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    When Vidya, a music scholar, sets out to write a book on the history of Hindustani classical music, she uncovers the remnants of a time and a tradition fast receding: when singers embodied the ragas in their purest forms; when patrons were worshippers, not followers.Revealed through fascinating anecdotes, correspondence, legend and gossip are the highs and lows of the artistes' lives, as they ... Read more

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    The Voice of Morari Bapu in Multiple Media

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    Series series Routledge South Asian Religion Series
    This book addresses the recent transformations of popular Hinduism by focusing upon the religious cum artistic practice of Ramkatha, staged narratives of the Ramcharitmanas.Focusing on the sensory and media experiences, the author examines the aesthetics and dynamics of the Ramkatha ethnoscape through participant-observation in everyday practices, and how it particularly, translates politics from ... Read more

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  • The Journey of Hindi Language Journalism in India:From Raj to Swaraj and Beyond

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    In India, the English-language media is considered the ‘national media’, while vernacular media remains ‘regional ‘. However, from the 1980s onwards, demographic changes and growth in literacy in the Hindi heartland broadened the market for Hindi newspapers.In this book, well-known journalist Mrinal Pande takes us through the history of Hindi-language journalism in India. She discussesits early ... Read more

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