Notes On The Great Indian Circus

Author : Sreedharan Champad
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781622127665

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An Album of Indian Big Tops by Sreedharan Champad Pdf

An Album of Indian Big Tops, chronicling the circus industry in India from 1880 to 2010, was written by Sreedharan Champad, a flying trapeze artist, journalist, story writer, novelist, film script writer, and circus historian. His book reveals the history of Indian circus life and art, as well as details about the industry. He directly contacted the most prominent people in the Indian circus from the 1950s onward and has researched all available records, making this a lifetime achievement. It took him more than fifty years to complete this history about a "dying art," and no one before has attempted such a book. The book was inspired because, "I had spent my school vacations in circus tents in my boyhood, because some of my close relatives were circus artists living in circus tents."

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0141005769

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Notes on the Great Indian Circus by Khushwant Singh Pdf

Articles previously published in various journals.

Author : Joy Bhattacharjya,Abhishek Mukherjee
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9789356991491

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The Great Indian Cricket Circus by Joy Bhattacharjya,Abhishek Mukherjee Pdf

Did you know that ... Chandu Sarwate, Indian Test cricketer, was also a fingerprint expert? Sania Mirza is related to four Test captains, two of them Indian. In addition to roads and neighbourhoods, Sachin Tendulkar also has a racehorse, a variety of mango and a species of spider named after him? The Great Indian Cricket Circus takes a rollicking journey through more than a century of Indian cricketing history. It tells the stories of not just the matches and the players, but also of crazy fans, mind-boggling endorsements, memorable scores, eccentric commentators, iconic stadiums and much more. Supremely entertaining, and full of bewildering events, surprising anecdotes and cool facts compiled together in wacky, interesting ways, this is the perfect book for fans of the sport, trivia lovers or anyone looking for entertainment! -- FOREWORD by R. Ashwin 'A quirky fact here, an interesting tale there, an anecdote to relate ... I have always loved the world of stories and few tell them better than Joy and Abhishek. The Great Indian Cricket Circus will be so much fun.' HARSHA BHOGLE

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789351181262

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Notes On The Great Indian Circus by Khushwant Singh Pdf

Khushwant Singh, India S Most Widely-Read Columnist, Has Been A Keen Observer Of Life In India Its Politics, Economics, Religion, Habits, Customs, Events And Personalities. Notes On The Great Indian Circus Is A Chronicle Of The State Of The Nation As It Was And As It Is, And The Way It Is Going To Be. It Also Reflects The Indian Psyche The Way We Are. This Selection Brings Together The Best Of Khushwant Singh S Articles From A Wide Variety Of Magazines And Newspapers, And Documents His Inimitable Perceptions On Parliament, Filmstar Mps, Censorship And Communalism. Containing Pieces On Subjects Ranging From Kentucky Fried Chicken To The Kumbh Mela, The Golden Temple To The Assassination Of Rajiv Gandhi, Osho To Bhindranwale, And Pornography To Family Planning, This Is An Insightful, Candid And Provocative Collection.

Author : Nisha P.R.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190992071

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Jumbos and Jumping Devils by Nisha P.R. Pdf

Jumbos and Jumping Devils is a pioneering exploration of the social history of circus in India over the last 150 years. It presents a wide variety of amazing tales ranging from the blooming and evolution of circus acrobatics in early twentieth-century Malabar to the sensational legal battles following the ban of wild animals and children from the circus ring in the twenty-first century. Alongside extensive fieldwork and interviews, the author has used memorabilia including photographs, notices, posters, letters, diaries, unpublished autobiographies, private papers, and recollections of the circus community to chronicle the hitherto untold story of the Indian circus. The book paves the way for a new sociocultural analysis of performance genres and popular culture in the subcontinent against several overlapping contexts. These include the remaking of caste and gender identities, transformation of physical cultures and bodies, interventions of the colonial and postcolonial states, and emergence of new transregional and transnational spaces.

Author : Edgar Thorpe
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131761908

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The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2012 by Edgar Thorpe Pdf

Author : Edgar Thorpe,Showick Thorpe
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131723003

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Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2009 by Edgar Thorpe,Showick Thorpe Pdf

An Updated and Revised Edition of the Most Popular General Knowledge Manual. FEATURES * Up-to-date, comprehensive and all purpose in approach * Includes a set of multiple-choice questions at the end of each section to test your understanding * Based on current trends in various examinations * National and international current affairs included

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Friendship
ISBN : 9780143417798

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The Sunset Club by Khushwant Singh Pdf

Novel based on the three old age friends of the Sunset club exchange news and their views on the events of the day in Lodhi Gardens.

Author : Thorpe
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131727904

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The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2010 (New Edition) by Thorpe Pdf

An Updated and Revised Edition of the Most Popular General Knowledge Manual

Author : Thorpe Edgar
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131756408

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The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2011 by Thorpe Edgar Pdf

Author : Gillian Arrighi,Jim Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108485166

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The Cambridge Companion to the Circus by Gillian Arrighi,Jim Davis Pdf

An authoritative introduction to the specialised histories of the modern circus, its unique aesthetics, and its contemporary manifestations and scholarship, from its origins in commercial equestrian performance, to contemporary inflections of circus arts in major international festivals, educational environments, and social justice settings.

Author : Mary Ellen Mark
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015029119198

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Indian Circus by Mary Ellen Mark Pdf

"Mary Ellen Mark fell in love with the Indian circus in 1969, during her first trip to India. As she watched a huge hippopotamus walk around the ring with its mouth wide open, wearing a pink tutu, she was struck by the beauty and innocence of the show. She returned to India many times, and in 1989 and 1990 she devoted six months to photographing eighteen circuses, following them around the continent by train, plane, van, and auto-rickshaw. Secretive, highly competitive, and each a closed, self-sufficient society, the circuses embody what Mark calls "a poetry and a craziness that are still uncorrupted, and honest, and pure."" "Beautifully printed in tritone, this remarkable collection of photographs captures the texture of circus life outside of the ring - exhausting, humorous, poignant, and often bizarre - as well as the affection and devotion that the performers have for each other and their animals." "Indian Circus is documentary photography at its finest. The photographs are not only compelling portraits of the performers, but also eloquent and poetic narratives about life in the Indian circus."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Shashi Tharoor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628721591

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The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor Pdf

In this award-winning novel, Tharoor has masterfully recast the two-thousand-year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Nothing is sacred in this deliciously irreverent, witty, and deeply intelligent retelling of modern Indian history and the ancient Indian epic The Mahabharata. Alternately outrageous and instructive, hilarious and moving, it is a dazzling tapestry of prose and verse that satirically, but also poignantly, chronicles the struggle for Indian freedom and independence.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Railroads
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215956538

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Railway Times by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Irving
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307362001

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A Son of the Circus by John Irving Pdf

A Hindi film star and an American missionary are twins separated at birth; a dwarf — a former circus clown — mistakes the missionary for the movie star. And stalking one of them is a serial killer...