If you have wondered about where China and India is heading and how it might impact you more than it has already done, then this book titled: Chindia Alert: Forewarned is Forearmed is for you. It aims to inform and alert you to the threat and opportunities that China and India pose. It is based on extensive and intensive research. There is not only huge interest in China and India, but
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
Image from Wikimedia: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Indian_Vulture-_Gyps_indicus.jpg) Link to this New York Times article on how Parsi leaders in Mumbai are building aviaries to re-establish the native vultures which traditionally consumed the corpses of the of the Parsi dead, laid out in specially constructed Towers of Silence, so that the elements of air, earth, fire and water would not be polluted by death. The scheme will also bring the birds back from the brink of extinction. Image
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
The Library has a free trial subscription to Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism until 6th December 2012. This new work “presents the latest research on all the main aspects of the Hindu traditions.” Please note that online access is to the first volume only in what will ultimately be a five volume series Go to the Brill Online Reference Works on the A-Z Databases and select Encyclopedia of Hinduism (under the
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/
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
The editors of the online journal Critical Muslim will be having a round-table discussion to launch volume 4, which focuses on Pakistan. The Journalist and Broadcaster, Ziauddin Sardar, deputy director of the Muslim Institute, Samia Rahman and the poet and playwright, Avaes Mohammad will be discussing many topics that include Pakistani modern fiction, separatist in Quetta and rude jokes in Lahore told by Shazia Mirza. For further details for this event
I find this a very fascinating and absorbing part of South Asian/African history. So it is wonderful to know that on the 18th October, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies presents an evening seminar titled African Diaspora in Asia: Cultural Survivals, Codes & Signifiers. This event explores a small part of the diaspora, in order to understand the diversity of South Asians of African descent. The presentations on India and Sri Lanka are based on
The Royal Asiatic Society (14 Stephenson Way, near Euston Station) is launching two volumes on South Asia. Both books explore the social, political and cultural significance of indigenous forms of leadership (kings and gurus) in fresh and compelling ways. The book launch will be held on 25 October 2012 17:30 – 19:30 Speakers: Dr Aya Ikegame (The Open University), Dr Jacob Copeman (University of Edinburgh), Professor Anthony Good (University
