Download or read book At Home in Mumbai written by Chandrima Pal and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mumbai is place you can call home and yet remain homeless. Friendly and hostile, generous and ruthless, no other city captures your imagination with such fierceness. And no other city obsesses as much over space with such passion. The boy who calls a square on the pavement his 'ghar' or the globetrotting fashion entrepreneur at her Cumballa Hill home, a star waving out to his fans from his Bandra terrace, to the migrant who struggles to find acceptance in the city teeming with 'outsiders', every person in this city has a story of negotiating the idea of space.This is an attempt to tell some of these stories, to understand what being 'at home' really means to those who have been part of the incredible narrative that is Mumbai.
Download or read book A Place to Call Home written by Ramya Ramanath and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any city is a product of politics and economics, organizations and people. Yet, the life experiences of women uprooted from its poorest quarters seldom inform urban resettlement plans. In this ethnographic field study, Ramya Ramanath, Associate Professor at DePaul University, examines the lives of women displaced by slum clearance and relocated to the largest slum resettlement site in Asia. Through conversations with diverse women of different ages, levels of education, types of employment, marital status, ethnicity, caste, religion, and household make-up, Ramanath recounts how women negotiate a drastic change in environment, from makeshift housing in a park slum to ownership of a high-rise apartment in a posh Mumbai suburb. Each phase of their city lives reflects how women initiate change and disseminate a vision valuable to planners intent on urban and residential transformations. Ramanath urges the concerted engagement of residents in design, development, and evaluation of place-making processes in cities and within their own neighborhoods especially. This book will interest scholars of public policy, women and gender studies, South Asian studies, and urban planning.
Download or read book Day Care for Young Children in India written by Vrinda Datta and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Fine Day written by Sameer Bhide and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life can and will change for good or bad. Whether sudden or planned, physical or emotional, personal or professional, big or small, one fine day we will all have to face a new normal. When your day comes, what will you do? One fine day, unimaginable tragedy happened to Sameer Bhide. His entire life came crashing down, starting with a life-changing, debilitating stroke, the loss of work, and a divorce. One Fine Day is the amazing story of his struggle to come back from the brink with the help of a diverse community of friends and caretakers, as well as an integration of Western medicine with Eastern holistic care. Sameer’s example of positivity, gratitude, and grace will help you accept a new normal— whatever it may be—as a gift. In sharing his personal story, experiences, ideas, approaches, and suggestions, he hopes One Fine Day will help readers: > build resilience to face any life change or adversity > find positivity, express gratitude, and build perseverance in the healing process > look at the unexpected benefits and find possibilities in any life change > find possibility where most people would see none (the art of the possible) > adjust to a new life that they may not have chosen > supplement cutting-edge Western medicine with holistic Eastern medicine and care
Download or read book Mr Todiwala s Bombay written by Cyrus Todiwala and published by Hardie Grant Egmont. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest book from TV chef Cyrus Todiwala, Mr Todiwala’s Bombay incorporates the best of both classic and modern Indian cuisine. Since the release of his bestselling The Incredible Spice Men, also a hit BBC Two series, Cyrus has made a name for himself as a master of spices and Indian cuisine. To Cyrus, Mumbai will always be Bombay: the jostling, colourful city of his childhood and the land that cultivated his passion for food. Join Cyrus and his wife Pervin on a bustling culinary jaunt around one of the world’s most exciting and mysterious places. Feast on moreish jumping chicken samosas from street vendors, succulent hot and spicy tiger prawns, tender lamb cooked with sizzling Indian Puy lentils, and homemade golden Pooris that will melt in your mouth. Learn how to make fragrant sweet puddings, authentic-tasting curries, delicate chutneys and some of the most delicious treats known to mankind. Set against the backdrop of stunning on-location photographs, Mr Todiwala’s Bombay is a charming celebration of Indian food.
Download or read book Run or at least Hide written by Aarti A. Hemrajani and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-09-13 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hazy how it all began Was there ever a middle Or just a harsh end Words were mine to set free But were they worthy of every eye Or just meant to be kept hushed inside For every woman who ever tried Wanting a life that could mirror her mind Or forced to surrender to an unjust fate Never wanted to be a hero Nor thought of herself as brave Or would she have if she knew how it ends Hope a dew for just a while Wonder who drops it from the sky Or are they tears of a lonely night She needs no name For its forever some unknown name Or does she even have a name The one who loved And had seen no pain Or was there ever such a fair game See her, but see her through my eyes Let thoughts linger a while longer inside Or forever wonder, did she run or at least hide?
Download or read book India written by Manoher V. Sonalker and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India Is Slowly Awakening From The Sleep Extending Over Half A Century And Gradually Taking Its Rightful Place In The Comity Of Nations. Gone Are The Days When Agrarian Economy Characterized The Indian Economy. Today, Industrial And Services Sectors Are Playing Important Role In The Country S Economy. While Fast Development Is Perceptible In These Sectors, Considerable Progress Has Also Been Made In The Agricultural Sector Owing To The Green Revolution. Consequently, There Has Been A Marked Increase In The National Income Since Independence. But Will It Be Correct To Say That India Has Succeeded In Providing All Its Citizens A Better Quality Of Life? Has It Built Up A Nation Where Even The Poorest Citizen Can Lead A Life Of Simple Dignity With At Least His Basic Needs Being Satisfied? Has It Been Able To Ensure That Not A Single Citizen Will Remain Hungry Even For A Day? Has It Guaranteed An Affordable Shelter To All, And Access To Education To All Its Citizens? Has It Instilled The Spirit Of Unity And Oneness Among The Millions Of Citizens Of Diverse Caste, Creed, Community, Religion Or State? Has The Government Policy Brought A Significant Improvement In The General Lot Or The People Are Still Striving For Their Socio-Economic Rights? Numerous Questions Need To Be Answered To Realise The Steady Progress Of India In Diverse Fields In True Spirit.The Present Book Attempts To Trace The Quality Of Life As Enjoyed By An Average Citizen Of India After More Than Fifty Years Of Independence. Beginning With The Pre-Independence Era, The Book Analyses India S Steady Progress In The Diverse Areas Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure, Education, Health, Rural Development To Name A Few In The Light Of Progress Made By Countries Like South Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Etc., Which Judged By Any Standards Are Far Ahead Of India Socio-Economically. Besides, The Basic Question Is Democracy Losing Ground Has Been Approached To From A Different Perspective.It Is Hoped That The Present Book On Socio-Economics Will Appeal To All General Readers Concerned With The Development Of The Indian Economy.
Download or read book Oswaal One For All Question Bank NCERT CBSE Class 7 English For 2024 25 Exam written by Oswaal Editorial Board and published by Oswaal Books. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description of the Product: • 100 % Updated for 2023-24 with latest Rationalised NCERT Textbooks • Crisp Revision with Concepts Review, Mind Maps & Mnemonics • Valuable Exam Insights with Fully Solved NCERT Textbook +Exemplar Questions • Extensive Practice with 1600+ Practice Questions & Activity Questions • NEP Compliance with Artificial intelligence & Art Integration
Download or read book Maharashtra Human Development Report 2012 TOWARDS INCLUSIVE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT written by Jayachandran Usha and published by Sage . This book was released on 2014 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present Maharashtra Human Development Report (MHDR) 2012 keeps the spirit of the Eleventh and Twelfth Five Year Plans of ‘faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth’ at the core of its analysis. MHDR 2002 was the state’s first effort in focusing on the prevailing human development scenario in the spheres of growth, poverty, equity, education, health and nutrition. Since then the state has come a long way in the last decade, achieving near-complete enrolments at the primary school level, a wide coverage of health infrastructure and initiation of new incentives, to name a few. The 2012 Report goes beyond being just a situation-analysis of the current human development scenario to a more analytical exercise in facilitating a deeper understanding of what and where the inequalities are, how capabilities can be enhanced, what has been the progress, where the shortfalls are and where the thrust of efforts to promote human development should be. Recognizing the centrality of inclusive growth processes to human development, the need to study human development outcomes disaggregated by gender, rural–urban, regional and social groups is the focal point of this Report. The outcome would be the identification of specific human development goals, evidence-based policy recommendations and directions to how those excluded from the growth and human development processes can be included to reap the benefits of the same.
Download or read book The East India Company at Home 1757 1857 written by Margot Finn and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The East India Company at Home, 1757–1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It includes chapters from researchers based in a wide range of settings such as archives and libraries, museums, heritage organisations, the community of family historians and universities. It moves beyond conventional academic narratives and makes an important contribution to ongoing debates around how empire impacted Britain. The volume focuses on the propertied families of the East India Company at the height of Company rule. From the Battle of Plassey in 1757 to the outbreak of the Indian Uprising in 1857, objects, people and wealth flowed to Britain from Asia. As men in Company service increasingly shifted their activities from trade to military expansion and political administration, a new population of civil servants, army officers, surveyors and surgeons journeyed to India to make their fortunes. These Company men and their families acquired wealth, tastes and identities in India, which travelled home with them to Britain. Their stories, the biographies of their Indian possessions and the narratives of the stately homes in Britain that came to house them, frame our explorations of imperial culture and its British legacies.
Download or read book Sounding Off written by Resul Pookutty and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resul Pookutty, India’s best-known sound designer and audiographer, won an Oscar for his work in Slumdog Millionaire. Sounding Off, his autobiography, is the amazing odyssey of a village boy from Kerela whose resilience and conviction took him to the very cutting edge of cinematic sound technology---from struggling in the ruthless film world of Mumbai to winning international glory. Already a huge bestseller in Malayalam, this definitive translation is a celebration of both cinema and life.
Download or read book In an Outpost of the Global Economy written by Carol Upadhya and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides sociological and anthropological perspectives of the transformation of work and conditions of workers in the information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES). Explores the diverse ways in which the 'global' is instantiated in the 'local' in relation to high-tech led globalization.
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics written by Yannis Tzioumakis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics brings together forty essays by leading film scholars and filmmakers in order to discuss the complex relationship between cinema and politics. Organised into eight sections - Approaches to Film and Politics; Film, Activism and Opposition; Film, Propaganda, Ideology and the State; The Politics of Mobility; Political Hollywood; Alternative and Independent Film and Politics; The Politics of Cine-geographies and The Politics of Documentary - this collection covers a broad range of topics, including: third cinema, cinema after 9/11, eco-activism, human rights, independent Chinese documentary, film festivals, manifestoes, film policies, film as a response to the post-2008 financial crisis, Soviet propaganda, the impact of neoliberalism on cinema, and many others. It foregrounds the key debates, concepts, approaches and case studies that critique and explain the complex relationship between politics and cinema, discussing films from around the world and including examples from film history as well as contemporary cinema. It also explores the wider relationship between politics and entertainment, examines cinema’s response to political and social transformations and questions the extent to which filmmaking, itself, is a political act.
Download or read book Mumbai Sleeping written by Dhruv Dhawan and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mumbai is India’s most affluent city and one of the most densely populated metropolises in the world. Each day thousands flock here, seduced by the urban dream and end up sleeping on the streets. Critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker and photographer, Dhruv Dhawan, spent three years roaming the streets of Mumbai capturing portraits of the unconscious while documenting a phenomena of urbanization in the 21st century where space has become so scarce that private acts are conducted in public.The Mumbai Sleeping Collection is a testament to the resilience and spirit of the lower class urban population who expose the diversity of a basic human experience and the question of whether a good night’s sleep is a luxury or a necessity.
Download or read book Maximum City written by Suketu Mehta and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider’s view of this stunning metropolis. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs, following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and abuse, opening the door into the inner sanctums of Bollywood, and delving into the stories of the countless villagers who come in search of a better life and end up living on the sidewalks. As each individual story unfolds, Mehta also recounts his own efforts to make a home in Bombay after more than twenty years abroad. Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, Maximum City is a revelation of an ancient and ever-changing world.
Download or read book The Modern Anthropology of India written by Peter Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Modern Anthropology of India is an accessible textbook providing a critical overview of the ethnographic work done in India since 1947. It assesses the history of research in each region and serves as a practical and comprehensive guide to the main themes dealt with by ethnographers. It highlights key analytical concepts and paradigms that came to be of relevance in particular regions in the recent history of research in India, and which possibly gained a pan-Indian or even trans-Indian significance. Structured according to the states of the Indian union, contributors raise several key questions, including: What themes were ethnographers interested in? What are the significant ethnographic contributions? How are peoples, communities and cultural areas represented? How has the ethnographic research in the area developed? Filling a significant gap in the literature, the book is an invaluable resource to students and researchers in the field of Indian anthropology/ethnography, regional anthropology and postcolonial studies. It is also of interest to students of South Asian studies in general as it provides an extensive and critical overview of regionally based ethnographic activity undertaken in India.
Download or read book Once upon the Tracks of Mumbai written by Rishi Vohra and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Autistic. Schizophrenic. Psychotic...” ‘They’ use these words to describe Babloo – the doctors, his family, his teachers... everyone... except Vandana. She treats him the way he wants the world to see him. Mumbai... the city that defines his ultimate desires. Will it allow him the love and ‘normalcy’ he so craves? Vandana... yearns for a soul mate to rescue her from the confines of the Railway Colony they all live in. Is she looking in the right place? Rail Man... a fearless, real-life hero who succeeds in doing all that Babloo secretly wishes to do... is Babloo his inspiration or... is it the other way around? A random twist of fate on Mumbai’s endless, serpent-like, jangling local train tracks ties all these characters together in a complex weave of love, heartbreak, and courage. Babloo draws the reader into his fascinating, heart-rending journey through the twisted, choked lanes of Mumbai, into an open space where he can finally exhale, be born again.
