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Author : Ashok Mitra
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : 0714630829
First Published in 1977. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1294 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : India
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066284849
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Asia
ISBN : NYPL:33433088316868
Author : Asiatic Society of Bengal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Asia
ISBN : PRNC:32101077790515
Author : Frederic C. Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315479231
Calcutta is notorious for its pavement dwellers, street children, and scavengers that have become a portrait of the worst sort of human degradation. In this illuminating critique, Thomas investigates the standard solutions - improved housing, increased job creation, and intervention of social services agencies - only to come to the conclusion that such initiatives have little effect on the inherent nature of the problem of poverty. Based on historical and anthropological findings, and the author's visits to the slums of Calcutta, what becomes clear is that even in the midst of great poverty, there is a nobility of character, a vitality of ethnic and cultural ties, and an energy that bring out inventiveness and ingenuity in the lives of the poor. If Calcutta's poverty is not to be an intractable problem, these internal forces must be awakened to generate solutions. Illustrated with stunning photographs, Thomas's reflections provide new insight into an age-old problem.
Author : Ranjit Sen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429576119
This book brings home the story of how three clustered villages grew into a primate city, in which a garrison town, a port city and the capital of an empire merged into one entity—Calcutta. This and its companion volume Birth of a Colonial City examine the geopolitical factors that were significant in securing Calcutta's position in the light of growing influence of the East India Company and subsequently the British Empire. A definitive history of Calcutta in its nascent years, this book discusses the challenges of city-planning, the de-industrialization at the hands of British imperialists, the catastrophic fall of the Union Bank, the advent of British capital, and the rise of the Bengali business enterprise in the colonial era. It also underlines how Calcutta facilitated the development of a political consciousness and the pivotal political and cultural role it played when the movement for independence took hold in the country. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian history, British Studies, city and area studies.
Author : Souvik Naha
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009276252
What prompts common people to kill a guard and rob an office they thought had some tickets for a Test match? Why does a scholar of medieval Bengali literature remark, 'Had life been a sport, it would be cricket'? Who do journalists vindicate by promoting cricket, the imperial game par excellence, as the lifeforce of the ordinary Indian? This book pursues these threads of the people's uncanny attachment to cricket, seeking to understand the sport's role in the making of a postcolonial society. With a focus on Calcutta, it unpacks the various connotations of international cricket that have produced a postcolonial community and public culture. Cricket, it shows, gave the people a tool to understand and form themselves as a cultural community. More than the outcomes of matches, the beliefs, attitudes and actions the sport generated had an immense bearing on emerging social relationships.
Author : Charles Robert Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Bengal (India)
ISBN : UCAL:B4304804
Author : Kunal Chakrabarti,Shubhra Chakrabarti
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810880245
The Bengali (Bangla) speaking people are located in the northeastern part of South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and two states of India – West Bengal and Tripura. There are almost 246 million Bengalis at present, which makes them the fifth largest speech community in the world. Despite political and social divisions, they share a common literary and musical culture and several habits of daily existence which impart to them a distinct identity. The Bengalis are known for their political consciousness and cultural accomplishments The Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis provides an overview of the Bengalis across the world from the earliest Chalcolithic cultures to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 750 cross-referenced dictionary entries on politicians, educators and entrepreneurs, leaders of religious and secular institutions, writers, painters, actors and other cultural figures, and more generally, on the economy, education, political parties, religions, women and minorities, literature, art and architecture, music, cinema and other major sectors. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Bengalis.
Author : Paul Green
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0807821055
A selection of letters that sums up the life of a literary Southerner, who veered away from the commonly held views of his segregated town
Author : Myron Wiener
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400879144
The essays in this book compare and analyze political processes in eight states within the Indian Union. A long introductory chapter by Myron Weiner sets the stage for individual studies of each state by separate scholars, namely: Myron Weiner (MIT) on Political Development in the Indian States; Paul H. Brass (University of Washington) on Uttar Pradesh; Wayne Wilcox (Columbia University) on Madhya Pradesh; Ram Joshi ( S.I.E.S. College, Bombay) on Maharashtra; Balraj Puri (Editor, Kashmir Affairs) on Jammu and Kashmir Marcus F. Franda (Colgate University) on West Bengal; Lawrence L. Shrader (Mills College ) on Rajasthan; Hugh Gray (University of London) on Andhra Pradesh; and Baldev Raj Nayar (McGill University) on Punjab. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Indian National Science Academy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Scientists
ISBN : UOM:39015081904297
Author : All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi
Publisher : All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1946-12-07
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 07-12-1946 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Fortnightly NUMBER OF PAGES: 104 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XI, No. 24 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 32-95 ARTICLE: Shaping the Young AUTHOR: A. Gopala Menon KEYWORDS: School life and children, Experience of children Document ID: INL-1946(J-D) Vol-II (12)
Author : Amaldev P J
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1731466919
When packing his bags to Calcutta, this young researcher from Kerala had never imagined that one of the most beautiful phases of his life would be awaiting him there; that the people he was to meet there, their affections and stories were to become the most treasured experiences of his life. This light, feel-good novel in eighteen chapters is going to be a journey through the often unnoticed depths and insights of ordinary life. A journey that would converse to your more sensitive and emotional sides, remind you of the goodness and smaller pleasures in our own lives and the world around; a journey that you would cherish and hold dear... Happy Reading!
Author : Hilary Standing
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000635584
What are the effects of employment on women’s well-being and social position in a Third World city? Until recently before publication, Calcutta (now Kolkata) had been notable for having one of the lowest rates of female employment in India. This had been largely determined by strong cultural beliefs that a woman’s place is in the home. However, in recent years, the growth of ‘female’ jobs in the small-scale industry and service sectors, combined with an increase in male unemployment had resulted in a sudden increase in the numbers of women entering the labour force. Originally published in 1991 and based on Hilary Standing’s extensive fieldwork within Bengali households, Dependence and Autonomy considers the effects of women’s employment on the labour market, the household, and the women themselves. Particular attention is paid to the role of the life cycle and of class position in determining the impact of employment, and the work is set within a historical perspective on gender and employment in Bengali society. This book is a re-issue originally published in 1991. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.
