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Decolonization in South Asia

Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

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Decolonization in South Asia

Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

This book explores the meanings and complexities of India’s experience of transition from colonial to the post-colonial period. It focuses on the first five years – from independence on 15th August 1947 to the first general election in January 1952 – in the politics of West Bengal, the new Indian province that was created as a result of the Partition. The author, a specialist on the history of modern India, discusses what freedom actually meant to various individuals, communities and political parties, how they responded to it, how they extended its meaning and how in their anxiety to confront the realities of free India, they began to invent new enemies of their newly acquired freedom. By emphasising the representations of popular mentality rather than the institutional changes brought in by the process of decolonization, he draws attention to other concerns and anxieties that were related to the problems of coming to terms with the newly achieved freedom and the responsibility of devising independent rules of governance that would suit the historic needs of a pluralist nation. Decolonization in South Asia analyses the transitional politics of West Bengal in light of recent developments in postcolonial theory on nationalism, treating the ‘nation’ as a space for contestation, rather than a natural breeding ground for homogeneity in the complex political scenario of post-independence India. It will appeal to academics interested in political science, sociology, social anthropology and cultural and Asian studies.

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Caste and Partition in Bengal

The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay,Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

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Caste and Partition in Bengal

The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay,Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

The book seeks to situate caste as a discursive category in the discussion of Partition in Bengal. In conventional narratives of Partition, the role of the Dalit or the Scheduled Castes is either completely ignored or mentioned in passing. The authors addresse this discursive absence and argues that in Bengal the Dalits were neither passive onlookers nor accidental victims of Partition politics and violence, which ruptured their unity and weakened their political autonomy. They were the worst victims of Partition. When the Dalit peasants of Eastern Bengal began to migrate to India after 1950, they were seen as the 'burden' of a frail economy of West Bengal, and the Indian state did not provide them with a proper rehabilitation package. They were first segregated in fenced refugee camps where life was unbearable, and then dispersed to other parts of India - first to the Andaman Islands and the neighbouring states, and then to the inhospitable terrains of Dandakaranya, where they could be used as cheap labour for various development projects. This book looks critically at their participation in Partition politics, the reasons for their migration three years after Partition, their insufferable life and struggles in the refugee camps, their negotiations with caste and gender identities in these new environments, their organized protests against camp maladministration, and finally their satyagraha campaigns against the Indian state's refugee dispersal policy. This book looks at how refugee politics impacted Dalit identity and protest movements in post-Partition West Bengal.

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Oxford University Press

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0192675826

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Caste, Culture and Hegemony

Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

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Caste, Culture and Hegemony

Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

It is widely believed that, because of its exceptional social development, the caste system in colonial Bengal differed considerably from the rest of India. Through a study of the complex interplay between caste, culture and power, this book convincingly demonstrates that Bengali Hindu society preserved the essentials of caste discrimination in colonial times, even while giving the outward appearance of having changed. Using empirical data combined with an impressive array of secondary sources, Dr Bandyopadhyay delineates the manner in which Hindu caste society maintained its cultural hegemony and structural cohesion. This was primarily achieved by frustrating reformist endeavours, by co-opting the challenges of the dalit, and by marginalising dissidence. It was through such a process of constant negotiation in the realm of popular culture, argues the author, that this oppressive social structure and its hierarchical ideology and values have survived. Starting with an examination of the relationship between caste and power, the book examines early cultural encounters between `high' Brahmanical tradition and the more egalitarian `popular' religious cults of the lower castes. It moves on to take a close look at the relationship between caste and gender showing the reasons why the reform movement for widow remarriage failed. It ends with an examination of the Hindu `partition' campaign, which appropriated dalit autonomous politics and made Hinduism the foundation of an emergent Indian national identity. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay breaks with many of the assumptions of two important schools of thought - the Dumontian and the subaltern - and takes instead a more nuanced approach to show how high caste hegemony has been able to perpetuate itself. He thus takes up issues which go to the heart of contemporary problems in India's social and political fabric. This important and original contribution will be widely welcomed by historians, sociologists and political scientists.

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0761998497

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A Descriptive Study of Bengali Words

By: Niladri Sekhar Dash

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A Descriptive Study of Bengali Words

By: Niladri Sekhar Dash

This book sheds new light on the form and function of morphemes in construction of words in the Bengali language.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107064244

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Social Movements, Media and Civil Society in Contemporary India

Historical Trajectories of Public Protest and Political Mobilisation

By: Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha,Manas Dutta,Tirthankar Ghosh

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Social Movements, Media and Civil Society in Contemporary India

Historical Trajectories of Public Protest and Political Mobilisation

By: Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha,Manas Dutta,Tirthankar Ghosh

This book examines instances of transformative dissent, turning points or shifts in popular mobilisation patterns in contemporary India, while adopting a historical approach and analysing past events. Exploring the different continuities and discontinuities in mobilising patterns and dissident agency in India, the authors present a heterogeneous insurrectional pattern that pivoted around issues of caste, class, religion, land reform, labour, taxation and territorial control, with anti-colonialism movements becoming prominent in the first half of the twentieth century. The authors move beyond this to explore more recent templates of mobilisation which surfaced towards the end of the twentieth century, during India’s liberalisation period. With growing marketisation and technological advancement, unprecedented changes in social relations, growing economic opportunities and cultural transfusion taking place, the country became a ‘New India’ - one which aspired to be a global player in the wider technological public sphere. Tracing the historical trajectories of social movements in India, this book examines recent trends in digitised dissidence and explores new frontiers of protests, providing fresh insights for those researching the history of social movements, South Asian and Indian history and postcolonial studies.

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Springer Nature

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3030940403

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Nandanar's Children

The Paraiyans' Tryst with Destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850 - 1956

By: Raj Sekhar Basu

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Nandanar's Children

The Paraiyans' Tryst with Destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850 - 1956

By: Raj Sekhar Basu

The narrative of this book is built around the historical experiences of the Paraiyars of Tamil Nadu. The author traces the transformation of the Paraiyars from an ‘untouchable’ and socially despised community to one that came to acquire prominence in the political scene of Tamil Nadu, especially in early 20th century. Through this framework, the book studies a number of issues: subaltern history, colonial ethnography, agrarian systems, agrarian bondage, land legislations, and the interventions by missionaries and social and political organizations.

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நந்தனின் பிள்ளைகள் பறையர் வரலாறு 1850 – 1956 / Nandanin Pillaigal: Parayar Varalaru 1850 - 1956

By: ராஜ் சேகர் பாசு / Raj Sekhar Basu

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நந்தனின் பிள்ளைகள் பறையர் வரலாறு 1850 – 1956 / Nandanin Pillaigal: Parayar Varalaru 1850 - 1956

By: ராஜ் சேகர் பாசு / Raj Sekhar Basu

பறையர்கள் என்பவர்கள் யார் என்னும் ஆதாரக் கேள்வியுடன் தொடங்கும் இந்த முக்கியமான ஆய்வுநூல் 19ம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கம் முதல் 20ம் நூற்றாண்டின் பிற்பகுதி வரையிலான பறையர்களின் சமூக, அரசியல், பொருளாதார வாழ்க்கை முறையை மிக விரிவாகவும் ஆதாரபூர்வமாகவும் பதிவு செய்திருக்கிறது. பிரிட்டிஷ் காலனியாதிக்கத்துக்கு ஆட்படுவதற்கு முன்பு பறையர்களின் வாழ்நிலை எப்படி இருந்தது என்பதையும் ஆட்பட்ட பின்னர் எத்தகைய மாற்றங்களையெல்லாம் சந்திக்க நேர்ந்தது என்பதையும் நுணுக்கமாக ஒப்பிட்டு ஆராய்கிறது. இந்த மாற்றத்தில் பங்கெடுத்த பிரிட்டிஷ் மற்றும் இந்திய அமைப்புகள், அரசியல் கட்சிகள், கிறிஸ்தவ மிஷனரிகள் ஆகியவற்றைப் பற்றியும் பல விரிவான செய்திகள் இந்நூலில் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளன. பறையர்கள் மெல்ல மெல்ல தங்கள் வாழ்நிலையை மாற்றிக்கொண்டு போராடத் தொடங்கியபோதும் அரசியல் வெளிக்குள் நுழைந்தபோதும் மேல்சாதியினரும் ஆதிக்கப் பிரிவினரும் எப்படியெல்லாம் எதிர்வினையாற்றினார்கள் என்பதை வாசிக்கும்போது நந்தனார் சம்பவம் நம் நினைவுக்கு வந்துவிடுகிறது. திராவிட இயக்கம் தோன்றுவதற்கு முன்பே, 1850களில் பறையர்களின் போராட்ட மரபு தொடங்கிவிட்டது என்பதைத் தகுந்த ஆதாரங்களுடன் நிறுவும் நூலாசிரியர் ராஜ் சேகர் பாசு, தமிழ்நாட்டின் தவிர்க்கவியலாத அரசியல் சக்தியாக பறையர்கள் மாறிப்போனது எப்படி என்பதைப் படிப்படியாக விவரிக்கிறார். பிரிட்டிஷ் நிர்வாக ஆவணங்கள், அரசுத் துறை பதிவுகள், நில ஆவணங்கள் என்று தொடங்கி விரிவான, ஆழமான மூலாதாரங்களில் இருந்து பறையர்கள் குறித்த தகவல்களைத் திரட்டியெடுத்து ஆய்வு செய்துள்ளார். விளிம்புநிலை மக்களின் வரலாறு எப்படி ஆய்வு செய்யப்படவேண்டும், எப்படி ஆவணப்படுத்தப்படவேண்டும் என்பதற்கு இந்தப் புத்தகம் ஒரு அருமையான உதாரணம். சாதி, அரசியல், வரலாறு, சமூகவியல் ஆகிய துறைகளில் ஆர்வம் உள்ள அனைவரும் போற்றி வரவேற்கவேண்டிய மிக முக்கியமான பதிவு இந்நூல்.

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Kizhakku Pathippagam

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9384149810

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Caste, Culture and Hegemony

Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

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Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal

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ELECTRICAL MACHINES

By: M. RAMAMOORTY,O. CHANDRA SEKHAR

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ELECTRICAL MACHINES

By: M. RAMAMOORTY,O. CHANDRA SEKHAR

This book covers a brief history of electricity, fundamentals of electrostatic and electromagnetic fields, torque generation, magnetic circuits and detailed performance analysis of transformers and rotating machines. It also discusses the concept of generalised machine which can emulate the dynamic and steady state performance of DC and AC machines. To serve the specific applications of drive systems in industries, many new types of motors are developed in the last few decades. A separate chapter on ‘Special Machines’ is included in this book so that the students should be made aware of these new developments. The book covers the syllabi of many universities in India for a course in Electrical Machines. Therefore, this book would serve the needs of the undergraduate students of Electrical Engineering.

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PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

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8193593820

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History, Features, and Typology of Language Corpora

By: Niladri Sekhar Dash,S. Arulmozi

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History, Features, and Typology of Language Corpora

By: Niladri Sekhar Dash,S. Arulmozi

This book discusses key issues of corpus linguistics like the definition of the corpus, primary features of a corpus, and utilization and limitations of corpora. It presents a unique classification scheme of language corpora to show how they can be studied from the perspective of genre, nature, text type, purpose, and application. A reference to parallel translation corpus is mandatory in the discussion of corpus generation, which the authors thoroughly address here, with a focus on Indian language corpora and English. Web-text corpus, a new development in corpus linguistics, is also discussed with elaborate reference to Indian web text corpora. The book also presents a short history of corpus generation and provides scenarios before and after the advent of computer-generated digital corpora. This book has several important features: it discusses many technical issues of the field in a lucid manner; contains extensive new diagrams and charts for easy comprehension; and presents discussions in simplified English to cater to the needs of non-native English readers. This is an important resource authored by academics who have many years of experience teaching and researching corpus linguistics. Its focus on Indian languages and on English corpora makes it applicable to students of graduate and postgraduate courses in applied linguistics, computational linguistics and language processing in South Asia and across countries where English is spoken as a first or second language.

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9811074585

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Utility and Application of Language Corpora

By: Niladri Sekhar Dash,L. Ramamoorthy

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Utility and Application of Language Corpora

By: Niladri Sekhar Dash,L. Ramamoorthy

This book discusses some of the basic issues relating to corpus generation and the methods normally used to generate a corpus. Since corpus-related research goes beyond corpus generation, the book also addresses other major topics connected with the use and application of language corpora, namely, corpus readiness in the context of corpus sanitation and pre-editing of corpus texts; the application of statistical methods; and various text processing techniques. Importantly, it explores how corpora can be used as a primary or secondary resource in English language teaching, in creating dictionaries, in word sense disambiguation, in various language technologies, and in other branches of linguistics. Lastly, the book sheds light on the status quo of corpus generation in Indian languages and identifies current and future needs. Discussing various technical issues in the field in a lucid manner, providing extensive new diagrams and charts for easy comprehension, and using simplified English, the book is an ideal resource for non-native English readers. Written by academics with many years of experience teaching and researching corpus linguistics, its focus on Indian languages and on English corpora makes it applicable to graduate and postgraduate students of applied linguistics, computational linguistics and language processing in South Asia and across countries where English is spoken as a first or second language.

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9811318018

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Event-Triggered Transmission Protocol in Robust Control Systems

By: Niladri Sekhar Tripathy,Indra Narayan Kar,Kolin Paul

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Event-Triggered Transmission Protocol in Robust Control Systems

By: Niladri Sekhar Tripathy,Indra Narayan Kar,Kolin Paul

Controlling uncertain networked control system (NCS) with limited communication among subcomponents is a challenging task and event-based sampling helps resolve the issue. This book considers event-triggered scheme as a transmission protocol to negotiate information exchange in resilient control for NCS via a robust control algorithm to regulate the closed loop behavior of NCS in the presence of mismatched uncertainty with limited feedback information. It includes robust control algorithm for linear and nonlinear systems with verification. Features: Describes optimal control based robust control law for event-triggered systems. States results in terms of Theorems and Lemmas supported with detailed proofs. Presents the combination of network interconnected systems and robust control strategy. Includes algorithmic steps for precise understanding of the control technique. Covers detailed problem statement and proposed solutions along with numerical examples. This book aims at Senior undergraduate, Graduate students, and Researchers in Control Engineering, Robotics and Signal Processing.

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1000610659

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Evolution of Air Interface Towards 5G: Radio Access Technology and Performance Analysis

By: Das, Suvra Sekhar,Prasad, Ramjee

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Evolution of Air Interface Towards 5G: Radio Access Technology and Performance Analysis

By: Das, Suvra Sekhar,Prasad, Ramjee

Over the past few decades, wireless access networks have evolved extensively to support the tremendous growth of consumer traffic. This superlative growth of data consumption has come about due to several reasons, such as evolution of the consumer devices, the types of telephone and smartphone being used, convergence of services, digitisation of economic transactions, tele-education, telemedicine, m-commerce, virtual reality office, social media, e-governance, e-security, to name but a few. Not only has the society transformed to a digital world, but also the expectations from the services provided have increased many folds. The last mile/meters of delivery of all e-services is now required to be wireless. It has always been known that wireless links are the bottleneck to providing high data rates and high quality of service. Several wireless signalling and performance analysis techniques to overcome the hurdles of wireless channels have been developed over the last decade, and these are fuelling the evolution of 4G towards 5G. Evolution of Air Interface Towards 5G attempts to bring out some of the important developments that are contributing towards such growth.

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Decolonization in South Asia

Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

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Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52

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Caste and Partition in Bengal

The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay,Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

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The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961

By: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay,Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

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Ambedkar, Gandhi and Patel

The Making of India's Electoral System

By: Raja Sekhar Vundru

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The Making of India's Electoral System

By: Raja Sekhar Vundru

In 1931 Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B R Ambedkar met in London and clashed on the future of India's electoral system. Later in 1932 when the British announced reserved seats for dalits, Gandhi went on a fast unto death. Ambedkar saved his life by agreeing to the changed terms of representation, which changed the course of electoral system of India. The Gandhi - Ambedkar engagement was only on the electoral system and method of election by separate electorates which Muslims enjoyed till then. Till the partition of India in 1947, the draft Constitution provided reserved seats for minorities and Dalits, which Sardar Patel chose to abolish. The fate of India's electoral system shifted to Ambedkar and Sardar Patel after Gandhi's assassination in 1948. Sardar Patel tried to abolish reserved seats for Dalits also in 1948 only to be thwarted by Ambedkar. Those reserved seats continue. Based on a singular pursuit of tracing the electoral system and methods that define India-the world's largest democracy, this book is the first to document the evolution and account of electoral history of colonial and independent India. Do we know how Sardar Patel and Gandhi used electoral system to integrate India? Since the first provincial elections in 1937, do we know that double member constituencies existed till 1961, only to be abolished by Jawaharlal Nehru? Do we know that Ambedkar lost his first election in independent India because voters threw away their ballots? If we need women reserved seats, we need to know that we might have to try to double member constituencies. This book tells all. The story of electoral thoughts and ideas of Ambedkar, Gandhi and Patel and Ambedkar's struggle to get a representative electoral system appear for the first time in a book. In India only election results are predicted, analysed and compiled. The electoral method that determines India's every election comes into focus in this book. Can any political party get away without offering tickets to one minority community or Dalits? The history is the answer to the future - through this book.

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Decolonization in South Asia

Decolonization in South Asia

Caste and Partition in Bengal

Caste and Partition in Bengal

Caste, Culture and Hegemony

Caste, Culture and Hegemony

A Descriptive Study of Bengali Words

A Descriptive Study of Bengali Words

Social Movements, Media and Civil Society in Contemporary India

Social Movements, Media and Civil Society in Contemporary India

Nandanar's Children

Nandanar's Children

நந்தனின் பிள்ளைகள் பறையர் வரலாறு 1850 – 1956 / Nandanin Pillaigal: Parayar Varalaru 1850 - 1956

நந்தனின் பிள்ளைகள் பறையர் வரலாறு 1850 – 1956 / Nandanin Pillaigal: Parayar Varalaru 1850 - 1956

Caste, Culture and Hegemony

Caste, Culture and Hegemony

ELECTRICAL MACHINES

ELECTRICAL MACHINES

History, Features, and Typology of Language Corpora

History, Features, and Typology of Language Corpora

Utility and Application of Language Corpora

Utility and Application of Language Corpora

Event-Triggered Transmission Protocol in Robust Control Systems

Event-Triggered Transmission Protocol in Robust Control Systems

Evolution of Air Interface Towards 5G: Radio Access Technology and Performance Analysis

Evolution of Air Interface Towards 5G: Radio Access Technology and Performance Analysis

Decolonization in South Asia

Decolonization in South Asia

Caste and Partition in Bengal

Caste and Partition in Bengal

Ambedkar, Gandhi and Patel

Ambedkar, Gandhi and Patel

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