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Delhi Metropolitan

By: Ranjana Sengupta

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My understanding of this ferocious, restless, relentless metropolis is that each of us who lives in this city carries a unique, if virtual, Delhi inside our heads.' Independence, four million refugees from Pakistan and the overwhelming presence of visible and invisible power that flows from New Delhi being the capital have transformed it from the unruffled imperial town it once was to the fearsome metropolis it is today. And yet, says Ranjana Sengupta, this largely unloved city deserves to be loved. Delhi is home to the most diverse population of any city in the country. The unceasing influx of migrants has unleashed new urban architectures of opulence and deprivation. Different groups have set up their own, different universes, and these manage to coexist, not unhappily. And somewhere between the futurist Gurgaon skyline and the proliferating slums, alongside the march of the Metro and the refurbishment of Khan Market, lie Delhi's unsung sagas—the memories, the passions and the unspoken expectation that the city will change lives. Sengupta illustrates how Delhi is essentially the creation of refugees of all kinds, from those fleeing plundered homes within and across the border to the adventurers who have flocked to the city for the greater opportunities of employment or simply to be close to the hub of political power. The newer Delhi, she says, in its turn gained from the accumulated and diverse talent and capital it acquired from these people, although haphazard development poses a great danger to it. Delhi Metropolitan tracks the changes from the time 'going to CP' was almost the only leisure activity for the middle class, looks at the subtle reinventions of government colonies and the shining new suburbs, and inspects the footprints of 'Punjabification'. Have all these actually managed to colonize this extravagant, indefinable and unlikely city? In a work of immense detail, at once informed and entertaining, Ranjana Sengupta proffers an answer.

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9386057808

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

By: Anuradha Chaturvedi,Dharmendar Kanwar,Ranjana Sengupta

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

By: Anuradha Chaturvedi,Dharmendar Kanwar,Ranjana Sengupta

Now available in PDF format. The DK Eyewitness Delhi, Agra and Jaipur travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions the region has on offer. Fully illustrated, with coverage of all the major sights from Humayun's Tomb and Rajput Fort-Palace to the world-famous Taj Mahal; the guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs. The guide includes comprehensive listings of the best hotels, restaurants, entertainment and shops for all budgets, whether you're in the bustling center of Delhi or the dusty, provincial town of Alwar. You'll find 3D cutaways and floorplans of all the must-see sites, plus street maps and reliable information about getting around. The guide explores the region's culture and history, with detailed information on the great pantheon of Hindu gods, plus its fascinating wildlife and landscapes. With all the sights, temples, bazaars, museums and attractions, this guide is your essential travel companion.

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Penguin

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1465414924

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9781465414922

Resisting Dispossession

The Odisha Story

By: Ranjana Padhi,Nigamananda Sadangi

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Resisting Dispossession

The Odisha Story

By: Ranjana Padhi,Nigamananda Sadangi

The book brings to the reader a set of political and social narratives woven around people’s resistance against big dams, mining and industrial projects, in short, displacement and dispossession in Odisha, India. This saga of dispossession abounds with stories and narratives of ordinary peasants, forest dwellers, fisher folk and landless wage laborers, which make the canvas of resistance history more complete. The book foregrounds these protagonists and the events that marked their lives; they live in the coastal plains as well as the hilly and forested areas of south and south-west Odisha. The authors have chronicled the development trajectory from the construction of the Hirakud Dam in the 1950s to the entry of corporations like POSCO and Vedanta in contemporary times. It thus covers extensive ground in interrogating the nature of industrialization being ushered into the state from post-independent India till today. The book depicts how and why people resist the development juggernaut in a state marked with endemic poverty. In unraveling this complex reality, the book conveys the world view of a vast section of people whose lives and livelihoods are tied up to land, forests, mountains, seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, trees, vines and bushes. These narratives fill a yawning gap in resistance literature in the context of Odisha. In doing so, they resonate with the current predicament of people in other mineral-rich states in Eastern India. The book is an endeavour to bring Odisha on the map of resistance politics and social movements in India and across the world.

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Springer Nature

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9811507171

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9789811507175

Critiquing the Postcolonial Construct in Chinua Achebe’s Novels

By: Ranjana Das Sarkhel

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Critiquing the Postcolonial Construct in Chinua Achebe’s Novels

By: Ranjana Das Sarkhel

Chinua Achebe’s novels have always been read as texts from an erstwhile colonised African nation, interpreted within the parameters suggested by postcolonial theorists. The confines of postcolonial readings have raised questions about when the ‘postcolonial’ period would end, so that writers would no longer need to ‘write back’ to the empire or ‘rewrite’ their histories. This work explores how Achebe’s novels articulate his knowledge of his own people and the manner in which he participates in the politics of representation. He critiques the postcolonial methodology, and seeks out, recovers and provides an alternative narrative of the postcolonial experience and its aftermath, even as he seems to be moving beyond it. Achebe’s narratives do not conform to the postcolonial constructs of history as telling (rather than recalling) and of nations in terms of states (rather than people). Achebe combines the techniques available to historians (documentation) with those of novelists (the imaginative re-creation of events) for his fictional evocation of the past. He emphasises both the African artists’ role in helping to create a more egalitarian society and that of the act of storytelling as a shaping force in people’s lives. As he negotiates between his narrative form and realistic subject matter, Achebe puts forward a powerful critique of colonisation and its aftermath. Achebe represents a canonical voice in the emerging discourse of writers struggling to break free from the clichéd world of anti-imperialism and decolonisation.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527522016

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9781527522015

Modern Maternities

Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta

By: Ranjana Saha

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Modern Maternities

Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta

By: Ranjana Saha

1) This is one of the first systematic historical account of Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta. 2) It has rich archival sources like rare medical handbooks and periodicals, governmental proceedings, child welfare exhibition and conference reports, personal papers, memoirs, illustrations and advertisements. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of social history and colonial history across UK.

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Taylor & Francis

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100090539X

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9781000905397

Grants and Gods in Gujarat

By: Dr. Ranjana Bhattacharya

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Grants and Gods in Gujarat

By: Dr. Ranjana Bhattacharya

The western state of Gujarat has been a hub of religious and trading activity from the eighth century onwards. The medieval history of Gujarat unlike other states in India is not very well known. The present book analyses the religious changes in early medieval Gujarat and examines the social context especially in reference to the rise of Brahmanism, Jainism and Buddhism and their support from the local kings and chieftains.

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Prowess Publishing

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1545754314

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Social Movements in Contemporary India

By: Krishna Menon,Ranjana Subberwal

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Social Movements in Contemporary India

By: Krishna Menon,Ranjana Subberwal

This book delves into the concept and definition of social movements from different perspectives with relevance to India. It offers critical insight into the fundamental and ongoing debates and treatises around the struggle for rights and welfare. The book covers discussions on a wide range of movements varying in locus and spatial spread – from movements that highlight environmental issues to those that articulate the voices of women, Dalits, the queer community, persons with disabilities, and farmers. It explores the origins of people’s movements, what a collective is and how communities mobilize and organize. The authors also provide a history of the key social movements in India, examining the social, political, and cultural contexts in which they were born and continue being relevant in contemporary India. This revised and updated edition is an essential volume for students and researchers of social movement studies, sociology, political science and history, protest movements, sociological theory, the history of sociological thought, contemporary social theory, social policy, and international and globalization studies.

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1040203671

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9781040203675

Delhi Metropolitan

By: Ranjana Sengupta

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

By: Anuradha Chaturvedi,Dharmendar Kanwar,Ranjana Sengupta

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By: Anuradha Chaturvedi,Dharmendar Kanwar,Ranjana Sengupta

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra & Jaipur

By: Anuradha Chaturvedi,Dharmendar Kanwar,Ranjana Sengupta

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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra & Jaipur

By: Anuradha Chaturvedi,Dharmendar Kanwar,Ranjana Sengupta

The DK Eyewitness Delhi, Agra & Jaipur Travel Guide is your indispensible guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns. The new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions on offer. The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel guide will help you to discover everything region-by-region; from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets, whilst detailed practical information will help you to get around, whether by train, bus or car. Plus, DK's excellent insider tips and essential local information will help you explore every corner of Delhi, Agra & Jaipur effortlessly. DK Eyewitness Delhi, Agra & Jaipur Travel Guide - showing you what others only tell you. Now available in PDF format.

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Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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Delhi Metropolitan

Delhi Metropolitan

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

Resisting Dispossession

Resisting Dispossession

Critiquing the Postcolonial Construct in Chinua Achebe’s Novels

Critiquing the Postcolonial Construct in Chinua Achebe’s Novels

Modern Maternities

Modern Maternities

Grants and Gods in Gujarat

Grants and Gods in Gujarat

Social Movements in Contemporary India

Social Movements in Contemporary India

Delhi Metropolitan

Delhi Metropolitan

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra and Jaipur

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra & Jaipur

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Delhi, Agra & Jaipur

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