0404, 2013

The Asia House Festival of Asian Literature 7-22 May, 2013

By Farzana Whitfield|April 4, 2013|China and Inner Asia, Japan, Korea, Literature, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, South Asia, South East Asia|0 comments

Image taken from Asia House website: http://asiahouse.org/ Now in its seventh year, the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature is the only UK festival dedicated to writing about Asia and Asians, from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Pacific. This year they have widened the remit to include Turkey and parts of the Middle East. The 2013 Festival will feature authors writing about over 15 countries, including Afghanistan, Burma, China, India, Iran, Iraq,

2003, 2013

Literature – January and February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 20, 2013|Literature|0 comments

Criticism & interpretation Changing currents : transnational Caribbean literary and cultural criticism / edited by Emily Allen Williams, Melvin B. Rahming. Southeast Asian writers / ed. by David Smyth. Narrative noodles : essays on Indian novels in English / C.L. Khatri. Love’s subtle magic : an Indian Islamic literary tradition, 1379-1545 / Aditya Behl Realism in the twentieth-century Indian novel : colonial difference and literary form / Ulka Anjaria. Life

1303, 2013

Introducing “Faiz-e-Zabaan” for lovers of Urdu Literature and Language

By Farzana Whitfield|March 13, 2013|Linguistics, Literature, South Asia|0 comments

Faiz-e-Zabaan is a project focusing on Urdu literature and language (inscribed in homage to one of South Asia’s most famous Urdu poets, scholar and left-wing activists- Faiz Ahmad Faiz). The inititiative for using ‘Faiz’ which means grace aims at sharing this grace of language with students and scholars of Urdu. One of the main and ongoing projects is called the “Media Catalogue”. The project looks for Urdu language and literature related news/articles/columns from

0803, 2013

South Asia – January and February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 8, 2013|South Asia|0 comments

Gujarati communities across the globe : memory, identity and continuity / edited by Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom Mukadam. Bamboo : the wonderful grass / by G.K. Ghosh. Dalits and environment : a critical analysis / D.V. Rao, P. Lakshmi. Narrative noodles : essays on Indian novels in English / C.L. Khatri. A report on the preservation of Buddhist monuments at Bamiyan in Afghanistan / by B.B. Lal and R. Sengupta ; edited

1412, 2012

South Asia – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 14, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Ancient Indian influence on Japanese culture : a comparative study of civilizations / Yoshihiro Kaburagi. Abibhakta Bāṃlāra kr̥shaka saṃgrāma / Susnāta Dāśa South Asian texts in history : critical engagements with Sheldon Pollock / edited by Yigal Bronner, Whitney Cox, and Lawrence McCrea. Nepal : nation-state in the wilderness : managing state, democracy, and geopolitics / by Lok Raj Baral. Partition of India : why 1947? / edited by Kaushik

2211, 2012

South Asia – September and October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 22, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

E- Book Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719 / Munis D. Faruqui. Available from Dawsonera The tiger vanquished : LTTE’s story / M.R. Narayan Swamy. Available from ebrary Print Journal The International Journal of Jaina Studies Books Nartanam. vol. 12, no. 2. – Special issue of the journal ‘Narantam’ on Tagore’s vision of dance. Penser, dire et représenter l’animal dans le monde indien / textes réunis par Nalini Balbir et Georges-Jean

2910, 2012

Lifelines: New Writing from Bangladesh

By Farzana Whitfield|October 29, 2012|Literature, South Asia|0 comments

Forming as part of the South Asian Literature Festival, a UK launch is taking place of a new writing anthology from young Bangladeshi women authors; stylish, provocative and varied stories examining diverse aspects of contemporary life in the country. Edited by Farah Ghuznavi and published by Zubaan. The Event is taking place at the Bush Theatre in Uxbridge on Saturday 3rd November. For further details please click here: http://southasianlitfest.com/event/lifelines-new-writing-from-bangladesh/

2610, 2012

South-Asian Fiction: Contemporary Transformations

By Farzana Whitfield|October 26, 2012|Literature, South Asia|0 comments

A one-day symposium organised by The Open University’s Postcolonial Literatures Research Group in collaboration with the Institute for English Studies, University of London, Senate House. Taking place on Saturday 3rd November and focusing on South Asian fiction. Confirmed speakers include Priyamvada Gopal, Elleke Boehmer, Susheila Nasta and Suman Gupta. For further details please click here: http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/ies-conferences/SouthAsianFiction

0409, 2012

South Asia – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 4, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Devadattīyam : Johannes Bronkhorst felicitation volume / François Voegeli et al. Political economy of communications in India : the good, the bad and the ugly / Pradip Ninan Thomas. Migration, remittances, and development in South Asia / edited by Saman Kelegama. Pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition : salvific space / Knut A. Jacobsen. Where there is no midwife : birth and loss in rural India / Sarah Pinto. [Also available

3008, 2012

Literature – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 30, 2012|Literature|0 comments

Literature After sex? : on writing since queer theory / edited by Janet Halley and Andrew Parker. Feminism in West African novel / M. Farida Begum. The negritude moment : explorations in francophone African and Caribbean literature and thought / F. Abiola Irele. Neo-imperialism in children’s literature about Africa : a study of contemporary fiction / by Yulisa Amadu Maddy, Donnarae MacCann. The Oxford India anthology of Bengali literature /

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