New Lives In Anand

Author : Sanderien Verstappen
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295749655

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New Lives in Anand by Sanderien Verstappen Pdf

Investigates how a rural town became a site of community-making, mobility, and identity formation In 2002 widespread communal violence tore apart hundreds of towns and villages in rural parts of Gujarat, India. In the aftermath, many Muslims living in Hindu-majority villages sought safety in the small town of Anand, some relocating with the financial assistance of their relatives overseas. Following such dramatic displacement and disorientation, Anand emerged as a site of opportunity and hope. For its residents and transnational visitors, Anand’s Muslim area is not just a site of marginalization; it has become an important focal point and regional center from which they can participate in the wider community of Gujarat and reimagine society in more inclusive terms. This compelling ethnography shows how in Anand the experience of residential segregation led not to estrangement or closure but to distinctive practices of mobility and exchange that embed Muslim residents in a variety of social networks. In doing so, New Lives in Anand moves beyond established notions of ghettoization to foreground the places, practices, and narratives that are significant to the people of Anand. It asks how people get on with their lives after an episode of violence to create new spaces and societies and to reconfigure their sense of belonging. New Lives in Anand is available in an open access edition through the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot, thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Author : Madhur Anand
Publisher : Strange Light
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780771007774

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This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart by Madhur Anand Pdf

WINNER OF THE 2020 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION “Wondrously and elegantly written in language that astonishes and moves the reader…This is an important book: an emotional and intellectual tour de force.” —Jane Urquhart An experimental memoir about Partition, immigration, and generational storytelling, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart weaves together the poetry of memory with the science of embodied trauma, using the imagined voices of the past and the vital authority of the present. We begin with a man off balance: one in one thousand, the only child in town whose polio leads to partial paralysis. We meet his future wife, chanting Hai Rams for Gandhiji and choosing education over marriage. On one side of the line that divides this book, we follow them as their homeland splits in two and they are drawn together, moving to Canada and raising their children in mining towns and in crowded city apartments. And when we turn the book over, we find the daughter's tale—we see how the rupture of Partition, the asymmetry of a father's leg, the virus of a mother's rage, makes its way to the next generation. Told through the lenses of biology, physics, history and poetry, this is a memoir that defies form and convention to immerse the reader in the feeling of what remains when we've heard as much of the truth as our families will allow, and we're left to search for ourselves among the pieces they've carried with them.

Author : S. A. Khan
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171569587

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Mulk Raj Anand by S. A. Khan Pdf

The Book Is Be A Valuable Addition To The World Of Literary Criticism And Of Immense Utility To Those Who Want To Further Explore The Areas Of Critical Exposition Of Anand S Life And Works.The Book Will Be Found Of Great Interest By The Students Of English Literature, Researchers And The General Readers.

Author : Malcolm Tillis
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781847532756

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New Lives by Malcolm Tillis Pdf

These Interviews in their variety and originality have achieved classic status. They were first published in New York in 1989, enlarged and reprinted in India in 2004, but in this edition now appear for the first time complete and unabridged in the definitive version as prepared by the author, Malcolm Tillis, who travelled the length and breadth of India to collect them during the 11 years he lived in this extraordinary country. They were given by Westerners from different cultures and backgrounds who had also been drawn to the India of mystics and gurus in search of spiritual fulfilment. Their adventures, hardships, goals, attainments and their different spiritual practises are discussed in depth. There are also many humorous incidents we can enjoy and relate to. Several of those interviewed have since become well known as writers, some have become gurus themselves with their own followers, a few have reached iconic status.

Author : Anand Giridharadas
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781458763099

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India Calling by Anand Giridharadas Pdf

Reversing his parents immigrant path, a young writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new. Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, Were all trying to go that way, pointing to the rear. You, youre going this way. Giridharadas was...

Author : Alice Tilche
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295749723

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Adivasi Art and Activism by Alice Tilche Pdf

As India consolidates an aggressive model of economic development, indigenous tribal people known as adivasis continue to be overrepresented among the country’s poor. Adivasis make up more than eight hundred communities in India, with a total population of more than 100 million people who speak more than three hundred different languages. Although their historical presence is acknowledged by the state and they are lauded as a part of India’s ethnic identity today, their poverty has been compounded by the suppression of their cultural heritage and lifestyle. In Adivasi Art and Activism, Alice Tilche draws on anthropological fieldwork conducted in rural western India to chart changes in adivasi aesthetics, home life, attire, food, and ideas of religiosity that have emerged from negotiation with the homogenizing forces of Hinduization, development, and globalization in the twenty-first century. She documents curatorial projects located not only in museums and art institutions, but in the realms of the home, the body, and the landscape. Adivasi Art and Activism raises vital questions about preservation and curation of indigenous material and provides an astute critique of the aesthetics and politics of Hindu nationalism.

Author : Tarini Bedi
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295749877

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Mumbai Taximen by Tarini Bedi Pdf

In this first book-length study of Mumbai’s taxi industry and of the livelihoods that surround it, Tarini Bedi draws from the lives and voices of chillia taxi drivers who have sustained a hereditary trade for more than a century. Bedi considers the Bombay taxi in all its forms: a material object that is driven, an economic and political connection, an expression of kinship, an embodiment of urban time and technology, and more. She illustrates how the accumulation of capital in this masculinized and mobile trade depends on forms of fixed domestic labor and an ethics of care, and how connections among these factors impact the production and reshaping of working-class personhood and laboring subjects. From beginning to end, the world of Mumbai automobility unfolds through depiction of the sensory, embodied, and political domains of taxi drivers’ work. While most understandings of automobility remain tied to Western assumptions, patterns of driving, (sub)urbanization, and engagements with the road, realities in the Global South differ. Mumbai Taximen provides a correction to this imbalance from Mumbai through a timely exploration of South Asian social, material, political, labor, and technological histories and practices of motoring and automobility.

Author : Anand Giridharadas
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780451493255

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Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today’s news. "Impassioned.... Entertaining reading.” —The Washington Post Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can—except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. They rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; they lavishly reward “thought leaders” who redefine “change” in ways that preserve the status quo; and they constantly seek to do more good, but never less harm. Giridharadas asks hard questions: Why, for example, should our gravest problems be solved by the unelected upper crust instead of the public institutions it erodes by lobbying and dodging taxes? His groundbreaking investigation has already forced a great, sorely needed reckoning among the world’s wealthiest and those they hover above, and it points toward an answer: Rather than rely on scraps from the winners, we must take on the grueling democratic work of building more robust, egalitarian institutions and truly changing the world—a call to action for elites and everyday citizens alike.

Author : Anand Gopal
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781429945028

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No Good Men Among the Living by Anand Gopal Pdf

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR PRIZE Anand Gopal's No Good Men Among the Living stunningly lays bare the workings of America's longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. "Essential reading for anyone concerned about how America got Afghanistan so wrong. A devastating, well-honed prosecution detailing how our government bungled the initial salvo in the so-called war on terror, ignored attempts by top Taliban leaders to surrender, trusted the wrong people, and backed a feckless and corrupt Afghan regime . . . It is ultimately the most compelling account I've read of how Afghans themselves see the war." --The New York Times Book Review In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces the lives of three Afghans caught in America's war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a U.S.-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides, who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality. Through their dramatic stories emerges a stunning tale of how the United States had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliban back from the dead.

Author : T. M. J. Indra Mohan
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8126903996

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The Novels of Mulk Raj Anand by T. M. J. Indra Mohan Pdf

Mulk Raj Anand, The Doyen Of Indian English Fiction, Whose Writing Career Spanned Nearly Four Decades, Has Carved Out A Permanent Niche In The Literary World. Anand S Writings Are Marked By His Fine Perception Of The Indian Ethos, The Sinister Forces That Operate In The Indian Society, His Humanitarian Outlook And Profound Sympathy For The Down-Trodden And The Underprivileged. His Novels Are Thus Faithful Transcripts Of And Serious Comments On The Contemporary Social Reality.The Twelve Insightful Essays That Constitute This Volume Not Only Shed New Light On The Old Classics Like Untouchable, Coolie, Two Leaves And A Bud, And The Old Woman And The Cow, But Also Deals With Issues Like Despair And Delight In The Novels Of Mulk Raj Anand, The Identity Crisis, Anand S Creative Exploitation Of The Linguistic Resources Of The English Language, His Narrative Technique, His Humanism, His Treatment Of Individuals As Social Constructs, The Symbiotic Relationship Between Art And Culture Studies, And Other Unexplored Facets Of Anand'S Writings. The Detailed Bibliography At The End Serves As A Useful Research Tool For The Scholars Studying Anand.The Students Of Indian English Literature Would Find This Book Immensely Useful, And Also Those Who Keep Interest In The Writings Of Anand Would Find The Essays Quite Thought-Provoking And Illuminating.

Author : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788194597315

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The Conch Bearer: The Brotherhood of the Conch by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Pdf

Award-winning author and poet, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is widely known for her novels, Sister of My Heart, The Mistress of Spices, The Vine of Desire and Queen of Dreams. Translated into 11 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew and Japanese, her other writings include two prize-winning short story collections, two volumes of poetry, and her novels for young children. Among the awards and citations she has are the O. Henry Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, and the American Book Award. Born in India, she currently lives in Texas where she teaches creative writing at the University of Houston.

Author : P. K. Rajan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Indic fiction (English)
ISBN : UOM:39015035008138

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Mulk Raj Anand by P. K. Rajan Pdf

This Book Advances The View That There Is An Inherent Pattern Of Dualism Central To The Humanistic Vision Of Mulk Raj Anand. This Dualism Is Characteristic Of The His Torical Processes Of Indian Renaissance And The Liberal Democratic Revolution In India That Gained Momentum With The Growth Of The Freedom Movement.

Author : PUBLICATIONS DIVISION
Publisher : Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788123030173

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SELECTED SPEECHES OF PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH (Vol-IV) by PUBLICATIONS DIVISION Pdf

The present volume is a compliation of the Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh's speeches during 2007-08. His speeches reflect how our nation transformed into a knowledge society can be transformed into a knowledge economy.

Author : Jyotsna Kulkarni
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129857988

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The Novels of Mulk Raj Anand by Jyotsna Kulkarni Pdf

Mulk Raj Anand, 1905-2004, Indo-English novelist.

Author : Martin Avery
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557532599

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Brigit's Bardo: 40 Dates And 40 Nights by Martin Avery Pdf