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Roots and Reflections

South Asians in the Pacific Northwest

By: Amy Bhatt,Nalini Iyer

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Roots and Reflections

South Asians in the Pacific Northwest

By: Amy Bhatt,Nalini Iyer

Immigrants from South Asia first began settling in Washington and Oregon in the nineteenth century, but because of restrictions placed on Asian immigration to the United States in the early twentieth century, the vast majority have come to the region since World War II. Roots and Reflections uses oral history to show how South Asian immigrant experiences were shaped by the region and how they differed over time and across generations. It includes the stories of immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka who arrived from the end of World War II through the 1980s. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHjtOvH0YdU&list=UUge4MONgLFncQ1w1C_BnHcw&index=3&feature=plcp

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University of Washington Press

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0295804556

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9780295804552

Resonances of the Raj

India in the English Musical Imagination,1897-1947

By: Nalini Ghuman

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Resonances of the Raj

India in the English Musical Imagination,1897-1947

By: Nalini Ghuman

During the century of British rule of the Indian subcontinent known as the British Raj, the rulers felt the significant influence of their exotic subjects. Resonances of the Raj examines the ramifications of the intertwined and overlapping histories of Britain and India on English music in the last fifty years of the colonial encounter, and traces the effects of the Raj on the English musical imagination. Conventional narratives depict a one-way influence of Britain on India, with the 'discovery' of Indian classical music occurring only in the post-colonial era. Drawing on new archival sources and approaches in cultural studies, author Nalini Ghuman shows that on the contrary, England was both deeply aware of and heavily influenced by India musically during the Indian-British colonial encounter. Case studies of representative figures, including composers Edward Elgar and Gustav Holst, and Maud MacCarthy, an ethnomusicologist and performer of the era, integrate music directly into the cultural history of the British Raj. Ghuman thus reveals unexpected minglings of peoples, musics and ideas that raise questions about 'Englishness', the nature of Empire, and the fixedness of identity. Richly illustrated with analytical music examples and archival photographs and documents, many of which appear here in print for the first time, Resonances of the Raj brings fresh hearings to both familiar and little-known musics of the time, and reveals a rich and complex history of cross-cultural musical imaginings which leads to a reappraisal of the accepted historiographies of both British musical culture and of Indo-Western fusion.

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Oxford University Press

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019931490X

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9780199314904

Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India

By: Nalini Natarajan

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Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India

By: Nalini Natarajan

India has a rich literary assemblage produced by its many different regional traditions, religious faiths, ethnic subcultures and linguistic groups. The published literature of the 20th century is a particularly interesting subject and is the focus of this book, as it represents the provocative conjuncture of the transitions of Indian modernity. This reference book surveys the major regional literatures of contemporary India in the context of the country's diversity and heterogeneity. Chapters are devoted to particular regions, and the arrangement of the work invites comparisons of literary traditions. Chapters provide extensive bibliographies of primary works, thus documenting the creative achievement of numerous contemporary Indian authors. Some chapters cite secondary works as well, and the volume concludes with a list of general works providing further information. An introductory essay overviews theoretical concerns, ideological and aesthetic considerations, developments in various genres, and the history of publishing in regional literatures. The introduction provides a context for approaching the chapters that follow, each of which is devoted to the literature of a particular region. Each chapter begins with a concise introductory section. The body of each chapter is structured according to social and historical events, literary forms, or broad descriptive or analytic trends, depending on the particular subject matter. Each chapter then closes with an extensive bibliography of primary works, thus documenting the rich literary tradition of the region. Some chapters also cite secondary sources as an aid to the reader. The final chapters of the book address special topics, such as sub-cultural literatures, or the interplay between literature and film. A list of additional sources of general information concludes the volume.

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451

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031303267X

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9780313032677

Turmeric and Tamarind

By: Nalini Ramesh

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Turmeric and Tamarind

By: Nalini Ramesh

At the turn of the nineteenth century in British India, rural communities across the country found themselves at the crossroads. The only way to preserve some sense of their own identity was to merge their culture and language with those of their foreign rulers. It is against this backdrop that the events in Turmeric and Tamarind take place. It is the story of a highborn woman who yearns for love but is trapped within a loveless marriage. Abducted by a gypsy, she falls in love with him. Their affair has far-reaching consequences not just for them but also for those they hold most dear. On a different level, Turmeric and Tamarind is about social divisions of the time and about men and women who dared to transcend them. It is a tale of love, betrayal, and ultimately, redemption.

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180

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Partridge Publishing Singapore

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1543742203

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9781543742206

Social Science Success Class 8

By: I.L. Wanchoo,Arun Kumar,Tinkoo Bhattacharjee,Nalini Aggarwal,Goyal Brothers Prakashan

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Social Science Success Class 8

By: I.L. Wanchoo,Arun Kumar,Tinkoo Bhattacharjee,Nalini Aggarwal,Goyal Brothers Prakashan

Goyal Brothers Prakashan

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Goyal Brothers Prakashan

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9389287235

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9789389287233

Trouble Report

A story of a lifetime

By: by Trevor Rodericks Compiled by Nalini Raghavan

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Trouble Report

A story of a lifetime

By: by Trevor Rodericks Compiled by Nalini Raghavan

My grandmother put her foot down. “You don’t fly, those planes crash” she said. My father said, “Better get a trade in hand”. I am Trevor and this is the story of my journey – from Mumbai’s Bandra to post-partition Lahore, to the mountains of Mussoorie and back to Mumbai. Somewhere along the way, I transitioned from Trevor, the rookie to the much applauded as well as dreaded “Trouble Report!”

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163

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Notion Press

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ISBN 13

9798886292817

Religious Faith, Ideology, Citizenship

The View from Below

By: V. Geetha,Nalini Rajan

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Religious Faith, Ideology, Citizenship

The View from Below

By: V. Geetha,Nalini Rajan

This book looks at the triadic relations between faith, the state and political actors, and the ideas that move them. It comprises a set of essays on diverse histories and ideas, ranging from Gandhian civic action to radical free thought in colonial India, from liberation theologies, that take their cue from specific and lived experiences of oppression and humiliation, to the universalism promised by an expansive Islam. Deploying gender and caste as the central analytical categories, these essays suggest that equality and justice rest on the strength and vitality of the exchanges between the worlds of the civic, the religious and the state, and not on their strict separation. Going beyond time-honoured dualities — between the secular and the communal (especially in the Indian context), or the secular and the pre-modern — the book joins the lively debates on secularism that have emerged in the 21st century in West, South and South-east Asia.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000083756

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9781000083750

Minds Without Fear

Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance

By: Nalini Bhushan,Jay L. Garfield

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Minds Without Fear

Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance

By: Nalini Bhushan,Jay L. Garfield

Minds Without Fear is an intellectual and cultural history of India during the period of British occupation. It demonstrates that this was a period of renaissance in India in which philosophy--both in the public sphere and in the Indian universities--played a central role in the emergence of a distinctively Indian modernity. This is also a history of Indian philosophy. It demonstrates how the development of a secular philosophical voice facilitated the construction of modern Indian society and the consolidation of the nationalist movement. Authors Nalini Bhushan and Jay Garfield explore the complex role of the English language in philosophical and nationalist discourse, demonstrating both the anxieties that surrounded English, and the processes that normalized it as an Indian vernacular and academic language. Garfield and Bhushan attend to both Hindu and Muslim philosophers, to public and academic intellectuals, to artists and art critics, and to national identity and nation-building. Also explored is the complex interactions between Indian and European thought during this period, including the role of missionary teachers and the influence of foreign universities in the evolution of Indian philosophy. This pattern of interaction, although often disparaged as "inauthentic" is continuous with the cosmopolitanism that has always characterized the intellectual life of India, and that the philosophy articulated during this period is a worthy continuation of the Indian philosophical tradition.

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345

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Oxford University Press

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0190457597

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9780190457594

The Daughters of Immigrants

A Multidisciplinary Study

By: Asha Jeffers,Catherine Bryan

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The Daughters of Immigrants

A Multidisciplinary Study

By: Asha Jeffers,Catherine Bryan

This collection brings together established and emerging scholars from the humanities and the social sciences whose work considers the daughters of immigrants. By showcasing these varied perspectives, the collection draws meaningful connections across national and ethnic lines while attending to the particularities of specific histories, locations, and migration journeys. The multidisciplinary nature of this project highlights the relevance and usefulness of varied methodological and theoretical approaches for understanding the diverse lived experiences of the daughters of immigrants, as well as how those experiences are theorized and represented. While each chapter contains its own argument, assumes its own conceptual and disciplinary viewpoint, and tends to specific national and ethnic origins and sites of immigration, each offers meaningful insight into the gendered positionality of the daughters of immigrants as mediated by the complexities of migration, kinship, and culture. Taken together, these contributions point to the nuanced ways national, ethnic, and gendered identity function, and how those not always well served by how these identities are constituted understand and navigate forces beyond their control.

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145

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666941883

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9781666941883

Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Feminism and Diaspora

By: Amritjit Singh,Robin E. Field,Samina Najmi

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Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Feminism and Diaspora

By: Amritjit Singh,Robin E. Field,Samina Najmi

Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Feminism and Diaspora offers insights into Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s provocative and popular fiction. In their engaging and comprehensive introduction, editors Amritjit Singh and Robin Field explore how Divakaruni’s short stories and novels have been shaped by her own struggles as a new immigrant and by the influences she imbibed from academic mentors and feminist writers of color. Twelve critical essays by both aspiring and experienced scholars explore Divakaruni's aesthetic of interconnectivity and wholeness as she links generations, races, ethnicities, and nations in her depictions of the diversity of religious and ethnic affiliations within the Indian diaspora. The contributors offer a range of critical perspectives on Divakaruni’s growth as a novelist of historical, mythic, and political motifs. The volume includes two extended interviews with Divakaruni, offering insights into her personal inspirations and social concerns, while also revealing her deep affection for South Asian communities, as well as an essay by Divakaruni herself—a candid expression of her artistic independence in response to the didactic expectations of her many South Asian readers.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498556183

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9781498556187

Transitioning in Grace

A Yogi's Approach to Death and Dying

By: Nalini Graeber

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Transitioning in Grace

A Yogi's Approach to Death and Dying

By: Nalini Graeber

The deeper teachings of yoga state that "We are a soul, and have a body," but how do yogis respond when confronted with their own time of passing? Transitioning in Grace presents true accounts of how longtime yogis and meditators have left their bodies. This handbook--designed for individuals helping family or friends to leave this world, and for those soon to make the transition themselves--is filled with helpful teachings, meditative tools, and inspiration.

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230

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1565893360

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9781565893368

Turmeric and Tamarind

By: Nalini Ramesh

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Turmeric and Tamarind

By: Nalini Ramesh

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180

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Partridge Publishing Singapore

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1543742203

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9781543742206

Rām Jeṭhmalāni

By: Nalini Gera

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Rām Jeṭhmalāni

By: Nalini Gera

Biography of Ram Jethmalani, Indian lawyer and politician.

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8187520477

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Roots and Reflections

Roots and Reflections

Resonances of the Raj

Resonances of the Raj

Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India

Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India

Turmeric and Tamarind

Turmeric and Tamarind

Social Science Success Class 8

Social Science Success Class 8

Trouble Report

Trouble Report

Religious Faith, Ideology, Citizenship

Religious Faith, Ideology, Citizenship

Minds Without Fear

Minds Without Fear

The Daughters of Immigrants

The Daughters of Immigrants

Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Transitioning in Grace

Transitioning in Grace

Turmeric and Tamarind

Turmeric and Tamarind

Rām Jeṭhmalāni

Rām Jeṭhmalāni

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