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Author: Nanditha Krishna
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788174369147
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA two part illustrated narrative on Chennai; authored separately by Tishan Doshi and Nandhita Krishna, with photo research & editing by Pramod Kapoor.
Author: Bishwanath Ghosh
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Published: 2024-03-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789357767774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbout the Book A WITTY, OBSERVANT AND PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY OF A REMARKABLE CITY-CHENNAI From moody, magical Madras to bursting-at-the-seams, tech-savvy Chennai, the two aspects of the city are inseparable. As Bishwanath Ghosh tells us, while Chennai is usually known as conservative and orthodox, almost every modern institution in India-from the army to the judiciary; from medicine to engineering-traces its roots to Madras. Today the city once again figures prominently on the global map as 'India's Detroit', a manufacturing giant and a hub of medical tourism. There have been sweeping changes since Independence, but even as Chennai embraces change, its people hold its age-old customs and traditions close to their hearts. It is this city that Bishwanath Ghosh explores, delving into its past, roaming its historic sites and neighbourhoods, and meeting a wide variety of people-from a top vocalist to a top sexologist, from a yoga teacher to a percussionist, from a yesteryear film star to his own eighty-five-year-old neighbour. What emerges is an evocative portrait of this unique city, drawn without reservation-sometimes with humour, sometimes with irony-but always with love. About the Author Bishwanath Ghosh, an Indian writer and journalist, best known for his literary travelogues which describe the essence of India. In 2009 he published the bestselling Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop but Never Get Off, which The Telegraph (Kolkata) called "a delightful travelogue with a difference." He is also the author of Longing, Belonging (2014), which is a portrait of present-day Kolkata, Gazing at Neighbours (2017) and Aimless in Banaras.
Author: C. S. Lakshmi
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780143030263
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Author: Mary E. Hancock
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2008-10-29
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 0253002656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this anthropological history, Mary E. Hancock examines the politics of public memory in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Once a colonial port, Chennai is now poised to become a center for India's "new economy" of information technology, export processing, and back-office services. State and local governments promote tourism and a heritage-conscious cityscape to make Chennai a recognizable "brand" among investment and travel destinations. Using a range of textual, visual, architectural, and ethnographic sources, Hancock grapples with the question of how people in Chennai remember and represent their past, considering the political and economic contexts and implications of those memory practices. Working from specific sites, including a historic district created around an ancient Hindu temple, a living history museum, neo-traditional and vernacular architecture, and political memorials, Hancock examines the spatialization of memory under the conditions of neoliberalism.
Author: Shyamal Bhattacharjee
Publisher: Booksclinic Publishing
Published: 2024-06-02
Total Pages: 589
ISBN-13: 9358238666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrastic has been the condition and pitiable has been the state of Indian Hockey after March 15th 1975 when it won its only World Cup. The game which made India to be known all across the world and the impetus that it created in terms of the stills, skills, effects and impact, hockey should have been the BEST and the most RICHEST game of India, and the most popular , but it continues to live in the INTENSIVE CARE UNIT , with the players , leading their life as the paupers , living in the state of PENURY , and the administrators being the DRACULA and the DEMONS which has sucked the blood, to completely kill this game. The author who himself was a creditable Hockey player in his College days and also a former Sports Journalist completely diagnoses the root cause of the decay of the game and analysis to give some of the best solution so that this game once again brings trillions and miles of smiles, and laurel to India. Beautiful in narration and exhaustive in explanation this book really serves as a MUST for the sports lovers for a complete and meaningful reading. The manner in which it is written, the book serves as a revolution in the field of literature that relates to Indian Hockey , beside capable of earning a DOCTORATE for the manner in which the book is written.
Author: Kathleen M. Adams
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2011-07-18
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 0253001056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity. Encompassing both mainland and island countries, these engaging essays describe personhood and identity, family and household organization, nation-states, religion, popular culture and the arts, the legacies of war and recovery, globalization, and the environment. Throughout, the focus is on the daily lives and experiences of ordinary people. Most of the essays are original to this volume, while a few are widely taught classics. All were chosen for their timeliness and interest, and are ideally suited for the classroom.
Author: Nanditha Krishna
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2014-05-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 8184751826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnimals are worshipped in India in many ways: as deities—the elephant-god Ganesha and the monkey-god Hanuman; as avatars—like Vishnu’s fish, tortoise and boar forms; and as vahanas—the swan, bull, lion and tiger were all vehicles of major deities and are thus sacred by association. Some animals, like the snake, are worshipped out of fear. Birds such as the crow are associated with the abode of the dead, or the souls of ancestors, while the cow’s sanctity may derive from its economic value. There are also hero-animals, such as the vanaras, and animals which were totemic symbols of tribes that were assimilated into Vedic Hinduism. Sacred Animals of India draws on the ancient religious traditions of India—Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism—to explore the customs and practices that engendered the veneration of animals in India. This book also examines the traditions that gave animals in India protection, and is a reminder of the role of animal species in the earth’s biodiversity.
Author: Nanditha Krishna
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2014-05-15
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9351186911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlants personify the divine— The Rig Veda (X.97) Trees and plants have long been held sacred to communities the world over. In India, we have a whole variety of flora that feature in our myths, our epics, our rituals, our worship and our daily life. There is the pipal, under which the Buddha meditated on the path to enlightenment; the banyan, in whose branches hide spirits; the ashoka, in a grove of which Sita sheltered when she was Ravana’s prisoner; the tulsi, without which no Hindu house is considered complete; the bilva, with whose leaves it is possible to inadvertently worship Shiva. Before temples were constructed, trees were open-air shrines sheltering the deity, and many were symbolic of the Buddha himself. Sacred Plants of India systematically lays out the sociocultural roots of the various plants found in the Indian subcontinent, while also asserting their ecological importance to our survival. Informative, thought-provoking and meticulously researched, this book draws on mythology and botany and the ancient religious traditions of India to assemble a detailed and fascinating account of India’s flora.
Author: Glyn Barlow
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anil Kumar Kamaraju
Publisher: Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division
Published: 2013-10-30
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9350691507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is ever-existent, ever-vibrant, and ever-radiant. He has declared, "I am within you always." This is addressed to all living beings in the world. Even when His physical frame is not there now, this is true and He proves His existence beyond doubt to all seekers of Spiritual Truth. Prof. K. Anil Kumar, the chosen translator of Bhagawan's Divine Discourses, who echoes "His Master's Voice", elaborated Bhagawan's teachings and philosophy, the glory and significance of Swami's 'Maha Samadhi', and guidance for further carrying on Sai's Mission with zeal and zest, in his lectures in foreign countries and to foreigners in Prasanthi Nilayam in this volume, titled "Divine Vibrations". Readers will find this volume all absorbing, inspiring, and spiritually elevating.
