Selected New Titles in Ames Library - April 2010

Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in March 2010. Or click here to download a copy.

BC39.5.I4 P35 2009 Panda, Bhagaban. Pre-Gangesa concept of Lingaparamarsa: with special reference to Sasadhara. Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2009.
BF575.H85 H86 2009 Humiliation: claims and context. New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
BL1151.5.R48 2010 Rethinking religion in India: the colonial construction of Hinduism. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
BL1213.52.C5313 2009 Chatterji, Bankim Chandra. The principle of dharma = dharma-tattva. Kolkata: Gangchil, 2009.
BL1214.32.S25 S28 2009 Satswarupa Chaitanya. Self offerings =: Atmasamarpanam. New Delhi: New Age Books, 2009.
BL1215.S64 N375 2007 Narayanacarya, Ke. Es. Hindu society and the dynamics of spiritual evolution: some challenges. Mysore: Kautilya Institute of National Studies, 2007.
BL1225.M82 I58 1988 Murukan, the lord of the Kurinci land: collected papers of the First International Conference on Murukan-Skanda. Chennai: Institute of Asian Studies, 2009.
BL1281.1545.S47 2009 Sen Sharma, Debabrata. An introduction to the Advaita Saiva philosophy of Kashmir. Varanasi: Indica Books, 2009.
BL2015.P57 S44 2008 Sekhar, Vincent. Building strong neighbourhoods: religion and politics in secular India. Bangalore: Claretian Publications, 2008.
BP188.8.P18 M84 2009 Muhammad, Sakhi Qabool. Study of mysticism in Darazi School of Sufi Thought: mysticism and the life & teachings of a mystic. Karachi: Culture & Tourism Dept., Govt. of Sindh, 2009.
BQ4650.M37 2009 Marasinghe, M. M. J. Gods in Buddhism: a study in their social and mythological milieu as depicted in the Nikayas of the Pali canon. Nugegoda: Sarasavi Publishers, 2009.
BR128.B8 A53 2008 Andrews Kutty, M. C. Christianity vs. Buddhism. New Delhi: Sumit Enterprises, 2008.
BX163.3.F46 2009 Fenwick, John R. K. The forgotten bishops: the Malabar Independent Syrian Church and its place in the story of the St. Thomas Christians of South India. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009.
D31.C445 2009 Cheema, Iqtidar Karamat. New world order: past and present. Lahore: Ferozsons, 2009.
DS382.A95 2009 Aziz, Sartaj. Between dreams and realities: some milestones in Pakistan's history. Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press, 2009.
DS382.T35 2009 Talbot, Ian. Pakistan: a modern history. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
DS384.L36 2009 The land of two partitions and beyond. Islamabad: Sustainable Development Policy Institute; Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung, [2009?]
DS385.B59 A34 2009 Bizanjo, Mir Ghaus Bakhsh. In search of solutions: an autobiography of Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo. Karachi: Pakistan Study Centre University of Karachi; Pakistan Labour Trust, Karachi 2009.
DS389.22.B48 B46 2009 Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, 1953-2007. Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters, 2009.
DS392.W3 R64 2010 Roe, Andrew M. Waging war in Waziristan: the British struggle in the land of Bin Laden, 1849-1947. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c2010.
DS430.D87 2010 Dusche, Michael. Identity politics in India and Europe. New Delhi, India; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2010.
DS432.M84 H36 2010 Handbook of Muslims in India: empirical and policy perspectives. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
DS435.I47 2008 Indian historiography. Kolkata: Institute of Historical Studies, 2008-
DS450.A783 K38 2010 Kavalski, Emilian. India and Central Asia: the mythmaking and international relations of a rising power. London; New York: Tauris Academic Studies; New York: Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
DS478.3.C66 2009 Continuities of civil rebellion in the Indian mutinies. Kolkata: Institute of Historical Studies, 2009.
DS480.45.S47224 2010 Sherman, Taylor C. State violence and punishment in India. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
DS485.A88 B4776 2008 Bhattacharjee, Jayanta Bhusan. Making of British Assam. Kolkata: Institute of Historical Studies, 2008.
Quarto DS485.H6 J63 2008 Joshi, Himanshu. Unknown Himalayas. New Delhi: Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2008.
DS485.K24 N45 2008 Naik, Meera. In the valley. Bangalore: Sumukha Prakashana, 2008.
DS485.M49 S56 2009 Singh, T. Hemo. Manipur imbroglio: insurgency, ethnic politics, socio-cultural dimensions. New Delhi: Akansha Pub. House, 2009.
DS485.M95 V67 2009 Vora, Rajendra. The world's first anti-dam movement: the Mulshi satyagraha, 1920-1924. Ranikhet: Permanent Black; Bangalore: Distributed by Orient BlackSwan, c2009.
DS485.O67 B48 2010 Bhuyam, Dasarathi. Orissa politics from 1936 to contemporary politics. Delhi, India: Manglam Publications, 2010.
DS485.U693 T65 2009 Tolia, R. S. Founders of modern administration in Uttarakhand, 1815-1884: Edward Gardner to Henry Ramsay. Dehradun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 2009.
Quarto DS486.B4 S56 2009 Singh, Rana P. B. Banaras: making of India's heritage city. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
Folio DS486.D3 D344 2009 Rai, Raghu. Delhi, contrasts & confluences. New Delhi: Om Books International, c2009.
DS486.5.A5 S46 2010 Sen, Satadru. Savagery and colonialism in the Indian Ocean: power, pleasure and the Andaman islanders. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
DS495.5.H335 2009 Hachhethu, Krishna. State building in Nepal: creating a functional state. [Kathmandu]: Enabling State Programme, c2009.
DS495.64.F76 2007 From exclusion to inclusion: socio-political agenda for Nepal. Kathmandu: Social Inclusion Research Fund, 2007.
G155.N35 R43 2008 Readings in rural tourism. Kathmandu: Sunlight Publication, 2008.
G2283.J3 P2I5 2008 Indian Map Service. Jammu & Kashmir tourist road atlas & state distance guide. Jodhpur: Indian Map Service, c2008.
GE160.H5 I35 2008 ICIMOD and the Himalayan region: responding to emerging challenges. Kathmandu: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008.
GF696.H55 C85 2010 Culture and the environment in the Himalaya. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
GF696.N35 L633 2007 Local effects of global changes in the Himalayas: Manang, Nepal. Kathmandu: Tribhuvan University; Norway: University of Bergen, 2007.
HB171.W63 2008 Wijewardena, W. A. Economic wisdom for babies. Nugegoda: Sanghinda Printers & Publishers, 2008.
HB3640.K56 G38 2010 Gautam, Rajesh K. Population ecology and family planning: a demographic anthropology of Himalayan population, Kinnaura. New Delhi, India: Serials Publications, 2010.
Quarto HC425.N382 2008 Nepal country report: 2008 survey on monitoring the Paris declaration. Kathmandu: Ministry of Finance, Govt. of Nepal, 2008.
HC435.3.B347 2010 Banerjee, Debdas. Economic and human development in contemporary India: cronyism and fragility. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
HC440.C3 R354 2008 Rajeev, Meenakshi. Rural infrastructure development fund: need for a track change. Bangalore: Institute for Social and Economic Change, 2008.
HD879.T35 S86 2009 Sundaram, J. Land system in Tamilnadu, c. A.D. 800-1200. Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2009.
Quarto HD1698.S75 R34 2007 Rahman, A. Atiq. Situational analysis of capacity building needs for IWRM in South Asia. Dhaka: Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, 2007.
HD2075.A5 R47 2007 Report on agricultural census, 2000-01, Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad: Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, [2007].
HD2075.K36 D474 2008 Deshpande, R. S. Agriculture in Karnataka: a historical view after the fall of Serirangapatana. Bangalore: Institute for Social and Economic Change, 2008.
Quarto HD7269.C452 I52214 2009 The Bhopal gas disaster, impacts, responses, current status, and recommendations for the future: executive summaries of studies. New Delhi: Fact Finding Mission on Bhopal, [2009?]
HD8039.P4962 I47 2010 Ravi Raman, K. Global capital and peripheral labour: the history and political economy of plantation workers in India. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
HD8686.C66 2009 Labour matters: towards global histories: studies in honour of Sabyasachi Bhattacharya. New Delhi, India: Tulika Books, 2009.
HD9660.P33 I54756 2008 Simha, Moti. Unfolding the betrayal of Bhopal gas tragedy. Delhi: B.R. Pub. Corp., 2008.
HD9696.63.I44 S387 2009 The Satyam saga. New Delhi: B.S. Books, 2009.
Quarto HE148.5.I58 2008 Sustainable transport for developing countries: concerns, issues, and options. Dhaka: Dept. of Civil Engineering, BUET, 2008.
HE879.S79 2008 Studies in India's maritime trade through the ages. Calcutta: Institute of Historical Studies, 2008.
Quarto HF1379.F346 2009 Fahmida Akter Khatun. Environment related trade barriers and the WTO. Dhaka: Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2009.
HF1713.L22 2008 Labour, globalization and the state: workers, women and migrants confront neoliberalism. London; New York: Routledge, 2008.
HF5549.5.G73 S76 2009 Stones to milestones. New Delhi: Manak Publications, 2009.
Quarto HG178.33.P18 B75 2009 Briefing sessions report, microfinance and the society. Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency, 2009.
Quarto HG5720.9.A3 N46 2009 Nepal, foreign investment opportunities. Kathmandu: Govt. of Nepal, Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Commerce and Supplies with the support of Enhancing Nepal's Trade Related Capacity Programme, 2009.
HJ1338.S74 2009 States' fiscal management and regional equity: an overview. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009.
HJ1339.T36 C46 2007 Centralized initiatives and decentralized responsibilities: a study of selected Indian states. New Delhi: Institute of Social Sciences, 2007.
HN683.5.S692 2009 Srinivas, Mysore Narasimhachar. The Oxford India Srinivas. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009.
HN690.K29275 M36 2008 Mangattuthazhe, Tom. Violence and search for peace in Karbi Anglong, Assam. Guwahati: North Eastern Social Research Centre, 2008.
HN690.Z9 M26655 2010 The politics of social exclusion in India: democracy at the crossroads. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
HN690.Z9 R317 2010 Chakrabarty, Bidyut. Maoism in India: reincarnation of ultra-left wing extremism in the twenty-first century. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
HN690.5.A8 M35 2009 Malik, Nadeem. Citizens and governance in Pakistan: an analysis of people's voices. Lahore: Sanjh Publications, [2009].
HN981.C6 K43 2009 Khan, Shoaib Sultan. The Aga Khan rural support programme: a journey through grassroots development. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2009.
HQ240.C44 S27 2010 Sariola, Salla. Gender and sexuality in India: selling sex in Chennai. London; New York: Routledge, 2010.
HQ281.J39 2008 Jayathilake, Ramanie. Women migrant workers & trafficking in Sri Lanka. Colombo: Women's Education & Research Centre, 2008.
HQ1017.D697 2009 Dowry: bridging the gap between theory and practice. London; New York: Zed Books Ltd.: Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2009.
HT384.I42 B367 2008 Sastry, G. S. Emerging development issues of greater Bangalore. Bangalore: Institute for Social and Economic Change, 2008.
HT720.K37 2009 Karade, Jagan. Occupational mobility among scheduled castes. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
HV5816.S576 2009 Sirohey, A. A. CIA's opium wars in Afghanistan: opium for enlightenment. Lahore: Al-Asr Publications, 2009.
HV6433.I4 M86 2010 Mumbai post 26/11: an alternate perspective. New Delhi, India; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2010.
Quarto JC599.S72 F562 2008 Final report on the elections for the North-Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councils: 23rd August 2008. Colombo: People's Action for Free and Fair Elections, 2008.
JQ265.H36 2009 Handbook for Lok Sabha members. New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat, 2009.
JQ620.O75 R384 2007 Rath, Debendranath. Policy making in Orissa Legislative Assembly. Bhubaneswar: Athena Books, 2007.
Quarto JQ628.A95 A654 2009 Constituent Assembly election observation, 10 April 2008: final report. Kathmandu: Democracy & Election Alliance Nepal (Dean), 2008.
JQ629.A58 A46 2009 Ahmad, Shamshad. Dreams unfulfilled. Lahore: Jahangir Book Depot, [2009]
JQ629.A95 R47 2008 Report citizens' group on electoral process, general election, 2008. Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency, 2008.
Quarto JQ659.A5 E44 2008 The electoral reform debate in Sri Lanka. Colombo: Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2008.
JS7009.F86 2009 Functioning of panchayati raj institutions: status, issues and options. Chandigarh: Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, 2009.
JS7025.O72 R384 2007 Ratho, Sujata. Tribal welfare through panchayats: the experience of PESA in Orissa. New Delhi: Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2007.
Quarto JS7129.B38 F56 2008 Final report on local government elections, Batticaloa, 2008. [Colombo]: People's Action for Free and Fair Elections, 2008.
KNH230.A312007 A4 2007 Bhutan. The Local Governments' Act of Bhutan, 2007. [Thim-phu: Dpal-ldan Brug-pa phyogs las rnam rgyal, 2007]
Quarto KNS982.S78 2008 Studies on preparation of guidelines for model system for procedures under "dealing with licenses and registering property". New Delhi: National Institute of Urban Affairs, 2008.
Quarto LA1167.N38 2008 Nath, Samir R. The state of secondary education quality and equity challenges. Dhaka: Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE), Bangladesh, 2008.
LA2383.S722 H35 2008 A garland for Ashley: glimpses of a life: celebrating the 75th birthday of Ashley Halpe and his 50 years of university teaching. [Kandy]: Ashley Halpe Felicitation Committee, [2008?]
Quarto LC94.P18 C66 2009 Consultation with parliamentarians on education for all in Pakistan. Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency, 2009.
Quarto LC157.B3 L58 2008 Literacy assessment survey 2008. Dhaka: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Planning Division, Ministry of Planning: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 2008.
LC213.3.S64 H844 2008 Huebler, Friedrich. Beyond gender, measuring disparity in South Asia using an education parity index. Kathmandu: United Nations Children's Fund, Regional Office for South Asia, 2008.
LC2322.M853 2008 Mujahid-Mukhtar, Eshya. Poverty and economic vulnerability in South Asia: does it impact girls' education?. Kathmandu: United Nations Children's Fund, Regional Office for South Asia, 2008.
LC2330.M66 2009 Mortenson, Greg. Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. New York: Viking, c2009.
LC2410.S64 H895 2008 Huxley, Sarah. Progress in girls' education: the challenge of gender equality in South Asia. Kathmandu: United Nations Children's Fund, Regional Office for South Asia, 2008.
LC2410.S64 R37 2008 Ramachandran, Vimala. Health and girls' education in South Asia: an essential synergy. Kathmandu: United Nations Children's Fund, Regional Office for South Asia, 2008.
LC4097.I4 M64 2009 Mohanty, R. P. (Ramesh Prasad). Elementary education in tribal India: education vs. welfare department schools. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications, 2009.
Quarto LC4097.S72 E33 2008 Educational opportunities for the poor in Sri Lanka: assessing spatial disparities. Colombo: Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2008.
ML338.B2756 2007 Banerjee, Chandralekha. Thumri, Dadra, Tappa, and the classical aspect of the genre. Kolkata: Papyrus, 2007.
ML418.C45 S655 2007 Srikanthayya, Ke. Sangeetharatna T. Chowdiah. Mysore: Prasaranga, University of Mysore, 2007.
Folio N6496.3.I4 N49 2008 Religare Arts Initiative presents Nature of the city. [New Delhi: Religare Art Initiative, 2008]
Quarto N6496.3.I4 N494 2008 Outer circle: a group show of sixteen contemporary voices of India: painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation. [New Delhi: Religare Arts Initiative, 2008]
Quarto NB159.I4 S462 2007 Sengupta, Gautam. Eloquent earth: early terracottas in the State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal. Kolkata: Directorate of Archaeology and Museum, Government of West Bengal: In collaboration with Archaeological Studies and Training Eastern India, 2007.
NB1230.S93 2007 Swaroopini, Shanthi. "Clothing the identity": bronze sculptures. New Delhi: Threshold Art Gallery, 2007.
Quarto ND237.M212 A4 2008 McGarrell, James. Arts.i presents a series of 36 paintings on the Indian Ragamala: astronomies and pleasures. [New Delhi: Religare Arts Initiative, 2008]
P92.P18 H373 2009 Hasan, Burhanuddin. Breaking point: an eyewitness account of abuse of power and media in Pakistan. Karachi: Royal Book Co., 2009.
P95.82.S72 C65 2008 10th anniversary of the Colombo Declaration on media freedom and social responsibility: international symposium October 20-23, 2008, speeches and inter-active sessions. Colombo: Sri Lanka Press Institute, 2009.
PE1068.I4 A38 2009 Advani, Shalini. Schooling the national imagination: education, English, and the Indian modern. New Delhi; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
PK1511.I57 2008 Language vitality in South Asia. Aligarh: Dept. of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, c2009.
Quarto PK2199.F255 A6 2009 Faiz, Faiz Ahmad. A song for this day: 52 poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz = Aj ke nam. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2009.
PK2199.H338 A42 2008 Manto, Saadat Hasan. Selected stories. Noida, U. P.: Random House Publishers India, 2008.
PK2200.K6 B813 2009 Kishvar Nahid. A bad woman's story: a translation of Buri aurat ki katha. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2009.
PK2659.I38 S62 2009 Ijaz, Bushra. Snake and shadow: short stories. Chandigarh: Unistar Books, c2009.
PK2659.K267 A2 2009 Kanda, Amarika Singha. Overreach: short stories. Chandigarh: Unistar Books, c2009.
PK2788.82.E5 U53 2009 Unbordered memories: Sindhi stories of partition. New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2009.
PK2859.A147 K35 2008 Abedira, Langani Pranandu. The mountain--: a novel. Colombo: Godage International Publishers, 2008.
PK2916 P27 2009 Panda, Ravindra Kumara. Essays on modern Sanskrit poetry. Panda. Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2009.
PK5410.R4 R45 2010 Religion in literature and film in South Asia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
PL3801.B9 S53 2007 Sharma, S. R. Byangsi grammar and vocabulary. Pune: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute, 2007.
PL4641.S73 2008 Srinivasaraju, Sugata. Keeping faith with the mother tongue: the anxieties of a local culture. Bangalore: Navakarnataka Publications, 2008.
PN5377.E64 G74 2010 The green pen: environmental journalism in India and South Asia. New Delhi, India; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2010.
PR9387.9.S6 Z835 2009 Peyma, Nasser Dasht. Postcolonial drama: a comparative study of Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, and Girish Karnad. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, c2009.
PR9440.5.G35 2009 Galle Literary Festival (2007) Anthology, Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka, 2007-2008: selection of writings from participants of the 2007 and 2008 literary festivals. Colombo: Galle Literary Festival, 2009.
PR9492.6.N38 K35 2010 Kalpakl, Fatma. British novelists and Indian nationalism: contrasting approaches in the works of Mary Margaret Kaye, James Gordon Farrell and Zadie Smith. Bethesda: Academica Press, c2010.
PS3569.T33473 Z75 2010 Isaac, Megan Lynn. Suzanne Fisher Staples: the setting is the story. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2010.
PS3608.O832 Z87 2009 Stuhr, Rebecca. Reading Khaled Hosseini. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press, c2009.
Q127.I4 B58 2009 Bose, D. M. A concise history of science in India. Hyderabad: Universities Press (India), 2009.
R608.A55 A55 2009 Anita, Noshir H. A life of change: the autobiography of a doctor. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India, 2009.
RA643.86.I4 M55 2008 Migration/mobility and vulnerability to HIV among male migrant workers. New Delhi: Population Council, [South and East Asia Regional Office], 2008.
Quarto RA645.I75 A87 2007 Assessing the anemia status of adolescent girls in selected NNP intervention area in 2007. Dhaka: Helen Keller International, Bangladesh, 2007.
RA790.7.I5 M468 2008 Mental health care and human rights. New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission, 2008.
RC451.I4 R47 2009 Restoring mental health in India: pluralistic therapies and concepts. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009.
RG965.B3 M384 2007 Maternal, neonatal, and child health programmes in Bangladesh: review of good practices and lessons learned. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC, 2007.
Quarto S471.I3 A535 2008 Agricultural status of India: spatio-temporal dimensions. Kolkata: National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation, Dept. of Science & Technology, 2008.
Folio TR647.J633 2008 Jodha, Samar Singh. Phaneng: a journey into personal engagement. [New Delhi: Religare Arts Initiative, 2008]
Quarto UA853.N35 N46 2008 The Nepalese army: a force with history, ready for tommorow [sic]. [Kathmandu]: Directorate of Public Relations, Nepalese Army, 2008.