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Malabika Mukerjee an academician, author, poet and social worker was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Her Bengali novel ‘Amar Nirashrit Debota’ (also translated in hindi as ‘Mere nirashrit devta’ by onlinegatha and available in amazon.in), Bengali short story collection ‘Kichhu sotty, kichhu golpo’ , ‘ochena golpo, chena sur’ are well appreciated by readers and well-reviewed in prominent Bengali journals.
Deconstructing the Stereotype: Reconsidering Indian Culture, Literature and Cinema
Stereotypes are mere 'pictures in our heads'. Prejudice and suspicion against all that is perceived of as ‘different’ give rise to cultural stereotypes. Creating stereotypes also involves connecting the created categories with values, equipping the categories with an ideational label. Thus, stereotypes often contain the presupposition that one’s own group represents the normal, or even universal and that one’s own culture and ist socially construed concepts of reality is superior and normative in relation to other cultures and world-views. The stereotypes are not just one person’s private attitude but are always shared with a larger socio-cultural group. Stereotypes result in simpl...
The Famine of 1896-1897 in Bengal
This book is a focussed treatment of a famine both as an 'event' and a 'process'. It is a close-up of a peasant economy in the throes of a crisis which temporarily eroded the value-system determining the normal pattern of entitlements. An investigation of the socio-economic, ecological and cultural determinants of the famine helps evolve a coherent framework. The emphasis is on the distinctive problems of the various economic regions, most notably the tribal belts. Chakrabarti applies Amartya Sen's theory of exchange entitlements to a nineteenth century famine situation in Bengal, and finds that a market-based entitlement failure precipitating severe famine conditions, even without receiving any impulse from food production , has little relevance here. Though teh book underlines the predicament of the subalterns, the famine is not seen from the viewpoint of any specific group or community. The focus is, rather, on the phenomenon of famine in its totality---on the agony and trauma of a peasant society thrown out of gear in an abnormal situation, and the crisis of identities that ensued.
Toxic Histories
An analysis of the challenge that India's poison culture posed for colonial rule and toxicology's creation of a public role for science.
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Moral Foods
Moral Foods: The Construction of Nutrition and Health in Modern Asia investigates how foods came to be established as moral entities, how moral food regimes reveal emerging systems of knowledge and enforcement, and how these developments have contributed to new Asian nutritional knowledge regimes. The collection’s focus on cross-cultural and transhistorical comparisons across Asia brings into view a broad spectrum of modern Asia that extends from East Asia, Southeast Asia, to South Asia, as well as into global communities of Western knowledge, practice, and power outside Asia. The first section, “Good Foods,” focuses on how food norms and rules have been established in modern Asia. Ide...
Luminous Harmony
Reveals the universal resonance in Indian art and culture, covering the grand Indian heritage by providing an overview of both the visual and performing arts. This title also covers the impact of Islam on Indian art and culture; cultural linkages with Central, South and Southeast Asia; India's festivals; and the role of mathematics in arts. Luminous Harmony: Indian Art and Culture' reveals the universal resonance in Indian art and culture, covering the grand Indian heritage by providing an overview of both the visual and performing arts. Votive traditions are also taken'
Social Lives of Medicines
Medicines are the core of treatment in biomedicine, as in many other medical traditions. As material things, they have social as well as pharmacological lives, with people and between people. They are tokens of healing and hope, as well as valuable commodities. Each chapter of this book shows drugs in the hands of particular actors: mothers in Manila, villagers in Burkina Faso, women in the Netherlands, consumers in London, market traders in Cameroon, pharmacists in Mexico, injectionists in Uganda, doctors in Sri Lanka, industrialists in India, and policymakers in Geneva. Each example is used to explore a different problem in the study of medicines, such as social efficacy, experiences of control, skepticism and cultural politics, commodification of health, the attraction of technology and the marketing of images and values. The book shows how anthropologists deal with the sociality of medicines, through their ethnography, their theorizing, and their uses of knowledge.
The Taleef Shereef; Or, Indian Materia Medica
Anonymous's 'The Taleef Shereef; Or, Indian Materia Medica' is a groundbreaking work that delves into the world of Indian medicinal herbs and their applications. The book is written in a detailed and informative style that provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. Set in the context of ancient Indian medicine, the book explores various herbs, their properties, and how they were used medicinally in traditional Indian practices. Anonymous, the enigmatic author of this work, displays a deep knowledge and understanding of Indian herbal medicine, leading to the creation of this invaluable resource. The author's anonymity adds an air of mystery to the text, inviting readers to focus solely on the wealth of information presented. I highly recommend 'The Taleef Shereef; Or, Indian Materia Medica' to anyone interested in herbal medicine, traditional healing practices, or the rich history of Indian medicine. This book serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding the uses and benefits of Indian medicinal herbs, making it a must-have for scholars and enthusiasts alike.
Gandhi On Women
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