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Kudankulam

The Story of an Indo-Russian Nuclear Power Plant

By: Raminder Kaur

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Kudankulam

The Story of an Indo-Russian Nuclear Power Plant

By: Raminder Kaur

Since the 1980s, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has faced multiple forms of resistance. Women and men from different walks of life—fishers, farmers, environmentalists, activists, writers, scholars, teachers, journalists, doctors, and lawyers among many others—have come together to combat the deadly radioactive repercussions and repression that come with the development of a high-security nuclear installation. Drawing upon their experiences, this historical and ethnographic study accounts for the anti-nuclear campaign’s part in ‘right-to-lives’ movements while engaging with the (re)production of knowledge and ignorance in the understanding of radiation, and efforts to create an evidence base in response to the otherwise unavailable or insufficient data on the environment and public health in India. Tracing the grassroots struggle for ‘energy justice’ off- and on-line, the author looks into the larger questions of development, democracy, and nationalism. These have marked not just parts of India identified for large-scale constructions, but also other regions of the world where state functionaries have much to gain from corporate collaborations at the cost of local residents who lose their livelihoods, and are forcibly displaced, persecuted, or even killed in order to execute governmental designs in the name of the nation.

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Oxford University Press

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0199099979

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Atomic Mumbai

Living with the Radiance of a Thousand Suns

By: Raminder Kaur

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Atomic Mumbai

Living with the Radiance of a Thousand Suns

By: Raminder Kaur

Atomic Mumbai offers an insightful historical and ethnographic account of how nuclear issues are represented in popular culture, print media, films, documentaries, advertising and superhero comics, driven by perceptions of those based in the city of Mumbai, a prime site of nuclear establishments in India since the mid-1940s. Based on long-term fieldwork, and including rare photographs, narratives and extensive interviews, the volume documents urban nuclear imaginaries, along with their terrifying association with genetic mutation and death.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000084426

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9781000084429

Diaspora and Hybridity

By: Virinder Kalra,Raminder Kaur,John Hutnyk

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Diaspora and Hybridity

By: Virinder Kalra,Raminder Kaur,John Hutnyk

′Diaspora & Hybridity deals with those theoretical issues which concern social theory and social change in the new millennium. The volume provides a refreshing, critical and illuminating analysis of concepts of diaspora and hybridity and their impact on multi-ethnic and multi-cultural societies′ - Dr Rohit Barot, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol What do we mean by ′diaspora′ and ′hybridity′? Why are they pivotal concepts in contemporary debates on race, culture and society? This book is an exhaustive, politically inflected, assessment of the key debates on diaspora and hybridity. It relates the topics to contemporary social struggles and cultural contexts, providing the reader with a framework to evaluate and displace the key ideological arguments, theories and narratives deployed in culturalist academic circles today. The authors demonstrate how diaspora and hybridity serve as problematic tools, cutting across traditional boundaries of nations and groups, where trans-national spaces for a range of contested cultural, political and economic outcomes might arise. Wide ranging, richly illustrated and challenging, it will be of interest to students of cultural studies, sociology, ethnicity and nationalism.

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SAGE

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1446226603

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Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

By: Raminder Kaur,Saif Eqbal

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Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

By: Raminder Kaur,Saif Eqbal

This pioneering book presents a history and ethnography of adventure comic books for young people in India with a particular focus on vernacular superheroism. It chronicles popular and youth culture in the subcontinent from the mid-twentieth century to the contemporary era dominated by creative audio-video-digital outlets. The authors highlight early precedents in adventures set by the avuncular detective Chacha Chaudhary with his ‘faster than a computer brain’, the forays of the film veteran Amitabh Bachchan’s superheroic alter ego called Supremo, the Protectors of Earth and Mankind (P.O.E.M.), along with the exploits of key comic book characters, such as Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruv, Parmanu, Doga, Shakti and Chandika. The book considers how pulp literature, western comics, television programmes, technological developments and major space ventures sparked a thirst for extraterrestrial action and how these laid the grounds for vernacular ventures in the Indian superhero comics genre. It contains descriptions, textual and contextual analyses, excerpts of interviews with comic book creators, producers, retailers and distributers, together with the views, dreams and fantasies of young readers of adventure comics. These narratives touch upon special powers, super-intelligence, phenomenal technologies, justice, vengeance, geopolitics, romance, sex and the amazing potentials of masked identities enabled by navigation of the internet. With its lucid style and rich illustrations, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of popular and visual cultures, comics studies, literature, media and cultural studies, social anthropology and sociology, and South Asian studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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0429784317

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9780429784316

Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism

Public Uses of Religion in Western India

By: Raminder Kaur

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Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism

Public Uses of Religion in Western India

By: Raminder Kaur

Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduismfocuses on one of the major festivals of western India, the Ganapati Utsava, dedicated to the elephant-headed god. Raminder Kaur uses this occasion as the central anthropological and historiographical site within which to examine the dynamic relationship between spectacle, religion and nationalist politics. In contemporary India, this kaleidoscopic event is of interest to various bodies, including political parties such as the Shiv Sena, the BJP and the Congress, media conglomerates which sponsor competitions associated with religious rituals and the police and regulating organizations of the state which strive to keep religious festivity 'clean' of criminality and excessive political manipulation. At the level of community life and everyday bhakti (religious devotion), Kaur shows that the audiovisual aspects of the festival are today crucial to its enduring appeal among large sectors of urban India's populace. Deploying a single major cultural and religious event to study the variety and cultures of contemporary Hinduism and their complex histories, this book is an outstanding work that will interest every serious student of Indian politics, cultural history and anthropology.

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Anthem Press

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1843311399

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9781843311393

Of Angels and Few Lies, of Everything Under Blue Skies

By: Raminder Bajwa

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Of Angels and Few Lies, of Everything Under Blue Skies

By: Raminder Bajwa

In his first collection of poetry, Raminder Bajwa offers verse on a wide range of topics that question life, explore fear, and embrace innocence. Through contemplative reflections, Bajwa examines personalities, current affairs, the influence of faith in the modern world, and why humans are either guided by love and honor or misguided by hatred and greed. Through his diverse compilation, Bajwa leads others down an inquisitive path where he poetically searches for answers about happiness, fulfillment, death, victory, and friendship. Of Angels and Few Lies, Of Everything under Blue Skies shares poems that will enlighten, inspire, and empower others to reflect on their own lives and contributions to the world.

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Lulu.com

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1483431703

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Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism

Public Uses of Religion in Western India

By: Raminder Kaur

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Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism

Public Uses of Religion in Western India

By: Raminder Kaur

Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism' focuses on one of the major festivals of western India, the Ganapati Utsava, dedicated to the elephant-headed god. Raminder Kaur uses this occasion as the central anthropological and historiographical site within which to examine the dynamic relationship between spectacle, religion and nationalist politics.

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1843311380

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Atomic Mumbai

Living with the Radiance of a Thousand Suns

By: Raminder Kaur

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Living with the Radiance of a Thousand Suns

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1000084426

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Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

By: Raminder Kaur,Saif Eqbal

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Diaspora and Hybridity

By: Virinder Kalra,Raminder Kaur,John Hutnyk

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By: Virinder Kalra,Raminder Kaur,John Hutnyk

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Diaspora & Hybridity

By: Virinder S. Kalra

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Diaspora & Hybridity

By: Virinder S. Kalra

The authors offer a critical assessment of the key literature on diaspora & hybridity, & how these concepts relate to the issues of social change & the pursuit of equality.

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1446221377

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Book's by Raminder Kaur

Kudankulam

Kudankulam

Atomic Mumbai

Atomic Mumbai

Diaspora and Hybridity

Diaspora and Hybridity

Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism

Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism

Of Angels and Few Lies, of Everything Under Blue Skies

Of Angels and Few Lies, of Everything Under Blue Skies

Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism

Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism

Atomic Mumbai

Atomic Mumbai

Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India

Diaspora and Hybridity

Diaspora and Hybridity

Diaspora & Hybridity

Diaspora & Hybridity

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