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Informed by diverse philosophical, religious and political traditions which have roots within and outside India, contemporary Indian thought becomes intelligible when it is situated in its proper perspective. The contemporary discourse expresses various stands of classical influence--Vedantin, Buddhist, Jain, Christianity, Islam, Sufism, Sikkhism, modernist liberal and socialist thought and its post-modernist critiques. No other single dictionary meets the needs ...
Guru Gobind Singh was the ideal of all the Indians who loved freedom. He always stood for the whole humanity and worked for the upliftment of the downtrodden people irrespective of their religion sect, race or caste. He stood for secularism and never performed a single act which was parochial in character. He used the words Ć¢ā¬ā¢HindustanĆ¢ā¬ā¢ and Ć¢ā¬ĖHindustanisĆ¢ā¬ā¢ in his writings and not Ć¢ā¬ĖPunjabĆ¢ā¬ā¢ and Ć¢ā¬ĖPunjabis". He fought battles risking his life, ...
Hindi Cinema-a world of dreams, glamorous stars and action! A world which enthrals you and draws you into its magnetic orbit! Where larger than-life characters rule the celluloid and pave the way as Ć¢ā¬ĖIdolized ExamplesĆ¢ā¬ā¢! Especially the heroines, often seeped in a song and dance routine of glamour and sometimes in powerful roles, create contradictory waves of displeasure and pleasure. But do these attractive characters reflect any semblance to reality? Can the ...
There is much controversy about the advent of Islam in India. Generally it is assumed that Islam entered India through invaders who spread it with the might of sword. This myth needs to be contained as it is one of the powerful tools in the hands of communalists. The fact is that Islam entered India through west coast during the life time of the holy prophet himself with the help of Arab traders. Probably the first converts to Islam in India were the people of ...
This book is about the history and politics of the demand for a homeland by a minority community. It encompasses into its gamut the formation and politicization of Sikh community and its demand for a separate homeland both in pre-partition and post-partition India. A sincere attempt has been made to discuss various aspects of this demand. Many formulations may appear to be controversial but the main purpose is to generate a constructive debate around the central ...
From the content and sectional division of the articles incorporated in this volume, one could easily see the huge canvass of writings, ranging from the ethnic conflict in Central Asia, to erstwhile Soviet Union, Pakistan to relevance for need for inter-religious dialogue, to problems of minorities, contribution of Sufi and Bhakti movement to Indian medieval society, significance of Gandhi, Maulana Azad and Moulana Hussain Ahmad Madani and other prominent Muslim ...
The book deals with the most burning and pertinent issues of economic growth, social and economic justice, the strategies of liberalisation and globalisation, the opening of the financial sector, resource mobilisation, public sector reforms, the dangers of purely market-led growth and need of good governance in a very lucid and intelligible language. t examines the root causes of the recent economic and financial crisis in the East Asian economies and provides ...