The Life of S. Satyamurti
The Life of S. Satyamurti

Author: Ciṭṭi

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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Political biography of S. Satyamurti, 1887-1943, Indian nationalist and parliamentarian.

Music as History in Tamilnadu
Music as History in Tamilnadu

Author: T. K. Venkatasubramanian

Publisher: Primus Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9380607067

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Recent scholarship on the history of music in South Asia has examined the processes by which music as an art form was reinvented for nationalist purposes, yet, the disciplined study of music (and its aesthetics) remains only a few centuries old. Studying music through a historical lens has opened new approaches to interdisciplinary studies. Music as History in Tamilnadu examines how history can be interpreted through aesthetics and music and vice versa. Musicologists focus on the study of musical activity, while ethnomusicologists examine this activity first-hand using the 'field' research methods of cultural anthropology. The historian's task, then, is to interpret the musical past as part of cultural production and thereafter relate music to general historical trends. This collection of essays seeks to establish the interdisciplinarity between music (the Karnatak system) and the history of Tamilnadu, south India.

Anna
Anna

Author: R Kannan

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2017-06-13

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 8184753136

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AN ILLUMINATING ACCOUNT OF THE DMK AND ITS CHARISMATIC FOUNDER In 1967, C.N. Annadurai became the chief minister of Madras state, when his party, the DMK, swept to power for the first time. In this definitive biography, R. Kannan traces the growth of Annadurai—from a young protégé of the radical thinker Periyar E.V. Ramasamy into a revered leader known as Anna, or elder brother. Kannan draws on Anna’s considerable body of writing, and the memoirs of other leaders and authors in Tamil, to candidly examine Anna’s complex relationship with Periyar and his disillusionment with the corruption he witnessed when in power. Featuring luminaries like Rajagopalachari and Kamaraj, K. Karunanidhi and MGR, among many others, Anna offers a warm and rounded portrait of a man who showed the way for the democratic expression of regional aspirations within a united India.

War over Words
War over Words

Author: Devika Sethi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1108484247

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Recovers, narrates, and interrogates the history of censorship of publications in India over three crucial decades - 1930-1960.

Accessions List, South Asia
Accessions List, South Asia

Author: Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 890

ISBN-13:

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Records publications acquired from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, by the U.S. Library of Congress Offices in New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.

George Joseph, the Life and Times of a Kerala Christian Nationalist
George Joseph, the Life and Times of a Kerala Christian Nationalist

Author: George Gheverghese Joseph

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9788125024958

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This book looks at the life of George Joseph (1887 1938), a South Indian Christian nationalist whose contributions to the Indian freedom struggle have been generally neglected in the literature of the Indian national movement. The book is not a straightforward biography; it attempts to place the subject of the study in the political and social context of modern Indian history but provides personal glimpses of the man and his humanity. Further, the book examines how George Joseph influenced or even initiated debates on issues such as the meaning of secularism in India; the position of religious minorities of India, the reality and extent of the North-South divide and the scope and limits of affirmative action for disadvantaged groups- all issues of great relevance even in today s India.