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In the Shadow of Freedom
In the early nineteen thirties Ayi Tendulkar, a young journalist from a small town in Maharashtra, travelled to Germany to study. Within a short time he married Eva Schubring, his professor’s daughter. Soon after the short-lived marriage broke up, Tendulkar, by now also a well-known journalist in Berlin, met and fell in love with the filmmaker Thea von Harbou, divorced wife of Fritz Lang, and soon to be Tendulkar’s wife. Many years his senior, Thea became Tendulkar’s support and mainstay in Germany, encouraging and supporting him in bringing other young Indian students to the country. Hitler’s coming to power put an end to all that, and on Thea von Harbou’s advice, Tendulkar return...
A Garland of Bones
An intimate portrait of India's child runaways, and the sociopolitical forces shaping their lives This intimate portrait examines the tracks, journeys, and experiences of child runaways in northern India. Jonah Steinberg situates children's decisions to leave home and flee for the city in their larger cultural, social, and historical contexts, and considers histories of landlessness and debt servitude in narratives of child dislocation. The resulting work is an original perspective on the sociological trends in postcolonial India and a unique treatment of a population of individuals who live on the margin of society.
Sacred Spaces
Quraeshi provides a vision of Islam in South Asia enriched by art and by a female perspective on the diversity of Islamic expressions of faith. An account of a journey through the author’s childhood homeland, the book reveals the deeply spiritual nature of major centers of Sufism in the central and northwestern heartlands of South Asia.
The Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya
This well designed illustrated book provides a fascinating glimpse of the dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi. It gives a basic introduction to the doctrines of the Sufis of the Chishti order. It details the life and times of Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya and his predecessors. Dhaul provides a series of fascinating photographs depicting various Sufi rituals performed at the dargah till today, accompanied by a commentary explaining their inner importance in simple terms.
Thea von Harbou. Die Frau, die METROPOLIS schrieb
Die Drehbuchautorin, Schriftstellerin, Theater-Schauspielerin und Regisseurin Thea von Harbou (1888-1954) hat einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung des deutschen Films ausgeübt; ihre Drehbücher waren von Anfang an mit den – aus heutiger Sicht – bedeutsamsten Regisseuren der Zeit wie Joe May, F. W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, Hans Steinhoff, Gustav Ucicky, Veit Harlan und Rolf Hansen verknüpft. Viele der diesen Regisseuren heute zugesprochenen 'filmischen Errungenschaften' in Bezug auf Kameratechnik, Architektur, Licht/Schatten etc. entstammten auch ihrer Fantasie. Wahrgenommen wird sie aber heute – wenn überhaupt – vornehmlich nur noch als die ideologisch und künstlerisch frag...
In the Shadow of Freedom
"In this unique account, Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul--the dauther of Ayii and his third wife Indumati Gunaji--traces the turbulent lives of her parents and that of Thea von Harbou against the backdrop of Nazi Germany and Gandhi's India. The book describes how Thea, many years Ayii's senior, became his support and mainstay in Germany, helping him in his attempts to bring young Indian students to the country. Hitler's rise to power put an end to that effort, and, on Thea's advice, Ayii returned to India, where the outspoken journalist became involved in Gandhi's campaign of non-cooperation with the British, and where, with Thea's consent, he soon married Indumati, a Gandhian activist. Caught up in the whirlwind of Gandhi's activism, Indumati and Ayii spent several years in Indian prisons, being able to live as a married couple only after their release, managing thereby to comply with a condition Gandhi himself had put on their marriage--that they remain apart for several years."--Publisher description.
A Guide for Gentlemen Chefs
Attempts to categorise recipes (Indian, Western and Continental) not on the basis of their ingredients or their modes of preparation but on the varied nature of Gentlemen Chefs. 'A Guide for Gentlemen Chefs' is a humorous attempt to categorise recipes (Indian, Western and Continental) not on the basis of their ingredients or their modes of preparation but on the varied nature of Gentlemen Chefs. This is all the more relevant today as it is common perception that the best chefs are male and cooking is a hobby that more and more men are taking up. And just as well
Mirza Ghalib and the Mirs of Gujarat
Selected letters reflecting the relationship between Mirza Ghalib and the Mirs of Gujarat, their bacground, achievements, and strengths as individuals and as rulers.
Ecotechnology and Rural Employment
Comparison of the experiences of China and India in fighting the growing famine of jobs.
India Today
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