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India Today
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The Artisans of Banaras
Nita Kumar offers an evocative and sensitive portrayal of rarely explored aspects of Hindu culture through her analysis of the way leisure time is used by Hindu and Muslim artisans of Banaras--the weavers, metalworkers, and woodworkers. Music, festivals, the place of physical culture, and the importance of going "to the outer side" all are examined as Kumar looks at changes that have occurred in leisure-time activities over the last century. The discussion raises questions of the cultural and conceptual aspects of working-class life, the role of fun and play in Indian thought, the importance of public activities in terms of personal identity, and the meaning of an Indian city to its resident...
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing
Sequel to: The case of the missing servant.
Tripura Gazette
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Indian English
Indian English, or rather, the forms of English used in India, have long been a topic of interest for laymen and scholars. For generations, the 'exotic' nature of the transplanted language was commented on, often ridiculed as a matter of unintentional comic. It was only from the 1960s onwards that the local forms of English were recognized for what they are adaptations of the world language to local needs, and varying to an enormous degree, depending on the speakers' (and writers') education and the uses they make of the language. This acknowledgement came mainly from abroad (and still does); Indians are much less willing to admit to the variation and its communicative functions in the co...
Little India
Examining an example of linguistic plurality on the island of Mauritius, where more than two-thirds of the population is of Indian ancestry, this study focuses on the formation of diaspora as mediated through the cultural phenomenon of Indian ancestral languages - principally Hindi, which is used in religious contexts.
Mozaik Rempah
Buku ”Mozaik Rempah – Masa Lalu di Masa Kini” beranjak dari fakta sejarah di mana Maluku Utara merupakan satu di antara pusat rempah-rempah dunia di masa lalu. Pada masa lalu kawasan Maluku Utara (bersama Pulau Banda) dikenal sebagai pusat rempah cengkeh dan pala. Di masa kini, kawasan ini tidak hanya penghasil cengkeh dan pala, tetapi juga jenis rempah lainnya seperti kayu manis, kapulaga, jahe, dan sebagainya. Kenyataan sejarah dan keragaman rempah pada masa lalu dan masa kini di Maluku Utara menginspirasi buku ini. Buku yang disusun ke dalam enam bagian ini memuat beragam tulisan dari para penulis dengan berbagai latar bidang ilmu pengetahuan. Tulisan-tulisan tersebut menyoroti aspek kesejarahan rempah dan aspek-aspek lain dari rempah-rempah pada masa kini. Aspek-aspek tersebut meliputi kehidupan sosial rempah, aspek botani dari tumbuhan rempah, transformasi dan tantangan pengembangan rempah sebagai potensi, dan sumber daya pertanian sebagai satu di antara kekuatan ekonomi regional Maluku Utara dan Nasional.
