architecture. From bossa nova to acrobatic soccer to the daring architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa, the country seemed to embody a new, original vision of modernity, at once fluid, agile, and complex. Seen from abroad, the victory of the far right in the 2018 elections was a rude awakening that suddenly turned the Brazilian dream into a nightmare. For locals, however, illusions had started fading long ago, amid paralyzing corruption, environmental degradation, racial discrimination, and escalating violence. Luckily Brazilians have not lost their desire to fight, minorities are still determined to assert their rights, and, now that the glorious past is dead and buried, a desire to rebuild for the future is emerging. Today the challenge of telling the story of this extraordinary country consists in finding its enduring vitality amid the apparent melancholy. “The Passenger readers will find none of the typical travel guide sections on where to eat or what sights to see. Consider the books, rather, more like a literary vacation.” —Publishers Weekly “Much more than a travel guide, The Passenger is indispensable for any reader who is curious about the world.” —Il Venerdì In this volume: Order and Progress? by Jon Lee Anderson Funk, Pride and Prejudice by Alberto Riva On the River, I Was King by Eliane Brum Also: the road that dissects the Amazon; the TV tycoon who shaped Brazilian history; the neo-Pentecostal community that is winning the hearts (and wallets) of Brazilians; politicized samba dancers, idealist gangsters, and much more . . .

The Passenger - India

Author : AA. VV.
Publisher : GeoPlaneta
ISBN 13 : 8408239708
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Passenger - India written by AA. VV. and published by GeoPlaneta. This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constantemente reformulada y mitificada por los occidentales, la India sigue fascinando con su historia milenaria, sus santuarios, sus creencias y rituales ancestrales, y su diversidad lingüística y cultural. Hoy en día, este panorama se mezcla con el de una sociedad que está cambiando a un ritmo frenético y está a la vanguardia de la revolución digital. Este volumen tiene como objetivo representar el caso de la India y sus contradicciones, su terror y su alegría, desde los bailes de la hijra en Koovagam hasta el éxito de la luchadora Vinesh Phogat. A pesar de los obstáculos y los pasos hacia atrás, la India continúa su camino por el largo camino hacia la libertad y el fin de la pobreza.

The Passenger: Turkey

Author : The Passenger
Publisher : Europa Editions
ISBN 13 : 1609456564
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Passenger: Turkey written by The Passenger and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkish culture and history is explored in the wide-ranging series that is “like a literary vacation” (Publishers Weekly). The birth of the “New Turkey,” as the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called his own creation, is an exemplary story of the rise of “illiberal democracies” through the erosion of civil liberties, press freedom, and the independence of the judicial system. Turkey was a complex country long before the rise of its new sultan: Born out of the ashes of a vast multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire, Turkey has grappled through its relatively short history with the definition of its own identity. Poised between competing ideologies, secularism and piousness, a militaristic nationalism and exceptional openness to foreigners, Turkey defies easy labels and categories. Through the voices of some of its best writers and journalists—many of them in self-imposed exile—The Passenger: Turkey tries to make sense of this fascinating, maddening country, analyzing how it got to where it is now, and finding the bright spots of hope that allow its always resourceful, often frustrated population to continue living, and thriving. In this volume:The Big Dig by Elif Batuman A Story of Dust and Light by Burhan Sönmez An Author Recommends by Elif Shafak Plus: the thirty-year coup and the dam that is washing away 12,000 years of history, and more.

A Monograph on Indian Railway Rates

Author : Sarat Chandra Ghose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book A Monograph on Indian Railway Rates written by Sarat Chandra Ghose and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Statistics of British India

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistics of British India written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Around India in 80 Trains

Author : Monisha Rajesh
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
ISBN 13 : 1473644518
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Around India in 80 Trains written by Monisha Rajesh and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a page from Jules Verne's classic tale, Monisha Rajesh embarked on an adventure around India in eighty trains. Indian trains carry over twenty million passengers daily, plowing through cities, crawling past villages, climbing up mountains, and skimming along coasts. Monisha hopes that her journeys across India will lift the veil on a country that had become a stranger to her.

The Indian and Eastern Engineer

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Indian and Eastern Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Note on Emigration from India

Author : John Geoghegan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Note on Emigration from India written by John Geoghegan and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report from the Select Committee on East India Communications

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on East India Communications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Report from the Select Committee on East India Communications written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on East India Communications and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Passage to India

Author : E. M. Forster
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 232243549X
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (224 download)

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Download or read book A Passage to India written by E. M. Forster and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterful portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world. In his introduction, Pankaj Mishra outlines Forster's complex engagement with Indian society and culture. This edition reproduces the Abinger text and notes, and also includes four of Forster's essays on India, a chronology and further reading.

The Indian Review

Author : G.A. Natesan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1054 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Indian Review written by G.A. Natesan and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Indian Railways and Indian Trade

Author : Sarat Chandra Ghose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Indian Railways and Indian Trade written by Sarat Chandra Ghose and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Law Relating to Railways in British India

Author : Henry Edward Trevor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law Relating to Railways in British India written by Henry Edward Trevor and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: