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Treading the Beaten Path
Treading the Beaten Path is a rereading of history through the review and critical analysis of fifty books. It is an in-depth analysis of major events that shaped the history of contemporary India. Amongst authors are B R Ambedkar, Rajdeep Sardesai Jai Ram Ramesh, Ramachandra Guha, Kuldip Nayyar, Zoya Hassan and a host of others. Major epochs in history like the Mughal period, Partition of India, the Emergency, Operation Blue Star etc. are included. The biographies of Sheik Abdulla, Feroze Gandhi and critical studies on S C Bose, Nehru and Gandhi form a part. Epochs of history include the partition of Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. A look at the two-part defense of Hinduism by Shashi Tharoor is a highlight. An evaluation of the Communist, Hindutva and Mandal movements is undertaken. On a lighter vein the biographies of Mohamed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Sahir Ludhianvi are explored. The reviews have a personal touch as the author has thought out of the box to add his opinion to many a contentious issue at hand. In that sense it is not a review but a critical narrative with the book acting only as a template with the discussion many a time spilling beyond the confines of it.
A Woven Life
Richly layered and remarkably candid, this is anything but an ordinary memoir. Life-writing at its truthful and unapologetic best, here is a story of a textile historian, entrepreneur and collector with an eventful and adventurous life story. As a child in countryside England, Jenny had thought she would grow up to be a spy, but life had other plans. Brought to the world of Asian textiles, art and museums, she has over the last five decades travelled across Asia with a passion to document traditional, local, and nomadic weaves and handcrafted textiles. She lays bare her idyllic childhood in the aftermath of the Second World War; her aspirations of being in the arts and then as a researcher at the Victoria and Albert museum in London; the struggles of falling in and out of love and a broken marriage; of parenting; and her passion for Indian textiles, having established herself as one of the most successful British entrepreneurs working in India who co-founded the luxury brands shades of India and kashmir loom.
Indira Files: A Critical Look at The Controversial Side of Indira Gandhi
I have always felt that Indira Gandhi is the exceptional and foremost example of the dynastic politics of independent India. She is a perfect example of dynastic rule, on one hand, she is called the 'Iron Lady', on the other hand, people pay tribute to her dictatorship for imposing emergency in the country. Where on one hand Indira Gandhi carved her name in golden letters in Indian history by dividing Pakistan into two, on the contrary, she has also endured the slogans like Sanjay ki mummy, badi nikammi for blindly loving her son like Gandhari loved Duryodhana. Nonetheless, we cannot forget that it was Indira Gandhi who gave wings to India's strength and courage by conducting the Nuclear Tes...
India's Democracy
The dreamers of building up a democratic polity in our country drafted a constitution to come into effect after the attainment of long-cherished independence. India's Constitution was designed after the western model of liberal democracy. It is a representative democracy where the ability of the elected representatives to exercise decision-making power is regulated by the rule of law. Liberal democracy is committed to the protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals. Indian Constitution incorporated fundamental rights, justice, liberty, equality, and tolerance between and among widely differing political views and maintaining social and political pluralism, which are essential ingredients of a liberal democracy. The shamelessness of most Indian politicians happens to be the shackles to the growth of Indian politics on the democratic track worth the name.
Otto Binder
Otto Binder: The Life and Work of a Comic Book and Science Fiction Visionary chronicles the career of Otto Binder, from pulp magazine author to writer of Supergirl, Captain Marvel, and Superman comics. As the originator of the first sentient robot in literature ("I, Robot," published in Amazing Stories in 1939 and predating Isaac Asimov's collection of the same name), Binder's effect on science fiction was profound. Within the world of comic books, he created or co-created much of the Superman universe, including Smallville; Krypto, Superboy's dog; Supergirl; and the villain Braniac. Binder is also credited with writing many of the first "Bizarro" storylines for DC Comics, as well as for bei...
World Wrecker
Known as the "World Wrecker" for his galaxy-smashing space operas, Edmond Hamilton wrote intelligent, exciting, and readable science fiction for over 40 years. This first major bibliography of his work covers his enormous output and numerous reprint editions. All students of Hamilton--and all major libraries--will want a copy of this bibliographical labor of love.
Singing Gandhi's India - Music and Sonic Nationalism
Here is the first ever and only detailed account of Gandhi and music in India. How politics and music interspersed with each other has been paid scanty, if not any, attention, let alone Gandhi’s role in it. Looking at prayer as politics, singing Gandhi’s India traces Gandhi’s relationship with music and nationalism. Uncovering his writings on music, ashram Bhajan practice, the Vande Mataram debate, Subramanian makes a case for a closer scrutiny of Gandhian oeuvre to map sonic politics in twentieth century India.
THE HOLY VIRGIN
The holy cave of Vaishnov Mata (Holy Virgin) is situated at a distance of 13 KM from Katra town of Jammu Province of the Jammu and Kashmir State. From Jammu city, the cave is situated at a distance at 64 KM. The cave is 5,200 feet above sea level, and is carved in the heart of a triple-peaked mountain called Trikuta. It has a narrow entrance and is about 100 feet long. Along its length, flows a stream of cold and crystal water. In the sanctum sanctorum of the cave there are three projections over a rock which symbolically represents the powers of Vaishnov Mata (Holy Virgin). Along the trek from the base camp at Katra there are important halting stages which have a mystic significance for ...
Rajesh Pilot
Born in Western Uttar Pradesh and educated in Delhi, Rama Pilot married Rajesh Pilot while she was in college, pursuing a master’s degree. She was a member of the Youth Congress and was nominated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as an executive member of All India Congress Committee (in B.C. Cell). A former member of parliament from Dausa, she represented the constituency after her husband’s death in June 2000.
