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Jamali-Kamali

Author : Karen Chase
Publisher : Mapin Publishing Pvt
ISBN 13 : 9781935677055
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Jamali-Kamali written by Karen Chase and published by Mapin Publishing Pvt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just off busy Mehrauli - Gurgaon Road in Delhi, India, the 16th-century Sufi court poet Jamali is buried in a tomb next to Kamali, of whom the printed matter says identity unknown, but who helpful guides say, was the poet's lover. Little about them is known. Karen Chase envisions love and longing between the two, who according to Delhi's oral tradition were homosexual lovers. Others believe that Kamali was Jamali's wife, and some others believe that Kamali was Jamali's nom de plume. Over the reigns of Sikandar, Lodi, Babur and Humayun, Jamali's travels take him to Syria, Iran, Bhagdad, Ceylon, Mecca, Herat, Damascus, Palestine and Spain, making for many separations. The verse moves from Jamali's longing to Kamali's lament, re-creating the interplay between their passionate hearts.

Dictionary of Islamic Architecture

Author : Andrew Petersen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134613660
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Islamic Architecture written by Andrew Petersen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Islamic Architecture provides the fullest range of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural and biographical data for the entire geographical and chronological spread of Islamic architecture - from West Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia, and from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries of the Common Era. Over 500 entries are arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced and indexed to permit easy access to the text and to link items of related interest. Four main categories of subject matter are explored: * dynastic and regional overviews * individual site descriptions * biographical entries * technical definitions Over 100 relevant plans, sketch maps, photographs and other illustrations complement and illuminate the entries, and the needs of the reader requiring further information are met by individual entry bibliographies.

Under the Adorned Dome, Four Essays on the Arts of Iran and India

Author : Yves Porter
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004549722
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Under the Adorned Dome, Four Essays on the Arts of Iran and India written by Yves Porter and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays are the revised and updated version of four lectures given in the Yarshater Lecture Series, at SOAS in London in 2013. They concern some aspects of the arts from pre-modern Iran and India, namely, the “making of” of Persian illustrated manuscripts, the iconography of Kashan wares, the use and re-use of luster tiles in Ilkhanid Iran, and the glazed tiles made in three Indian sultanates (Delhi, Bengal and Malwa). These four topics share concepts of influence and impact, although inflected on different modes. The productions they embody represent many poles of influence, even if working on different scales, from the extensive diffusion of products, techniques, and systems to almost isolated productions.

The Making of Medieval Panjab

Author : Surinder Singh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000760685
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Making of Medieval Panjab written by Surinder Singh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to reconstruct the past of undivided Panjab during five medieval centuries. It opens with a narrative of the efforts of Turkish warlords to achieve control in the face of tribal resistance, internal dissensions and external invasions. It examines the linkages of the ruling class with Zamindars and Sufis, paving the way for canal irrigation and agrarian expansion, thus strengthening the roots of the state in the region. While focusing on the post-Timur phase, it tries to make sense of the new ways of acquiring political power. This work uncovers the perpetual attempts of Zamindars to achieve local dominance, particularly in the context of declining presence of the state in the countryside. In this ambitious enterprise, they resorted to the support of their clans, adherence to hallowed customs and recurrent use of violence, all applied through a system of collective and participatory decision-making. The volume traces the growth of Sufi lineages built on training disciples, writing books, composing poetry and claiming miraculous powers. Besides delving into the relations of the Sufis with the state and different sections of the society, it offers an account of the rituals at a prominent shrine. Paying equal attention to the southeastern region, it deals with engagement of the Sabiris, among other exemplars, with the Islamic spirituality. Inclusive in approach and lucid in expression, the work relies on a wide range of evidence from Persian chronicles, Sufi literature and folklore, some of which have been used for the first time. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Polio Boulevard

Author : Karen Chase
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438452829
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Polio Boulevard written by Karen Chase and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique chronicle of childhood polio told with a remarkable blend of provocative reflection, humor, and pluck. In 1954, Karen Chase was a ten-year-old girl playing Monopoly in the polio ward when the radio blared out the news that Dr. Jonas Salk had developed the polio vaccine. The discovery came too late for her, and Polio Boulevard is Chases unique chronicle of her childhood while fighting polio. From her lively sickbed she experiences puppy love, applies to the Barbizon School of Modeling, and dreams of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a polio patient who became President of the United States. Chase, now an accomplished poet who survived her illness, tells a story that flows backward and forward in time from childhood to adulthood. Woven throughout are the themes of how private and public history get braided together, how imagination is shaped when your body cant move but your mind can, and how sexuality blooms in a young girl laid up in bed. Chases imagination soars in this narrative of illness and recovery, a remarkable blend of provocative reflection, humor, and pluck. a vivid portrait of what it was like to grow up shadowed by a plague and how a sense of family can arise among people thrown together by miserable circumstances Chase brings her poetic sensibilities to the page in discussions of the way history is not just huge wars and battles but small, personal skirmishes too she elegantly conveys the experience of one small part of the worldher ownat a particular point in a much larger history. Library Journal Polio and poetry would seem to be near-opposites. Yet in Karen Chases compelling memoir of a terrifying disease she and so many others contracted in childhood, we watch polios unwelcome transformations to be matched and outdone by the twists and turns of a poets mind. Bravely and with surprising humor, Chase has turned the unlikely, the unlucky, even the tragic into beauty. Mary Jo Salter In the early 50s, during the polio epidemic, I worked as a physical therapist. I saw firsthand the crushing suffering children and their families endured. I also saw their bravery and love for each other. Karens memoir is a truly remarkable piece of history. Olympia Dukakis

In Search of the Divine

Author : Rana Safvi
Publisher : Hachette India
ISBN 13 : 9393701164
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Divine written by Rana Safvi and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2022-09-21 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sufism, called the mystical dimension of Islam, is known for its inclusive nature, as well as its ethics of love and compassion, its devotional music, art and architecture. In India's syncretic culture, Sufism developed a distinct character, and harmoniously embraced the Bhakti traditions of North India. Rana Safvi's In Search of the Divine delves into the fascinating roots of Sufism, with its emphasis on ihsan, iman and akhlaq, and the impact it continues to have on people from all communities. Safvi relies not only on textual sources but also on her own visits to dargahs across the country, and the conversations she has with devotees and pirs alike. The book evokes in vivid detail the sacred atmosphere she encounters - the reverent crowds, the strains of qawwali and the fragrance of incense, as well as highlights the undeniable yet often forgotten contributions of women in Sufism. The resulting text is at once modern and a tribute to the rich and textured past. Weaving together fact and popular legend, ancient histories and living tradition, this unique treatise examines core Sufi beliefs and uncovers why they might offer hope for the future.

Infinite Variety

Author : Madhavi Menon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789387693289
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Infinite Variety written by Madhavi Menon and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Elegant, lucid and funny, this book will appeal to as many readers as there are desires.'--Shohini Ghosh 'The history of desire in India, ' writes Madhavi Menon in this splendid book, 'reveals not purity but impurity as a way of life. Not one answer, but many. Not a single history, but multiple tales cutting across laws and boundaries.' In Bhakti poetry, Radha and Krishna disregard marital fidelity, age, time and gender for erotic love. In Sufi dargahs, pirs (spiritual guides) who were married to women are buried alongside their male disciples, as lovers are. Vatsyayana, author of the world's most famous manual of sex, insists that he did not compose it 'for the sake of passion', and remained celibate through the writing of it. Long hair is widely seen as a symbol of sexuality; and yet, shaved off in a temple, it is a sacred offering. Even as the country has a draconian law to punish homosexuality, heterosexual men share the same bed without comment. Hijras are increasingly marginalized; yet gender has historically been understood as fluid rather than fixed. Menon navigates centuries, geographies, personal and public histories, schools of philosophy, literary and cinematic works, as she examines the many--and often surprising--faces of desire in the Indian subcontinent. Her study ranges from the erotic sculptures of Khajuraho to the shrine of the celibate god Ayyappan; from army barracks to public parks; from Empress Nur Jahan's paan to home-made kohl; from cross-dressing mystics to androgynous gods. It shows us the connections between grammar and sex, between hair and war, between abstinence and pleasure, between love and death. Gloriously subversive, full of extraordinary analyses and insights, this is a book you will read to be enlightened and entertained for years.

The Hauz Khas & Its Neighbourhood South Delhi

Author : Mahima, S.K. Sahni
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book The Hauz Khas & Its Neighbourhood South Delhi written by Mahima, S.K. Sahni and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the history of old monuments in south Delhi and institutions created during the British Raj and after independence. This is a compilation of important historical monuments around Hauz Khas and its neighbourhood in south Delhi.

In Search of Delhi

Author : Jitender Gill
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000873307
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Delhi written by Jitender Gill and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dilli ki Khoj is an anecdotal history of Delhi and its monuments by Shri Brij Kishan Chandiwala, an eminent Gandhian. The volume was published in Hindi by the Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, in 1964 and has been out of print for many years. This English translation of Dilli ki Khoj revives an out-of-print classic and makes it more accessible to a global audience. The book covers Delhi’s long history, details on monuments built from the ancient times till the early 1960s and a detailed recording of all of Gandhiji’s visits to Delhi. It also traces significant epochs in Indian history and the rise of a national identity. The volume spans the genres of journalism, architecture, history, mythology and area studies and will be of special interest to historiographers, especially in the contemporary context.

Love’s Rite

Author : R. Vanita
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403981604
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Love’s Rite written by R. Vanita and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-20 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine the same-sex weddings and same-sex couple suicides reported in India over the last two decades. Ruth Vanita examines these cases in the context of a wide variety of same-sex unions, from Fourteenth-century narratives about co-wives who miraculously produce a child together, to Nineteenth-century depictions of ritualized unions between women, to marriages between gay men and lesbians arranged over the internet. Examining the changing legal, literary, religious and social Indian and Euro-American traditions within which same-sex unions are embedded, she brings a fresh perspective to the gay marriage debate, suggesting that same-sex marriage dwells not at the margins but at the heart of culture. Love's Rites by Ruth Vanita is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.

A Pleasant Escape

Author : Piyush Rohankar
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN 13 : 8194790824
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book A Pleasant Escape written by Piyush Rohankar and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alok Shirke decided to prepare for the mother-of-all-exams – UPSC Civil Service – little did he know that the journey would turn out to be much more than just books and classes. He moves from the comfort of his home to the crowded lanes of Old Rajinder Nagar. A chance encounter with Sarah seems like destiny’s compensation for all his hard work. He also meets buddies for a lifetime. Their life-stories of love, regret, friendship and shattered dreams take him through Kashmir and Turkey; from brothels to hospitals; and from dingy quarters to the hallowed halls of UPSC. When life finally seems to be coming back on track, he stumbles upon a truth that is bound to change him and the rest of his life. Will Alok crack the exam, or will be just one of the many soon-forgotten aspirants? Will a strange revelation make him see his life as A Pleasant Escape?

The Lost Sufis of Delhi

Author : Syed Yusuf Shahab
Publisher : OrangeBooks Publication
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Sufis of Delhi written by Syed Yusuf Shahab and published by OrangeBooks Publication. This book was released on 2020-08-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Sufis of Delhi. The book is about the forgotten Sufis of Delhi. Its a compilation of short biography of the Sufi Saints and photos of there holy shrine. The book is written upon the role of Sufi with context of spiritual, regional and relations with the contemporary Sultan & Kings in medieval period and the concept of Sufism and its history.

THIS GUY’S ON HIS OWN TRIP

Author : Neeraj Narayanan
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1648999565
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book THIS GUY’S ON HIS OWN TRIP written by Neeraj Narayanan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fear of the unknown bothers most of us, even if it comes at the cost of chasing our dreams. How many of us want to drop everything that we are doing and travel the world? How many of us do? Neeraj Narayanan just did that, quitting his job one day and flying to Barcelona. Join him on his journey as he takes you rollicking across some countries in Europe and South East Asia, motoring up high mountain passes, hiding in jungles and being part of crazy festivals, hoping to find pretty girls in pursuit but only ending up with furious bulls, bears, and gypsies on his tail. At some point, he has almost no money left but his resolve to build a life out of travel doesn’t ebb. This is a witty yet heart-warming tale of one man’s solo journey for a year. While he goes to find beautiful places, he ends up finding trust, compassion, and a universe conspiring to make all his dreams come true. This guy’s really on his own trip and promises to take you on one too!

Painter Kahani

Author : Sasha
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1645870839
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Painter Kahani written by Sasha and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Samir Sharma, as told by Sasha. In ‘Painter Kahani’, Sasha traces Samir’s journey in the realm of his painting activity. Sasha discovered that Samir has his works preserved in the original since 1956 when he was only 11 years old. Some of the childhood works of Samir bear the remarks and signatures of his school teachers. In some cases, the colour of the sheets of paper has faded, while some others have torn corners. Some have the sheets and the paint cracking with time. All this adds to the authenticity of the period when those works were done by Samir, and the writer finds this aspect unique and interesting while tracing an Artist-Painter’s development in this field. Being the observer-consciousness in Samir Sharma, Sasha has written this book based on knowing Samir well. Further, Sasha has all of Samir's works in the original to see. For the particulars, details, vocabulary, terminology used in Art, Painting and Visual Arts, Sasha relies on the matter related by the Artist-Painter himself. This book is profusely illustrated with images of Samir's paintings. They have been placed in chronological sequence and the story woven accordingly. This way the Author believes that the development of the Artist-Painter Samir is clearly brought out and would be discernable to the reader.

The Religions of India

Author : Roshen Dalal
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184753969
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book The Religions of India written by Roshen Dalal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handy guide to every religion practised in India In India, the birthplace of some of the world’s major faiths and home to many more, religion is a way of life, existing as much in temples, mosques, churches and wayside shrines as it does in social laws, cultural practices and the political arena. The Religions of India contains, in a single volume, a comprehensive account of every major faith practised in the country today—Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and the Bahai faith. This meticulously researched work traverses a vast range of topics—from Somnatha Temple and Babri Masjid to Tirthankaras and the Akali Movement; from the Shariat and the Eucharist to Shabuoth and nirvana. It places each religion in its historical context, tracing its evolution from its inception to the present. • Incisive profiles of founders and key patrons, deities, saints, mystics and philosophers • Information on and insights into lesser-known and regional forms of worship, as well as important festivals, customs and rituals • Extensively cross-referenced with suggestions for further reading

Junior Premier League

Author : Joy Bhattacharya
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351186415
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Junior Premier League written by Joy Bhattacharya and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of India’s most exciting junior cricket league When twelve-year-old Neel goes to Ranchi for the summer vacation, he meets Sachin, a local boy who has an amazing new bowling action. Over weeks of practising with each other, Neel realizes that Sachin could be the next Sunil Narine or Muralitharan. Once the vacation is over, Neel returns to Delhi and forgets about Sachin in the excitement of preparing for a place in the Junior Devils, the Delhi team of the first-ever Junior Premier League tournament. But by a quirk of fate, Sachin moves to his uncle’s home in Delhi when his father is transferred out of Ranchi. He finally gets his chance to join Neel in the Junior Devils. What follows is a roller coaster of hope, fear, excitement and disappointment that is the lot of every cricketer. It’s not easy being a JPL star. But for Sachin, Neel and their friends, the journey’s just about to begin.

Land of Stone

Author : Karen Chase
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814335608
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Land of Stone written by Karen Chase and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The engaging autobiographical account of a poet-in-residence at a psychiatric hospital who helps a silent young man regain his speaking voice through writing poetry. For more than a decade, Karen Chase taught poetry writing to severely incapacitated patients at a large psychiatric hospital outside of New York City. During that time, she began working with Ben, a handsome, formerly popular and athletic young man who had given up speaking and had withdrawn from social interaction. Meeting on the locked ward every week for two years, Chase and Ben passed a pad of paper back and forth, taking turns writing one line of poetry each, ultimately producing 180 poems that responded to, diverged from, and built on each other’s words. Land of Stone is Chase’s account of writing with Ben, an experience that was deeply transformative for both poet and patient. In Chase’s engrossing narrative, readers will find inspiration in the power of writing to change and heal, as well as a compelling firsthand look at the relationship between poet and patient. As she tells of Ben’s struggle to come out of silence, Chase also recounts the issues in her own life that she confronts by writing with Ben, including her mother’s recent death and a childhood struggle with polio. Also, since poetry writing seems to reach Ben in a way that his clinical therapy cannot, Chase describes and analyzes Ben’s writing in detail to investigate the changes that appeared to be taking place in him as their work progressed. A separate section presents twenty-two poems that Chase wrote with Ben, selected to show his linguistic development over time, and a final section offers Chase’s thoughtful reflections on the creative process. Land of Stone will provide honest and valuable insight to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, alternative therapists, and other mental health practitioners, and will also surely be of interest to creative writers, teachers, linguists, and anyone looking to explore the connections between language and healing.