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Notable Selections The Web of Indian Life by Sister Nivedita Games Indians Play - Why We Are the Way We Are by V Raghunathan Glory of Indian Culture by Giriraj Shah The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays by Andre Beteille India and World Culture by V K Gokak Speedpost - Letters to my children by Shobha De The Speaking Tree - A Study of Indian Culture and Society by Richard Lannoy State and Nation in the Context of Social Change - Vol. 1 by T V Sathyamurthy Awakening Indians to India by Debanita Satpathy   Eighteenth Century Deccan - Cultural History of the Peshwas by Varsha S. Shirgaonkar (ProductID: 27282 ~ ISBN: 9788173053917 ~ Pub Year: 2010 ~ Pages: 178 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Aryan Books International) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $185.00 USD The book shows how cultural dynamism was operative in the eighteenth century Deccan with special reference to the Peshwa period. The downfall of Maratha Empire took place in 1818 and hence the discussion in the book goes beyond the eighteenth century. In conclusion, the book takes a stand that culture thrives in spite of political instability and that it migrates in search of patronage.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) The Indians - : Portrait of a People by Sudhir Kakar ,  Katharina Kakar (ProductID: 27012 ~ ISBN: 9780143066637 ~ Pub Year: 2007 ~ Pages: 226 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Penguin) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $22.95 USD Now available in paperback edition, this bold, illuminating and superbly readable study by Indias foremost psychoanalyst and cultural commentator Sudhir Kakar and anthropologist Katharina Kakar investigate the nature of Indian-ness.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Wives, Widows & Concubines : The Conjugal Family Ideal in Colonial India by Mytheli Sreenivas (ProductID: 26993 ~ ISBN: 9788125037255 ~ Pub Year: 2009 ~ Pages: 169 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Black Swan) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $29.95 USD Based on archival research on the Tamil-speaking region of southern India, this book investigates the emergence of the family as a site of intense ideological ferment under the conditions of late colonial rule.Mapping this complex history in relation to the culture, politics, and economy of the Tamil region, the book opens new arenas of inquiry about the family and colonial modernity in South Asia.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Let's Know India - The Land of Wonders by Ramesh Chander Dogra ,  Urmila Dogra (ProductID: 27054 ~ ISBN: 8176502014 ~ Pub Year: 2006 ~ Pages: 47 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Star Publications) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $25.95 USD This book provides not only a good introduction to India, but also acquaints the readers with interesting aspects of Indian art and architecture, music, films, dances, monuments, food, costumes, wild life, and all that one may want to know   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Culture in the Vanity Bag by Nirad C Chaudhuri (ProductID: 26347 ~ ISBN: 9788179928936 ~ Pub Year: 2009 ~ Pages: 185 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Jaico) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $21.50 USD This book features an informal but ecological study of Indian clothing and adornment. Chaudhuri’s descriptions are animated by great attention to detail, anecdotes, extracts from novels and Sanskrit texts.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Mind over Matter : Essays on Mentalities in Medieval India by D N Jha ,  Eugenia Vanina (ProductID: 25340 ~ ISBN: 9788189487478 ~ Pub Year: 2009 ~ Pages: 352 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Tulika) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $57.95 USD The primary focus of most scholars in the field of medieval Indian studies has been on economic history. In contrast, processes and phenomena that belong to the spheres of mentality, religion, culture, scientific knowledge – the very worldview of medieval Indians – have attracted little attention. This volume seeks to create an interest in the mental and behavioural aspects of medieval society in India, and widen the area of research.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Impact by Shailendra Sengar (ProductID: 25150 ~ ISBN: 8126132577 ~ Pub Year: 2007 ~ Pages: 288 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Anmol Publications) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $140.00 USD The book holds that the beliefs and ideals of different civilizations are formulated in their rituals more explicitly than in any other cultural trait which gives the study of ritualism a greater historical significance. The work evoked great scholarly interest and was acclaimed as a significant departure from the traditional type of indological research thus initiating a new line of historical enquiry.   (Explore Similar Items) Indian Cultural Heritage Perspective for Tourism by L K Singh (ProductID: 25385 ~ ISBN: 8182054753 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 272 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Isha Books) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $47.95 USD This book on cultural heritage from the perspective of tourism makes an attempt to harness the cultural heritage elements of any community in general and those of the Indians in particular as a resource of tourism. The book also presents the readers with some suggestions of making cultural heritage tourism a sustainable one. The readers will find the book to be a useful guide in exploring the cultural heritage of India.   (Explore Similar Items) Sex and the Family in Colonial India by Durba Ghosh (ProductID: 24267 ~ ISBN: 9780521898799 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 278 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Cambridge University Press) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $40.70 USD The author offers a fascinating account of how gender, class and race affected the cultural, social and even political mores of the period. The book makes an original and signal contribution to scholarship on colonialism, gender and sexuality.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Identity and Ethos - The Adaptive Indian by S Radhakrishnan (ProductID: 24272 ~ ISBN: 9788122204551 ~ Pub Year: 2007 ~ Pages: 128 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Vision/Orient paperbacks) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $14.45 USD ‘When one says that he is an Indian, whether settled abroad or in India, the matter is not one of geography but of history. What is the tradition for which an Indian stands? What are the ideals to which he adheres? If we put questions like these, we get an obvious answer…it is the great ideals of abhaya, asanga and ahimsa’.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) The Ugliness of the Indian Male and other Propositions by Mukul Kesavan (ProductID: 24457 ~ ISBN: 8178242060 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 301 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Permanent Black) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $31.95 USD Some years ago, he was struck by the contrast between the beauty of Hindi film heroines and the ugliness of Hindi film heroes. After researching the matter, the author concluded that the explanation was straightforward This collection of essays is a distillation of his thoughts on some of the central concerns of our time. They are outrageously funny, profoundly cosmopolitan, and devotedly pseudo-secular all at once.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Democracy in the Family - Insights from India by Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive (ProductID: 23856 ~ ISBN: 9780761936312 ~ Pub Year: 2008 ~ Pages: 256 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Sage Publications) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $43.20 USD The family constitutes one of the building block of the foundation of social life. Yet the undemocratic nature of relationships within the family, complicated by their high emotive content, remains relatively unexplored. This book unravels the gendered implications of oppressive families and the ways in which these can be negotiated or transformed.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Of Cricket, Guinness and Gandhi - Essays on Indian History and Culture by Vinay Lal (ProductID: 23966 ~ ISBN: 0144000059 ~ Pub Year: 2005 ~ Pages: 228 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Penguin) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $25.10 USD The idea of India as a nation-state is slowly encroaching upon the idea of India as a civilization The eight engaging essays in this book cover a wide range of cultural phenomena and offer a sweeping perspective on contemporary Indian society. This work stimulates the mind and lives up to its maverick title.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Glimpses of Indian Culture - Ancient and Modern by Pratap Chandra Chunder (ProductID: 24045 ~ ISBN: N/A ~ Pub Year: 2007 ~ Pages: 212 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Hardcover ~ Publisher: Indian Museum Calcutta) Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days          Our Price: $23.20 USD This valuable work, written by a noted Indologist has focused on Ancient India and Modern India. Collecting valuable materials from pre-historic and historic periods, Dr. Chunder made a comparative study of the ancient political systems of India and Iran. His comments on different Old Persian inscriptions are really fascinating.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Identity and Ethos - The Adaptive Indian by S Radhakrishnan (ProductID: 23500 ~ ISBN: 9788122204551 ~ Pub Year: 2007 ~ Pages: 125 ~ Language: English ~ Binding: Paperback ~ Publisher: Orient Paperbacks) Usually Delivers in 10 - 15 Business Days           Our Price: $14.20 USD When one says that he is an Indian, whether settled abroad or in India, the matter is not one of geography but of history. What is the tradition for which an Indian stands? What are the ideals to which he adheres? If we put questions like these, we get an obvious answer… it is the great ideals of abhaya, asanga and ahimsa.   (Read Table of Contents)   (Explore Similar Items) Top Sellers The Jews of India by Benjamin J Israel Fairs & Festivals of India by A Compilation The Making of Neoliberal India - Nationalism, Gender and the Paradoxes of Globalisation by Rupal Oza The Vedic Hindu Marriage Ceremony (Sanskrit Text & Transcreation with English Translation) by P. Lal A Comprehensive Indian Wedding Planner by Sarbjit K Gill The Indians - Portrait Of A People by Sudhir Kakar The Indian Psyche by Sudhir Kakar Life And Food in Bengal by Chitrita Benerji The Concept of Law by H L A Hart Mistaken Modernity - India Between Worlds by Dipankar Gupta Next Items >>

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