Kategoria BISAC: Literary Criticism >> Asian - Indic

This book is the first to explore the rich archive of Shakespeare in Indian cinemas, including less familiar, Indian language cinemas to contribute to the assessment of the expanding repertoire of Shakespeare films worldwide. Essays cover mainstream and regional Indian cinemas such as the better known Tamil and Kannada, as well as the less familiar regions of the North Eastern states. The volume visits diverse filmic genres, starting from the earliest silent cinema, to diasporic films made for global audiences, television films, independent films, and documentaries, thus expanding the very...

This book investigates fiction in English, written within, and published from India since 2000 in the genre of mythology-inspired fiction in doing so it introduces the term Bharati Fantasy . This volume is anchored in notions of the weird and thus some time is spent understanding this term linguistically, historically ( wyrd ) as well as philosophically and most significantly socio-culturally because reception is a key theme to this book s thesis. The book studies the interface of science, Hinduism and itihasa (a term often translated as history ) within mythology-inspired fiction...

This is the setting of the Hamsasandesa A Message for the Goose, a sandesa or "messenger poem" by the medieval saint-poet and philosopher Venkatanatha, a seminal figure for the Srivaisnava religious community of Tamil Nadu,...

Desai shows how the Indian Ocean engendered a number of syncretic identities and shaped the medieval trade routes...

"No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again." - Buddha

An ancient and deeply revered practice, Buddhism is even more popular now than it has been in decades. The secret behind its steady rise is due in part to the plethora of benefits Buddhism reaps upon those who practice it and apply its teachings to their lives. Through mindfulness and meditation, Buddhism injects peace and clarity into the minds and lives of those who dedicate themselves to it. Those wonderful benefits can be a part of your life as well through the careful study of its...