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While Gandhi's life and work have continued to fascinate historians, Sarala Devi has not yet been the subject of a comprehensive biography. Critical of writings that tend to sensationalise Gandhi's relationships with women, Forbes' analysis instead brings her into focus as an equal participant.

Using a range of texts including fiction, autobiographical narratives and cinema, Subaltern Studies provides critical readings of the representation of the subaltern in both Indian and other contexts.

This accessible Short History not only introduces readers to African American literature but also offers myriad tools for further study and engagement with this writing.

In what ways do the threat and the actual use of violence feature in the management, control, and treatment of female prisoners? Is it possible to trace narrative continuities between female prisoners' experience of prison life and their experiences outside the prison?

Part I gives an introduction to phonetics and information about the sound system of English. Part II contains useful exercises for drills and practice.This revised edition is accompanied by a SmartApp to help learners practise spoken English.

This book will be indispensable to students and scholars of International Relations, South Asian Studies, strategic and security studies, foreign policy as well as institutions of public policy, advisory bodies and think-tanks.

He explains how his philosophy and teachings influenced Australian peace, environmental, religious, and aid movements.

Rajniti Siddhant: Avadharanayein Evam Vimarsh (Political Theory: Concepts and Debates) is designed for the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) of University of Delhi in Political Science, as per the new syllabus. This book is for second year, III semester Core paper 7: Political Theory: Concepts and Debates, of BA Hons Political Science.

The central political and ritual place assigned to water in its various forms in social relations; and Bengal's economy and its nascent banking system during the early days of the East India Company.

This work brings together insights from academics, practitioners and organizations working on the professional development of early years teachers. This book is a must-read for developing a comprehensive understanding of the early childhood profession in India.

The volume critiques the casteist, communal, class- and gender-biased social culture inherent in Ayurvedic discourse of the period under discussion, and notes how the constant blaming of the 'Other' for spreading diseases detrimental to the 'Hindu' male.

Gender and Modernity in Kerala, while unearthing debates that earlier projects of modernity failed to erase, makes a compelling argument for re-reading India's multiple modernities from the perspective of gender.

The struggles and emotional turmoil of a close-knit people who live close to nature and their transition from a traditional way of life towards modernity are chronicled using the motif of the kurinji, which symbolises the passage of time.

The author describes the ecological movements in Udaipur during the 1980s-90s and his engagement with fellow social workers, Gandhian activists and civil society groups.

Both historical and contemporary developments in the related issues of women's work, marriage and widowhood are traced using an inter-regional comparative framework, which includes other major rice-cultivating states of India.

The themes dealt with here include the role of the left within the Indian independence movement, the Second World War as a conflict between rival imperialisms, and the need for Hindu-Muslim unity and Congress-Muslim League understanding.

In this lively English translation by Prabha Sridevan that highlights the evocative nature of Ramakrishnan's writings, the stories remind us that in the midst of the real and the everyday, there is place for myth and magic as well.

The authors signal that aesthetics is to be treated less as a body of knowledge and more as an approach or a method that is both ahistorical and comparatist.

Though Gujarati is spoken by the majority, there are a number of languages that make up the linguistic matrix. This volume of the People's Linguistic Survey of India,

Anecdotal memories of Safrani recounted by family and friends also reveal a self-effacing, fiercely loyal, braveand generous man with an endearing persona.