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The Illuminated

By: Anindita Ghose

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One of the best books for 2023' Cosmopolitan Against a rising tide of fundamentalism in India, a mother and daughter lose the most important man in their lives. Shashi, fifty-something and suddenly widowed, tries to contact her only daughter, Tara, to break the news, but cannot reach her. As Shashi confronts her loss, she finds, amidst grief, unexpected new freedoms. Meanwhile, Tara, a spoiled but brilliant university student, has retreated to Dharamsala to deal with the fall out from an ill-advised relationship. Her self-imposed solitude makes contact near impossible, so by the time she learns of her loss, the funeral is already over. Without the man that bound them, Shashi and Tara struggle to reconcile. But his absence also makes them a target for an emerging religious group determined to put women in their place, and Shashi and Tara individually prepare to defend their independence. If mother and daughter are to come together, they must find a way to understand both their new world, and each other. But can you ever emerge from an eclipse unscathed? 'Lyrical throughout yet so deceptively easygoing... an extraordinary novel' André Aciman 'Powerful, evocative and accomplished – it's hard to believe The Illuminated is a debut' Alice Ryan 'Gives voice to a new generation' BBC Radio 4

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277

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1803289759

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9781803289755

Behind the Mask

The Cultural Definition of the Legal Subject in Colonial Bengal (1715–1911)

By: Anindita Mukhopadhyay

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Behind the Mask

The Cultural Definition of the Legal Subject in Colonial Bengal (1715–1911)

By: Anindita Mukhopadhyay

This book investigates the deeper area of class antagonism between the privileged and underprivileged classes as they faced the colonial state and its different ideas of legality and sovereignty in colonial Bengal. It examines the ambiguity in the bhadralok—the educated middle class— response to courts and jails. The author argues that the discourse of superior ‘bhadralok’ ethics and morals was juxtaposed against the ‘chhotolok’—who were devoid of such ethical values. This enabled the bhadralok to claim for themselves the position of the ‘aware’ legal subject as a class—a ‘good’ subject obedient to the dictates of the new rule of law, unlike the recalcitrant and ethically ill-equipped chhotolok. The author underlines the development of a new cultural language of morality that delineated the parameters of bhadralok public behaviour. As the ‘rule of law’ of the British government slid unobtrusively into the public domain, the criminal courts and the jails turned into public theatres of infamy—spaces that the ethically bound bhadralok dreaded occupying. The volume, thus, documents how the colonial legal and penal institutions streamlined the identities of some sections of the lower castes into ‘criminal caste’. It also examines the nature of colonial bureaucracy and highlights the social silence on gender and women's criminality.

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250

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Oxford University Press

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0199087814

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9780199087815

Behind the Veil

Resistance, Women and the Everyday in Colonial South Asia

By: Anindita Ghosh

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Behind the Veil

Resistance, Women and the Everyday in Colonial South Asia

By: Anindita Ghosh

This book re-examines 'everyday resistance', gender and power through the lens of women's experiences in colonial South Asia. Moving away from educated and outstanding figures and drawing on a range of unconventional sources, it unearths a narrative of deep and enduring resistance offered by less extraordinary women in their daily lives.

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243

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Springer

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0230583679

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9780230583672

The Conservation of Endangered Archives and Management of Manuscripts in Indian Repositories

By: Anindita Kundu Saha

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The Conservation of Endangered Archives and Management of Manuscripts in Indian Repositories

By: Anindita Kundu Saha

This book highlights the present status of manuscript collection in the different repositories of India, and also suggests some remedial measures which are required to be adopted for the proper conservation, care and management of manuscripts. It showcases the nature of base material, ink, pigments, binding materials, writing and illustration techniques used in different manuscripts, given the importance of having thorough knowledge about the chemical composition of different materials before adopting any kind of conservation practice. As dating of manuscript is a very difficult task, a great variety of techniques and methodology such as palaeography, style of writing, illustration and terminology, colophon, spectrometric methods, and radio carbon dating, among others, are discussed here. Furthermore, as prevention is better than cure, different preventive measures, including indigenous methods practiced during the ancient period for preservation of manuscripts, are also outlined, as are the hazards of using different chemicals for conservation of manuscripts.

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429

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527560902

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9781527560901

The Legal Right to Housing in India

By: Anindita Mukherjee

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The Legal Right to Housing in India

By: Anindita Mukherjee

Examines the benefits of seeking legal recognition for the right to housing, within the Indian legal context.

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251

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Cambridge University Press

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1108720277

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9781108720274

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The Illuminated

The Illuminated

Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

Behind the Veil

Behind the Veil

The Conservation of Endangered Archives and Management of Manuscripts in Indian Repositories

The Conservation of Endangered Archives and Management of Manuscripts in Indian Repositories

The Legal Right to Housing in India

The Legal Right to Housing in India

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