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The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed the emergence of colonial modernity in Odisha through the genre of the periodical press. How did the modernity project evolve in colonial Odisha? What were its contours? Was this modernity entirely consensual, or was it contested in the pages of the periodicals through an alternative modernity? This book addresses these and other questions about a forgotten chapter of Indias intellectual history. Tracing ...
This book is social-ethnographic study of the society and culture of hill Muslims called Churoute in Nepali language meaning bangle sellers of Nepal among whom the strict Islamic religious credo and centuries old social exclusions is creating a dilemma of poverty amidst plenty of human and natural resources. Owing to this the Muslim masses are unable to fulfill their basic needs easily and are unable to escape from fatalism and culture of poverty cycle. The lack ...
The goose quill put an end to talk. It abolished mystery. It was the basic metaphor with which the cycle of civilisation began, the step from the dark into the light of mind. The hand that hardened the clay tablets by baking like bricks created the library. Libraries have undergone a major change in modern times. They have been experiencing technological revolution that goes welt beyond anything that has existed since the invention of printing. Not surprisingly, ...
This is a book about the electronic publishing, the way it is done and the forms it takes. Its subject is online information services and how they will affect the narrative form of the individual news story as well as the general context of daily and weekly journalism. The central argument in this text is that the marriage of computers and online libraries creates a radically new technology that will fundamentally alter the relations between writer and news ...
Indian Publishing is one of the most under-rated intellectual enterprises in the country. Since the publishers are not demanding and believe in working without fanfare, they tend to be overlooked in the official scheme of things. Publishing does not find a place of honour in the cultural policy pronouncements of India. Above all. The publishing industry is now threatened with foreign invasion of unprecedented character. All this is being done in the name of ...
This volume is an extensive and analytical survey of the panorama of publishing in the eighteen Indian languages including English. It seeks to establish the extent and vibrancy of the publishing scene in the Indian subcontinent. Part one of the volume contains chapters on the eighteen languages contained in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution. The Chapters have been written by eminent writers who are experts in the field. They encompasse the story of the ...