Rashmi Doraiswamy
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While there are books that examine the relationship between Central Asia and India, or Central Asia and China or China and India, there are few books that examine the triangular relationship between what is a very significant macro-region within Asia. This book is a collection of papers presented at a national conference on Central Asia, China and India: Historical, Economic, Political and Cultural Relations organized in 2016. The historical links between China ...
The XX century saw the emergence of two theories, multinationalism and multiculturalism, to deal with issues of linguistic, ethnic, racial, religious diversities vis-a-vis nationhood and statehood. This hybrid volume brings together essays on multicultural theory and examines multiculturalism and multinationalism in relation to the Central Asian region in pre-Soviet, Soviet and post-Soviet times.
The five states in the Central Asian regions, those of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrghystan and Tajikistan, have emerged as the energy frontier as they are rich in energy resources—in oil and gas and hydropower. The book views the concern of the countries to establish their leverage in energy issues with global and regional players as also the challenges they face such as need for diversification of means to transport oil and gas. It discusses ...
For lovers of Asian cinema and for those simply curious to know its trends and moods, experiments and innovations since it strode the world stage with assurance in the mid- 80s, Asian Film Journeys is a feast. It presents a selection of articles that appeared in the pages of Cinemaya, The Asian Film Quarterly between 1988 and 2004, articles that closely tracked the bold new film narrative of both the well-known and the lesser-known cinemas as it unfolded. .The ...
Central Asia, the 'heart' of the Eurasian landmass, has through the centuries been the hub of diverse and varied cultures. These cultures have encompassed pre-Islamic religions and Islam, sedentary and nomadic lifestyles and lived through rapid transitions from feudal, capitalist and socialist economies, from Tsarist to Soviet and post-Soviet formations. The essays in this volume examine the cultural exchanges and encounters that have occurred in the region ...
The Post-Soviet Condition: Chingiz Aitmotiv in the’ 90s’, examines the works of one of the foremost writers of not only Kyrgyzstan, but of the former Soviet Union. Chingiz Aitmatov’s stories, novellas and novels were conceived within the canon of socialist realism but also proved the author to be a ‘Critical insider’. Chingiz Aitmatov bore witness to the periods of the Second World War, Stalinism, the Thaw, Stagnation, perestroika and Postsocialism. His ...