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  • Disquieting Edges

    Gender and Intersectionality in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Borderlands

    by Meha Dixit ...
    This book explores the intersections of gender, religion, ethnicity, and class in the fragile borderlands of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh against the backdrop of the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. It contributes to existing research in the fields of gender, intersectionality, borderland studies, and peacebuilding by focusing on women – an extremely vulnerable group – particularly during ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Territory and Turmoil

    Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan

    Edited by Meha Dixit, Saranjam Baig ...
    This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intertwined cultural, historical, and geopolitical landscape of Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) – two regions separated by the Line of Control (LoC) yet bound by deep-rooted connections. Moving beyond conventional security and strategic discourse, this volume focusses on humanitarian concerns and the lived experiences of local populations who ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

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    History, Culture, Politics

    Edited by Meghna Guhathakurta, Willem van Schendel ...
    Series series The world readers
    Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country. It has more inhabitants than either Russia or Japan, and its national language, Bengali, ranks sixth in the world in terms of native speakers. Founded in 1971, Bangladesh is a relatively young nation, but the Bengal Delta region has been a major part of international life for more than 2,000 years, whether as an important location for trade ... Read more

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  • Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh

    Remembering 1971

    by Yasmin Saikia ...
    Fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan, the war of 1971 led to the creation of Bangladesh, where it is remembered as the War of Liberation. For India, the war represents a triumphant settling of scores with Pakistan. If the war is acknowledged in Pakistan, it is cast as an act of betrayal by the Bengalis. None of these nationalist histories convey the human cost of the war. ... Read more

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  • The 1947 Partition of British India

    Forced Migration and Its Reverberations

    by Jennifer Leaning, Shubhangi Bhadada ...
    The 1947 Partition of British India remains the largest instance of forced migration in the recorded human history. Despite the passage of time, it is still widely seen as a process of singular distress and sorrow. Yet, for those in the subcontinent, the Partition also offers a process of self-exploration for subsequent generations. This book is the first collection of chapters related to the ... Read more

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  • A History of Modern South Asia

    Politics, States, Diasporas

    by Ian Talbot ...
    Noted historian Ian Talbot has written a new history of modern South Asia that considers the Indian Subcontinent in regional rather than in solely national terms. A leading expert on the Partition of 1947, Talbot focuses here on the combined history of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh since 1757 and specifically on the impact of external influences on the local peoples and cultures. This text ... Read more

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  • Bridging Partition: People's Initiatives for Peace Between India & Pakistan

    by Smitu Kothari & Zia Mian et al ...
    Over the past three decades, in the shadow of hostile nationalisms fueled by radical Islamic and Hindu politics, military crises, a runaway arms race, nuclear weapons and war, an amazing set of civil society initiatives has been taking root in India and Pakistan. A citizens diplomacy movement embracing thousands of activists, scholars, business people and retired government officials has emerged ... Read more

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  • Looking Away

    Inequality, Prejudice and Indifference in New India

    by Harsh Mander ...
    This feeble blemished light, this dawn mangled by night, this is not the morning we had all so longed for... -Faiz Ahmed Faiz In the two decades since the early 1990s, when India confirmed its allegiance to the Free Market, more of its citizens have become marginalized than ever before, and society has become more sharply riven than ever. In 'Looking Away', Harsh Mander ranges wide to record and ... Read more

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  • Maoist and other Armed Conflicts

    by Anuradha M Chenoy, Kamal A Mitra Chenoy ...
    One-sixth of all Indians today live in areas of armed conflict. Seeking solutions, this book is a holistic examination of present armed conflicts as well as the past ones in Punjab and Mizoram, illuminating their common roots, as well as the responses of the state and civil society. The authors show how insurgencies are propelled by a complex mix of issues: the denial of justice and rights, ... Read more

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  • South Asia in the World: An Introduction

    An Introduction

    by Susan S Wadley ...
    Series series Foundations in Global Studies
    This first book in the new Foundations in Global Studies series offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia. The variations in social, cultural, economic, and political life in this diverse and complex region are explored within the context of the globalising forces affecting all regions of the world.In a simple strategy that all books in the series employ, the ... Read more

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  • Modern South Asia

    History, Culture, Political Economy

    by Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal ...
    The fifth edition of Modern South Asia draws on the newest historical research and scholarship in the field to interpret and debate key developments in modern South Asian history and historical writing, covering the diverse spectrum of the subcontinent’s social, economic and political past.Jointly authored by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, this definitive study offers a rare depth of ... Read more

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  • The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India

    by Ajay Verghese ...
    Series series Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
    The neighboring north Indian districts of Jaipur and Ajmer are identical in language, geography, and religious and caste demography. But when the famous Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was destroyed in 1992, Jaipur burned while Ajmer remained peaceful; when the state clashed over low-caste affirmative action quotas in 2008, Ajmer's residents rioted while Jaipur's citizens stayed calm. What explains these ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD