The Deoliwallahs: the true story of the 1962 Chinese-Indian internment

Ma, Joy et al.

ISBN: 9789389109382, 9389109388

This story of the Chinese community in India, just after the Sino-Indian War of 1962. About 3000 Chinese-Indian were sent to disused POW camp in Deoli.

Profile of Jews, ed. by Sunjoy K. Singh

ISBN: 9789385160837, 9385160834

This book describes the history, religion, customs and culture of the Jewish people.

Women in Indian history: social, economic, political and cul tural perspectives.

Pawar, Kiran (ed.)

Two of the major finds, which are described here in detail, form a part of this collection. These are an inlaid Indian disc in mother-of-pearl (legend of Sakuntala), and a set of plaques in Indian agate in laid with rock crystal which formed part of a rare Indian object-a throne or a luxurious bed-of which the only known parallel, which has enabled us to identify its functions, is a similar fin...

The conjuror's trick: an interpretive history of paper money in India

Sheikh, Bazil

Vedic mythology: the Aryan world--king and saviour,

Guntert, Hermann

The present studies deal with one of the most difficult questions about the Indo-germanic antiquities which are, however, the most important even for the general cultural and spiritual history: from the remotest days of the pre-historical ur-time, they try to develop the value, gradual growth, and change of concepts and ideas on the linguistic basis, which has become fundamental for the religio...

The making of the Mahatma, with a foreword by Rajmohan Gandhi

Devanesen, Chandran D.S.

ISBN: 9789352870899, 9352870891

The author argues that Gandhi was influenced not just by Indian history and culture, but also by the intellectual and spiritual environment of more than one great civilisation.

The queen's daughters in India

Andrew, Elizabeth W et al

ISBN: 9789381709559, 9381709556

These queen's daughters of India were prostitutes secured for British soldiers in the cantonments. This book is about horrible government brothels, their brutalizing and degrading examination and humiliation by physicians of opposite sex.

Reconstructing identities: society through literature

Judge, Paramjit S et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788131601853, 8131601854

It is a collective effort to understand the evolution of the Punjabi society in terms of religion, gender, caste, class and rivalry. Starting from the 18th century text the volume explores various facets of the social life of Punjab till the end of colonial period.

Reflections on history, society and social change in India

Jha, Hetukar (ed.)

ISBN: 9789381144251, 9381144257

Religion and folklore of Northern India

Crooke, William

ISBN: 9788129107916, 8129107910

This detailed account of the religious customs and habits of the peasant folk of the region distinguises between Brahmanic gods and village 'godlings' examining how the people's survival in the natural world and their attempt to extract meaning from it are intricately linked to their religious beliefs.

Rashtravad, deshbhakti aur deshdroha

ISBN: 9788179758809, 817975880X

Report on a visit to Sikhim and the Thibetan frontier, in October, November, and December, 1873, new edition

Edgar, J Ware

ISBN: 9788177693287, 817769328X

Repressed discourses: essays in honour of Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

Brahma, Nand et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788190196413, 8190196413

The contributors narrate the historical experiences of the oppressed groups or classes in society, that is, the peasants, tenants, industrial labourers, dalit, tribals, non-brahaman communities, low caste women, temple dancing girls or regional groups.

Reproductive health in India: history, politics, controversies

Hodges, Sarah (ed.)

ISBN: 9788125029397, 8125029397

Rethinking local history and identity politics: locating Kurmi community in Odisha, ed. by Chandi Prasad Nanda et al

ISBN: 9789350980965, 9350980967

The present volume introduces (auto) biographies as a fascinating new source for the study of local history and contemporary politics. The narrative brings out the under explored history and identity politics and cultural assertion of a `marginal' community like Kurmi Mahantas of Orissa in the quest of their adivasi identity.

Tawaifnama

Dewan, Saba

ISBN: 9789388689816, 938868981X

This is a history, a multi-generational chronicle of one family of well-known tawaifs with roots in Banaras and Bhabua. Through their stories and self-histories, Saba Dewan explores the nuances that conventional narratives have erased, papered over or willfully rewritten.

Khrist jyoti: history of the Punjab-Rajasthan mission of the CST fathers (1973-2023), rev. edn.

ISBN: 9789391844714, 9391844715

Rites and rituals of Hindus and Muslims, compiled and ed. by K.V. Singh

ISBN: 9788189526023, 8189526022

This book is based on a report, about the customs, ceremonies, rites and rituals prevalent in 1883 in the region of undivided Punjab and around, that was prepared by late Sir Denzil Ibbatson.

Ritual, caste, and religion in colonial South India

Bergunder, Michael et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9789380607214, 9380607210

In colonial south India, notions of ritual, caste and religion played a;crucial role in the formation of social, cultural, and religious identities. This book, through a detailed analysis of Tamil and Telugu sources, and through an examination of the newly established print media of the time, explores the impact these notions had on society.;

Roots of poverty: a social history

Deo, Fanindam

ISBN: 9788190381314, 8190381318

The author delved deep into the historical past and examined the roots of poverty and the coping mechanism of the people of Western Orissa.