edited anup kumar (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Part- I: Memories and Tributes. 1. Never Seen Such a Person before/Zill-ur-Rahman Khan. 2. In remembrance of a lovable departed soul-Prof. S.N. Agnihortri/Om Prakash. 3. Prof. S.N. Agnihotri: a man of profound attributes/P.R.R. Nair. 4. Prof. S.N. Agnihotri: my friend, philosopher and guide/H.K. Sharma. 5. Panditji: a man of 'Junoon'/U.P. Arora. Part- II: Essays. 6. Tolerance in Indian culture/Om Prakash and Anup Kumar. 7. Plagiarism and prejudices in Indica/U.P. Arora. 8. Land grants to Brahmanas in early India: a critical analysis/R.P. Tripathi. 9. Early Indian thought of time/A.K. Sinha. 10. Acheulian culture in the middle son valley/J.N. Pal. 11. Recent historical writings: non-fiction history vis-a-vis academic history/Abhay Kumar Singh. 12. Slave-Trade in India (upto 12th Century AD)/O.P. Srivastava. 13. Under the theme of rock art: signature of ancestors- its meaning and classification/A.K. Dubey and Sachin Kumar Tiwary. 14. Hierarchical society and social justice (6th Century BC)/Jhinkoo Yadav. 15. Socio-cultural ethos of Buddhism/V.K. Pandey.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Growing public outrage finally forced the abolition of the curse of slavery starting with the year 1833. An immensely welcome step soon brought to the fore another major challenge of severe labour shortages in the plantation colonies. The colonial rulers devised another deceptive tool of engaging large scale cheap labour for their plantations under the so-called 'Indenture system'. The British carried out the largest such operation and mobilised close to 2 million workers from India and carried them to far off lands in the Caribbean, Africa and the Pacific. On the face of it, these workers were taken under a mutually agreed contract, called the 'agreement' which also led to the popular folklore of 'girmit'. However, in terms of protection of the workers' basic rights, this system was really no different from the erstwhile slavery. Generations of these workers struggled in agony for achieving the eventual liberation from this de-facto bondage. The plight of the indentured workers also deeply moved the Indian leadership especially Mahatma Gandhi who personally witnessed their sufferings in South Africa and Mauritius. Rising and loud criticism started demanding the abolition of indentureship in the plantation colonies, India and elsewhere. There was another unexpected pressure for able-bodied men for the First World War operations in Europe. These factors together forced the colonial powers to finally abolish the indenture system in the year 1917. Hence, the year 2017 marked the centenary of this landmark development widely celebrated along the entire 'indentured route' namely Mauritius, Fiji, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Suriname. As in most of these countries, the majority of the populations are of Indian origin, this was also a cause for celebration in India. The Antar Rashtriya Sahayog Parishad with its 40 years of outreach with the Indian diaspora, especially the Girmitiya countries organised a special commemorative International conference on 20-22 April 2017 in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). In addition to being addressed by Indian leadership, the conference was attended by over 100 experts from India and abroad. This book is a compilation of the proceedings, presentations and the outcomes of this important event. We hope that this publication would be useful to academics and scholars dealing with diaspora and history of the indentured system.

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Soft cover. Zustand: As New. "The concept of world literature was first formulated by the famous German writer Goethe.By world literature one means literature written across the world and also scattered over different geographical boundaries of the world. In the present day context the relevance of world literature has become more prominent because of globalization and the rapid increase of technological industry. Still nobody can deny the universality of the branch of literature as it uplifts, ennobles and enlarges human soul. But when earlier critics were talking about literature there was only the liberal humanist point of view. But only later on, particularly with the dawn of the twentieth century the concept of world literature came to be regarded as a significant entity. Literature means broadening of human mind, soul and understanding. Nobody can forget the famous lines of T.S. Eliot ""Where is the life we have lost in living ? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge ? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information ? The cycle of Haven in the twentieth century Bring us further from God and nearer to dust."" In the Post-War and Post Holocaust European world of the twentieth century literature worked not only as a witness but also as a consoling factor. The articles that are included in the present book do not follow any specific criteria of judgement or coherent logic; rather they encompass a huge domain of different texts which happen to be the favourite happy hunting ground of the author. The author has shed light on a few canonical Western and Indian texts and also on certain relatively unknown texts and writers. However the book does not claim to be a companion volume on world literature as a whole, rather it happens to be the author's engagement with his favourite writings and writers over the years. If the readers the like the book the author's labour and dedication will be fruitful.".

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 294 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 368 pages. 9.49x6.38x1.06 inches. In Stock.