Notes from the Fortune-telling Parrot

Notes from the Fortune-telling Parrot

Author: David Pinault

Publisher: Equinox Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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This book explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore. Uniting these topics is an investigation of how Islamist politicians seek to eradicate sectarian diversity and repress localized forms of Muslim folk practices in the name of a standardized, uniform, and globalized version of Islam. The book looks at forms of resistance to this Islamist globalization, such as collaborative efforts by Christian, Hindu, and Muslim human-rights activists to repeal Pakistan's notorious blasphemy law and assert the worth of religious pluralism.


Introduction to Pakistan

Introduction to Pakistan

Author: Gilad James, PhD

Publisher: Gilad James Mystery School

Published:

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9512806320

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Pakistan is a South Asian country bordered by India, Afghanistan, Iran, and China. It was created in 1947 as a homeland for Muslims in the partition of British India. The population of Pakistan is approximately 220 million people, making it the fifth most populous country in the world. The official languages of Pakistan are Urdu and English, although there are many regional languages as well. The country is known for its varied landscape, including mountains, deserts, and coastal areas. Its economy relies heavily on agriculture, industry, and services, with major cities such as Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad serving as centers of commerce and government. Despite ongoing political and economic challenges, Pakistan remains a vibrant and diverse country with a rich cultural heritage.


Capacity Building Through Heritage Tourism

Capacity Building Through Heritage Tourism

Author: Surabhi Srivastava

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-03-21

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1000053237

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This volume provides a comprehensive account of the valuable tangible and intangible benefits of the development of heritage tourism. Tourism development is widely acknowledged as a crucial tool to foster the development of rural and urban areas. To this end, this book presents nine case studies from international authors that reflect how tourism development is helpful—economically, socially, and otherwise—for community capacity building. The case studies from the countries of Spain, Portugal, Australia, Dubai, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and India demonstrate the uses of various management strategies and methods for rural and urban areas, and cover some of the major topics related to community-based tourism, community capacity building, and community participation in developing heritage tourism. Chapters consider the conservation of heritage resources and tourism promotion of destinations that provide opportunities to local communities to strengthen their economies and social standards. Key features: water conservation in urban landscape as natural, cultural, and historic tourism resources spiritual and religious heritage tourism cultural tourism and the support of public and private funds economic development and its effect on cultural and natural resources public-private-partnerships to ensure sustainable development talent management challenges tribal tourism and tribal festivals, which are the mirror of their culture and could be major tourist attractions The methodologies and proposed management strategies discussed by the book's researchers and professors will be valuable for policymakers, administrators, tourism promoters, researchers, and academicians who are involved with the tourism industry.


Being Bengali

Being Bengali

Author: Mridula Nath Chakraborty

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-26

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 131781889X

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Bengal has long been one of the key centres of civilisation and culture in the Indian subcontinent. However, Bengali identity – "Bengaliness" – is complicated by its long history of evolution, the fact that Bengal is now divided between India and Bangladesh, and by virtue of a very large international diaspora from both parts of Bengal. This book explores a wide range of issues connected with Bengali identity. Amongst other subjects, it considers the special problems arising as a result of the division of Bengal, and concludes by demonstrating that there are many factors which make for the idea of a Bengali identity.


The Runaways

The Runaways

Author: Fatima Bhutto

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1839760354

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“Fatima Bhutto vividly renders the seductions of Islamic radicalization . . . and its universal roots in idealism and desire, rage and romance, youth and rebellion” (Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer). The lives of three radicalized Muslim teenagers—two from Pakistan, one from the United Kingdom—intersect in the Iraqi desert as they travel to a jihadi training camp in Mosul. Anita lives in Karachi’s biggest slum. Her mother is a maalish wali, paid to massage the tired bones of rich women. But Anita’s life will change forever when she meets her elderly neighbor, a man whose shelves of books promise an escape to a different world. On the other side of Karachi lives Monty, whose father owns half the city and expects great things of him. But when a beautiful and rebellious girl joins his school, Monty will find his life going in a very different direction. Sunny’s father left India and went to England to give his son the opportunities he never had. Yet Sunny doesn't fit in anywhere. It’s only when his charismatic cousin comes back into his life that he realizes his life could hold more possibilities than he ever imagined. These three lives will cross in the desert, a place where life and death walk hand in hand, and where their closely guarded secrets will force them to make a terrible choice.