Meera Bai

Meera Bai

Author: B. K. Chaturvedi

Publisher:

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 9788173862458

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Mirabai

Mirabai

Author: Robert Bly

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780807063866

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A stunning collection of poems by Mirabai, the fifteenth-century female Indian ecstatic poet. Like Coleman Barks's translations of Rumi, this collection of poems by Mirabai will appeal to anyone interested in spiritual poetry.


Poetry, Politics and Culture

Poetry, Politics and Culture

Author: Akshaya Kumar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-14

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1317809629

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This book maps the journey of the Indian poetic imagination—in Hindi, Panjabi and Indian English—from its original quasi-spiritual longings to its activist interventions in the public domain. As Indian poetry of the post-1990s gravitates towards a non-Orientalised postcolonial nationalism, it seeks to rewrite and disseminate the shifting coordinates of nationalist imagination in terms of the dissent of the subaltern discontents of the nation. The book is interdisciplinary: it studies Indian poetry from the new emerging imperatives of postcolonialism, new historiography (subaltern, dalit and diasporas), nationalism, and cultural studies. Covering the two major north Indian languages—Hindi and Punjabi—along with poetry in Indian English, the book is a close textual study of about 150 poetry collections in these languages. It is path-breaking in its study of secular poetry written in the so-called vernaculars, with critical attention to its participation in the political as well as cultural processes of nation-making. This cutting-edge book should be of interest to scholars of Indian writings in English, Hindi and Panjabi, gender studies, dalit and diaspora studies, postcolonial poetry and to students reading South Asian literature and culture.


The Moving Image

The Moving Image

Author: Kishore Valicha

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9788125016083

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One of the first serious film studies in India. A contemporary analysis of the central issues contained in Indian films issues which distinguish this cinema from films of other countries. The book argues that film in India is a genuine cultural expression carrying meaning. The special and valuable insights on Indian cinema that this book offers are enhanced by Dr Valicha s own fascination with films.


Mirabai

Mirabai

Author: Nancy M. Martin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2023-07-11

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0197694942

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Mirabai, an iconic sixteenth-century Indian poet-saint, is renowned for her unwavering love of God, her disregard for social hierarchies and gendered notions of honor and shame, and her challenge to familial, feudal, and religious authorities. Defying attempts to constrain and even kill her, she could not be silenced. Though verifiable facts regarding her life are few, her fame spread across social, linguistic, and religious boundaries, and stories about her multiplied across the subcontinent and the centuries. In Mirabai, Nancy M. Martin traces the story of this immensely popular Indian saint from the earliest manuscript references to her through colonial and nationalist developments to scholarly and popular portrayals in the decades leading up to Indian independence. This book examines Mirabai's place as both insider and outsider to the developing strands of devotional Hinduism and her role in contested terrain of debates around the education and independence of women and the crafting of Indian and Hindu identities. Mirabai offers a comprehensive and multi-layered portrait of this remarkable and still controversial woman, who continues to be a source of inspiration and catalyst for self-actualization for spiritual seekers, artists, activists, and so many others in India and around the world today.


Great Indian Women

Great Indian Women

Author:

Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Published:

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9354098843

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History is witness to the fact that the women of India have contributed immensely in each and every sphere of life. They have always been in the forefront for the upliftment of family, society and the country. In this collection, we have highlighted the life-stories of such gallant, determined and devoted women of India. Stories of valiant heroines from the middle ages to modern times and sketches of pious women like Kasturba Gandhi of modern era have been included in this collection. It includes brilliant gems of all communities including from across the society.


Of Women, Outcastes, Peasants, and Rebels

Of Women, Outcastes, Peasants, and Rebels

Author: Kalpana Bardhan

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990-03-13

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780520067141

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"A powerful portrait of the oppressed and the forms of oppression that occur in India."—Theodore Riccardi, Jr., Columbia University


Meera, Sanga and Mewar: The Remarkable Story of A Brave Rajput Princess and Her Legendary Devotion

Meera, Sanga and Mewar: The Remarkable Story of A Brave Rajput Princess and Her Legendary Devotion

Author: Jyoti Jafa

Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited

Published: 2021-04-10

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 8186939857

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A prolific journalist, Jyoti Jafa is an aristocrat by birth, a diplomat by training and a writer by inclination. She infuses her writing with her own joie de vivre and an artist’s sensitivity to ambience. She is also the author of three of our bestsellers, Nurjahan, Really, Your Highness! and Royal Rajasthan.


Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema

Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema

Author: Ashish Rajadhyaksha

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 3189

ISBN-13: 1135943257

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The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this updated and expanded edition of a now classic work of reference. Covering the full range of Indian film, this new revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema includes vastly expanded coverage of mainstream productions from the 1970s to the 1990s and, for the first time, a comprehensive name index. Illustrated throughout, there is no comparable guide to the incredible vitality and diversity of historical and contemporary Indian film.


EVERYTHING I DO

EVERYTHING I DO

Author: SUVIKA

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2019-04-29

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 1645870685

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“All I wanted was a son. A boy. An heir. To carry the family name and the company forward into the future. Instead, I got you! Two daughters. Fit for nothing except to marry someone and walk away.” Kajal Rathore had walked out of her home and her father after that confrontation, making a life and living it on her own terms. Away from the archaic chauvinism that made her father reject her because she was not the son he wanted. Now her father’s flailing health has brought her back to her home. And to the company that had been in her family for generations. Once Kajal had had a dream of becoming a part of that company, and now the fates are handing over that dream. But to claim it, she would have to confront the father who denies her, the mother who never stood up for her, the sister who needs her and the man who wants her. “I want you to marry Kajal. I don’t… I can’t trust her with Rathore Industries. But I don’t have a choice. But if you are beside her, I would never have to worry. Marry her, and the company would be yours.” Arjun Shekhawat is deeply indebted to his boss, the man who had been his godfather and his mentor. Refusing him is not on the cards. Even when it is something as personal as marriage. After all, it is a win-win situation. But keeping the promise means getting close to his boss’s daughter. Close enough to win her trust, to appreciate the person that she is and the secrets that surround her. Close enough to realize that he had unwittingly agreed to become the weapon that would one day be used against her.