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The Bullet and the Ballot Box

The Story of Nepal's Maoist Revolution

By: Aditya Adhikari

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The Bullet and the Ballot Box

The Story of Nepal's Maoist Revolution

By: Aditya Adhikari

The Bullet and the Ballot Box offers a rich and sweeping account of a decade of revolutionary upheaval. When Nepal’s Maoists launched their armed rebellion in the nineties, they had limited public support and many argued that their ideology was obsolete. Twelve years later they were in power, and their ambitious plan of social transformation dominated the national agenda. How did this become possible? Adhikari’s narrative draws on a broad range of sources – including novels, letters and diaries – to illuminate the history and human drama of the Maoist revolution. An indispensible account of Nepal’s recent history, the book offers a fascinating case study of how communist ideology has been reinterpreted and translated into political action in the twenty-first century.

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1781685657

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9781781685655

The Bullet and the Ballot Box

The Story of Nepal's Maoist Revolution

By: Aditya Adhikari

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The Story of Nepal's Maoist Revolution

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1781685649

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Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment

Oral Narratives from the Central Himalayas

By: Aditya Malik

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Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment

Oral Narratives from the Central Himalayas

By: Aditya Malik

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the Central Himalayan region of Kumaon, Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment draws on oral and written narratives, stories, testimonies, and rituals told and performed in relation to the "God of Justice," Goludev, and other regional deities. The book seeks to answer several questions: How is the concept of justice defined in South Asia? Why do devotees seek out Goludev for the resolution of matters of justice instead of using the secular courts? What are the sociological and political consequences of situating divine justice within a secular, democratic, modern context? Moreover, how do human beings locate themselves within the indeterminateness and struggles of their everyday existence? What is the place of language and ritual in creating intimacy and self? How is justice linked to intimacy, truth, and being human? The stories and narratives in this book revolve around Goludev's own story and deeds, as well as hundreds of petitions (manauti) written on paper that devotees hang on his temple walls, and rituals (jagar) that involve spirit possession and the embodiment of the deity through designated mediums. The jagars are powerful, extraordinary experiences, mesmerizing because of their intensity but also because of what they imply in terms of how we conceptualize being human with the seemingly limitless potential to shift, alter, and transform ourselves through language and ritual practice. The petitions, though silent and absent of the singing, drumming, and choreography that accompany jagars, are equally powerful because of their candid and intimate testimony to the aspirations, breakdowns, struggles, and breakthroughs that circumscribe human existence.

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321

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Oxford University Press

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019932509X

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9780199325092

Modelling Drying Processes

A Reaction Engineering Approach

By: Xiao Dong Chen,Aditya Putranto

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Modelling Drying Processes

A Reaction Engineering Approach

By: Xiao Dong Chen,Aditya Putranto

A comprehensive summary of the state of the art in the reaction engineering approach to drying processes, including modelling, experimentation and applications.

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253

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Cambridge University Press

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1107012104

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9781107012103

Guts Amidst Bloodbath

The Aunshuman Gaekwad Narrative

By: Aditya Bhushan Editor: Sachin Bajaj

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Guts Amidst Bloodbath

The Aunshuman Gaekwad Narrative

By: Aditya Bhushan Editor: Sachin Bajaj

Guts Amidst Bloodbath is the story of Aunshuman Gaekwad as told by him with many fascinating insights by his teammates, opponents, administrators, selectors, umpires, friends and family members. His is a name associated with Indian Cricket for more than 50 years in some form or the other. He has been a solid opening batsman, an astute administrator, an able selector, a successful coach, an analytical media person and above all a helping human being. But for a player who began his First-Class career as an off-spinner and lower order batsman, to become a Test opener for India is nothing short of remarkable. To play the fast bowlers of the 1970s and 1980s without helmets and other protective gears was an achievement in itself. Post his retirement, he has served Indian cricket in various capacities, the most notable one being his role as the coach of the team from 1997 to 1999. As a coach, he was known for his discipline, honesty and integrity. It is a testimony to his character, that he was re-called to coach the Indian team at a time of turmoil post the match-fixing saga. Even today, he is taking up the cause of Indian cricketers as the President of the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA). In summary, this tale is a celebration of the man and his contribution to Indian cricket. It charts the journey of a boy from Baroda who went on to become one of the most respected figures in world cricket.

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Notion Press

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9798890263445

Sustainability Conflicts in Coastal India

Hazards, Changing Climate and Development Discourses in the Sundarbans

By: Aditya Ghosh

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Sustainability Conflicts in Coastal India

Hazards, Changing Climate and Development Discourses in the Sundarbans

By: Aditya Ghosh

This multidisciplinary work analyses challenges to sustainable development amidst rapidly changing climate in the world’s largest delta – the Sundarbans. Empirical evidence unpacks grounded vulnerabilities and reveals their temporal socio-economic impacts. A novel concept of ‘everyday disasters’ is proposed – supported by data and photographic evidence – that contests institutional disaster definition. Then it uncovers how the geopolitics of ecological governance and its hegemonic discourse dominate local policies, which in turn fail to address local socio-ecological concerns, adaptation needs and development aspirations. Absence of local vocabularies, cognitive values and socio-cultural contexts along with spatially constricted, exclusionary, top-down techno-science approaches further escalate knowledge-action gaps. Deconstruction of multiscalar conflicts between the global rhetoric and transformative postcolonial geographies offers an ethical, Southern perspective of sustainability.

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255

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Springer

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3319638920

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9783319638928

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The Bullet and the Ballot Box

The Bullet and the Ballot Box

The Bullet and the Ballot Box

The Bullet and the Ballot Box

Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment

Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment

Modelling Drying Processes

Modelling Drying Processes

Guts Amidst Bloodbath

Guts Amidst Bloodbath

Sustainability Conflicts in Coastal India

Sustainability Conflicts in Coastal India

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