Eminent Grewals

Eminent Grewals

Author: Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal

Publisher: Archers & Elevators Publishing House

Published:

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 9394958606

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Five Punjabi Centuries

Five Punjabi Centuries

Author: Indu Banga

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13:

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A Multi-Disciplinary Volume With An Exceptionally Wide Sweep, Has Contributions Covering Polity, Economy And Society In The Mughal Punjab, State-Formation, Economy, Society And Literature Under Sikh Rule, Religion And Art In The Hills, Pahari Painting; Political, Economic And Socio-Cultural Developments, Urban Society And Politics, Communitarian, Secular And National Consciousness, Agrarian And Urban Economy, Demographic And Social Change, Punjabi Literature And Gender Relations During Colonial Rule; And Political Economy, Agricultural Growth, Punjabi Speaking State Movement In Post Independence Period.


Music in Colonial Punjab

Music in Colonial Punjab

Author: Radha Kapuria

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2023-05-15

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0192867342

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This book offers the first social history of music in undivided Punjab (1800-1947), beginning at the Lahore court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and concluding at the Patiala royal darbar. It unearths new evidence for the centrality of female performers and classical music in a region primarily viewed as a folk music centre, featuring a range of musicians and dancers -from 'mirasis' (bards) and 'kalawants' (elite musicians), to 'kanjris' (subaltern female performers) and 'tawaifs' (courtesans). A central theme is the rise of new musical publics shaped by the anglicized Punjabi middle classes, and British colonialists' response to Punjab's performing communities. The book reveals a diverse connoisseurship for music with insights from history, ethnomusicology, and geography on an activity that still unites a region now divided between India and Pakistan.


Religion and Nationalism in India

Religion and Nationalism in India

Author: Harnik Deol

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1134635354

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This timely and significant study explores the reasons behind the rise in Sikh militancy over the 1970s and 1980s. It also evaluates the violent response of the Indian State in fuelling and suppressing the Sikh separatist movement, resulting in a tragic sequence of events which has included the raiding of the Golden Temple at Amritsar and the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The book reveals the role in this movement of a section of young semi-literate Sikh peasantry who were disaffected by the Green Revolution and the commercialisation of agriculture in Punjab. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Deol examines the role of popular mass media in the revitalisation of religion during this period, and the subsequent emergence of sharper religious boundaries.


The Sikhs of the Punjab

The Sikhs of the Punjab

Author: J. S. Grewal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-10-08

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780521637640

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In a revised edition of his original book, J. S. Grewal brings the history of the Sikhs from its beginnings in the time of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, right up to the present day. Against the background of the history of the Punjab, the volume surveys the changing pattern of human settlements in the region until the fifteenth century and the emergence of the Punjabi language as the basis of regional articulation. Subsequent chapters explore the life and beliefs of Guru Nanak, the development of his ideas by his successors and the growth of his following. The book offers a comprehensive statement on one of the largest and most important communities in India today.


Educating to Confuse and Disrupt

Educating to Confuse and Disrupt

Author: Makkhan Lal

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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The Book Exposes The Fraud Thrust Upon The Nation For The Last 55 Years In The Name Of Educational Reforms But In Reality To Secure Macaulay`S Aim Of Turning Indians Into English In Taste, Moral And Intellect. What Is The Appropriate Substance That Should Form The Core Of School Curriculum In Our Country , Especially In Reference To History, And What Should Be The Proper Mode And Method Of Their Implementation Are The Basic Issues That The Book Raises.