Kategoria BISAC: History >> Asia - South - General

The essays presented in this volume constitute a progression from general considerations related to the 'etic' (in the geertzian sense of the word) approach to South Asian cultural productions, to peculiar and detailed investigations of them. Such a sequence is meant to develop a renovated and systemic approach, through which these specific cultural materials should be interpreted: materials not to be read in isolation, nor with an overemphasised concern for cultural relativity. Rather, they should be viewed as meaningful examples of sophisticated intellectual and cultural procedures to be...

Andha Yug is one of the great Indian plays of the millennium, and in Alok Bhalla it has found an ideal translator. . . . A model in the fraught field of translation. --Girish Karnad, playwright, Padma Bhushan and Jnanpith Laureate

Bhalla's fine translation is austere and rigorous, negotiating both the epic scale of the play and the Spartan simplicity of its poetry. --Keki N. Daruwalla, poet, Sahitya Akademi Laureate

One of the most significant plays of post-Independence India, Dharamvir Bharati's Andha Yug takes place on the last day of the Great Mahabharata War. The...

The pieces in this volume voice the rage and helplessness sweeping through the Kashmir Valley while offering rare insights into the lives of those caught in the crossfire. This book is a timely collection of the most exciting writing that has recently emerged from within Kashmir, and about it.

Sanjay Kak is a documentary filmmaker whose work includes Jashn-e-Azadi (How We Celebrate Freedom, 2007), a feature-length film about Kashmir. He is based in New Delhi, India.

Judges & Generals In Pakistan: Vol-II by Inam R Sehri is another book comprising of his articles in continuity with Vol-I]; mostly covering the historical scenarios of Gen Musharraf's military regime from years 2000-08. The main emphasis remained on militarized governance and alleged compromises of the Supreme judiciary. Vicious accounts of corruption are also there to prove that very few military Generals were equally competent to plunder the national wealth at par with bureaucrats & politicians. Death of Benazir Bhutto is discussed in detail. Facts about the judicial turmoil (2007),...