Bombay Meri Jaan

Author : Jerry Pinto,Naresh Fernandes
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0143029665

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Bombay, Meri Jaan by Jerry Pinto,Naresh Fernandes Pdf

When King Charles Ii Of England Married Princess Catherine De Braganza Of Portugal In 1661, He Received As Part Of His Dowry The Isles Of Bom Bahia, The Good Bay. Reclaimed From The Sea, These Would Become The Modern City Of Bombay. A Marriage Of Affluence And Abject Poverty, Where A Grey Concrete Jungle Is The Backdrop To A Heady Potpourri Of Ethnic, Linguistic And Religious Subcultures, Bombay, Renamed Mumbai After The Goddess Mumbadevi, Defies Definition. Bombay, Meri Jaan, Comprising Poems And Prose Pieces By Some Of The Biggest Names In Literature, In Addition To Cartoons, Photographs, A Song And A Bombay Duck Recipe, Tries To Capture The Spirit Of This Great Metropolis. Salman Rushdie, Pico Iyer, Dilip Chitre, Saadat Hasan Manto, V.S. Naipaul, Khushwant Singh And Busybee, Among Others, Write About Aspects Of The City: The High-Rise Apartments And The Slums; Camaraderie And Isolation In The Crowded Chawls; Bhelpuri On The Beach And Cricket In The Gully; The Women'S Compartment Of A Local Train; Encounter Cops Who Battle The Underworld; The Jazz Culture Of The Sixties; The Monsoon Floods; The Shiv Sena; The Cinema Halls; The Sea. Vibrant, Engaging And Provocative, This Is An Anthology As Rich And Varied As The City It Celebrates.

Author : Fiona Fernandez
Publisher : books catalog
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8129105160

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BOMBAY MERI JAAN by Fiona Fernandez Pdf

Bombay Meri Jaan is a quiz book about an island city that is filled with millions of dreams and a never-say-die spirit. A kaleidoscope of people, places, sights, sounds and smells of this bustling megalopolis find their way into this quiz book. Interesting nuggets of information,trivia and hardcore facts are integral to the book. Be it the movie buff, the history freak, or the foodie,everyone can sink their teeth into these pages. Packed with 500 questions spread over ten chapters, you can get hooked on Sachin s cricket exploits or stop over for Mumbais delicious rasta fare. A veritable treat lies in store for anyone who wants to fall in love with Mumbai.

Author : Sudipta Kaviraj
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231539548

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The Invention of Private Life by Sudipta Kaviraj Pdf

The essays in this volume, which lie at the intersection of the study of literature, social theory, and intellectual history, locate serious reflections on modernity's complexities in the vibrant currents of modern Indian literature, particularly in the realms of fiction, poetry, and autobiography. Sudipta Kaviraj shows that Indian writers did more than adopt new literary trends in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They deployed these innovations to interrogate fundamental philosophical questions of modernity. Issues central to modern European social theory grew into significant themes within Indian literary reflection, such as the influence of modernity on the nature of the self, the nature of historicity, the problem of evil, the character of power under the conditions of modern history, and the experience of power as felt by an individual subject of the modern state. How does modern politics affect the personality of a sensitive individual? Is love possible between intensely self-conscious people, and how do individuals cope with the transience of affections or the fragility of social ties? Kaviraj argues that these inquiries inform the heart of modern Indian literary tradition and that writers, such as Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sibnath Sastri, performed immeasurably important work helping readers to think through the predicament of modern times.

Author : Aysha Sheikh
Publisher : Clever Fox Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Taste Of Happiness: Recipes of Biryani/ Pulao, Memories & More... by Aysha Sheikh Pdf

Embark on a journey through the diverse flavors of biryanis, intricately woven with the threads of my nostalgic childhood memories. Within the pages, you will also discover a glimpse of my native land, Goa, through personally captured photography, adding a vivid and personal touch to the culinary and cultural narrative.

Author : Hussain Zaidi
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9788174368188

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Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia by Hussain Zaidi Pdf

Dongri to Dubai is the first ever attempt to chronicle the history of the Mumbai mafia. It is the story of notorious gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Varadarajan Mudaliar, Chhota Rajan, Abu Salem, but above all, it is the story of a young man who went astray despite having a father in the police force. Dawood Ibrahim was initiated into crime as a pawn in the hands of the Mumbai police and went on to wipe out the competition and eventually became the Mumbai police’s own nemesis.The narrative encompasses several milestones in the history of crime in India, from the rise of the Pathans, formation of the Dawood gang, the first ever supari, mafia’s nefarious role in Bollywood, Dawood’s move to Karachi, and Pakistan’s subsequent alleged role in sheltering one of the most wanted persons in the world.This story is primarily about how a boy from Dongri became a don in Dubai, and captures his bravado, cunningness, focus, ambition, and lust for power in a gripping narrative. The meticulously researched book provides an in-depth and comprehensive account of the mafia’s games of supremacy and internecine warfare.

Author : Annalisa Oboe,Shaul Bassi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136811722

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Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures by Annalisa Oboe,Shaul Bassi Pdf

Modern ideas of freedom and human rights have been repeatedly contested and are hotly debated at the beginning of the third millennium in response to new theories, needs, and challenges in contemporary life. This volume offers culturally diverse contributions to the debate on freedom from the literatures and arts of the postcolonial world, exploring experiences that evoke, desire, imagine, and perform freedom across five continents and two centuries of history. Experiences of Freedom opens with an introductory philosophical essay by Achille Mbembe and is divided into four sections that consider: • resisting history and colonialism • the right to move and to belong • the right to (believe in) free futures • imaginative freedom and critical engagement. Each section contains a piece of creative writing directly connected to these topics from authors Chris Abani, Anita Desai, Caryl Phillips, and Alexis Wright, followed by a selection of critical essays. Contributors: Chris Abani, Rochelle Almeida, Gil Anidjar, Jogamaya Bayer, Elena Bernardini, Anne Collett, Carmen Concilio, Paola Della Valle, Roberto Derobertis, Anita Desai, Lorna Down, Francesca Giommi, Gareth Griffiths, Dave Gunning, John C. Hawley, Peter H. Marsden, Russell McDougall, Achille Mbembe, Cinzia Mozzato, Kevin Newmark, Berndt Ostendorf, Mai Palmberg, Owen Percy, Kirsten Holst Petersen, Caryl Phillips, Annel Pieterse, Christiane Schlote, Nermeen Shaikh, Patrick Williams, Alexis Wright, and Robert J. C. Young.

Author : Veena Talwar Oldenburg
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789352140992

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Shaam-e-Awadh by Veena Talwar Oldenburg Pdf

In 1528 the Mughal Sultanate conquered and formally incorporated Awadh as one of its constituent provinces. With the decline of Mughal power the nawab-vazirs of Awadh began to assert their independence. After the East India Company appropriated half of Awadh as 'indenmity', the then nawab, Asaf'ud Daulah, moved his capital to Lucknow in 1775. A move that resulted in the growth of the city and its distinctive culture known as'Lakhnavi tehzeeb'. Since then, nawabi Lucknow has undergone enormous changes. The refinement of 'pehle aap' has all but disappeared. Originally built to support a hundred thousand people, amid palaces, gardens and orchards, the city now staggers under the burden of fifty times that number. Its unchecked growth and collapsed civic amenities are slowly draining the life and beauty of this once vibrant city. The rich and flamboyant culture has faded amidst the decay that has eaten into the fabric of the city and the corruption and treachery that permeate the government. In separate pieces William Dalrymple and Barry Bearak trace the decline of Lucknow---the city, its architecture, people, politics, governance---and the sad end of the havelis and their once grandiose occupants. The elegiac Marsia tradition of the Shias strives to be heard over angry chants of 'Hulla Bol' of political rallies in Mrinal Pande's account of her visit to the city. And, in his hyperbolic saga of seven generations of the fictional Anglo-Indian Trotter family, I. Allan Sealy meanders through two hundred years of Lucknow's chequered history. However, despite the apparent disintegration, Lucknow's ineffable spirit can still be found---in the tantalizing flavours of Lakhnavi cuisine; the delicate artistry of chikankari; the legendary courtesans and the defiant voice of the rekhti; the melodious notes of the ghazaI and the thumri ... Engaging and thoughtful, Shaam-e-Awadh: Writings on Lucknow celebrates the unique character of this city of carnivals and calamities.

Author : Shilpa Phadke,Sameera Khan,Shilpa Ranade
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9780143415954

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Why Loiter? by Shilpa Phadke,Sameera Khan,Shilpa Ranade Pdf

Presenting an original take on women’s safety in the cities of twenty-first century India, Why Loiter? maps the exclusions and negotiations that women from different classes and communities encounter in the nation’s urban public spaces. Basing this book on more than three years of research in Mumbai, Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade argue that though women’s access to urban public space has increased, they still do not have an equal claim to public space in the city. And they raise the question: can women’s access to public space be viewed in isolation from that of other marginal groups? Going beyond the problem of the real and implied risks associated with women’s presence in public, they draw from feminist theory to argue that only by celebrating loitering—a radical act for most Indian women—can a truly equal, global city be created.

Author : Preben Kaarsholm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123213972

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City Flicks by Preben Kaarsholm Pdf

The growth of Indian film production, the significance of cinema in Indian society within and beyond India, and the rapid expansion of Indian cities and the urban lifestyle are closely linked phenomena. The relationship between cinema and modernity in the Indian context is both complex and multifaceted, and in this volume, some of the leading names in film and cultural studies explore its many dimensions. The introductory essay sets the parameters of the discussions to follow, analysing the interfaces between cinematic representation, globalization and city life. The essays range from discussions of urbanity and film language to realism and the Indian city in Bengali film of the 1940s; from the cultural resonances of popular Hindi film songs and the idea of the 'city' to realism and fantasy in cinematic representations of metropolitan Indian life; from cinematic aspects of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children to genre, narrative form and film style in contemporary Indian urban action films; from the complexities of female spectatorship for the urban vigilantism of Telugu heroine Vijayasanthi, to an analysis of the current primacy of 'Bollywood' in today's media-driven urban environment; and finally, to the cultural impact and influence of Indian films in diaspora communities in Fiji, Australia, Nigeria and South Africa. Dealing as it does with the intersection of vital contemporary cultural phenomena-cinema, the city, and the modern-these thought provoking essays are a valuable addition to current scholarship in the field.

Author : Lak,Daniel
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0143065572

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Mantras of Change by Lak,Daniel Pdf

Mantras Of Change: Reporting India In A Time Of Flux Brings To The Fore The Face Of A New India, A Country That Is In A Constant And Prolonged State Of Social And Economic Ferment, Largely Driven By The Aspirations Of People At Every Level, Fuelled By The Many Forces That Are Beyond The Control Of The Government Or The Increasingly Powerful Private Sector. Bullock Carts And Snake Charmers Are Deliberately Set Aside As Lak Offers A Glimpse Of Life In Changing India Based On His Travels And Encounters With People Along The Way. Witty And Provocative, The Essays Talk About The Information Technology Boom And Its Impact, The Sexual Revolution, Environmental Degradation, The Breakdown Of Family Structures And, Of Course, Poverty And Caste. In A Series Of Sharply Drawn Portraits, The Book Introduces Us To A Policeman Working In Death Squads, Hindu Priests Striving To Save The Environment, Hiv-Positive Women Dying A Dignified Death, Old Soldiers From The Opposite Sides Of Intractable Conflicts Showing Genuine Affection For Each Other, And Several Sexual Advice Counsellors. Above All, Mantras Of Change Is An Effort To Share With The Readers Lak&Rsquo;S Idea Of India And His Love Affair With A Glorious And Perplexing Land.

Author : Param Arunachalam
Publisher : Mavrix Infotech Private Limited
Page : 2582 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9788193848203

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BollySwar: 2001 - 2010 by Param Arunachalam Pdf

BollySwar is a decade-wise compendium of information about the music of Hindi films. Volume 8 chronicles the Hindi film music of the decade between 2001 and 2010. This volume catalogues more than 1000 films and 8000 songs, involving more than 2000 music directors, lyricists and singers. An overview of the decade highlights the key artists of the decade - music directors, lyricists and singers - and discusses the emerging trends in Hindi film music. A yearly review provides listings of the year's top artists and songs and describes the key milestones of the year in Hindi film music. The bulk of the book provides the song listing of every Hindi film album released in the decade. Basic information about each film's cast and crew is provided and detailed music credits are provided. Where available, music credits go beyond information regarding music directors, lyricists and singers, and include the names of session musicians, assistants, programmers, arrangers, mixers, recordists, etc. Where applicable, music related awards are listed. Interesting trivia is listed for most films, more than 1500 in all. This includes information about artist debuts, plagiarised or sampled songs, controversies and stories behind the making of the film and its music. This book is primarily meant as a quick reference for people looking for information related to a Hindi film or a song, but readers can also browse through the book to get an overview of the events that shaped Bollywood music in the decade. Given that Hindi films are a reflection of the Indian society, the reader can also glean insights about the country's socio-political and cultural environment from the book.

Author : Mamta Mantri
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527525528

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Bombay Novels by Mamta Mantri Pdf

Mumbai? Bombay? How do we explain this city and ourselves within it? How do the city and the city dweller together allow for representations of urban life to arise in literature and the fine arts? This book is an understanding of Mumbai, both as an architectural and literary space, through the lens of spatial criticism and the technique of flânerie. As an icon of experiences, Mumbai is felt through the simultaneous acts of walking, observing, remembering and articulating. In analyzing four novels, namely Baumgartner’s Bombay, Ravan and Eddie, Shantaram and Baluta, the book claims that the characters and their authors offer an alternative vision of the city, as they also construct a transient place for themselves. This act of flânerie is an act of transgression as it turns the outside into the inside, changing public space into private space. As the characters serve to disrupt meaning, uncover hidden histories and expose power relations involved in the representation of place, they actualize many possibilities and meanings. Using the novel as a literary device, the authors have told stories, not only of the protagonist-flâneur, but also of people around them; sometimes in detail, sometimes in passing. In contesting, claiming and owning the lives, the stories, and the city, the humane aspect is never forgotten.

Author : Ranjani Mazumdar
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Motion picture industry
ISBN : 1452913021

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Bombay Cinema by Ranjani Mazumdar Pdf

Author : Anjali Gera Roy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429017360

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Memories and Postmemories of the Partition of India by Anjali Gera Roy Pdf

This book examines the afterlife of Partition as imprinted on the memories and postmemories of Hindu and Sikh survivors from West Punjab to foreground the intersection between history, memory and narrative. It shows how survivors script their life stories to reinscribe tragic tales of violence and abjection into triumphalist sagas of fortitude, resilience, industry, enterprise and success. At the same time, it reveals the silences, stutters and stammers that interrupt survivors’ narrations to bring attention to the untold stories repressed in their consensual narratives. By drawing upon current research in history, memory, narrative, violence, trauma, affect, home, nation, borders, refugees and citizenship, the book analyzes the traumatizing effects of both the tangible and intangible violence of Partition by tracing the survivors’ journey from refugees to citizens as they struggle to make new homes and lives in an unhomely land. Moreover, arguing that the event of Partition radically transformed the notions of home, belonging, self and community, it shows that individuals affected by Partition produce a new ethics and aesthetic of displacement and embody new ways of being in the world. An important contribution to the field of Partition studies, this book will be of interest to researchers on South Asian history, memory, partition and postcolonial studies.

Author : Editors of Time Out
Publisher : Time Out Guides
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781846702129

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Mumbai and Goa - Time Out by Editors of Time Out Pdf

A chaotic, 13-million-strong melting pot of ethnic groups from all over India, Mumbai is India's economic engine and home to the world's largest film industry. 600 kilometres away, the golden beaches of Goa feel like another country. Drawing on insider expertise, this book discusses both locales.