Courting India

Author : Nandini Das
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781639363230

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Courting India by Nandini Das Pdf

A profound and ground-breaking approach to one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century. Traditional interpretations to the British Empire’s emerging success and expansion has long overshadowed the deep uncertainty that marked its initial entanglement with India. In September 1615, Thomas Roe—Britain’s first ambassador to the Mughal Empire—made landfall on the western coast of India. Roe entered the court of Jahangir, “conqueror of the world,” one of immense wealth, power, and culture that looked askance at the representative of a precarious and distant island nation. Though London was at the height of the Renaissance—the era of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Donne—financial strife and fragile powerbases presented risk and uncertainty at every turn. What followed in India was a turning-point in history, a story of palace intrigue, scandal, and mutual incomprehension that unfolds as global trade begins to stretch from Russia to Virginia, from West Africa to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Using an incisive blend of Indian and British records, and exploring the art, literature, sights, and sounds of Elizabethan London and Imperial India, Das portrays the nuances of cultural and national collision on an individual and human level. The result is a rich and radical challenge to our understanding of Britain and its early empire—and a cogent reminder of the dangers of distortion in the history books of the victors.

Author : Anuj Bhuwania
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107147454

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Courting the People by Anuj Bhuwania Pdf

""Studies the politics of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in contemporary India"--Provided by publisher".

Author : Rajesh Talwar
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789381398586

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Courting Injustice by Rajesh Talwar Pdf

In this partnership between so-called equals, which can be compared to a polyandrous marriage, the Supreme Court is the woman and Parliament and the Executive her two husbands, one more loutish that the other, depending on your point of view. In the Nirbhaya case too the gap between theory and law has been highlighted. Following the terrible episode, (and even before) there has been continual and great improvement in the substantive laws for both women as well as children who have been victims of sexual violence. And yet despite their being so much publicity on the case, the author argues that, concretely, although there has been improvement in the laws themselves, we are nowhere near better enforcement or implementation. Even after the institution of a fast track trial, and with the nation’s attention focused on it, the Nirbhaya case still dragged on and it took more than nine months for the trial court to reach a verdict. And, as the author explains there are still potentially further delays waiting at the level of the superior courts, the High Court certainly and the Supreme Court too, quite possibly. As the author goes on to show in this well argued book, a woman who is the victim of a sex related crime ‘courts injustice’ whenever she comes to a court, be she the victim of a rape, an acid attack, of sexual harassment; the mother or father of such a victim or be it even any ordinary person struggling to find justice. Our courts, particularly the Supreme Court is performing the function of a nagging wife. Time and again she pulls up the lazy, good-for-nothing husbands (read ‘failure of governance’). And what does either husband do? He goes for a walk, ignoring the wife’s anguished screams even as they follow him. If she complains too much, he tells himself, he’ll see to it that she doesn’t get the silk sari and other goodies she wants (read ‘promotions’, ‘post retirement assignments’, etc). It is only one of the ways he ensures that she doesn’t step too much out of line. All wives nag, he consoles himself. Nagging here and there is tolerable but she must make sure that he gets his meals on time (read ‘doesn’t bar him from contesting elections even if there are a dozen or more criminal cases pending against him’). Meanwhile the overzealous wife doesn’t realize that while she rails and rants against the erring ways of her husband, the dishes are piling up in the kitchen. And the maid has gone away for six months and the dishes, they are piling up (read, the arrears are accumulating)! The time has come. It cannot continue to remain ‘business as usual’. There will be justice for Nirbhaya. Our ‘brave heart’ will also bring justice and relief to all her sisters. And possibly, even to the rest of us.

Author : Marie C. Lall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351793261

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India's Missed Opportunity by Marie C. Lall Pdf

This title was first published in 2001. An important analysis of the links between the Indian Diaspora and the state and how this Diaspora can influence economic and foreign policy making in their country of origin. M.C. Lall focuses on India, presenting an unusual case whereby the Indian government in post- independence years ostracized its Diaspora despite the need for outside help with India’s economic development. This in-depth study of the failure of the Indian government to make good use of its Diaspora looks at the reasons why India did not cultivate a relationship after independence; why there was still no change even in light of its economic liberalization and what have been the consequences of this missing relationship.

Author : Gerard Lyons
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780571307807

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The Consolations of Economics by Gerard Lyons Pdf

In the next twenty years the world economy will enjoy one of its strongest periods of growth. Greater innovation and technical change will increase opportunities. Life expectancy, income and educational standards will rise. The West's share in the global economic cake may get smaller, but there will be more cake than ever before. These are the predictions of Gerard Lyons, a leading international economist who spent nearly thirty years working in the City. He is now the chief economic adviser to the Mayor of London. Over the last quarter-century he has been ahead of the game in predicting the major economic trends that we now take as a given. The Consolations of Economics is a lucid and accessible expert's attempt to look objectively at the changing global economy - what is happening and what it means. He shows how we can embrace change, rather than hide from it. The results are fascinating, refreshing - and unusually cheering.

Author : Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1555877931

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The Self-determination of Peoples by Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber Pdf

Focusing especially on the era since the Cold War, political scientists, other scholars, and government officials examine both empirically and conceptually the causes and impacts of people striving for self-determination and autonomy. They consider the legal, political-administrative, ethnic-cultural, economic, and strategic dimensions; and try to consider examples from all major regions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Author : P. R. Kumaraswamy
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231152044

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India's Israel Policy by P. R. Kumaraswamy Pdf

India's foreign policy toward Israel is a subject of deep dispute. Throughout the twentieth century arguments have raged over the Palestinian problem and the future of bilateral relations. Yet no text comprehensively looks at the attitudes and policies of India toward Israel, especially their development in conjunction with history. P. R. Kumaraswamy is the first to account for India's Israel policy, revealing surprising inconsistencies in positions taken by the country's leaders, such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, and tracing the crackling tensions between its professed values and realpolitik. Kumaraswamy's findings debunk the belief that India possesses a homogenous policy toward the Middle East. In fact, since the early days of independence, many within India have supported and pursued relations with Israel. Using material derived from archives in both India and Israel, Kumaraswamy investigates the factors that have hindered relations between these two countries despite their numerous commonalities. He also considers how India destabilized relations, the actions that were necessary for normalization to occur, and the directions bilateral relations may take in the future. In his most provocative argument, Kumaraswamy underscores the disproportionate affect of anticolonial sentiments and the Muslim minority on shaping Indian policy.

Author : Rama Srinivasan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781978803558

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Courting Desire by Rama Srinivasan Pdf

Inquiries into marital patterns can serve as an effective lens to analyze social structures and material cultures not only on the question of sexuality, but also on the nature of a private citizen’s engagement with state and law. Through ethnographic research in courtrooms, community,and kinship spaces, the author outlines the transformations in material culture and political economy that have led to renewed negotiations on the institution of marriage in North India, especially in legal spaces. Tracing organically evolving notions of sexual consent and legal subjectivity, Courting Desire underlines how non-normative decisions regarding marriage become possible in a region otherwise known for high instances of honor killings and rigid kinship structures. Aspirations for consensual relationships have led to a tentative attempt to forge relationships that are non-normative but grudgingly approved after state intervention. The book traces this nascent and under-explored trend in the North Indian landscape.

Author : Richard Elliott,Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Publisher : UNAIDS
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : IND:30000110618950

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Courting Rights by Richard Elliott,Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Pdf

Over the years people living with or affected by HIV have sometimes successfully claimed the protection of the law. In other instances courageous activists have challenged the law to embody the human rights protections they deserve. This volume presents 30 summaries of court or tribunal proceedings aimed at defending or securing the human rights of people living with or vulnerable to HIV. With an emphasis on cases from developing countries this volume examines key litigation efforts to advance a human rights-based approach to HIV on three fronts: discrimination access to treatment and prevention and care for prisoners. Understanding the ways in which litigation has been used in the struggle for human rights successfully or otherwise helps legislators jurists advocates and policy makers to understand and use the law optimally in the response to AIDS.

Author : Harsh V. Pant
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789350293089

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The China Syndrome by Harsh V. Pant Pdf

As the balance of power shifts from the West to the East, the relationship between the two regional giants, China and India, gains significance. Their relationship will determine to a great extent the new political architecture that takes shape in Asia and the world at large. Nor are the two powers unaware of this. As a Chinese premier meeting the Indian prime minister is reported to have said, 'When we shake hands, the whole world will be watching.' The China Syndrome seeks to decipher the complex, multi-layered relationship between the two countries, and the strategy or lack of it in India's China policy. Given the emerging scenario, it is a subject of considerable interest.

Author : Shanti Bhushan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789385990533

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Courting Destiny by Shanti Bhushan Pdf

Born in 1925, Shanti Bhushan was witness to the formative years of the Indian republic. Courting Destiny traces the remarkable story of his life---the family's origins in the town of Bijnor in the United Provinces, the experience of growing up in a joint family in Allahabad, initial encounters with the law when the Constitution of India was being framed, the distinguished career as a lawyer and law minister, culminating in the campaign for judicial accountability. These memoirs provide a participant's account of some of the most interesting and seminal cases that laid the foundations of India's constitutional history. They include the Keshav Singh case of 1964 which led to the first standoff between the executive and the judiciary; Indira Gandhi's election case which unseated her as prime minister, leading to the imposition of the Emergency; the habeas corpus case where the Supreme Court declared that during an emergency there is no right to life or liberty and hence no recourse against illegal detention; and the parliament attack case in which the Supreme Court, while acquitting Shaukat Guru of all charges of conspiracy, convicted him on a charge for which he was never accused. Together, they offer a broad perspective of the evolution of Indian law and the interpretation of the Constitution. Courting Destiny affords us a glimpse of the many fundamental and far-reaching political and constitutional changes that took place in the decades following independence. The descriptions of Shanti Bhushan's brief involvement in party politics and his time as law minister in the post-Emergency Janata government make for a fascinating insider's account of an important phase of the nation's life. In this narration of the author's life and work, the personal, the professional and the public unfold seamlessly, never at the cost of one or the other. Written in a direct and engaging style, laced with gentle humour, Courting Destiny will appeal to all those interested in India's legal, constitutional and political history. At a time when both the Bar and the Bench are under a cloud, the illustrious sixty-year career of Shanti Bhushan will be a source of inspiration for young advocates.

Author : Rama Srinivasan
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781978803534

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Courting Desire by Rama Srinivasan Pdf

Courting Desire traces organically evolving ideas on sexual consent and legal subjectivity through a study of marital patterns in North India. Through research in courtrooms and community spaces, it outlines the processes through which eloping couples secure legal validity for their relationships of choice where family-arranged matches are the norm.

Author : Ravi Kaul
Publisher : Allahabad : Chanakya Publishing House
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015012159052

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India's Nuclear Spin-off by Ravi Kaul Pdf

On consequences of the Indian nuclear explosion on May 18, 1974, at Pokharan, Rajasthan.

Author : Barada d'As Bose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89124083031

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A Digest of Indian Law Cases Containing High Court Reports and Privy Council Reports of Appeals from India 1910-1919, with an Index of Cases, Being a Supplement to the Consolidated Digest of Indian Law Cases, 1836-1909 by Barada d'As Bose Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : CORNELL:31924081103214

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The State of India's Environment by Anonim Pdf