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The 9 Emotions of Indian Cinema Hoardings
Paying tribute to the vibrant and unique hoarding-art of the Tamil film industry, The Nine Emotions runs the gamut of Tamil cinema history, celebrating its evergreen heroes, unique imagery, and irrepressible musical numbers.
Kapoors
‘We are like the Corleones in The Godfather’—Randhir Kapoor There is no film family quite like the Kapoors. A family of professional actors and directors, they span almost eighty years of film-making in India, from the 1920s to the present. Each decade in the history of Hindi films has had at least one Kapoor—if not more—playing a large part in defining it. Never before have four generations of this family—or five, if you include Bashesharnath Kapoor, Prithviraj Kapoor’s father, who played the judge in Awara—been brought together in one book. The Kapoors details the professional careers and personal lives of each generation—box-office successes and failures, the ideologies ...
Undoing Impunity
The Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia research project (coordinated by Zubaan and supported by the International Development Research Centre) brings together, for the first time in the region, a vast body of knowledge on this important - yet silenced - subject. Six country volumes (one each on Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and two on India, as well as two standalone volumes) comprising over fifty research papers and two book-length studies, detail the histories of sexual violence and look at the systemic, institutional, societal, individual and community structures that work together to perpetuate impunity for perpetrators. In this remarkable and wide-ranging study, activi...
Signature
The first-ever compendium of the visually stunning Indian Gond artists' patterns, along with brief notes on their meaning and history.
The Circle of Fate
Above the Himalaya peaks, Garuda the divine eagle of the God Krishnu, sees the Lord of Death hastening towards a beautiful bird. He decides to save it but can death be cheated? An evocative take on a timeless Hindu parable of destiny and love, illustrated in the delicate and ornamental Patachitra tradition of Orissa. Screen-printed on handmade paper.
The London Jungle Book
A stunning visual travelogue by an Indian tribal artist showing London as an exotic bestiary.
A Bollywood State of Mind
'Prepare to laugh, sob and dance: this lively history of Indian cinema is imprinted with the memories of a life-long cinephile.' The Telegraph 'A gem of a book and a must for film lovers everywhere' Abir Mukherjee 'My biggest recommendation of the year. Sunny Singh's honouring of story and history shine through powerfully - an exquisitely enjoyable read' Nikita Gill Like all Indians, Sunny Singh was born and brought up in a country of film fanatics. She and her friends waited impatiently for the latest releases, listened to the songs on radio and wore clothes inspired by those seen on screen. They learned about India and the world, determined their enemies and friends, and chose their morali...
Nurturing Walls
Nurturing Walls focuses on the favourite Meena theme of animals and their young, featuring a striking collection of living art from the walls of Meena tribal homes in Rajasthan, known as Mandana.
To Market! to Market!
In 'To Market! To Market!', a little girl sets off to the market with some money in her pocket - and no idea what to buy. Written in fun and dynamic nonsense verse, this picture book gives children a message about non-commercial enjoyment, and is excellent for reading aloud, and invites repeating.
Village Swaraj
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