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  • O. V. Vijayan

    The Critical Insider

    Collections series Writer in Context
    O.V. Vijayan (1930–2005) was an acclaimed Malayalam novelist, short story writer, cartoonist, translator, columnist, political analyst, and public intellectual. In a literary career spanning almost half a century, he published six novels, twelve volumes of short stories, eight volumes of non-fictional prose, three volumes of reminiscences, three volumes of cartoons, and four self-translations. ... En savoir plus

    $91.99 CAD

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  • Where Can Peace Be Found?

    par J. Krishnamurti ...
    Widely recognized as one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, Jiddu Krishnamurti taught that in order for there to be peace in the world, we must each first make peace with ourselves. No spiritual path, leader, or personal or political philosophy will guide us in this endeavor, he said; this transformation of the human psyche is a truth that each of us must discover ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • On Relationship

    In 1950, Krishnamurti said: "If we are concerned with our own lives, if we understand our relationship with others, we will have created a new society; otherwise, we will but perpetuate the present chaotic mess and confusion."Providing a far-reaching basis for solving many of the world's crises, On Relationship brings together Krishnamurti's most essential teachings on the individual's ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Incarnations

    India in 50 Lives

    par Sunil Khilnani ...
    One of the world's most ancient cultures, India can be understood and explained in as many ways as humans can possibly devise. To make sense of this astonishing turmoil of ideas, Sunil Khilnani has created a remarkably simple and attractive solution. In this book (which accompanies a major Radio 4 series which he is narrating) he takes the lives of 50 Indians, starting with the Buddha, some very ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Sculpting the Middle Class

    History, Masculinity and the Amar Chitra Katha

    par Deepa Sreenivas ...
    This book is an analysis of the Amar Chitra Katha genre, historical comic-books that capture and promote a middle class masculine identity, as culture became the new site for right-wing hegemonic politics in India over the last 4 decades of the 20th century. ... En savoir plus

    $88.99 CAD

  • Social Responsibility

    A selection of passages from the teachings of J Krishnamurti.

    In this incredibly penetrating talk, Krishnamurti describes the psychological pressures of life and how these pressures affect right living: We were saying that any form of pressure on the brain affects our whole way of life. We were also saying that this pressure affects our activities, our attitudes, our character, and our way of living. The pressure--economic, social, ethical, and religious- ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947-1987

    Collections series Texas Film and Media Studies Series
    Although Indian popular cinema has a long history and is familiar to audiences around the world, it has rarely been systematically studied. This book offers the first detailed account of the popular film as it has grown and changed during the tumultuous decades of Indian nationhood. The study focuses on the cinema’s characteristic forms, its range of meanings and pleasures, and, above all, its ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • Pogrom in Gujarat

    Hindu Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Violence in India

    In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. The ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party blamed Gujarat's entire Muslim minority for the tragedy and incited fellow Hindus to exact revenge. The resulting violence left more than one thousand people dead--most of them ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • When Does History Begin?

    Religion, Narrative, and Identity in the Sikh Tradition

    par Harjot Oberoi ...
    Documents how the premodern techniques of narrating the past in South Asia were deeply transformed by colonial modernity, resulting in newer forms of truth-telling within the Sikh community.Focusing on important issues in Sikh religious identity and memory, Harjot Oberoi shows how premodern techniques of narrating the past and truth-telling in South Asia were deeply transformed by colonialism. ... En savoir plus

    $41.99 CAD

  • Hindu Nationalism, History and Identity in India

    Narrating a Hindu past under the BJP

    Collections series Routledge Studies in South Asian History
    When the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) assumed power in India in 1998 as the largest party of the National Democratic Alliance, it soon became evident that it prioritized educational reforms. Under BJP rule, a reorganization of the National Council of Educational Research and Training occurred, and in 2002 four new history textbooks were published.This book examines the new ... En savoir plus

    $97.99 CAD

  • Guru English

    South Asian Religion in a Cosmopolitan Language

    Collections series Translation/Transnation
    Guru English is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has flourished both inside and outside of its original context for the past two hundred years. The book surveys a specific set of religious vocabularies from South Asia that, Aravamudan argues, launches a different kind of cosmopolitanism into global use ... En savoir plus

    $56.99 CAD

  • Seduced by the Familiar

    Narration and Meaning in Indian Popular Cinema

    Hindi popular cinema has played a key role as a national cinema because it assisted in the imagining of a unified India by addressing a public across the nation-to-be even before 1947. Examining the diverse elements that constitute the 'popular' in Indian cinema, M.K. Raghavendra undertakes, in this book, a chronological study of films to speculate on narrative conventions, thematic continuities, ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD