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A Very Old Machine

The Many Origins of the Cinema in India

By: Sudhir Mahadevan

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A Very Old Machine

The Many Origins of the Cinema in India

By: Sudhir Mahadevan

In A Very Old Machine, Sudhir Mahadevan shows how Indian cinema's many origins in the technologies and practices of the nineteenth century continue to play a vital and broad function in its twenty-first-century present. He proposes that there has never been a singular cinema in India; rather, Indian cinema has been a multifaceted phenomenon that was (and is) understood, experienced, and present in everyday life in myriad ways. Employing methods of media archaeology, close textual analysis, archival research, and cultural theory, Mahadevan digs into the history of photography, print media, practices of piracy and showmanship, and contemporary everyday imaginations of the cinema to offer an understanding of how the cinema came to be such a dominant force of culture in India. The result is an open-ended and innovative account of Indian cinema's "many origins.

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State University of New York Press

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1438458304

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Six Short Stories

By: Kiron James,Sudhir James

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Six Short Stories

By: Kiron James,Sudhir James

The author likes to portray social problems that exist in society through his stories.

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133

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Partridge Publishing

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1482835819

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Biotechnology of Va Mycorrhiza

Indian Scenario

By: Dr. Sudhir Chandra,H. K. Kehri

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Biotechnology of Va Mycorrhiza

Indian Scenario

By: Dr. Sudhir Chandra,H. K. Kehri

knowledge on mycorrhiza-plant relationship has grown somewhat with slow pace until about 1970 when there was a sudden upsurge of interest on a specialized type of endomycorrhiza-vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VA Mycorrhiza). The prodigious research made during last three decades clearly established its widespread occurrence in various plant species and under different agro-climatic conditions covering broad ecological range including deserts, forest and mangroves. It was also established that this symbiotic association benefits the plants through enhanced nutrient uptake, biological control of root pathogens, and synergistic interaction with nitrogen fixing microorganisms, hormone production and drought resistance. In view of its utility to plants, this bio-tool has now attracted the attention of microbiologist. agronomist, horticulturist and foresters at global level.

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434

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New India Publishing

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8189422227

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9788189422226

Cyberpsychiatry

By: Sudhir Bhave

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Cyberpsychiatry

By: Sudhir Bhave

Cyberpsychology (also known as Internet psychology, web psychology, or digital psychology) is a developing field that encompasses all psychological phenomena associated with or affected by emerging technology. Cyber comes from the word cyberspace, the study of the operation of control and communication; psychology is the study of the mind and behaviour. There are a number of books available in the field of cyberpsychology, but few study the psychiatric aspects, ie, dealing with mental health problems arising from the misuse of cyberspace, for example internet addiction, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, cyberchondria, and revenge porn. This book is a guide to the diagnosis and management of such mental health issues. Beginning with an overview of the structure and science of cyberspace, the next chapters discuss human development in the age of cyberspace and its impact on social structure and dynamics. The following sections explore the various mental health problems, explaining their background, causes, treatment and prevention. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone practising and training in mental health. Key points Comprehensive guide to cyberpsychiatry for practising and trainee mental health professionals Covers many different issues including cyberbullying, cyberstalking and internet addiction In depth explanation of causes, treatment and prevention Discusses impact of cyberspace on human social structure and dynamics

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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

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9352702174

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A Social Theory of Corruption

Notes from the Indian Subcontinent

By: Sudhir Chella Rajan

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A Social Theory of Corruption

Notes from the Indian Subcontinent

By: Sudhir Chella Rajan

A social theory of grand corruption from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In contemporary policy discourse, the notion of corruption is highly constricted, understood just as the pursuit of private gain while fulfilling a public duty. Its paradigmatic manifestations are bribery and extortion, placing the onus on individuals, typically bureaucrats. Sudhir Chella Rajan argues that this understanding ignores the true depths of corruption, which is properly seen as a foundation of social structures. Not just bribes but also caste, gender relations, and the reproduction of class are forms of corruption. Using South Asia as a case study, Rajan argues that syndromes of corruption can be identified by paying attention to social orders and the elites they support. From the breakup of the Harappan civilization in the second millennium BCE to the anticolonial movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, elites and their descendants made off with substantial material and symbolic gains for hundreds of years before their schemes unraveled. Rajan makes clear that this grander form of corruption is not limited to India or the annals of global history. Societal corruption is endemic, as tax cheats and complicit bankers squirrel away public money in offshore accounts, corporate titans buy political influence, and the rich ensure that their children live lavishly no matter how little they contribute. These elites use their privileged access to power to fix the rules of the game—legal structures and social norms—benefiting themselves, even while most ordinary people remain faithful to the rubrics of everyday life.

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Harvard University Press

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0674250400

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A Very Old Machine

The Many Origins of the Cinema in India

By: Sudhir Mahadevan

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A Very Old Machine

The Many Origins of the Cinema in India

By: Sudhir Mahadevan

Argues that Indian cinemas deep nineteenth-century past continues to play a vital role in its twenty-first-century present. In A Very Old Machine, Sudhir Mahadevan shows how Indian cinemas many origins in the technologies and practices of the nineteenth century continue to play a vital and broad function in its twenty-first-century present. He proposes that there has never been a singular cinema in India; rather, Indian cinema has been a multifaceted phenomenon that was (and is) understood, experienced, and present in everyday life in myriad ways. Employing methods of media archaeology, close textual analysis, archival research, and cultural theory, Mahadevan digs into the history of photography, print media, practices of piracy and showmanship, and contemporary everyday imaginations of the cinema to offer an understanding of how the cinema came to be such a dominant force of culture in India. The result is an open-ended and innovative account of Indian cinemas many origins. Sudhir Mahadevans A Very Old Machine is a work of great theoretical sophistication and rigorous historical scholarship. A revisionist and definitive treatment of early Indian film, the book shows how prevailing attitudes toward technology, photography, empire, commodity, and mass culture made the cinema a socially and culturally distinct form in India. Drawing on a wealth of primary research, A Very Old Machine fills many gaps. Anyone who wants to know how Indian cinema became Indian will need to consult this book. James Morrison, editor of Hollywood Reborn: Movie Stars of the 1970s

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SUNY Press

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1438458290

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Book's by Sudhir Mahadevan

A Very Old Machine

A Very Old Machine

Six Short Stories

Six Short Stories

Biotechnology of Va Mycorrhiza

Biotechnology of Va Mycorrhiza

Cyberpsychiatry

Cyberpsychiatry

A Social Theory of Corruption

A Social Theory of Corruption

A Very Old Machine

A Very Old Machine

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