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  • The Vanishing Indian Upper Class

    Life History of Raza Mohammed Khan

    de Terry Williams, Raza Mohammed Khan ...
    Series series Anthem Studies in South Asian Literature, Aesthetics and Culture
    This book itemize the familial, cultural, religious, and historical themes in a unique life story. The book is distinctive in that it continues the life story as a sociological genre, and as a methodological construct [it] attempts the comprehensive life story which engages the totality of a person’s life by capturing the essence and the development of a peerless human being. Though there are ... Leer más

    $28.49 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Hidden Women: The Ruling Women of the Rana Dynasty

    de Greta Rana ...
    Greta Rana MBE (awarded Order of the British Empire in 2005) is an author and poet born in Yorkshire, UK. She has been living in Nepal for over forty years. She first ventured into literary fiction in the 1970s after two short genre novels, ‘Nothing Greener’ and ‘Distant hills’ and a popular cliff-hanger written for a weekly newspaper titled ‘Against the Winds of Tomorrow.’ Her work in mountain ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • October Coup: A Memoir of the Struggle for Hyderabad

    de Mohammed Hyder ...
    In 1948, when the princely state of Hyderabad was going through difficult times, Mohammed Hyder was Collector of Osmanabad, one of the most politically sensitive districts of the state. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • The Last Sunset

    de Captain Amarinder Singh ...
    A comprehensive history of the Lahore Durbar, the glorious reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his exemplary organizational skills that led to forming of the formidable Sikh army and the fiercely fought Anglo Sikh wars. The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar recreates history of the Sikh empire and its unforgettable ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Shukarchakia dynasty. An ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Mountain Tales

    Love and Loss in the Municipality of Castaway Belongings

    de Saumya Roy ...
    'If you read one book about India, read this one.' Geeta Anand, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of The Cure'Mountain Tales is a remarkable feat of immersive reporting and story-telling, a deeply-felt exploration of ideas, and a gripping chronicle of the fates of the garbage-pickers of Mumbai ... I loved this book.' Suzy Hansen, author of Notes on a Foreign CountryAll of Mumbai's memories and ... Leer más

    $9.39 USD

  • RAAWAN

    DEMON or DEVOTEE

    de Kautilya Shankar Bahadur ...
    "In the vast tapestry of mythology, few characters have been as misunderstood and maligned as Raawan. Inspired by Chinua Achebe's profound wisdom that stories are often told from the victor's perspective, this book embarks on a transformative journey to unravel the complex narrative of a figure traditionally cast as a villain.Who was Raawan, truly? Beyond the simplistic portrayal of a demon-king, ... Leer más

    $2.33 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • From Temple to Museum

    Colonial Collections and Umā Maheśvara Icons in the Middle Ganga Valley

    de Salila Kulshreshtha ...
    Series series Archaeology and Religion in South Asia
    Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • The The Living History of Pakistan (2015-2016)

    Volume VI

    de Inam R Sehri ...
    The history of Pakistan from 2015 - 2016. Sixth book in the series. ... Leer más

    $1.54 USD

  • Atmospheric Violence

    Disaster and Repair in Kashmir

    de Omer Aijazi ...
    Series series Contemporary Ethnography
    Atmospheric Violence grapples with the afterlife of environmental disasters and armed conflict and examines how people attempt to flourish despite and alongside continuing violence. Departing from conventional approaches to the study of disaster and conflict that have dominated academic studies of Kashmir, Omer Aijazi’s ethnography of life in the borderlands instead explores possibilities for ... Leer más

    $29.29 USD

  • Master Plans and Encroachments

    The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad

    de Faiza Moatasim ...
    Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
    Among urban designers and municipal officials, the term encroachment is defined as a deviation from the official master plan. But in cities today, such informal modifications to the urban fabric are deeply enmeshed with formal planning procedures. Master Plans and Encroachments examines informality in the high-modernist city of Islamabad as a strategic conformity to official schemes and ... Leer más

    $67.49 USD

  • Needle at the Bottom of the Sea

    Bengali Tales from the Land of the Eighteen Tides

    de Tony K. Stewart ...
    Series series World Literature in Translation
    “Brave and vivid.”—New York Review of BooksThese enchanting stories from early modern Bengal reveal how Hindu and Muslim traditions converged on timeless themes of human morality, social culture, and survival.The Bengali stories in this collection are first and foremost tales of survival. Each story in Needle at the Bottom of the Sea underscores the need for people to work together—not just to ... Leer más

    $23.79 USD

  • Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation

    The Relentless Invention of Modern India

    de Adam Roberts ...
    Who can foretell India's future? Mr. Joshi is a fortune teller in a slum in south Delhi who uses a soothsaying green parrot to make predictions. When Adam Roberts visited him in 2012, Joshi's parrot declared that India was destined to become the most powerful nation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The parrot also foretold that India would win the soccer World Cup.Parrots may not be the ... Leer más

    $15.59 USD

  • Guardians of Stone and Memory

    de R RADHAKRISHNAN ...
    Guardians of Stone and Memory — Four Temples · Four Landscapes · One CivilisationSome temples are destinations. Others are homecomings. The greatest ones are both.India's ancient temples are more than sacred sites. They are libraries in stone — economic engines, theatres of music and dance, political proclamations, and above all, the civilizational memory of a people made visible in carved rock ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • पाशुपत सम्प्रदाय का उद्भव एवं विकास (Pashupat Sampraday Ka Udvab Evam Bikash)

    de Satendra Kr. Mishra ...
    Pashupat religion under Shaivism was adorned as the oldest sect. The emergence of Pashupat religion was virtually between sixth and fifth century BC. Its creative foundation was primarily confined to the existence of tradition as a result of traditional exchange. Firstly, the concept of Vedic Rudra-Pashupati and the rituals located in its sanctum gave the philosophical foundation of the Pashupat ... Leer más

    $2.26 USD

  • Mythes et dieux des Indo-Européens

    précédé de Loki, Heur et malheur du guerrier

    de Georges Dumézil, Bernard Sergent ...
    Une grammaire, pour moi, c'est un roman. Ainsi Georges Dumézil évoquait-il sa passion pour les langues, point de départ d'une exceptionnelle carrière d'historien et de philologue. Professeur au Collège de France et membre de l'Académie française, il fut l'auteur d'une œuvre abondante, qui n'a cessé d'explorer la civilisation perdue des Indo-Européens et dont l'influence atteint l'ensemble des ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Clamor for a Southeast Asian Country: India

    de Brother Adalberto Santiago ...
    A Nation Of Contrasts, Faith, And Extraordinary DiversityIndia is not merely a country—it is a living mosaic of civilizations, religions, languages, and social structures shaped over millennia. This powerful exploration reveals how history, spirituality, demographics, and cultural diversity intertwine to form one of the most complex societies in the world. Through historical insight and ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • The Indian Mutiny 1857–58

    de Gregory Fremont-Barnes ...
    Series series Guide to...
    In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power.The most important colony in an empire which extended to every continent on the globe, it was protected by the seemingly dependable native armies of the East India Company. When, however, in 1857 discontent exploded into open rebellion, Britain was obliged to field its largest army in forty years ... Leer más

    $10.59 USD

  • The relic state

    St Francis Xavier and the politics of ritual in Portuguese India

    de Pamila Gupta ...
    Series Libro 111 - Studies in Imperialism
    This book is a study of the complex nature of colonial and missionary power in Portuguese India. Written as a historical ethnography, it explores the evolving shape of a series of Catholic festivals that took place throughout the duration of Portuguese colonial rule in Goa (1510–1961), and for which the centrepiece was the 'incorrupt' corpse of São Francisco Xavier (1506–52), a Spanish Basque ... Leer más

    $93.59 USD

  • The Muslims of India on the Crossroad of Faith

    de Akram Mohammad ...
    Akram Mohammad's The Muslims of India on the Crossroad of Faith is a captivating exploration of the intricate culture within India, specifically focusing on the challenges and opportunities encountered by the Muslim community. Mohammad skillfully combines personal narratives, historical examinations, and cultural observations to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the diverse ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • In Search of Sherpur: An Immigrant's Memoir

    de Jnanabrata Bhattacharyya ...
    In Search for Sherpur: An Immigrant's MemoirBy Prof. J.Bhattacharyya, US(Edited by: Dr. T.Ghosh, US)My supposedly one month Christmas vacation to Calcutta became a lifelong homelessness. I was just promoted to Class IX which was in charge of the annual school Saraswati Puja. I had stood first. I had bought my new text books, which, alas, I would never read. The shift to Calcutta was the start of a ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Teesta Saga: A Himalayan River’s Journey Through Geopolitics, Ecology & International Laws

    de Fazlous Satter ...
    The Teesta: A River of Life, a Source of Conflict.From its glacial origins in the Eastern Himalayas to its confluence with the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh, the Teesta River is more than just a waterway; it is a lifeline for over 30 million people, sustaining agriculture, livelihoods, and cultural identities across its basin. Fazlous Satter's "The Teesta Saga: A Himalayan River's Journey Through ... Leer más

    $4.50 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Tamil Tigress

    My story as a child soldier in Sri Lanka's bloody civil war

    de Niromi de Soyza ...
    Two days before Christmas in 1987, at the age of 17, Niromi de Soyza found herself in an ambush as part of a small platoon of militant Tamil Tigers fighting government forces in the bloody civil war that was to engulf Sri Lanka for decades. With her was her lifelong friend, Ajanthi, also aged 17. Leaving behind them their shocked middle-class families, the teenagers had become part of the Tamil ... Leer más

    $10.19 USD

  • Taj Mahal: A History from Beginning to Present

    History of India

    de Hourly History ...
    Series series History of India
    The Taj Mahal in Agra is arguably the most iconic image of India and is visited by eight million tourists annually. It was characterized as "pure, perfect and unutterably lovely" by the British Viceroy, Lord Curzon, and in 1983, UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site of "outstanding universal value." For centuries the world has believed that it was built by Shah Jahan in 1631 to immortalize his ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Taj Mahal: A History

    de John David Cooper ...
    Everyone has seen photographs of the Taj Mahal. The massive, bulbous central dome, the four slender minarets, the shimmering marble, the long reflecting pool, the manicured gardens - all seem too striking for adequate description and proper appreciation. But there is more to the Taj than its beauty. The world's best-known mausoleum celebrates the love story of the seventeenth-century Moghul ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus