The Turban Jewel

The Turban Jewel
Author: Sophie Judah
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2021-01-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1645758346

Fate plays strange tricks upon a young family in pre- and post-independent India. Family ties begin to feel the strain when the father is sent to prison for being a freedom fighter in a party that uses violence as a means. When he is finally released and returns to his family, he is a changed man. This story highlights how ordinary people react to change and how they cope. Tradition, friends, and community all play a part in the choices that are made.

The Turban

The Turban
Author: Chris Filstrup
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2025-03-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1836390750

Unravel the fascinating history of the turban, from its origins to its religious uses and its appearance in contemporary fashion and culture. A turban is a strip of cloth folded and wrapped around the head; however, this description includes multifarious forms of the garment across space and time. This book follows the turban as it moves from the Arabian Peninsula through the Ottoman Empire to Europe and the Americas. It directs the reader’s gaze from traditional and religious uses of the turban into the realms of international trade, Renaissance art, and contemporary fashions. Turbans, as this book shows, have moved in and out of Western culture, at times archaic and forgotten, then noticed and reinstated as major accessories. Today Sikh men are recognized by their distinctive headwraps, and the turban remains an important part of Black culture. This book explores the turban’s many adaptations worldwide.

Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge

Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge
Author: Bernard S. Cohn
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1400844320

Bernard Cohn's interest in the construction of Empire as an intellectual and cultural phenomenon has set the agenda for the academic study of modern Indian culture for over two decades. His earlier publications have shown how dramatic British innovations in India, including revenue and legal systems, led to fundamental structural changes in Indian social relations. This collection of his writings in the last fifteen years discusses areas in which the colonial impact has generally been overlooked. The essays form a multifaceted exploration of the ways in which the British discovery, collection, and codification of information about Indian society contributed to colonial cultural hegemony and political control. Cohn argues that the British Orientalists' study of Indian languages was important to the colonial project of control and command. He also asserts that an arena of colonial power that seemed most benign and most susceptible to indigenous influences--mostly law--in fact became responsible for the institutional reactivation of peculiarly British notions about how to regulate a colonial society made up of "others." He shows how the very Orientalist imagination that led to brilliant antiquarian collections, archaeological finds, and photographic forays were in fact forms of constructing an India that could be better packaged, inferiorized, and ruled. A final essay on cloth suggests how clothes have been part of the history of both colonialism and anticolonialism.

All His Jewels

All His Jewels
Author: Linda Cruz
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2007-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1602662452

"Linda Cruz has written about the Bride of Christ from a unique perspective, as being adorned with the jewels originally worn by Lucifer. She outlines from the beginning of Scripture what she sees as the evidence for this perspective. She concludes that this is why the Church has to war with Lucifer. It is a fresh, revelational perspective. Read it and let God enlarge your understanding." -Barbara J. Yoder, Senior Pastor of Shekinah Christian Church Discover the real story of "blood diamonds." Learn the secret behind the "bling." This book will take you on a mystical journey through dreams and visions as it traces jewels from the Garden of Eden to the New Jerusalem. You will learn the secret of the jewels, your eternal destiny, and how to prepare for the apocalypse and the greatest explosion of glory ever. Did you know: Jewels existed before the creation of the world. Jewels are symbolic of spirits. Lucifer was once covered with jewels. Birthstones originated from the twelve tribes of Israel. Jewels are at the center of cosmic conflict. Jewels have recently been falling from heaven. This book will help you understand that you are God's most precious possession! Linda Cruz is a dynamic teacher with a prophetic mantle. The Lord speaks to her often in dreams and through revelation of Scripture. She has a tender heart for the Lord and for his people. Having been ordained by Vineyard Christian Fellowship and by Foursquare Gospel Church, she has over twenty-five years experience as a pastor and church planter. Linda has organized and spoken at various retreats and conferences. Her degrees include a BA in English from Indiana Wesleyan University and a M.Div. from Regent University. Linda is available for speaking engagements and can be contacted through her website at www.allhisjewels.org.

Buddhist Mahyna Texts

Buddhist Mahyna Texts
Author:
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1602063818

The Buddhist Mahyna is a series of poems written in the first century AD that tell the legendary history of the life of the Buddha. The last four books of this version of the text were written by a Nepalese author in the 1830s in an attempt to reconstruct lost books. Buddhists and anyone interested in religious studies and comparative mythology will be delight in this hagiographic account of the life of the foundational figure of one of the world's great religions. English scholar EDWARD BYLES COWELL (1826-1903), who lived in Calcutta from 1856 to 1867, is most famous for his translations of the poetry of Hafez. German author FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER (1823-1900) combined the studies of language, culture, and religion to create the discipline of comparative mythology. Among his many works are The Sacred Books of the East, India: What Can It Teach Us?, and Wisdom of the Buddha: The Unabridged Dhammapada.

Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection

Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection
Author: Navina Najat Haidar
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2014-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300208871

India's rich heritage of jeweled artistry is expressed in extravagant and opulent creations that range from ornaments for every part of the body to ceremonial court objects such as boxes, daggers, and thrones. Treasures from India presents more than sixty iconic works from the renowned Al-Thani collection, including pieces created for the imperial Mughals in the seventeenth century, others made for the nizams of Hyderabad and the maharajas of the Rajput courts from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, Indian-inspired jewelry fashioned by Cartier and other Western firms, and contemporary designs. The lucid text discusses the significance of these objects within the history of Indian jeweled arts, demonstrating how they stand among the highest expressions of Indian culture.

Jewel Weed

Jewel Weed
Author: Alice Ames Winter
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-12-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Jewel Weed" by Alice Ames Winter Alice Ames Winter was a famed American litterateur and author. In this book, she showcases her writing abilities and tells the tale of Ellery Norris, a young man under immense pressure to secure his future. Setting off on an adventure with the lovely Madeline and the troublesome Dick, he attempts to make a name for himself and see what the world has to offer away from home.