A Gandhian Affair

Author : Sanjay Suri
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789353570811

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A Gandhian Affair by Sanjay Suri Pdf

Hindi cinema, ever since Independence, has revolved almost entirely around issues of sex and money. This may seem odd given the conservative taste of the times. But that we do not 'see' sex does not hide just how much sex there is in the cinema. As for money, a nagging theme is the impact of money - or the lack of it - on sex. Sanjay Suri argues that Hindi cinema was an unlikely offspring of the Father of the Nation - the product of Gandhi's celibacy and austerity. His heroic retreat from wealth and sexuality was written into the cinema and then elaborately filmed shot by shot. Suri draws on numerous examples - from Mother India to Do Bigha Zameen; Shree 420 to Pyaasa; Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam to Guide; and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge to Lage Raho Munnabhai - to show how cinema was made within well-defined moral fences that were built with dos and don'ts about sex and money. A Gandhian Affair is a history of India through the preoccupations of its cinema.

Author : Simone Panter-Brick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857712851

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Gandhi and the Middle East by Simone Panter-Brick Pdf

Gandhi's involvement in Middle Eastern politics is largely forgotten yet it goes to the heart of his teaching and ambition - to lead a united freedom movement against British colonial power. Gandhi became involved in the politics of the Middle East as a result of his concern over the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate following the First World War. He subsequently - at the invitation of the Jewish Agency - sought to reconcile Jews and Arabs in a secret deal at the time of the Mandate of Palestine. However, Jewish and British interference coupled with the Arab Revolt and the rise of the Muslim League in India thwarted Gandhi's efforts in the region. Like so many who would follow, Gandhi was unable to solve the problems of the Middle East, but this book for the first time reveals his previously obscure attempt to do so. Gandhi's experience in the Middle East was in marked contrast to his other successes around the world and is crucial for a full understanding of his life and teachings. Gandhi in the Middle East offers many new and revealing insights into the goals and limits of an international statesman at a critical period of imperial history.

Author : Rameshwar Prasad Misra
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8180693759

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Rediscovering Gandhi by Rameshwar Prasad Misra Pdf

"This book takes a fresh look at Hind Swaraj, authored by Mahatma Gandhi in 1908, in the backdrop of the emerging problems of violence, moral decay, poverty, social disintegration and environmental degradation. Giving the essence of Hind Swaraj, it discusses factors and forces, which influenced Gandhi and prompted him to write the book. It also review the comments made on Hind Swaraj and its message to humanity. Finally, it discusses the agenda for action to realise the goals of Hind Swaraj at national and international levels."

Author : Anil Dutta Mishra,S. Narayanasamy
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : India
ISBN : 8180696006

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World Crisis and the Gandhian Way by Anil Dutta Mishra,S. Narayanasamy Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1764 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Campaign funds
ISBN : PURD:32754067930218

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Investigation of Illegal Or Improper Activities in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaign by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs Pdf

Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781509883288

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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha Pdf

Ramachandra Guha’s India after Gandhi is a magisterial account of the pains, struggles, humiliations and glories of the world’s largest and least likely democracy. A riveting chronicle of the often brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant nation, and of the extraordinary individuals and institutions who held it together, it established itself as a classic when it was first published in 2007. In the last decade, India has witnessed, among other things, two general elections; the fall of the Congress and the rise of Narendra Modi; a major anti-corruption movement; more violence against women, Dalits, and religious minorities; a wave of prosperity for some but the persistence of poverty for others; comparative peace in Nagaland but greater discontent in Kashmir than ever before. This tenth anniversary edition, updated and expanded, brings the narrative up to the present. Published to coincide with seventy years of the country’s independence, this definitive history of modern India is the work of one of the world’s finest scholars at the height of his powers.

Author : Jagranjosh
Publisher : Jagran Prakashan Ltd.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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General Knowledge November 2021 eBook by Jagranjosh Pdf

General knowledge has immense importance in various competitive exams like UPSC, State Services, SSC, Banking, Railway, NDA, MBA entrance exams and various service exams in private as well as public sectors. This edition contains detailed discussion and analysis of the current GK topics and MCQs with for further practice about the latest and most important happenings in political, economic, social, sports and entertainment fields all over the world. All the topics are presented with facts and a brief description, so that the reader gets full knowledge and understanding in all the key areas of exams. Some maps, tables, etc. Are also included for further clarity.

Author : Jagranjosh
Publisher : Jagran Prakashan Ltd.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Current Affairs December 2021 eBook by Jagranjosh Pdf

Current Affairs December 2021 eBook is created by keeping the demands of recent pattern of various competitive exams in major view. It is brought to you by Jagranjosh.com. The topics for cover story and entire news section are selected on the basis of an analysis of general awareness sections in all important exams including IAS, PCS, BANK, SSC, Insurance and others. The time duration of topics covered in the magazine includes all exam oriented current affairs of December 2021. It presents the comprehensive coverage of current affairs events which are chosen on the basis of the requirements of all important exams. It covers all exam oriented current affairs of December 2021 with all required facts and analysis. The analysis of all the events related to National, International, Economy, Science & Technology, Environment & Ecology is done in a way that fulfils the demand of all the important exams including IAS. The language used in the magazine is lucid and easy-to-understand language. The eBook is expected to be handy for most of forthcoming exams like, Civil Services Examination, Various Insurance AO Exams, PCS exams, MAT and others.

Author : Costică Brădățan,Costica Bradatan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674970472

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In Praise of Failure by Costică Brădățan,Costica Bradatan Pdf

Success is all very well, but failure teaches us what is most important: humility. Costica Bradatan tells the stories of four thinkers who, for all their external success, courted failure throughout their years. From Simone Weil to Seneca and Gandhi, the greatest of us made meaningful lives by grasping the epiphanies of failure.

Author : Vijay Sanghvi
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8178353407

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The Congress, Indira to Sonia Gandhi by Vijay Sanghvi Pdf

1. In Transit 2. Those Were the Days 3. An Uneasy Transition 4. The Great Divide 5. Triumph and Decline 6. Turning Point 7. Lonely at the Top 8. Destiny and Doom 9. Charm vs Chasm 10. The Failed Messiah 11. Shotgun Marriage 12. A Dithering Withering Rao 13. Unity of Opposites 14. The Slide 15. Uncertain Future Sketches of Men at the Top Those Who Influenced Controversies Scandals Individual References Chronology Confession Bibliography Index

Author : Robert Payne
Publisher : ibooks
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781899694792

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The Life and Death of Mahatma Gandhi by Robert Payne Pdf

This is the heroic story of the man whose non-violent movement transformed his native India both spiritually and politically as it impelled the nation along the road to independence. With consummate skill, in a narration that never flags in vividness and drama, Robert Payne re-creates Mahatma Gandhi both as a spiritual and historical force and as a living personality. When in January, l948, Gandhi was assassinated in Delhi by a fanatic, his death sent shock waves around the world. For two generations he had been the conscience of his country and the world. Planting the idea of non-violence firmly in men’s minds, he had not only conquered India but also changed the landscape of the human heart. In the tradition of his best-selling biographies of Lenin and Schweitzer, Robert Payne’s life brings Gandhi alive as a rounded personality. Beginning with the moving story of a shy, awkward boy from a provincial Indian city who married at Thirteen, then was separated from his bride for years while he read law in London, the book describes Gandhi’s life as a successful barrister in South Africa who turned his back on wealth to defend Indian settlers against discrimination and persecution. Robert Payne superbly describes Gandhi’s daring marches to aid the oppressed; his fasts and imprisonments; his historic achievements at international congresses and conferences in India and England where, clad only in shawl and loincloth, he met with prime ministers and viceroys and won their respect as he fought for the dignity and freedom of his people. “I would place Robert Payne’s book on the level of a great novel by Tolstoy, swiftly moving, panoramic, writ on the canvas of destiny and of close historical characterization,” writes Dr. Amiya Chakravarty, former private secretary of Rabindranath Tagore, who knew Gandhi personally and worked with him. “It is one of the great biographies. No finer account of Gandhi’s life and death has been written.”

Author : United States Senate Committee
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547055372

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1997 Special Investigation in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns by United States Senate Committee Pdf

Sometimes called 'Chinagate' the 1996 campaign was mired in controversy about financial matters. It is important because it is one of the first examples of another superpower attempting to influence the outcome of a national election.

Author : M. K. GANDHI
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Mohan-Mala (A Gandhian Rosary) by M.K. Gandhi by M. K. GANDHI Pdf

In this work I have essayed to present to the reader the essence of Mahatma Gandhiji's philosophy of life in the form of a Rosary of 366 "Pearls of Thought" one "Pearl" for each day of the year, including the leap year all gleaned from his writings and speeches. The "Pearls" have been so arranged as to make the transition from one thought to the next as smooth as possible, thus enabling the reader to make use of the Rosary either for daily contemplation of the given thought or for continuous reading at a stretch.

Author : Ajay Singh Almust
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8170996333

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Lohia, the Rebel Gandhian by Ajay Singh Almust Pdf

Social and political ideology of Rammanohar Lohia, Indian statesman.

Author : Ruth Vanita
Publisher : Yoda Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 8190227254

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Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Smile by Ruth Vanita Pdf

Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Smile presents a collection of compelling essays which interrogate a variety of Indian texts and contexts along intersecting axes of gender, nation, and desire. The primary theme that weaves these varied essays together, written at different points of time with varying focal points of interest, is intertextuality. Vanita examines the way in which medieval texts speak to each other and draw on earlier canonical works, rewriting and transforming narrative in a spirit of respectful conversation. She also looks at modern texts, such as nineteenth-century poetry and twentieth-century fiction and cinema, as they converse with each other and with older texts. In doing so, she tries to explore how such pre-modern and modern texts are received in later periods or by other cultures in the same period. These captivating and intensely thought-provoking writings demonstrate the author's superb ability to turn the norm, whether Right-wing or Left-Wing, on its head, and find a fresh way to appreciate diversity and change, and the valuable dialogue they give rise to.