From the realms of necessity to the realms of freedom: a study of women farmers under Kudumbashree Collective Farming in Kerala

Mehta, Jaya et al.

ISBN: 9789350027677, 9350027674

Decentralised governance and women empowerment

Sen, Rajiv

ISBN: 9789390434824, 9390434823

This book present study tries to identify and measure the level of women participation in the grassroots democratic institutions in Indian. In our study we try to make an objective assessment of the kind, nature and extent of participation in the grassroots democratic institutions, particularly that of women participation and empowerment, so that a generalization could be drawn as to the operat...

Migration between India and Nepal: a socio-cultural study

Chattopadhyaya, Haraprasad

ISBN: 9788171020485, 8171020488

Contents: (i) early political connection of Nepal with India (ii) Early movement of the Buddhists into Nepal, followed by the Hindus and the Jains (iii) Migration of people from India into Nepal and vice versa.

Militarism and women in South Asia

Chenoy, Anuradha M

ISBN: 9788186706428, 8186706429

Contents: (i) Understanding militarism. (ii) National security doctrines and feminist critiques. (iii) Bangladesh: poverty and militarism. (iv) Militarism in Pakistan. (v) Sri Lanka: militarization of state and society. (vi) Militarizing India.

Muffled voices: women in modern Indian theatre

Subramanyam, Lakshmi (ed.)

ISBN: 9788124108703, 8124108706

It focuses on the image of women in the written and performance text in post Independence Indian theatre.;

Myths, rituals and beliefs in Himachal Pradesh

Thakur, MR

ISBN: 9788173870712, 8173870713

The present book deals with the folklores, beliefs and su;persitions,rites and rituals myths ans mythology, legends and legendary tales ans conventions and traditions of people of Himachal Pradesh.

Split: a life

Nasrin, Taslima

ISBN: 9780143426530, 0143426532

Taslima Nasrin is known for her criticism of religious fundamentalism. This defiance on her part had led to the ban on the Bengali original of this book by the Left Front in West Bengal as well as the Government of Bangladesh in 2003.

Nation and minorities: India's plural society and its constituents

Majeed, Akhtar (ed.)

ISBN: 9788173915307, 817391530X

Smashing the patriarchy: a guide for the 21st-century Indian woman

Rajasekaran, Sindhu

ISBN: 9789390652884, 939065288X

Centred around the bold voices of millennials and Gen Zs, Smashing the Patriarchy explores how young Indian women from diverse backgrounds ingeniously overcome the patriarchy in their everyday lives. From beauty, body politics, and sexuality, to caste, power, and the paradox of choice, the book explores a wide range of women's issues and draws important connections between these.;

National policy of India on women empowerment: public policy & governance in India, ed. by Shalini Sikka

ISBN: 9789382059608, 9382059601

This book incorporates the original texts, in varbatim, of a select national government policies and programmes of India. It contains legislative measures and national programmes towards creating a better India.

Deviant sexualities and artistic representations in contemporary India

Chanana, Kuhu Sharma

ISBN: 9789392443008, 9392443005

Representation of non-normative sexualities is still a tantalizing dream in India, even within the oblique and supposedly more liberal platforms like art and literature. Catering to this need, this study focuses on the exploration of the deviant sexualities in cinema, photography and literature, specially in the Indian context. Unfortunately, even within the queer artistic explorations, h

She's unlikeable and other lies that bring women down

Shewakramani, Aparna

ISBN: 9789354898099, 9354898092

The breakout star of Indian Matchmaking, Aparna Shewakramani, brings her unfiltered story, from behind the scene moments on the show to a very personal journey with illness, loss and love...

New century: whose century? The evolution and interaction of technology, economy, polity and society: The seventh Indira Gandhi Conference, compiled and edited by Manmohan Malhotra

ISBN: 9788174763396, 8174763392

New social movements in the South: empowering the people

Wignaraja, Ponna (ed.)

ISBN: 9788170363323, 8170363322

Visible histories, disappearing women: producing Muslim womanhood in late colonial Bengal

Sarkar, Mahua

ISBN: 9788189884437, 8189884433

The author examines how Muslim women in colonial Bengal came to be more marginalized in nationalist discourse than their Hindu counterparts. She considers how their near-invisibility, except as victims, underpins the construction of the ideal citizen-subject in late colonial India.

Women in eco-tourism: reflection of sustainable livelihood in Odisha

Mohanty, Aliva

ISBN: 9788189110550, 8189110551

This book brings gender issues to the forefront, discussing ecotourism from the perspective of local populations in Odisha considering whether or not women have any control over ecotourism development or are sharing equitably in the benefits which ecotourism may bring. Firstly, in countries where socially prescribed roles mean that women and girls generally have greater interaction with the nat...

The parlour and the streets: elite and popular culture in ni neteenth century Calcutta

Banerjee, Sumanta (b.1936)

ISBN: 9788170460992, 8170460999

Profusely illustrated with examples of contemporary street songs and popular performing arts, the book traces the beginnings of tension between these urban folk cultural forms and the new culture of lthe Bengali elite which was increasingly seeking to model itself on a culture that was western in inspiration.

Pathways to women's empowerment in Bangladesh

Naz, Farzana

The present work is the outcome of the field study by the author on the role of Grameen Microcredit in changing the life patterns of rural women of Monigram, Bangladesh.

Peculiar customs and rites of the Himalayan people

Sharma, DD (b.1928)

ISBN: 9788170997733, 8170997739

On socio-cultural life style of the Himalayan people, inhabiting from Ladakh in the West to Bhutan in the East.

People of India, Vol.41: Tripura, ed. by K.S. Singh et al

ISBN: 9788170461265, 817046126X

This book presents an ethnographic profile of all communities which made Tripura their home, of their history and migration, ecology and food habits, social organisation, religion, economy and occupation, and impact of change and development.