Rosa Luxemburg: a revolutionary socialist, Vol.1

Ray, Nirmal (b.1931)

Sacred complex of Ujjain, foreword by Baidyanath Saraswati

Samanta, Dipak Kumar (b.1946)

ISBN: 9788124600788, 8124600783

Contents-(1) The Historical Background (2) The city of Temples (3) The Abode of Lord Mahakalesvar (4) The Link: Melas, Festivals, Folk Theatre (5) The city of Trade (6) Siva worship in Malwa (7) Resume.

Saga of Kalpathy: the story of Palghat Iyers, sketches by IP Unny

Das, MK

This book narrates the story of a small community which migrated from the Tamil country to Kerala. The early migrants settled in the village Kalpathy in Palakkad. Kalpathy continues to have a sizeable concentration of this community.

Sati: evangelicals, Baptist missionaries, and the changing colonial discourse

Jain, Meenakshi

ISBN: 9788173055522, 8173055521

This is not a work on sati per se. Its primary focus is the colonial debate on sati, particularly the role of Evangelicals and Baptist missionaries. It argues that sati was an exceptional act, performed by a miniscule number of Hindu widows over the centuries. It occurrence was, however, exaggerated in the nineteenth century by Evangelicals and Baptist missionaries eager to Anglicize and Christ...

Scholars and prophets: sociology of India from France in the 19th-20th centuries, tr. from the French by Renuka George

Lardinois, Roland

ISBN: 9788187358701, 818735870X

Health, medicine and encounter of cultures in India

Alam, Mumtaz

ISBN: 9789355721778, 9355721773

This book examines the social, cultural and linguistic facets of medicine that influenced these indigenous systems. Exploring medical literature and other texts in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian from the eleventh to the nineteenth centuries, this work traces the interactions and changes in the components and practice of medicine.

A socio-intellectual history of the Isna Ashari Shi'is in India (17th to 19th century AD), 2 Vols.

Rizvi, Saiyid Athar Abbas

ISBN: 9788121500043, 8121500044

Scrolls of strife: the endless history of the Nagas

Borgohain, Homen et al

ISBN: 9788129118660, 8129118661

This book attempts to probe the tumultuous history of the Nagas-the most distincitve and misunderstood race in India.

Roads, winds, spices in the western Indian ocean: the memory and geopolitics of maritime heritage,

ISBN: 9789354552731, 9354552730

The book attempts to reorient the dominant narratives with an interdisciplinary approach to explore and understand various identities, routes, and sites with a focus on the Western Indian Ocean region, by offering perspectives of multidisciplinary group of acaemics, policy makers, diplomats, archaeologists, museum and heritage experts.

The Shan: culture, art and crafts

Conway, Susan

ISBN: 9789749863060, 9749863062

The Shan States are uniquely situated at the crossroads of inland Southeast Asia and are bordered by China, Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand.

Shiva's other children: religion and social identity amongst overseas Indians

Mearns, David James (1948- )

ISBN: 9788170364795, 8170364795

Contents: (i) The history and political economy of melaka's Indian connection (ii) The Indian perspective contemporary patterns.;

Should I care ?: contemporary concerns for Indian Christians

Thomas, Cherian (ed.)

ISBN: 9788184580013, 8184580010

Sidis and scholars: essays on African Indians

Catlin-Jairazbhoy, Amy et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788186962640, 8186962646

The essays focus on two different communities of African Indians, the Sidis of Gujarat (including those in Bombay) and the Siddis of Uttara Kannada.

The Sindhis: through the centuries, foreword by L.K. Advani

Jotwani, Motilal (b.1936)

ISBN: 9788185353531, 8185353530

This book is a collection of author's articles dealing with Sindhis as a community, living in India and abroad, in both the pre and post-partition times. These articles more or less present a connected account of the Sindhis through the centuries.

Early Indian religion and society

Nandi, Ramendra Nath

ISBN: 9789355723635, 9355723636

This book examines the gradual disappearance of sacrificial liturgy in South Asia in the first millennium BCE, prompting priestly brahmanas to look towards subaltern rituals and clients, particularly sudras.

The small wild goose pagoda

Sealy, Irwin Allan

ISBN: 9789383064489, 938306448X

In this book gives us an evocative account of the drama of small town life; at the same time it is an extraordinary meditation on work, family history, nature, Indian society, and the passage of time.

Smoke without fire: portraits of pre-partition Delhi

Siddiqi, Abdul Rahman.

ISBN: 9789350020722, 9350020726

This book covers the intriguing canvas of life as seen by the author as a child and a youngman. It also tells the story of an old family through its cycles of birth, marriage and death. The author, pries deep into the back alleys of the ancient city and portrays the youthful and adult delinquencies seen in their nook and crannies.

So long as saga: four centuries of Badaga social history

Hockings, Paul

ISBN: 9789350980187, 9350980185

In the sixteenth century, the Badagas (meaning 'northerner') fled the vanquished empire of Vijayanagar and came to seek refuge on the Nilgiri Massif. A few hundred at most, they found themselves among quite unwarlike tribes--the Todas, Kotas and Kurumbas--who understandingly gave them land to settle on. Thus began one of the most successful community transplants that South India ever witnessed.

Social and cultural depictions of India, c.1700-1850: the Memsahib's narrations

Awasthi, Shalini

ISBN: 9789381843048, 938184304X

Social and cultural dimensions of Indian indentured labour and its diaspora: past and present, ed. by Maurits S. Hassankhan et al.

ISBN: 9789350981290, 9350981297

This volume is the third publication originating from a conference organized in June 2013 by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname, in collaboration with a number of government and non-government organizations.