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The Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar

Rodrigues, Valerian (Dr, Dr, Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
The Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) is both the towering symbol of protest against age-old and contemporary forms of exploitation in India and a scholar-sage proposing fair terms of social association. An untouchable himself, he led a resolute and adroit struggle against untouchability and attempted to reformulate the terms of nationalist discourse in India. This selection draws from his major works, speeches, letters and memoranda.

CHF 22.90

Agricultural Production and South Asian History

Ludden, David (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania)
Agricultural Production and South Asian History
Updated with a new preface and an additional bibliography, this second edition examines the agricultural position in colonial India, the process through which the colonial knowledge about agricultural production was textualised, the shifting focus within agrarian studies and how the complex relations between credit, market, and production were mediated by structures of power.

CHF 18.50

Change, Chance, and Optimality

McMahon, April M.
Change, Chance, and Optimality
This book is about how languages change. It is also a devastating critique of a widespread linguistic orthodoxy. April McMahon argues that to provide a convincing explanation of linguistic change the roles of history and contingency must be accommodated in linguistic theory. She also showsthat theoretical work in related disciplines can be used to assess the value of such theories. Optimality Theory, or OT as it is usually called, dominates co...

CHF 89.00

Uncollected Poems and Prose

Ramanujan, A.K. (Dr, Dr, Was William E Colvin Professor at the University of Chicago - deceased 1929 - 1993) / Daniels-Ramanujan, Molly A. (Is founder director of Creative Writing School, University of Chicago. She is writer of the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award and Fullbright Fellowship) / Harrison, Keith (Emeritus Professor of English at Carleton Coleege, Northfield, Minnesota)
Uncollected Poems and Prose
Poet, translator, folklorist, A.K. Ramanujan has been recognized as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. This book brings together for the first time poems and essays by AK Ramanujan, which could not be published in his lifetime. Also included are Ramanujan's controversial interviews with academics and friends, folk-tales, discussions of Shakespears, translation and the idea of communication. Edited by Molly D...

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Khajuraho

Desai, Devangana (Visiting Professor, Visiting Professor, Ananthacharya Indological Institute, Mumbai)
Khajuraho
This book is an introduction to the magnificent world of the Khajuraho temples, their history, patronage, court culture, religion, iconography, and distinctive features of the sculptures and architecture. Addressed to the general reader by an expert on the subject, this book systematically describes the twenty-two temples and the three museums at the site.

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Fluid Mechanics and Machinery

Ojha, C.S.P. (, Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) / Chandramouli, P.N. (, Professor, Civil Engineering Department, The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore) / Berndtsson, R. (, Professor, Water Resources Engineering, Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden)
Fluid Mechanics and Machinery
Fluid Mechanics and Machinery is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of mechanical and civil engineering. It will also be useful for students of electrical, aerospace, chemical, and production engineering. The book provides an exhaustive coverage of the essential concepts of the mechanics of fluids, both static as well as dynamic. In addition, it provides an overview of the design and operation of variou...

CHF 195.00

Secularism and Its Critics

Bhargava, Rajeev (Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Secularism and Its Critics
This book puts together the most important contemporary writings in the debate on secularism. It deals with conceptual, normative and explanatory issues in secularism and addresses urgent questions, including the relevance of secularism to non-Western societies and the question of minority rights.

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The Oxford India Srinivas

Srinivas (Professor, Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore) / Guha, Ramachandra (Dr.) / Shah (Professor, Professor, University of Delhi)
The Oxford India Srinivas
Bringing together M.N. Srinivas's best writings on subjects ranging from village studies, caste and the social structure, gender, religion, and cultural and social change in India, The Oxford India Srinivas re-introduces a new generation of readers to the one of the pioneers of sociology and social anthropology in India. An Introduction by Ramachandra Guha situates Srinivas's contributions to Indian sociology in the current context.

CHF 65.00

An Unfinished Song

Ghosal, Swarnakumari Debi / Chaganti, Vijayasree (Professor, Professor, Department of English, Osmania University, Hyderabad)
An Unfinished Song
A part of the Classic Reissue series, An Unfinished Song is the English translation of Swarnakumari Debi Ghosal's novel Kahake, originally published in Bengali and translated by the author herself. One of the earliest women's fictional texts in India to have been translated into English, An Unfinished Song represents interesting and important trends in Indian women's writing in the nineteenth century.

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The Oxford India Ghalib

Ghalib, Mirza / Russell, Ralph (Dr, Dr, Formerly Reader in Urdu, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London)
The Oxford India Ghalib
Introduced and selected by Ralph Russell, an eminent Urdu scholar, this collection presents a representative selection of the works of Ghalib, the most famous and popular of the Urdu poets that the Indian subcontinent has produced. This complete Ghalib anthrology comprises poetry and prose translated from both Persian and Urdu, as well as biographical details.

CHF 28.50