Land and people of Indian states and union territories : (in 36 volumes)
Land and people of Indian states and union territories : (in 36 volumes)

Author: S. C. Bhatt

Publisher: Gyan Publishing House

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9788178353562

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An encyclopaedic voluminous work gives authentic and objectives information about all the 28 states and 7Union Territories, History, Physical aspects, Population, Politics, Education, Transport and Communication, Languages and Literature, Medical Facilities, Industry, Finance Sector, Natural Wealth, Agriculture, Wild Life, Tourism, Archeological sites, Natural Calamities, Customs, Fairs and Festivals, Arts and Crafts, Rural and Urban Development, Newspapers, Important Events, NGO, Planning outlays0 in thirty-six volumes, each volume complete about a state. A benchmark.

Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Author: Kumar Suresh Singh

Publisher: Popular Prakashan

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 804

ISBN-13: 9788179911013

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Ethnological study.

Identity, Ecology, Social Organization, Economy, Linkages and Development Process
Identity, Ecology, Social Organization, Economy, Linkages and Development Process

Author: K. S. Singh

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 1988

ISBN-13:

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This quantitative profile of the people of India presents 392 cultural traits which characterize the Indian population. The author highlights the heterogeneity of cultures, and at the same time, clarifies linkages and unifying characteristics across communities at both local and regional levels.

Tribes of India
Tribes of India

Author: Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780520043152

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The Scheduled Castes
The Scheduled Castes

Author: K. S. Singh

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 1504

ISBN-13:

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This volume represents as accurate a list of India's Scheduled Castes as can currently be made. It reveals a highly heterogeneous profile of Scheduled Caste communities, which are spread across the country and which are mainly landless, with little control over resources such as land, forest and water. It also shows the persistence of 'untouchability' in many pockets, and the variable measures of equality that have so far been achieved in the struggle for social upliftment by the Scheduled Castes. It reveals that these castes have been increasingly involved in modern occupations, such as service in government departments wherever traditional industries have declined. As a consequence, a new sense of self-respect is in the air, gradually replacing some of the old myths which sought to legitimize their degradation.

The African Diaspora in India
The African Diaspora in India

Author: Purnima Mehta Bhatt

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 135137365X

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This book explores the understudied and often overlooked subject of African presence in India. It focuses on the so-called Sidis, Siddis or Habshis who occupy a unique place in Indian history. The Sidis comprise scattered communities of people of African descent who travelled and settled along the western coast of India, mainly in Gujarat, but also in Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Sri Lanka and in Sindh (Pakistan) as a result of the Indian Ocean trade from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries. The work draws from extant scholarly research and documentary sources to provide a comprehensive study of people of African descent in India and sheds new light on their experiences. By employing an interdisciplinary approach across fields of history, art, anthropology, religion, literature and oral history, it provides an analysis of their negotiations with cultural resistance, survivals and collective memory. The author examines how the Sidi communities strived to construct a distinct identity in a new homeland in a polyglot Indian society, their present status, as well as their future prospects. The book will interest those working in the fields of history, sociology and social anthropology, cultural studies, international relations, and migration and diaspora studies.