A Sahib S Daughter

Author : Nina Harkness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0988865610

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A Sahib's Daughter by Nina Harkness Pdf

"A Sahib's Daughter" is set in the waning days of British imperialism in India. The merging of the two social cultures provides fodder for much of the novel's drama and conflict. Love crosses racial boundaries in the lives of three generations of women: grandmother Prava, her daughter, Ramona and granddaughter, Samira. Their fates are forever transformed through their encounters with British tea planters. It becomes evident that tea is not the only seed being planted by the British sahibs, and their exploits with local women result in a new mixed breed of offspring in a unique culture that came to be known as "Anglo-Indian." Englishman Charles arrives in India with a broken heart and seeking adventure in the remote tea plantations of the Dooars. And when dashing young Indian, Ravi explodes into Samira's genteel world on his red motor cycle her life is never quite the same again. Her impulsive reactions lead her down a path of drama and disaster with Irishman Justin. When Justin's efforts at deception are dramatically exposed in the corridors of Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital, Samira is faced with some difficult decisions. Later, in Delhi, tempers explode and promises are broken just days before Radhika's society wedding. During the ensuing pandemonium, Samira's brother, Mark unexpectedly arrives on the scene with a revelation that rocks Ravi's world. In a final twist we learn the true identity of Ramona, a secret her mother will take to her grave.

Author : Kalbir Bains
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1543264069

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Not Our Daughter! by Kalbir Bains Pdf

Well thank you, Daddy ji! You have always said to me, from day one when you met me, that I would live under your roof as a daughter, not a daughter-in-law. Well, you have treated me like a daughter-in-law rather than a daughter by not telling me the truth about the home that I am living in.

Author : Doris R. Jakobsh
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783036511900

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Exploring Gender and Sikh Traditions by Doris R. Jakobsh Pdf

This volume gathers scholars who focus on gender through a variety of disciplines and approaches to Sikh Studies. The intersections of religion and gender are here explored, based on an understanding that both are socially constructed. Far from being static, as so often presented in world religions textbooks, religious traditions are constantly in flux, responding to historical, cultural and social contexts. So too is ‘the’ Sikh tradition in terms of practices, ideologies, rituals, and notions of identity. We here conclude that ‘a’ Sikh tradition does not exist; instead, there are numerous forms thereof. In this volume, Sikhism is presented as a collection of ‘Sikh traditions’. Gender studies—in line with women’s liberation, masculine and feminist studies have long examined and have long deconstructed the patriarchy, but also move to identify other subordinate-dominant relations between individuals. Indeed, there are numerous forms of discrimination and power structures that simultaneously create a multiplicity of oppression. Intersectionality has become the basis of an increasingly systematized production of contemporary discourses on feminism and gender analysis, as is evidenced by the varied contributions in this volume.

Author : S. Mitra Kalita
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0813536650

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Suburban Sahibs by S. Mitra Kalita Pdf

Focuses on three waves of immigration in the post-civil rights era through the stories of three families: the Kotharis, Patels and Sarmas. This book attempts to answer the question of how and why they arrived, and it offers a window into what America has become; a nation of suburbs as well as a nation of immigrants.

Author : Simran Jeet Singh
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780525555100

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Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh Pdf

The true story of Fauja Singh, who broke world records to become the first one hundred-year-old to run a marathon, shares valuable lessons on the source of his grit, determination to overcome obstacles, and commitment to positive representation of the Sikh community. Every step forward is a victory. Fauja Singh was born determined. He was also born with legs that wouldn't allow him to play cricket with his friends or carry him to school miles from his village in Punjab. But that didn't stop him. Working on his family's farm, Fauja grew stronger to meet his own full potential. He never stopped striving. At the age of 81, after a lifetime of making his body, mind, and heart stronger, Fauja decided to run his first marathon. He went on to break records all around the world and became the first person over 100 to complete the grueling long-distance race. With exuberant text by Simran Jeet Singh and exhilarating illustrations by Baljinder Kaur, the true story of Fauja Singh reminds us that it's both where we start and how we finish that make our journeys unforgettable.

Author : Max Arthur Macauliffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108055475

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The Sikh Religion by Max Arthur Macauliffe Pdf

An influential six-volume work on the philosophy of Sikhism, published in 1909, by the one-time deputy commissioner of the Punjab.

Author : Jaspal Kaur Singh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000060263

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Violence and Resistance in Sikh Gendered Identity by Jaspal Kaur Singh Pdf

This book examines the constructions and representations of male and female Sikhs in Indian and diasporic literature and culture through the consideration of the role of violence as constitutive of Sikh identity. How do Sikh men and women construct empowering identities within the Indian nation-state and in the diaspora? The book explores Indian literature and culture to understand the role of violence and the feminization of baptized and turbaned Sikh men, as well as identity formation of Sikh women who are either virtually erased from narratives, bodily eliminated through honor killings, or constructed and represented as invisible. It looks at the role of violence during critical junctures in Sikh history, including the Mughal rule, the British colonial period, the Partition of India, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India, and the terror of 9/11 in the United States. The author analyzes how violence reconstitutes gender roles and sexuality within various cultural and national spaces in India and the diaspora. She also highlights questions related to women’s agency and their negotiation of traumatic memories for empowering identities. The book will interest scholars, researchers, and students of postcolonial English literature, contemporary Indian literature, Sikh studies, diaspora studies, global studies, gender and sexuality studies, religious studies, history, sociology, media and films studies, cultural studies, popular culture, and South Asian studies.

Author : Kamala Elizabeth Nayar
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802086314

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The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver by Kamala Elizabeth Nayar Pdf

The result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community - and having conducted over 100 interviews - Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion.

Author : Utsa Mukherjee
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529219524

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Race, Class, Parenting and Children’s Leisure by Utsa Mukherjee Pdf

Children’s leisure lives are changing, with increasing dominance of organised activities and screen-based leisure. These shifts have reconfigured parenting practices, too. However, our current understandings of these processes are race-blind and based mostly on the experiences of white middle-class families. Drawing on an innovative study of middle-class British Indian families, this book brings children’s and parents’ voices to the forefront and bridges childhood studies, family studies and leisure studies to theorise children’s leisure from a fresh perspective. Demonstrating the salience of both race and class in shaping leisure cultures within middle-class racialised families, this is an invaluable contribution to key sociological debates around leisure, childhoods and parenting ideologies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hemkunt Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8170103703

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The Making of the Sikh Rehatnamas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Akaal Publishers
Publisher : Akaal Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Sikh Code of Conduct by Akaal Publishers Pdf

5th Edition 'This edition also has a new section on 'Gurbani da adab' respecting Gurbani & has been revised throughout with additional explanatory notes

Author : Manju Kapur
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Daughters
ISBN : 0571195695

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Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur Pdf

Spanning three generations, this story centres around a woman born at the turn of the 20th century into an austere Punjabi family. It tells of an illicit affair and its wider political and social implications - not least the vexed issue, for Indian women, of marriage versus education.

Author : William Stirling (Major.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Bible
ISBN : BSB:BSB10432943

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The Rivers of Paradise and Children of Shem by William Stirling (Major.) Pdf

Author : William Hickey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Maratha (Indic people)
ISBN : CHI:12288736

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The Tanjore Mahratta Principality in Southern India by William Hickey Pdf

Author : Raakhee Mirchandani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0316495301

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Hair Twins by Raakhee Mirchandani Pdf

Follows a Sikh father and his daughter as they go through their daily hair routine.