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Politics of the Possible
A refreshing and wide-ranging approach to the study of South Asian politics.
Marvelous Encounters
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India's Literary History
Spanning A Range Of Topics-Print Culture And Oral Tales, Drama And Gender, Library Use And Publishing History, Theatre And Audiences, Detective Fiction And Low-Caste Novels-This Book Will Appeal To Historians, Cultural Theorists, Sociologists And All Interested In Understanding The Multiplicity Of India`S Cultural Traditions And Literary Histories.
The Raj and After
The book is an account of the British rule, particularly the period from the "Quit India Movement" to "Partition" The author who was in the Indian Administrative Service served in various capacities in the government of Uttar Pradesh both in the Raj and the period of Independence. The account goes right up to the four months of the present year (1995). Though in the form of an autobiography, the experiences related are of universal interest, the foibles of the members of the ICS, both British and Indian, and the caprices of ministers forming interesting vignettes. The author critically assesses our achievements in various fields, after Independence, particularly in the fulfilment of the cons...
Oral Tradition
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Translations of Hindi Works Into English
Description: Hindi is one of the Modern North Indian Languages belonging to the Indo-Aryan group. Hindi is the name given to the standard speech of the region extending from the Western frontiers of the Punjab to the Eastern edge of Bihar and from the Indo-Nepal border in the North to Madhya Pradesh in South. It is spoken in half the territory of India, and Hindi both in its modern and medieval aspects is the subject of this bibliography. This bibliography contains 1389 entries of books, periodical articles published from the early nineteenth century to the present day, is a most useful source of information for the scholars and interested general readers alike. Major subjects covered in two parts are: Part I: Essays and Prose; Novels; Short stories; Plays; Poetry-Pre-modern; Poetry-Modern; Folk Literature. Part II: Autobiography, Biography, Memoirs, Correspondence; History, Literary Criticism; and Philosophy.
Unesco Features
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Songs, Stories, Lives
The essays in this volume address theoretical and ethnographic issues concerning oral traditions and women's speech in diverse South Asian communities in North and South India and Nepal. The authors evoke some of the sites at which the oral traditions of South Asian men and women respond critically or ironically to one another.
