Kamala Ganesh
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Zero Point, from which all distances to the city are measured, is an apt metaphor for Horniman Circle. Located in the heart of the 'Fort', it holds within itself the early history of the Portuguese and British presence going back to the mid-sixteenth century. It is the very birthplace of Bombay. It is, at the same time, a hub of contemporary Mumbai, anchored in its economy and ethos. The co-presence of varied institutions--financial, commercial, ...
"The recent literature on family and kinship has exhibited a divergence in approaches. On the one hand, the discourse on human rights and gender depicts women as being trapped within oppressive systems. On the other, the traditional academic and policy approaches tend to treat the family as being beyond change and as an institution which enshrines principles of consensus and support. Deviating significantly from both these approaches to family and kinship, ...
The long-standing and continuing debate on Indian culture and on what constitutes 'Indianness' manifests itself in many ways, some more subtle than others. In India, the historical passage to modernity, mediated by colonial authority and by nationalist resistance to it, has impacted all cultural disciplines. This collection of 17 original essays provides insights into the various ways in which the interrelated issues of culture, identity and Indianness are ...
Original documents are of prime importance for understanding history, particularly of the trade union movement right from its incipient stages, when the British created a labour force long before it even thought of industrializing India. Realizing the important of providing scattered documents for scholars, the ICHR published in 24 volumes in the series on Labour Movements in India –Documents with A.R. Desai as the General Editor. This volume is a part of 2 ...
Original documents are of prime importance for understanding history, particularly of the trade union movement right from its incipient stages, when the British created a labour force long before it even thought of industrializing India. Realizing the important of providing scattered documents for scholars, the ICHR published in 24 volumes in the series on Labour Movements in India –Documents with A.R. Desai as the General Editor. This volume is a part of 2 ...
Original documents are of prime importance for understanding history, particularly of the trade union movement right from its incipient stages, when the British created a labour force long before it even thought of industrializing India. Realizing the important of providing scattered documents for scholars, the ICHR published in 24 volumes in the series on Labour Movements in India –Documents with A.R. Desai as the General Editor. This volume is a part of 2 ...