Sita S Kitchen

Author : Ramchandra Gandhi
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992-08-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438403809

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Sita's Kitchen by Ramchandra Gandhi Pdf

Exploring the meaning of a Buddhist story, this book is a testimony of faith in the urgent relevance of India's spiritual traditions to the future of life on Earth, and it is an inquiry into the meaning of some central notions of these traditions. The value of spiritual traditions and of life itself is at stake here. In the Introduction, Ramchandra Gandhi raises the Ayodhya issue to international and universal levels. In the text, he offers a solution on the local and national levels. The temple mound in Ayodhya --the sacred hill on which the present Babri Masjid was built, also known as "Sita's Kitchen"--was originally a sacred place of the Adivasis (the aboriginal inhabitants of the subcontinent). It was sacred to the Goddess, the great nurturing earth, the fecund source of all life, the aboriginal presupposition of all later religions. As an aboriginal place sacred to the Mother Goddess, the hill in Ayodhya brings together all religions. Rather than a source of conflict, Ayodhya should become a meeting ground for the divergent religious traditions of the world to see their ultimate harmony. In the Buddhist story, the principal female character is an adivasi named Ananya ("not other"). The opposing sides come to see their oneness in Ananya. The frame-story is taken from the Vinaya-pitaka of the Pali Canon. It is the Bhaddavaggiyavatthu or "The Story of the Group of Well-Off Ones."

Author : Raghav Khanna
Publisher : Repro Knowledgcast Limited
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9355201893

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Sita's Kitchen by Raghav Khanna Pdf

London-based restaurateur Arun and his assistant Ben are on a business trip. They stop at a roadside café in Himachal Pradesh and are astonished with its European looks and Italian menu. A cynical Arun samples a dish and is blown away by its authenticity. His astonishment turns into disbelief when he learns that the cook is Sita, a simple mountain girl who has never in her life stepped outside her village. Ever since her mother passed away, Sita started helping her deaf-mute father run their small tea stall. Sita loves cooking and when a travelling Italian chef gifts her a cookbook, the passion becomes an obsession. Aided by YouTube videos, Sita soon revamps the tea stall and turns it into an elfin café. Arun recognizes Sita's extraordinary talents and convinces her to move to London and become a chef at his restaurant. However, Sita's lack of professional training is soon apparent. Help comes in the form of Anwar Khan, a veteran butcher, who takes a floundering Sita under his wings. She embarks on a journey, navigating the cut-throat and often ugly world of gourmet chefs where gender conventions and racial undercurrents can make or break careers. As she strives to carve a niche for herself, Arun starts feeling differently towards Sita. Just when Sita starts believing in her special destiny, one incident alters her inside out and leads her to rediscovering herself.

Author : Ramchandra Gandhi
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791411532

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Sita's Kitchen by Ramchandra Gandhi Pdf

In the Introduction, Ramchandra Gandhi raises the Ayodhya issue to international and universal levels. In the text, he offers a solution on the local and national levels. The temple mound in Ayodhya - the sacred hill on which the present Babri Masjid was built, also known as "Sita's Kitchen" - was originally a sacred place of the Adivasis (the aboriginal inhabitants of the subcontinent). It was sacred to the Goddess, the great nurturing earth, the fecund source of all life, the aboriginal presupposition of all later religions. As an aboriginal place sacred to the Mother Goddess, the hill in Ayodhya brings together all religions. Rather than a source of conflict, Ayodhya should become a meeting ground for the divergent religious traditions of the world to see their ultimate harmony.

Author : Ramchandra Gandhi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1412546784

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Sītā's Kitchen by Ramchandra Gandhi Pdf

Author : Makarand R. Paranjape
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317352150

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Cultural Politics in Modern India by Makarand R. Paranjape Pdf

India’s global proximities derive in good measure from its struggle against British imperialism. In its efforts to become a nation, India turned modern in its own unusual way. At the heart of this metamorphosis was a "colourful cosmopolitanism," the unique manner in which India made the world its neighbourhood. The most creative thinkers and leaders of that period reimagined diverse horizons. They collaborated not only in widespread anti-colonial struggles but also in articulating the vision of alter-globalization, universalism, and cosmopolitanism. This book, in revealing this dimension, offers new and original interpretations of figures such as Kant, Tagore, Heidegger, Gandhi, Aurobindo, Gebser, Kosambi, Narayan, Ezekiel, and Spivak. It also analyses cultural and aesthetic phenomena, from the rasa theory to Bollywood cinema, explaining how Indian ideas, texts, and cultural expressions interacted with a wider world and contributed to the making of modern India.

Author : Kate Millett
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Feminists
ISBN : 0252068874

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Sita by Kate Millett Pdf

Presents moment-by-moment record of the fading of love, with all of its agony and false-dawn respites. This book follows the disintegration of the author's love affair with a woman who is ten years her senior, a veteran of several marriages, and the mother of grown children.

Author : Psyche Williams Forson,Carole Counihan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134726271

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Taking Food Public by Psyche Williams Forson,Carole Counihan Pdf

The field of food studies has been growing rapidly over the last thirty years and has exploded since the turn of the millennium. Scholars from an array of disciplines have trained fresh theoretical and methodological approaches onto new dimensions of the human relationship to food. This anthology capitalizes on this particular cultural moment to bring to the fore recent scholarship that focuses on innovative ways people are recasting food in public spaces to challenge hegemonic practices and meanings. Organized into five interrelated sections on food production – consumption, performance, Diasporas, and activism – articles aim to provide new perspectives on the changing meanings and uses of food in the twenty-first century.

Author : Anita Mannur
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781439900796

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Culinary Fictions by Anita Mannur Pdf

An exploration of how and why food matters in the culture and literature of the South Asian diaspora.

Author : Fred Dallmayr
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813173689

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Integral Pluralism by Fred Dallmayr Pdf

In addition to war, terrorism, and unchecked military violence, modernity is also subject to less visible but no less venomous conflicts. Global in nature, these “culture wars” exacerbate the tensions between tradition and innovation, virtue and freedom. Internationally acclaimed scholar Fred Dallmayr charts a course beyond these persistent but curable dichotomies in Integral Pluralism: Beyond Culture Wars. Consulting diverse fields such as philosophy, literature, political science, and religious studies, Dallmayr equates modern history with a process of steady pluralization. This process, which Dallmayr calls “integral pluralism,” requires new connections and creates ethical responsibilities. Dallmayr critically compares integral pluralism against the theories of Carl Schmitt, the Religious Right, international “realism,” and so-called political Islam. Drawing on the works of James, Heidegger, Gadamer, and Merleau-Ponty, Integral Pluralism offers sophisticated and carefully researched solutions for the conflicts of the modern world.

Author : Phyllis K. Herman,Deepak Shimkhada
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443807029

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The Constant and Changing Faces of the Goddess by Phyllis K. Herman,Deepak Shimkhada Pdf

The Constant and Changing Faces of the Goddess: Goddess Traditions of Asia contains essays written by established scholars in the field that trace the multiplicity of Asian goddesses: their continuities, discontinuities, and importance as symbols of wisdom, power, transformation, compassion, destruction, and creation. The essays demonstrate that while treatments of the goddess may vary regionally, culturally, and historically, it is possible to note some consistencies in the overall picture of the goddess in Asia. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of the goddess, culminating in the selections that draw from research on Indian, Nepali, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese traditions, seldom found in other works of similar subject. The volume will be useful for students in religious studies, gender studies, Asian studies, and women's studies. With the intent of making the volume truly broad in scope, an effort has been made to include works written by art historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and religious studies scholars. Culture cannot be separated from religion; they are intertwined as an organic whole, and variations manifest themselves in the rituals and daily lives of the people. In this sense, all the essays are interconnected: the goddess manifests in many forms and appeals to differing aspects of a particular culture as a paradigm of the divine feminine.

Author : Bill VanPatten,Jill Jegerski
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027253156

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Research in Second Language Processing and Parsing by Bill VanPatten,Jill Jegerski Pdf

This volume is the first dedicated to the growing field of theory and research on second language processing and parsing. The fourteen papers in this volume offer cutting-edge research using a number of different languages (e.g., Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, English) and structures (e.g., relative clauses, wh-gaps, gender, number) to examine various issues in second language processing: first language influence, whether or not non-natives can achieve native-like processing, the roles of context and prosody, the effects of working memory, and others. The researchers include both established scholars and newer voices, all offering important insights into the factors that affect processing and parsing in a second language.

Author : Ananta Kumar Giri
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003814993

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Cultivating Integral Development by Ananta Kumar Giri Pdf

This book cultivates visions and practices of integral development of the self, society, and the world. It builds upon deconstructions of development discourse and practice and strives to reconstruct and reconstitutes it as integral development. It addresses entrenched dualisms in development studies and practices such as between the self and the other, the providers of development and its recipients, materialism, and spirituality, and cultivates pathways of integral development. The book explores the many challenges facing development studies and practice such as poverty, creativity, political economy, moral economy, leadership, sustainable development, and evolutionary flourishing. It also opens the discourse and practice of development to cross-cultural dialogues by undertaking discussions between Euro-centric approaches to development and other visions and practices of development such as Purusartha, Swadhyaya, Sarvodaya, integral yoga, and Lokasasamgraha from Indic traditions. Drawing on multiple cultural and philosophical resources and traditions, Cultivating Integral Development is a pioneering work and will be of great interest to scholars, researchers, and actors of development studies, political science, and philosophy as well as concerned human beings around the world.

Author : Sita Singh
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593116463

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Birds of a Feather by Sita Singh Pdf

Differences are gorgeously illustrated in a heartwarming picture book about a colorless peacock who learns to love himself in a jungle full of color. Mo has always felt a little different. While all the other peacocks grew bright, bold, beautiful feathers in rich greens and vibrant blues, Mo's feathers grew in a snowy white. And even though Mo's friends try to include him in their playtime, Mo doesn't like to be reminded that he's different from his friends. But when a storm threatens to ruin the group's annual celebration, Mo must learn to stand tall, strut his stuff, and shake his brilliantly glowing tail feathers--in a way only he can--to help his friends and set things right. From debut author Sita Singh, and brought to life by Stephanie Fizer Coleman, comes a story about finding strength in the things that make us different, and beauty in all its forms.

Author : Sudhir Jain
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781525502798

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East or West by Sudhir Jain Pdf

East or West is a worldly, eclectic collection of linked short fiction. In these pages are stories that explore themes like the clash of cultures of east and west, the small instances that shape great lives, starting over, and more. A new holy site arises in the east: an ashram . . . for atheists, but is it all that it seems? A young British girl struggles against her new boyfriend’s fundamentalist religious culture. A musician in the 1800s strives to gain recognition while under the shadow of one of the greatest composers of all time. A business tycoon has one last chance at happiness after his hubris has cost him his fortune. A debut author seeks success at a local book fair. A young executive tries to close a deal that could save her struggling company. East or West contains more than twenty stories that radiate intelligence, pathos, and humour in a reading experience for all ages.

Author : Justin Thomas McDaniel,Hector Kilgoe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780197658345

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Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing by Justin Thomas McDaniel,Hector Kilgoe Pdf

Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing contains essays by nine prominent scholars of religious studies and theology on approaches to cultivating human flourishing within the field of positive psychology. Part of The Humanities and Human Flourishing series, this volume represents perspectives from north India to the buckle of the American Bible Belt and explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating connections between theory, pedagogy, and practice.