Interpreting Contemporary India

Interpreting Contemporary India
Author: Prof. K. Nageshwar
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2016-11-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1524665312

This book is a collection of the authors editorials and articles, almost all of them originally published in The Hans India. It provides a perspective on contemporary political, economic, and social dimensions of India. It analyses current constitutional and legal questions, and the writer adopts a lucid journalistic style without compromising on academic flavor. The tome offers insights into Indias human development challenges, foreign policy issues, environmental concerns, disaster management, etc. The authors comments and reflections on a diverse range of issues are logically presented to provide comprehensive information and interpretation of the current challenges and concerns of India. Specifically, the subjects include multiple facets of India like democratic practice, secularism, separation of powers, reservations, welfare, legislations, political defections, gender question, education, taxation, inflation, planning, agrarian crisis, economic reforms, employment, marginalisation, climate change, etc. The work will be immensely useful to a cross-section of readers, especially academics such as students preparing for various academic and competitive pursuits. Journalists can gain insight into how to write editorial and analyse news. The nature of subjects dealt with and the facile style of presentation makes it an interesting general reading for anyone who intends to take a peek into Indias current epoch.

The Politics of the Poor in Contemporary India

The Politics of the Poor in Contemporary India
Author: Indrajit Roy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2018-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1107117186

Based on diverse sorts of data and fieldwork in India, this book analyses how the poor participate in a democracy.

Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan

Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan
Author: Ian Reader
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136819487

The Tokyo subway attack in March 1995 was just one of a series of criminal activities including murder, kidnapping, extortion, and the illegal manufacture of arms and drugs carried out by the Japanese new religious movement Aum Shinrikyo, under the guidance of its leader Asahara Shoko. Reader looks at Aum's claims about itself and asks, why did a religious movement ostensibly focussed on yoga, meditation, asceticism and the pursuit of enlightenment become involved in violent activities? Reader discusses Aum's spiritual roots, placing it in the context of contemporary Japanese religious patterns. Asahara's teaching are examined from his earliest public pronouncements through to his sermons at the time of the attack, and statements he has made in court. In analysing how Aum not only manufactured nerve gases but constructed its own internal doctrinal justifications for using them Reader focuses on the formation of what made all this possible: Aum's internal thought-world, and on how this was developed. Reader argues that despite the horrors of this particular case, Aum should not be seen as unique, nor as solely a political or criminal terror group. Rather it can best be analysed within the context of religious violence, as an extreme example of a religious movement that has created friction with the wider world that escalated into violence.

Contemporary India

Contemporary India
Author: Ganesh Ramrao Bhatkal
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788171545599

Collection of lectures delivered during 1975-1995 by various persons on education, socio-economics, and culture.

Does the Elephant Dance?

Does the Elephant Dance?
Author: David Malone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2011-04-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199552029

Surveys the main features of contemporary Indian foreign policy.

A History of Modern India

A History of Modern India
Author: Ishita Banerjee-Dube
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2014-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316165175

This book provides an interpretive and comprehensive account of the history of India between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, a crucial epoch characterized by colonialism, nationalism and the emergence of the independent Indian Union. It explores significant historiographical debates concerning the period while highlighting important new issues, especially those of gender, ecology, caste, and labour. The work combines an analysis of colonial and independent India in order to underscore ideologies, policies, and processes that shaped the colonial state and continue to mould the Indian nation.

Raja Rammohun Roy: The Father of Modern India

Raja Rammohun Roy: The Father of Modern India
Author: Ramprakash Singh Pavaiya
Publisher: True Sign Publishing House
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2023-04-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9358050330

 Through this book, those aspects of Raja Rammohun Roy's life have been looked at which can be set as an ideal for all of us. His life has been dedicated to the upliftment of our society and has given us a legacy by creating a empowered modern society. His complete introduction can never be given in a book about such a great man, yet an attempt has been made by the author and he has written as much as possible. That means even if we can understand Rammohun, that too will be enough for us. I, Ramprakash Singh Pavaiya have presented some part of the life of an idealistic great man through a book. I hope it will help you to understand Rammohun better. Ramprakash Singh Pavaiya (SITM) is also associated with the Saksham Innovative Teaching Method Programme, a place where the institution is dedicated to the success and prosperity of the students.

Women and Social Reform in Modern India

Women and Social Reform in Modern India
Author: Sumit Sarkar
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2008
Genre: Social change
ISBN: 025335269X

An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history