Arts, Literature and Humanities

A fascinating exploration of the three things that make the world go round, Science, Sex, Spirituality delves into the links between physics and me...

On December 1727 an intriguing play called Double Falshood; Or, The Distrest Lovers was presented for production by Lewis Theobald, who had it publ...

D. Jayakanthan’s short stories depict the life of common people in Tamil Nadu in the middle of the 20th century and reflect his progressive thinkin...

Kuldhara, a village in the Rajasthan desert, perched at the edge of time. Abandoned, cursed, nearly two hundred years ago, to remain a heap of rubb...

“Frailty, thy name is woman,” said Hamlet and indeed, women, stereotyped as being simple, kind and compassionate, lead multi-layered lives. This co...

This volume makes significant and fresh contributions to fields of comparative literature and translation which are assuming increasing importance ...

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Communalism And Sexual Violenc

The Archaeoastronomy of a Few Megalithic Sites of Jharkhand discards the belief that megaliths are only sepulchral monuments and illustrates that t...

Two men talk in Tokyo. One, a Belgian, is a diplomat. The other, Dutch, is a photographer. What, they wonder, is the real face of Japan? How can th...

Laura Wilmote is a television journalist living in Paris. Her life couldn’t be better—a stimulating job, a loving boyfriend, interesting friends—un...

What are the stages in the life of a butterfly? If you trap a caterpillar in a box, will it blossom into a butterfly? When discrimination and viole...

In recent years, the refugee problem has become impossible to ignore, as multiple crises in the Middle East and Africa have driven thousands of des...

This book provides a fresh English translation of a selection of Allama Iqbal's Urdu and Persian poetry in a form that remains faithful to that of ...

Swiss novelist Catherine Colomb is known as one of the most unusual and inventive francophone novelists of the twentieth century. Fascinated by the...

Ismat Chughtai-one of the most provocative and rebellious writers in Urdu-wrote voluminously until she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 19...

At the Burning Abyss is Franz Fuhmann’s magnum opus a gripping and profoundly personal encounter with the great expressionist poet Georg Trakl. It ...

Chandrasekhar Kambar is one of the most accomplished Indian writers working today. In each of Kambar’s novels, the archetypical Mother, Karimayi, i...

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Modernity, which emphasizes the relegation of religion firmly to an individual’s private life, is a challenging idea for any culture. In India it f...

Aimed at addressing the lacunae in academic publications on women dancers in India, The Moving Space highlights the idea of the ‘space’ created, oc...

In 1909, while still in South Africa, Gandhi publicly decried the caste system for its inequalities. Shortly after his return to India though, he s...

India has been a major recipient of international aid since its independence on account of its developmental gaps and wide income disparity; yet it...

This book encompasses wide-ranging yet fundamental questions that have played a pivotal role in introducing, defining, structuring, and institution...

AS it turned out, young Daniel never outgrew the enchantment of the mysterious Yeti, the Abominable Snowman. His search for the enigmatic creature ...

We are surrounded by images, fairly drowning in them. From our cell phones to our computers, from our televisions at home to the screens that light...

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Ajmer Sharif, the heart of homage for thousands of all faiths, welcomes a tidal wave of humanity for the saint known as Gharib Nawaz (Benefactor of...

Ritwik Ghatak perhaps remains the most celebrated auteur of Partition narratives—not only has he completed eight masterly feature films before his ...

This book, a two-volume set, contains thought-provoking essays on sustainable development as well as award-winning photographs from Photosphere 201...

Udit never counted his blessings. And he loved being a rebel. But little did he know that his rebellion would one day uproot him and toss him into ...

Is a woman’s body her own? How far does her freedom extend? What can she do when social traditions, laws of the land and above all, prejudices of i...

Catalog of the donated paintings of Horst Metzger.

Originally published in German in 1964, Professor Gottfried Bammes Die Gestalt des Menschen is still considered the definitive guide to drawing the...

This work centers upon Manaku of Guler – older brother of the greatly celebrated Nainsukh – reconstructing whatever little is known of his life, bu...

How To Read Literature by Terry Eagleton, 8170463564, 9788170463566, Seagull Books

One film out of every five made anywhere on earth comes from India. From its beginnings under colonial rule through to the heights of Bollywood , I...

Hinduism is practised by nearly eighty per cent of India's population, and by some seventy million people outside India. In this Very Short Introdu...

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This Very Short Introduction explores the major developments of modern drama, covering two decades per chapter, from early modernist theatre throug...

Adolescence is a turbulent period to live through and a time of importance and concern to parents, teachers and social workers. Marking the transit...

This is a compelling introduction to the importance of the body for contemporary identities and social relationships. Drawing on studies of sex and...

In this Very Short Introduction Ritchie Robertson covers the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Looking at Goethe’s poetry, novels and dr...

In 2008 it was believed that HIV/AIDS was without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in...

From The Two Gentlemen of Verona in the early 1590s to The Two Noble Kinsmen at the end of his career around 1614, Shakespeare wrote at least eight...

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries ...

An idyllic Naga village surrounded by misty hills, Hoyat is located in the No Man’s Land between India and Burma. When Atanu reaches here to begin ...

Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and ...