Indian
People In The Struggle For Freedom
Five Essays by Prabhat Patnaik, Irfan Habib, K.N.
Panikar, Amit Kumar Gupta
ISBN: 81-86219-29-3
Pp: 138
Price: Rs. 70/-
EditiOn: 2004
Listening
To Culture:Constructing Reality From Everyday Talk
Author: Nandita Chaudhary
Book Summary
Listening to Culture presents everyday cultural activity in
Indian family and community life in
order to demonstrate why and how such activity must be
encompassed in the study of
individuals and collectives. The author explores the rich world
of everyday talk_in families,
with children, between friends, at the work place_and shows the
significance of this domain of
social activity for an understanding of culture.
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India's living languages: The Critical Issues
Sumi
Krishna, Media Foundation Allied Publishers, 1991 -
History - 274 pages
India Is Home To A Very Large Number Of Languages. She Must Also
Be Among The Few
Multilingual Societies In The World Engaged In Building A New
Nation Without Actively
Forging A Common Means Of Communication-Hindi Being The Official
And Not The
National Language. This Book Explores How India Has Managed Or
Must Manage Its
Linguistic Pluralism. Dustjacket Slightly Damaged.
The saffron agenda in education: An Exposé
Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust
Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, 2001 - Education - 76 pages
Contributed articles against communalisation of education in
India.
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The Red Flower
Isbn: 81-86219-81-2
Author: Safdar Hashmi
Illustrations: Mona Rai
Language: English
PP: 34
Price: 50/-
Edition: 2007
Understanding
Harappa :Civilization
In The Greater Indus Valley
Shereen
Ratnaga Tulika, 2001 -
History
- 165 pages
This Slim Volume Is An Attempt To Rouse The Interest Of Students
And Non-Specialists In
The Early Civilization Of The Greater Indus Valley And Adjoining
Regions Of Pakistan And
India. The Indus Civilization Is Moreover, Set In The Context Of
Contemporary Cultures Of
South Asia As Well As Relevant Happenings In Western And Central
Asia, In The Attempt
To Cast An Overall Perspective. There Are Illustrations Of Site
Plans And Of Artifacts, And
Maps Assist The Reader To Make A Carefuly Study.
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The Outcaste
Sharankumar Limbale, Translated form Marathi by,
Santosh
Bhoomkar
Oxford University Press, 2003 -
Social
Science - 121 pages
First published in 1984, The Outcaste is a first-person account
of the dehumanizing impact of
caste oppression in India.
Cultural transaction and early India: Tradition And Patronage
Romila
Thapar
Oxford University Press, 1994 -
History
- 40 pages
This is a reissue, with corrections, in Oxford India Paperbacks,
of two lectures by the
eminent historian Romila Thapar. Professor Thapar argues that
traditions which revolve
around ideas are not handed down unchanged from generation to
generation, but are often
evolved in recent times, drawing on the perceived requirement of
such times.
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Growing
Up Untouchable In India: A Dalit Autobiography
Vasant Moon, Gail Omvedt - 2001 - 203 pages - Preview
n this English translation, Moon's story is usefully framed by
apparatus necessary to bring its
message to even those taking their first look at South Asian
culture.
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Totto-chan:The Little Girl At The Window
By Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Dorothy Britton
Tetsuko
Kuroyanagi,
Dorothy
Britton - 1996 - 232 pages -
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An
actress, television personality, and writer recounts her
experiences as a "problem child"
at school, which lead to her being sent to an independent
school, where she proved the goal
of the school: to develop the potential of each child
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