Prem Kissa


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Prem was six years old, and the only son to his parents but from the outset, after their daily storytelling evenings with, their grandfather, Baba. He gave all the children stories from the past, when they were noticeably at a young and tender age. Being a brahmin, he hated the caste system in which he grew and lived in, during his growing up days. His life started in a rural area of Deganga, in India, and grew up in an extended family. As a young adult, he graduated as an educated teacher, from an established university. Prem remained a bachelor for a short time only, whilst he lived on the farm, with his mum, until he was twenty-two years old. Soon he was introduced to and then married a pretty damsel. He grew up to be an elegant, handsome and charming person and his journey abroad highlights his attributes, friendliness, career, aligned with his explorative ideals, romance and dreams in all of his endeavors. He was the only member of his family that wanted to get away from the poor life in India, and decided to get away to London, which leads to the second book.




Marvelous Encounters


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Prem Chand


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Contributed articles on the works of Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (Premchand), 1881-1936, Hindi and Urdu litterateur.




Joothan


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Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a community forced to live at the bottom of India's social pyramid. Although untouchability was abolished in 1949, Dalits continued to face discrimination, economic deprivation, violence, and ridicule. Valmiki shares his heroic struggle to survive a preordained life of perpetual physical and mental persecution and his transformation into a speaking subject under the influence of the great Dalit political leader, B. R. Ambedkar. A document of the long-silenced and long-denied sufferings of the Dalits, Joothan is a major contribution to the archives of Dalit history and a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness.










Curfew In The City


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A moving story of a Muslim household of beedi workers stuck in a claustrophobic city, this novella narrates how curfew affects simple and ordinary lives. With administrative authorities fanning insecurities, the book unmasks cold, calculated greed and blind senseless hatred that always waits for the opportune moment to tear apart the mask to reveal the actual faces, real and primal.




Cultural Studies in India


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This volume discusses the development of cultural studies in India. It shows how inter-disciplinarity and cultural pluralism form the basis of this emerging field. It deals with contemporary debates and interpretations of post-colonial theory, subaltern studies, Marxism and post-Marxism, nationalism and post-nationalism. Drawing upon literature, linguistics, history, political science, media and theatre studies, and cultural anthropology, it explores themes such as caste, indigenous peoples, vernacular languages and folklore and their role in the making of historical consciousness. A significant intervention in the area, this book will be useful to scholars and students of cultural studies and theory, literature, history, cultural anthropology, sociology, and media and mass communication, as well as the general reader.




THE INDIAN LISTENER


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The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 07-04-1946 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Fortnightly NUMBER OF PAGES: 92 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XI, No. 8 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 14-17, 19, 21, 23, 27-82 ARTICLE: Our Forests are a National Asset AUTHOR: M.D. Chaturvedi KEYWORDS: Cultivation, Forest department, Forest Act, Forest Development Division, Sal, Sissoo Document ID: INL-1945-46(D-J) Vol-I (08)




Balancing the Wisdom Tree


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A unique publication focussed on women alumni to mark the diamond jubilee year of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.