Kalinga Publications
66 books
Pakistan is confronted with the crisis of national identity ever since its inception as an independent state in 1947. The major communities of Pakistan have been asserting for their identity and autonomy, there by questioning the very contours of the Pakistani state: The two nation theory. The Mohajir community though supported the idea of Pakistan, have been struggling for their identity and status. Why do they feel isolated? Why is that the major ethno-cultural ...
There are thirty African countries who are member of La Francophonie. African continent has the largest number of French speaking people totaling over 150 millions. This region also has around half a dozen exclusive Francophone regional organizations which have their own currency and institutions. India despite having a strong Indo-African relations, has little bilateral and multilateral interactions with most these francophone countries and regional entities. ...
India-Nepal relations have been a subject of high significance for both the countries. The treaties and agreements concluded between the two countries from time to time clearly shows the mutuality of interests and need for cooperation and intimacy between the two countries. The present book is a collection of various treaties, agreements and understandings concluded between India and Nepal since the days of East India company. The book is divided into three ...
India has historical and multi dimensional relations with Africa. However, barring a few exceptions, the closer interactions of India with African countries remained confined to Anglophone Africa, most of whom are coastal states or hinterlands of the Indian Ocean. Over two dozen Francophone states, most of whom are in Western and Central Africa remained out of Indian policy priorities. Divergence in colonial experience, language, distances etc. are acting as ...
The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the politics of regionalism in Pakistan. It discusses the regional tensions right since 1947 upto General Musharraf’s phase. Although, the ruling elite of Pakistan made loud claims to have resolved the issue of nation building and integration, the reality has been quite opposite to the claims of the ruling elite. All the four provinces of the Pakistan are plagued by regional tensions: these tensions have ...
Soon after the dawn of Jainism on Indian sub-continent, which happens to be its cradle-land, the image worship was introduced in the faith. These articles of the religious faith were established in many of the Jaina shrines in the country. But consequent to the onslaught of the foreign invaders, several of the religious edifices had been destroyed and the vandalism of the sculptural art became quite rampant. The artefects that could be saved from vandals were ...
Issues and problems of governance, particularly in the third world countries have increasingly come under the gaze of social scientists and political activists alike. Ethnic conflicts, political movements, socio-religious conflicts and other violent upsurges on the one hand and widespread corruption, criminalization of politics, soft regimes, bureaucratic inefficiency and red tappism on the other are some of the more important manifestations of the problem ...
Nepal is the closest neighbouring country of India. Despite vast differences in size, resources, population, capabilities and levels of development there are several factors which have made their relationship cooperative as well as conflictual. The geographical and sociocultural and religious proximities, close economic interlinkages and Nepal's excessive economic dependence upon India primarily due to its landlocked nature, Nepal's strategic importance ...
A sudden rise of a goddess, namely Durga gained, popularity in the northern part of war-torn Sri Lanka. Tellippalai, a small village in Jaffna, is the cynosure of Durga worship. Following this many satellite temples came into existence in all parts of the peninsula and all over Sri Lanka. Goddess Durga generally propitiated in the ghora, terrific form, only for three days in a year during Navaratri festival, now changed her face into the bhoga, benevolent form. ...
Religion and politics have remained intimately intertwined in Pakistan right since its genesis. Political Islam not only laid the foundations of the nation state of Pakistan but also played a significant role in its day-to-day politics. Born in contradictions in undivided India and seeking to outpace the religion based politics of the Muslim League, the Jamaat-i-Islami waged a running battle with the ruling establishment of Pakistan. Ironically, the bitter ...
The present book deals with the entire spectrum of the problem of environmental degradation in general, and burning problem of environmental hazardous due to non-seriousness of the policy planners in India in particular. Author has taken the Sardar Sarovar Project as an instance for classifying policy errors which has delayed implementation of the project. The book has emphasised both the role of NGOs in creating environmental consciousness as well as quest for ...
This book is about the most wanted man of the world today, Osama Bin Laden. The American President George W. Bush wants him alive or dead. The Americans think, he is behind the destruction of World Trade Centre in New York and the American defence establishment building in Washington D.C. on 11 September, 2001. The Muslims all over the world say Laden is innocent till such time authentic proofs are not furnished against him. Whether he is the real culprit or not ...
The semantic content of an art like music (sruti and layam) is multidimensional. Totality of perceptions (perhaps infinite) can actualise all the meaningful possibility implicit in a branch like ‘Layam’. ‘Layam’ in this context is treated as a sub-discipline of concert-music, devotional music, (congregations like bajans) drama and dance. The aim of the study is to clarify certain parameters of the art of percussion. Percussion-art had cultivated aesthetic ...