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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Selected New Titles in Ames Library - September 2011

Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in August 2011. Or click here to download a copy.

B132.A3 G754 2010 Grimes, John A. Ramana Maharshi: the crown jewel of Advaita. Varanasi: Indica Books, 2010.
B833.K86 2011 Kunju, N. Questioning the unquestionable: thoughts on religion and rationalism. Delhi: Pancham Publications, 2011.
BD418.3.E85 2010 Exploring mind pollution. New Delhi: Gunjan Foundation, 2010.
BL1108.2.S77 2011 Studying Hinduism in practice. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2011.
BL1139.26.D57 2010 Disanayaka, Vijaya. Ramayana as shadows of South Asia's proto-history. Colombo: Sooriya Publishers, 2010.
BL1225.K362 D48 2011 Devarajan, T. Kama and Kama worship. Delhi: New Bharatiya Book Corp., 2011.
BL1243.32.S53 2011 Sharma, Arvind. Hinduism as a missionary religion. Albany: State University of New York Press, c2011.
BL2001.3.R45 2011 Religion and culture in Indian civilization: essays in honour of Prof. C.N. Venugopal. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2011.
BL2018.7.N57 J64 2010 Joginder Singh Ji. This or that. Delhi: Sant Nirankari Mandal, 2010.
BL2032.K37 T67 2010 Toshakhani, Sasisekhara. Rites and rituals of Kashmiri Brahmins. New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2010.
BP42.M38 2010 Maudoodi, Syed Abul Ala. Mawdudi on education. Karachi: Islamic Research Academy, 2010.
BP80.Q34 A95 2009 Azimi, Khvajah Shamsuddin. Qalander Baba Auliya: an introduction. Peshawar: Burkhiya Education Foundation, 2009.
BP128.16.F373 2008 Farahi, Hamiduddin. Exordium to coherence in the Quran: an English translation of Fatihah Nizam al-Quran. Lahore: al-Mawrid, 2008.
BP161.2.C46 2011 Choughley, Abdul Kader. Islamic resurgence: Sayyid Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi and his contemporaries. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2011.
BP170.S354 2008 Saleem, Shehzad. Fifty common misconceptions about Islam. Lahore: al-Mawrid, 2008.
BP174.G436 2009 Ghamidi, Javed Ahmad. Principles of understanding Islam. Lahore: al-Mawrid, 2009.
BP195.A6 A368 2007 Ahmad, Ghulam. al-Qasaidulahmadiyyah. Rabwah: Nazarat Ishaat, [2007?]
BQ239.N352 L86 2009 Bidari, Basanta. Lumbini beckons: a glimpse of the holy birthplace of the Buddha and its master plan and the Ashoka pillar inscription and the marker stone "the exact birth spot of the Buddha. Lumbini: Basanta Bidari, 2009.
BQ266.A35 2011 Ahir, D. C. The great Buddhist kings of Asia. Delhi: Buddhist World Press, 2011.
BQ4610.H6 B825 2011 Buddhism and Hinduism. Delhi: Buddhist World Press, 2011.
BQ6330.M66 2011 Monasteries, shrines, and society: Buddhist and Brahmanical religious institutions in India in their socio-economic context. New Delhi: Manak Publications, 2011.
BQ7374.I58 2010 Introducing Mahayana Buddhism. Kolkata: Asiatic Society, 2010.
BQ7980.2.N36 2005 Namdak, Tenzin. The three precepts: from the oral transmission of the great perfection in Zhangzhung: with a transcription of Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche's teachings. Naldjor: Naldjor--Institute for Movement and Tibetan Yoga, 2005.
BQ7980.2.N363 2007 Namdak, Tenzin. The four lamps: from the oral transmission of the great perfection in Zhangzhung: with a transcription of Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche's teachings. [S.l.]: Naldjor--Institute for Movement and Tibetan Yoga, 2007.
D863.A256 2010 Ahmed, Kawser. The battle without borders. Dhaka: Osder Publications, 2010.
DS341.S725 2010 Statements and declarations of SAARC: summits of the heads of state or government. Kathmandu: Institute of Foreign Affairs, 2010.
DS383.5.A3 K53 2011 Khan, Riaz M. Afghanistan and Pakistan: conflict, extremism, and resistance to modernity. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Baltimore, Md.: Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press, c2011.
DS392.N68 J34 2010 Jahangir, Tahir. A travel companion to the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2010.
DS393.82.R35 2010 Rahman, Mahfuzur. Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh: profiles of 27 communities. Dhaka: NewsNetwork, 2010.
DS395.5.K483 2010 Khasru, B. Z. Myths and facts: Bangladesh liberation war: how India, U.S., China, and the U.S.S.R. shaped the outcome. New Delhi: Rupa & Co., 2010.
DS395.5.R213 2011 Rahman, Waliur. Transition to democracy: kaleidoscope of a changing world. Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2011.
DS395.5.T56 2009 Time to turn a corner. [Dhaka]: Mahfuz Anam, [2009?]
DS423.D174 2011 Danino, Michel. Indian culture and India's future. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2011.
DS432.M25 S27 2011 Sarkar, Amitabha. Mal Paharia culture at the crossroad. New Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2011.
DS432.M84 F76 2011 Frontiers of embedded Muslim communities in India. London; New York: Routledge, 2011.
DS432.S5 G72 2011 Grewal, J. S. History, literature, and identity: four centuries of Sikh tradition. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011.
DS442.5.R6 2011 Roy, Kaushik. War, culture, and society in early modern South Asia, 1740-1849. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2011.
DS448.M628 I53 2011 India, global powers, and West Asia: political and economic dynamics. New Delhi: New Century Publications, 2011.
DS448.R39 2011 Ray, Jayanta Kumar. India's foreign relations, 1947-2007. New Delhi; New York: Routledge, 2011.
DS457.S64 2009 Sreekumar, P. K. Society and economy under the Chalukyas of Vatapi, C.AD 500-C.AD 800. Kuppam: Dravidian University, 2009.
DS461.9.B35 S87 2010 Surinder Singh. Discovering Banda Bahadur. New Delhi: Manohar, 2010.
DS478.P36 2011 The Panel settelment [i.e. settlement] in Andamans, 1858-1870: consisting of The Indian rebellion of Maulana Fazl-i-Haq Khairabadi (1858) and Twarikh-i-ajeeb of Maulana Mohammad Jafar Thanesari. Delhi: Gaur Publishers & Distributors, 2011.
DS480.3.M68 2010 A hundred years of Lev Tolstoy and the Indian connection. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publications, 2010.
DS481.G3 A4 2010 Gandhi, Mahatma. The master and the disciple: interactions between Gandhi and Nehru and their impact on modern Indian history. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2010.
DS481.G325 A5 2011 Gandhi, Sonia. Sonia Gandhi: emergence of the modern India: selected speeches and interviews. New Delhi: Uppal Pub. House, 2011.
DS481.S48 S33413 2011 Sastri, Sunila. Lal Bahadur Shastri: past forward. New Delhi: Konark Publishers, c2011.
DS481.S5513 B73 2011 Brass, Paul R. An Indian political life: Charan Singh and Congress politics, 1937 to 1961. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2011.
DS483.7.M57 2011 Misra, Sanghamitra. Becoming a borderland: the politics of space and identity in colonial Northeastern India. New Delhi; New York: Routledge, 2011.
DS485.A553 P57 2010 Pisipaty, S. Rama Krishana. Andhra culture: an obscure phase in the early historical archaeology of Andhra Pradesh. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2010.
DS485.C443 S53 2010 Sharma, A. K. Excavation at Karkabhat-Chhattisgarh: a megalithic site. Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan, 2010.
DS485.G8 G85 2011 Gujarat beyond Gandhi: identity, society and conflict. London; New York: Routledge, 2011.
DS485.H6 L7 2010 Lloyd, William, Sir. A narrative of a journey from Caunpoor to the Boorendo pass in the Himalaya Mountains via Gwalior, Agra, Delhi, and Sirhind, 1821-22. And Alexander Gerard's account of an attempt to penetrate by Bekhur to Garo and the Lake Manasarowara, 1821. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2010.
DS485.H9 K43 2010 Khan, Bilquis Jehan Naseruddeen. A song of Hyderabad: memories of a world gone by. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2010.
DS485.J25 S87 2010 Suri, Anju. British paramountcy in Jaipur State, 1818-1905. New Delhi: Manak Publications, 2010.
DS485.O63 D37 2010 Dasa, Bidya. Human rights, inhuman wrongs: state of governance in tribal regions. New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers, 2010.
DS485.P87 N39 2010 Nazer Singh. Golden Temple and the Punjab historiography: from 1799 to 1923 A.D. New Delhi: K.K. Publications, 2010.
DS485.P87 S64 2010 Singh, Bhupinder. Punjab politics: retrospect and prospect. New Delhi: Readworthy Publications, 2010.
DS485.T4 T46 2010 The Telangana struggle for identity. Hyderabad: Telangana Cultural Forum, 2010.
DS485.U64 U6 2011 U.P. History Congress (20th: 2009: V.B.S. Purvanchal University). Uttar Pradesh through the ages. New Delhi: Anamika Publishers & Distributors, 2011.
DS485.U64 U6564 2010 United Provinces' politics, 1939: the end of the first Congress ministry: governors' fortnightly reports and other key documents. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2010.
DS486.M295 T63 2011 Tobdan. Exploring Malana: an ancient culture hidden in the Himalayas. New Delhi: Indus Pub. Co., c2011.
DS489.8.N574 2010 Nissanka, H. S. S. Sri Lanka's foreign policy: a study in non-alignment. Colombo: Godage International Publishers, 2010.
DS489.84.S653 2009 Sri Lanka Conference on Peace and Development (2009: Kandy, Sri Lanka). Post-war reconstruction in Sri Lanka: prospects and challenges. Kandy: International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2010.
DS490.K28 W44 2010 Weerakoon, Bradman. Kalutara: an odyssey. Pannipitiya: Stamford Lake Publication, 2010.
DS494.53.C3 2010 Calendar of events, 2067 B.S. (2010-2011 A.D.). Kathmandu: Nepal Tourism Board, 2010.
DS495.5.N47 2010 Nepal, state of the state. Kathmandu: Centre for Economic and Social Development (CESOD), 2010.
DS495.8.K265 B53 2007 Bidari, Basanta. Kapilavastu: the world of Siddhartha. Lumbini: Sacred Garden, 2007.
DS498.S84 2011 Subrahmanyam, Sanjay. Three ways to be alien: travails and encounters in the early modern world. Waltham, Mass.: Brandeis University Press, c2011.
DS523.2.D37 2009 Das, Ram Ramjan. Indian cultural contacts with South East Asia. Kolkata: Education Forum, 2009.
DS834.95.C53 2009 Changing perceptions of Japan in South Asia in the new Asian era: the state of Japanese studies in India and other SAARC countries. Kyoto, Japan: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 2011.
DT16.E17 I53 2010 Indian diaspora in Africa: a comparative perspective. New Delhi: Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives & African Studies Association of India in collaboration with MD Publications, 2010.
G70.215.N35 P68 2010 Poudel, Krishna Prasad. Geographic information science and technology: building concepts in Nepalese perspectives. Lalitpur: Nepal GIS Society, c2010.
Quarto G155.N17 I5 2010 In focus 2009: Nepal sambat 1130. Kathmandu: Nepal Tourism Board, [2010?]
G155.N17 T68 2009 Tourism statistics, 2009. Kathmandu: Nepal Tourism Board, [2009?]
Quarto G155.N35 S878 2010 Survey of Indian visitors to Nepal by land, 2009. Kathmandu: Nepal Tourism Board, [2010], 2010.
Folio G2283.P8 N3 2010 State atlas of Punjab. Kolkata: National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation, Dept. of Science & Technology, 2010.
GB1339.R58 2011 Rivers of India. New Delhi: Arise Publishers & Distributors, 2011.
GR306.7.V43 J39 2010 Jayatunga, Pradeep A. Nittaewo, the hobbits of Sri Lanka: an analysis of the legend. Battaramulla: Neptune Publications, 2010.
GT4876.A2 I53 2010 India celebrates, 1-13 October, 2010: performances of rock bands, CWG Games Village. [New Delhi: Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corp., 2010?]
HB74.9.P18 R59 2011 Rizvi, Asad J. Loud thinking. Karachi: FP Publications, 2011.
HC79.P6 M878 2008 Mustain Billah, A. H. M. Environment-poverty interface towards achieving MDGs: case of two villages. Dhaka: Palok Publisher, 2008.
HC425.S542 2010 Sigdel, Bama Dev. Dimensions of Nepalese economy. Kathmandu: Human Actions for Rapid Development, 2010.
HC430.6.M87 2010 Muslehuddin. Economic and social impact of global financial crisis: implications for macroeconomic and development policies in South Asia. Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 2010.
HC435.3.N384 2010 Impact of global financial crisis on Indian Economy. New Delhi: Global Research Publications, 2011.
HC437.N67 L63 2011 Location, space and development: development trajectories in India's north east. New Delhi: Published for Centre for Alternative Discourse, Manipur by Concept Pub. Co., 2011.
HC440.T4 P68 2011 Poverty eradication and development through innovations. New Delhi: New Century Publications, 2011.
HC440.5.K432 2010 Khan, Akhtar Hasan. Wayward economic policies: analytical articles. Lahore: Ferozsons, 2010.
Quarto HC440.5.Z9 E4452 2010 Development funds for South Punjab: a discussion paper based on the statistics of development funds allocated to South Punjab from 2003-2010. Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency, 2010.
HC440.8.K436 2010 Khan, Akbar Ali. Friendly fires, humpty dumpty disorder, and other essays: reflections on economy and governance in Bangladesh. Dhaka: University Press, 2010.
HD1741.I4 G573 2011 Adhyapok, Prodip Kumar. Economic development of North East India. New Delhi: SSDN Publishers & Distributors, 2011.
HD2072.A37 2011 Agrarian distress in India: problems and remedies. New Delhi: Concept Pub. Co., 2011.
HD2072.W864 2011 WTO, globalization, and Indian agriculture. New Delhi: New Century Publications, 2011.
HD2075.K36.R36 2011 Ramappa, B. T. Some economic aspects of India: agriculture, forestry and industry. New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2011.
HD2075.P8 U53 2011 Understanding north-west Indian economy. New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2011.
HD2346.B27 F38 2010 Fatema Khatun. Development of small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh: a study of SME Foundation. Dhaka: Osder Publications, 2010.
HD3850.M35 2010 Malik, Shiv. Turnaround: a public sector story. Noida: Om Books International, 2010.
HD5070.5.I74 2010 Irfan, Mohammad. A review of the labour market research at PIDE, 1957-2009. Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 2010.
HD6060.65.I42 P38 2011 Pathy, Suguna. Sexual division of labour: the engendered labour dynamics. New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2011.
HD6077.2.I4 G46 2011 Gender mainstreaming through technology empowerment. Udaipur: Agrotech Pub. Academy, 2011.
HD6189.P35 2010 Pandya, Rameshwari. Women in the unorganized sector of India: including a case study of women in the embroidery industry in Surat City. New Delhi: New Century Publications, 2010.
HD6190.A53 N38 2011 Women entrepreneurs and socio-economic development: essays in honour of Prof. K.S. Chalam. New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2011.
HD9999.H364 F33 2010 Singh, Radhika. The Fabric of our lives: the story of Fabindia. New Delhi: Viking, Penguin Books India, 2010.
HE8700.9.I5 D47 2010 Desai, Mira K. Television in India: many faces. Delhi: Authorspress, 2010.
Quarto HF1586.9.N47 2010 Nepal trade integration strategy 2010: executive summary and action matrix. Kathmandu: Govt. of Nepal, Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, 2010.
HF1586.9.T734 2010 Trade policy, 2009. Kathmandu: Govt. of Nepal, Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, 2010.
HN670.9.A8 E97 2010 Expressions for peace. [Kathmandu]: Peace Working Group, Association of International NGOs in Nepal, 2010.
HN670.9.Z9 M26 2010 Das, Arun Kumar Lal. Statistical evidence on social and economic exclusion in Nepal. Kathmandu: Himal Books, 2010.
HQ240.5 S23 2011 Saeed, Fouzia. Taboo!: the hidden culture of a red light area. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Quarto HQ1058.D56 2010 Dimensions of deprivation: report on the poverty levels of widows of Vrindavan. New Delhi: Guild for Service, [2010?].
HQ1181.P18 B754 2009 Bridging the gaps: research at the Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies, University of Karachi. Karachi: Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies, Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Niswan & University of Karachi, 2011.
HQ1236.5.I5 R45 2011 Ranjana Kumari. Reign she will: women's strife for political space. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publications, 2011.
HQ1240.5.I4 E26 2011 Economic impact of political empowerment of women in India. New Delhi: Global Research Publications, 2011.
HQ1240.5.I4 P38 2010 Pattanaik, S. N. Rural women, panchayati raj, and development. New Delhi: Arise Publishers & Distributors, 2010.
HQ1744.K37 J36 2011 Jan, Muzamil. Women development in Kashmir: an intervention through cooperatives. Srinagar: Published by Jaykay Books for Jay Kay Book Shop, 2011.
HT690.I53 P353 2011 Palackal, Antony. Globalization, consumer culture, and identity: the middle class in a postmodern society. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, c2011.
HV551.2.S584 2011 Sinha, P. C. Disaster preparedness and rehabilitation. New Delhi: Arise Publishers & Distributors, 2011.
HV6248.P535 M694 2010 Moxham, Roy. Outlaw: India's bandit queen and me. London: Rider, 2010.
HV6485.I42 P34 2011 Pahad, Anjali. Media during crisis. New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2011.
JQ629.A98 L35 2010 Tariq, Faruq. Pakistan, a new beginning: building LPP, strategies, campaigns & views. Lahore: Good Books, 2010.
JZ1318.C66 2010 Contemporary perspectives on globalisation and migration. Delhi: Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2010.
KF26.C43 2010 Chauhan, Anil. Aftermath of a nuclear attack: a case study on post-strike operations. New Delhi: Pentagon Press: Centre for Land Warfare Studies, 2010.
LA1148.7.V53 2009 Vidanapathirana, Upali. Impact of language barriers on the progress of learners following the BA degree in social sciences programme: a study of access, equity, and diversity / by Upali Vidanapathirana. Nugegoda: Dept. of Social Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka, 2009.
LA1153.C43 2011 Chalam, K. S. Deconstructing higher education reforms in India. New Delhi: Gyan Pub. House, 2011.
LA1156.I633 2011 Iqbal, Muhammad, Hafiz. Education in Pakistan: development milestones. Karachi: Paramount Publishing, 2011.
LB2333.S45 2010 Selim, Mohammad. Problems of higher education in Bangladesh: a study on the performance of university teachers.. Dhaka: Osder Publications, 2010.
LC212.83.I53 B66 2009 Unwanted attention: sexual harassment in colleges in Mumbai: a handbook. Mumbai: Akshara, A Women's Resource Centre, 2009.
LC1571.I4 I58 2006 Universities for women: challenges & perspectives. New Delhi: Women Press, 2011.
LF123.A959 2011 Aziz, Khursheed Kamal. Indian Muslim students at Cambridge. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2011.
Quarto LG395.P18 D57 2011 Directory of alumni of the Department of Social Work & the Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies, University of Karachi. Karachi: Centre of Excellence for Women's Studies, Dept. of Social Work, Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Niswan & University of Karachi, [2011]
ML338.B67 2011 Bose, P. V. Panchaka in Indian music. New Delhi: Raj Publications, 2011.
Quarto N6537.S83 A4 2010 Subrahmanian, Madhvi. Madhvi Subrahmanian: organic/abstract: installation and outdoor sculptures, January 18-February 13, 2010. Mumbai: Chemould Prescott Road, 2010.
Quarto N7305.J36 2010 Jangarh kalam: contemporary art of the Adivasis. New Delhi: Art Alive Gallery, 2010.
Quarto N7310.M363 A4 2009 Mani, Lavanya. In praise of folly: 4-28 September 2009. Mumbai: Chemould Prescott Road, [2009?]
N7310.S462 A4 2010 Sen, Mithu. Nothing lost in translation. Berlin: Nature Morte, c2010.
ND1010.A43 A4 2010 Aich, Samir. Nerve line of being. New Delhi: Gallery Ensign, [2010?]
Folio ND1010.D262 A4 2010 Das, Jatin. Jatin Das: November 2010. Mumbai: Gallery Art & Soul, 2010.
Quarto ND1010.K64 A4 2010 Kohli, Seema. Myth is reality. Mumbai: Gallery Art & Soul, 2010.
ND1010.R26 R36 2010 Ramakumara. Ram Kumar: selected works 1950-2010. New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2010.
Quarto ND2051.6.N35 N463 2010 Watercolours from Nepal & Bangladesh, SAARC region: 4th annual exhibition. [Kathmandu]: Nepal Watercolour Society, [2010]
NK4210.D242 A4 2010 Daroz, P. R. I am clay. New Delhi: Art Alive Gallery, [2010?]
P94.5.W65 W66 2010 Woman as spectator and spectacle: essays on women and media. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press India, 2010.
P121.R307 2010 Rahman, Tariq. Linguistics for beginners: basic concepts. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2010.
PK121.P76 2010 Problematizing language studies: cultural, theoretical and applied perspectives: essays in honour of Rama Kant Agnihotri. Delhi: Aakar Books, 2010.
PK1423.S64 2010 Sogani, Kamal Chand. Advanced Apabhramsa grammar. Sri Mahaviraji, Rajasthan: Apabhramsa Sahitya Academy; Jaipur: Copies from, Sahitya Vikraya Kendra, 2010-
PK1730.22.A54 D48 2010 Gangopadhyaya, Sunil. Soiled clothes. New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2010.
PK1730.3.A455 A2 2010 Nagari, Sahabuddina. Midnight locomotive and other poems. Dhaka: Pathak Shamabesh, 2010.
PK1730.35.I9 C34 2010 Rizia Rahman. Caged in paradise and other stories. Dhaka: University Press, 2010.
PK1730.36.L54 A2 2010 Hosena, Selina. Fugitive colours. Dhaka: Writers.ink: Distributed by University Press, 2010.
PK2579.S4 A2 2009 Senapati, Fakir Mohan. Ananta, the widow's son: the story in multiple translations; translated from the Oriya. Bhubaneswar: Four Corners, 2009.
PK2598.S4 H77 2010 Hutt, Michael. The life of Bhupi Sherchan: poetry and politics in post-Rana Nepal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010.
PK2659.S38 A2 2011 Sekhon, Sant Singh. Seven plays on Sikh history. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2011.
PK3798.N32 N38 2011 Melpputtur Narayana Bhatta's contribution to Sanskrit. Delhi: New Bharatiya Book Corp., 2011.
PN2881.5.S56 2011 Sinha, Biswajit. Bengali theatre: dramatic voyage of Delhi. New Delhi: Raj Publications, 2011.
PN5378.B52 S56 2010 Singh, Sudhir Kumar. Press, politics & public opinion in Bihar, 1912-1947. New Delhi: Manak Publications, 2010.
PR9494.4.O94 2011 The Oxford anthology of writings from North-East India. New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
PR9540.9.D55 O4 2011 Dil, Saeqa. Of this and that. Islamabad: Intercultural Forum, 2011.
PR9540.9.P37 L54 2009 Paracha, Asif. Life in the stream: a short story. Quetta: Stockist, Kalat Publisher, [2009?]
Quarto QC903.2.I53 C56 2010 Climate change and India: a 4X4 assessment, a sectoral and regional analysis for 2030s. New Delhi: Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India, 2010.
Quarto QC990.H56 C556 2010 Climate change vulnerability of mountain ecosystems in the Eastern Himalayas. Kathmandu: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2010.
QH87.3.S23 2009 Sacred waters: cultural values of Himalayan wetlands. Kathmandu: WWF Nepal, 2009.
Quarto RA395.N35 E93 2010 Evaluation report of ICCO funded project on translating human rights into health realities in Nepal. Kathmandu: Britain Nepal Medical Trust, 2010.
Quarto RA395.N35 S53 2009 Shah, Mahendra B. Rapid need assessment report: fostering health and livelihoods of conflict affected people in Nepal: an EU funded project. Kathmandu: The Britain Nepal Medical Trust, 2009.
Quarto RA395.N35 S83 2010 Subedi, Govind. An external evaluation report: Fostering Health and Livelihoods of Conflict Affected People in Nepal (VCP), an EU funded project. Kathmandu: Britain Nepal Medical Trust, 2010.
RA541.B35 T69 2009 Towards peoples' health care system: national seminar, 2009: contributing to national health policy. Dhaka: UBINIG, 2009.
TD171.5.I4 S43 2009 The Secret abode of fireflies: loving and losing spaces of nature in the city. New Delhi: Youthreach, [2009?]
Quarto TK5103.4.I53 2009 India 2009-2014: broadband roadmap for inclusive growth: accelerating inclusive, equitable, and sustainable growth of India through ubiquitous broadband: vision, strategies, and recommendations. New Delhi: Confederation of Indian Industry: IMRB International, 2009.
TR655.H67 2011 Horler, Coni. The photo mantra collection. [New Delhi: Embassy of Switzerland in India], c2011.
Quarto TX360.B3 B36 2009 Bangladesh household food security and nutrition assessment report, 2009. [Dhaka: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2009]
U264.5.P18 C53 2010 Clary, Christopher. Thinking about Pakistan's nuclear security in peacetime, crisis, and war. New Delhi: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 2010.
VK104.S68 A78 2010 Arunachalam, B. Maritime heritage of southern peninsular India. Mumbai: Maritime History Society, 2010.
VM431.A78 2009 Arunachalam, B. Indian boat designs and forms. Mumbai: Maritime History Society, 2009.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Talk: Adventures in ornithology: Transformations in a field science in Sri Lanka

Adventures in ornithology: Transformations in a field science in Sri Lanka


by Arjun Guneratne
Associate Professor, Depts of Anthropology & Asian Languages and Cultures, Macalester College


Date: Friday, September 16. 2011
Time: Coffee & Cookies 3:15 pm, Talk 3:30 pm
Place: 445 Blegen Hall
Series: Geography Coffee Hour
poster

This talk examines the shift in the techniques of ornithology from a field science based on collecting specimens, in which the chief tools were rifles, shotguns and other kinds of collecting equipment to modern birdwatching, which relies on field guides and optical
equipment. While this shift has been generally attributed to the availability of new technology and the development of a conservationist ethic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that was less tolerant of broad-scale collecting of specimens, there has
been no detailed study of the particular social and political forces that impacted this transformation in particular contexts. In this talk, I examine the transformation of ornithology in its Sri Lankan context and relate it to the rise of a native Sri Lankan elite during the middle of the 20th century, which did not share the values and interests of the British expatriates who had established ornithology in Sri Lanka. This transformation can be attributed to the development of new technologies such as field guides and binoculars, the emergence of a preservationist ethos during the first half of the twentieth
century that frowned on collecting animal specimens generally, but also the transformations in the social foundations of birding, as it shifted from one social group (and its system of values) to another, and the institutional constraints that were put on collecting specimens as political power shifted and new values were given
expression in law.


Talk: Known Unknowns: The Problem with GMO Research [in Warangal, India]

Known Unknowns: The Problem with GMO Research [in Warangal, India]


by Glenn Davis Stone
Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Environmental Studies
Washington University, St. Louis


Date: Thursday, September 29
Time: 4:00 pm
Place: 125 Nolte
Series: Institute for Advanced Study Thursdays at Four Series
Poster

Glenn Davis Stone is a professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Environmental Studies at the Washington University in St. Louis. His recent work focuses on ecological, social, and political aspects of the introduction of genetically modified crops in developing countries, particularly India and Nigeria. He is most recently the author of "Field vs. Farm in Warangal: Bt Cotton, Higher Yields, and larger Questions" and he discusses food, farming, and biotechnology on his regularly updated blog, Fieldquestions. Prof. Stone's talk is organized in conjunction with the Institute for Advanced Study's interdisciplinary facultry seminar, "Talking Over Food: Abundance and Scarcity in the 21st Century," and is part of the University Symposium on Abundance and Scarcity.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Talk: Are We Entering an Age of Urban Revolution? Rethinking the "Miracles" of Shanghai and Bangalore in Light of the "Uprisings" in Cairo and London

Are We Entering an Age of Urban Revolution? Rethinking the "Miracles" of Shanghai and Bangalore in Light of the "Uprisings" in Cairo and London

by Michael Goldman
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Global Studies, and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC)

September 13, 2011
12:00 to 1:30 p.m. (Lunch served at noon)
101 University International Center (map)
331 17th Ave SE, East Bank

All are welcome but RSVPs are appreciated!

Or watch online at https://umconnect.umn.edu/tuesday/

As a member of a university-wide collaboration, the Global Urban Laboratory, Professor Goldman introduces in this talk the idea that we have entered the age of urban revolutions. Three types will be presented. First, since the early 1990s, there has been a sea change in policies toward the urban, with leaders using cities as platforms for national integration into the global economy. By putting up for sale public goods and urban spaces, they are transforming the structure of labor and production, politics and rights, and access to space and goods in our cities.

Consequently and secondly, popular protests globally are sparking what appear to be political revolutions with deep urban roots and ambitions (e.g., Jakarta, Cairo, Tunis, Santiago, Madrid). Third, urban scholars and activists has begun to rethink the staleness of our intellectual frameworks, inspiring a conceptual revolution grounded less in old models emanating from our traditional notions of global cities (London and New York) and more from new ways of seeing complex realities unfolding in cities in the global South. The talk will highlight dimensions to these three "urban revolutions," with a focus on Goldman's own research on Indian cities.



Beyond Peacocks and Paisleys: Handcrafted Textiles of India and its Neighbors

Exhibition, Lecture and Reception

What: Collector's Talk: Donald Clay Johnson's Paritosh Collection
When: Sunday, September 18, 2011 • 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Where: 33 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108
Free and open to the public

Join us for a talk by former curator of the Ames Library of South Asia at the University of Minnesota and noted Indian textile collector Donald Clay Johnson. He will talk about the origins of his Paritosh Collection, a selection of which is on exhibit at the Goldstein Museum of Design, and his experiences as a collector.

This exhibition showcases saris, shawls, and home textiles collected over 50 years by Dr. Johnson. Johnson began collecting during a year's residence in India in 1962 and named the collection "Paritosh," or "contentment," after his host family's compound. The handcraft techniques include ikat weaving, several varieties of embroidery, block printing, bandhani and lahariya varieties of tie-dye, and more.

Please visit collector Donald Clay Johnson's online archive to see images from his collection.

For more information about the exhibition, click here.