Language, communication and conflict in South and Southeast Asia,

ISBN: 9788196508210, 8196508212

Issues of communication and conflict in South and Southeast Asia are of critical importance and immense interest primarily because of the unique multiculturalism of the area.

Gender: a social, political, and economic analysis

Kundu, Manju et al.

ISBN: 9789360953034, 9360953032

This book provides a thorough examination of how gender influences society. By drawing on various fields like sociology, politics, and economics, this book helps to understand the complexities of gender dynamics.

Hindu nationalism in India

Thakur, S.N.

ISBN: 9789386611680, 9386611686

Histories in the making: photographing Indian monuments, 1855-1920,

ISBN: 9788196383343, 8196383347

This exhibition draws on the rich collection of early photographs of Indian monuments in the DAG archives to foreground photography's powerful role in shaping our understanding of India's history. It shows how photography helped to build the field sciences, by creating networks of information flow, and draws attention to the interconnected histories of politics, fieldwork, and the framing of ac...

The deception industry: the art, craft and science of hacking the electorate

Sahni, Herjinder Singh

ISBN: 9789361562181, 9361562185

Within these pages lies an examination of the fundamental tools that have revolutionized modern-day election campaigns. From the omnipresent mobile phone, now a linchpin in political strategy, to the clandestine repositories of voters, data that can make or break political narratives, the first part of the book sets the stage for a plunge into the mechanics of influence.

The Arthasastra in a transcultural perspective: comparing Kautilya with Sun-Zi, Nizam al-Mulk, Barani and Machiavelli, ed. by Michael Liebig et al

ISBN: 9788182749382, 8182749387

This edited volume continues the series of publications of IDSA that address the pre-modern Indian political theorist Kautilya and the relevance of his thought for contemporary strategic thinking and practice.

Islands against civilisation: anthropology, nationalism, and the politics of scheduling, 1918-1950

Tewari, Saagar

ISBN: 9789354426483, 9354426484

This book provides a history of the late-colonial discussions around the future of tribal communities in South Asia. In this debate were first, the British anthropologists and administrators, who believed that the introduction of modern electoral democracy would harm the tribal people. They wished to exclude or partially exclude all tribal majority areas from the powers of elected assemblies. A...

Arvind Kejriwal & the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP): an inside look

Kurup, Pran

ISBN: 9789385936913, 9385936913

The book provides a unique perspective on Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) through the keen observations and first-hand insights of an active AAP volunteer and close personal friend of Kejriwal from his undergraduate days at IIT Kharagpur.

Aryan invasion theory and Indian nationalism

Talageri, Shrikant G

ISBN: 9788185990026, 8185990026

History is a very potent subject. Politics can be, and very often is, based on it. A nation which forgets, or falsifies, or wilfully ignores, or glosses over the lessons of its history is a nation heading towards doom. And, conversely, when a nation is intended to be sent to its doom, a process of falsification of its history can be profitably launched.;Indian history, as it is formulated, taug...

Food & farming: a journey through India in comics

Hariharan, Githa

ISBN: 9789392018732, 9392018738

It is a most engaging graphic novel which captures the politics of food and farming in today's India, this comes at a critical moment.

Bureaucratic Government: a study in Indian polity

Bernard, Houghton

ISBN: 9788121288927, 8121288924

This book describes how bureaucratic government has replaced autocracy in India and then delves into the general aspects of bureaucracy, followed by its specific implications for certain significant issues. The book draws insights from the speeches and actions of a candid Viceroy and the administration of an Indian province to gain a deeper understanding of bureaucratic tendencies. Ultimately, ...

Ashis Nandy and the cultural politics of selfhood

Deftereos, Christine

ISBN: 9788132110453, 8132110455

Asia annual 2004, ed. by Mahavir Singh

ISBN: 9788175412309, 8175412305

The Asia annual is the cross-disciplinary journal of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. This volume is devoted to security and co-operation in Asia and the Asia-Pacific region, new international political and economic order, multi-polarisation, bilateral relations between India and China, new Russian perspective on Asia, possibilities for trilateral co-operation be...

Asia annual 2006, Chief ed. by Suchandana Chatterjee et al.

ISBN: 9788187471387, 8187471387

The book reiterates a multidisciplinary character through articles that deal with such diferent subjects as economics, history, politics, international affairs.