0805, 2015

Free Trial to the FO Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan- 1947-1980

By Farzana Whitfield|May 8, 2015|Anthropology and Sociology, Archival collections, Economics, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Politics and International Relations, South Asia|0 comments

We have an exciting offer of a free trial to the FO Files for India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan for the period 1947-1980! Many departments, students and researchers will find this digital archive relevant and resourceful for a number of subject disciplines, including History, Politics, Development Studies, Economics, Near Middle Eastern Studies (Afghanistan), South East Asian Studies (Burma) and South Asian Studies. Access is from this link: www.archivesdirect.amdigital.co.uk/FO_India. When off site please

1201, 2015

‘Indian Summers’- Epic drama series to start on Channel 4

By Farzana Whitfield|January 12, 2015|History, South Asia|0 comments

Image courtesy of: www.broadcastnow.co.uk Channel 4 will be airing a new exciting 10 part drama series, focusing on the rise and fall of the British Raj. Revealed through both Indian and British eyes, the story is set against the sweeping Himalayas and tea gardens in the north of India. It is 1932 and India dreams of independence, Simla known as ‘little England’, introduces a number of character stories living

1103, 2014

South Asia – February 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 11, 2014|South Asia|0 comments

Fashion India : spectacular capitalism / edited by Tereza Kuldova. Dying wisdom : rise, fall and potential of India’s traditional water harvesting systems / editors, Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain. Partitioned lives : migrants, refugees, citizens in India and Pakistan, 1947-1965 / Haimanti Roy. Edge of empire : the British political officer and tribal administration on the North-West Frontier, 1877-1947 / Christian Tripodi. The life style of the eunuchs /

0612, 2013

History – November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 6, 2013|History|0 comments

Macau: the formation of a global city / edited by C.X. George Wei. Cisneros y la conquista española del norte de África : cruzada, política y arte de la guerra / Beatriz Alonso Acero. Research methods for history / edited by Simon Gunn and Lucy Faire. [also available as an e-book from ebrary] From reliable sources: an introduction to historical methods / Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier. Women shall not

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

1608, 2012

South Asia – June to August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 16, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Indian and Persian prosody and recitation / Hiroko Nagasaki ; English editing by Ronald I. Kim. Partition of India : why 1947? / edited by Kaushik Roy. Beyond crisis : re-evaluating Pakistan / editor, Naveeda Khan.

3007, 2012

South Asia – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 30, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

South Asia Pakistans freedom & Allama Mashriqi : statements, letters, chronology of Khaksar Tehrik (movement) period : Mashriqis birth to 1947 / edited & compiled by Nasim Yousaf. Indian and Persian prosody and recitation / Hiroko Nagasaki ; English editing by Ronald I. Kim. Changing homelands : Hindu politics and the partition of India / Neeti Nair. Cross-disciplinary perspectives on a contested Buddhist site : Bodhgaya jataka / [edited by]

0105, 2012

Films and Sound Recordings – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 1, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Not one less / Columbia Tristar Home Video directed by Zhang Yimou. New Dragon Gate Inn / directed by Li Hui Min produced by Tsui Hark. Son of Babylon / a film by Mohamed Al-Daradji. b19121763 Sergio / HBO Documentary Films and BBC Storyville present a Passion Pictures and Silverbridge production a film by Greg Barker produced by John Battsek, Greg Barker, Julie Goldman directed by Greg Barker. Le

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