Download or read book Gulabi written by Pankaj Suneja and published by Pankaj Suneja. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schizophrenia is challenging disorder often characterized by abnormal social behaviour and a significantly altered perception of reality. Its treatment largely depends on medications and psychosocial interventions but no single approach is widely considered effective for all patients. Through this book I offer my readers a glimpse into the multifaceted world of schizophrenia in the form of fictitious storyline revolving around two characters Monty (the psychotic part) and Virginia (the non psychotic part). The boundary between the two is permeable. Monty conjures up ‘Gulabi’, following his abrupt separation from his long time partner, while Virginia, having suffered from a personal loss sets out to follow her lifelong aspiration to travel the world.
Download or read book Gulabi Talkies and Other Stories written by Vaidēhi and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted Kannada writer Vaidehi is hailed by critics and readers alike for her evocative portrayal of the inner world of women. She writes with deep compassion and understanding about women who live amidst sorrow and poverty but somehow find the strength to go on living. She focuses on the ordinariness of their lives, writing about the midwife turned gatekeeper at the town's new cinema, the half-crazed woman who thinks she's pregnant, the compulsions of an honest but poor man's wife, or the upheaval caused when a girl confesses to her neighbour that she wants to be a prostitute. The stories, which are full of wry humour and acute social description, celebrate the joyous fact that 'A wave once created only grows bigger and bigger; it can never recede'. In this collection of twenty stories, the translators capture the subtle nuances of Vaidehi's stories and their multiple ambiguities, bringing her to a wider readership.
Download or read book Companion to Feminist Studies written by Nancy A. Naples and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of feminist scholarship edited by an internationally recognized and leading figure in the field Companion to Feminist Studies provides a broad overview of the rich history and the multitude of approaches, theories, concepts, and debates central to this dynamic interdisciplinary field. Comprehensive yet accessible, this edited volume offers expert insights from contributors of diverse academic, national, and activist backgrounds—discussing contemporary research and themes while offering international, postcolonial, and intersectional perspectives on social, political, cultural, and economic institutions, social media, social justice movements, everyday discourse, and more. Organized around three different dimensions of Feminist Studies, the Companion begins by exploring ten theoretical frameworks, including feminist epistemologies examining Marxist and Socialist Feminism, the activism of radical feminists, the contributions of Black feminist thought, and interrelated approaches to the fluidity of gender and sexuality. The second section focuses on methodologies and analytical frameworks developed by feminist scholars, including empiricists, economists, ethnographers, cultural analysts, and historiographers. The volume concludes with detailed discussion of the many ways in which pedagogy, political ecology, social justice, globalization, and other areas within Feminist Studies are shaped by feminism in practice. A major contribution to scholarship on both the theoretical foundations and contemporary debates in the field, this volume: Provides an international and interdisciplinary range of the essays of high relevance to scholars, students, and practitioners alike Examines various historical and modern approaches to the analysis of gender and sexual differences Addresses timely issues such as the difference between radical and cultural feminism, the lack of women working as scientists in academia and other research positions, and how activism continues to reformulate feminist approaches Draws insight from the positionality of postcolonial, comparative and transnational feminists Explores how gender, class, and race intersect to shape women’s experiences and inform their perspectives Companion to Feminist Studies is an essential resource for students and faculty in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Feminist Studies programs, and related disciplines including anthropology, psychology, history, political science, and sociology, and for researchers, scholars, practitioners, policymakers, activists, and advocates working on issues related to gender, sexuality, and social justice.
Download or read book The Struggle for Freedom from Fear written by Alison Brysk and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we understand and contest the global wave of violence against women? In this book, Alison Brysk shows that gender violence across countries tends to change as countries develop and liberalize, but not in the ways that we might predict. She shows how liberalizing authoritarian countries and transitional democracies may experience more shifting patterns and greater levels of violence than less developed and democratic countries, due to changes and uncertainties in economic and political structures. Accordingly, Brysk analyzes the experience of semi-liberal, developing countries at the frontiers of globalization--Brazil, India, South Africa, Mexico, the Philippines, and Turkey--to map out patterns of gender violence and what can be done to change those patterns. As the book shows, gender violence is not static, nor can it be attributed to culture or individual pathology--rather it varies across a continuum that tracks economic, political, and social change. While a combination of international action, law, public policy, civil society mobilization, and changes in social values work to decrease gender violence, Brysk assesses the potential, limits, and balance of these measures. Brysk shows that a human rights approach is necessary but not sufficient to address gender violence, and that insights from feminist and development approaches are essential.
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Download or read book Child Space written by Karen Malone and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on presentations at a session of the 15th IUAES-Intercongress held in 2003 at Florence.
Download or read book Lutheran Woman s Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Locating the Anglo Indian Self in Ruskin Bond written by Debashis Bandyopadhyay and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruskin Bond's life - and, for that matter, his semi-autobiographical works - are allegories of the colonial aftermath. His is an odd but exemplary attempt at absorption as a member of the Anglo-Indian ethnic minority, a community whose role in the shaping of the postcolonial Indian psyche has yet to be systematically analysed. This study explores the dialogue between the biographical and authorial selves of Ruskin Bond, whose subjectivity is informed by the fantasies of space and time.
Download or read book We Were Adivasis written by Megan Moodie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologist Megan Moodie examines the Indian state's relationship to 'scheduled tribes', or adivasis - historically oppressed groups that are now entitled to affirmative action quotas in educational and political institutions. Through a deep ethnography of the Dhanka in Jaipur, Moodie brings readers inside the creative imaginative work of these long-marginalised tribal communities.
Download or read book The Bolt Collection written by Richard Arthur Bolt and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of miscellaneous international publications related to maternal and child welfare collected by Richard Bolt, the founder of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. Volumes are collated alphabetically by country of origin of each publication.
Download or read book Water written by Bapsi Sidhwa and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2013-07-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eight-year-old is sent to live in a community of widows in India, and finds a new purpose there, in a novel by “a writer of enormous talent” (Newsday). Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi’s rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow’s ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she becomes a catalyst for change in the widows’ lives. When her friend Kalyani, a beautiful widow-prostitute, falls in love with a young, upper-class Gandhian idealist, the forbidden affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the ashram’s delicate balance of power. This riveting look at the lives of widows in colonial India is ultimately a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith, and redemption. “Sidhwa’s humor and compassion glow in Water.” —Houston Chronicle “A deeply moving story, elegantly told, with all the assurance of a master.” —M.G. Vassanji, author of The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
Download or read book Culture and Creativity Selected Writings of N Manu Chakravarthy written by N Manu Chakravarthy and published by Manipal Universal Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture and Creativity is a collection of essays of N Manu Chakravarthy, a prominent culture critic known for his discourses on music, cinema, literature and several aspects of culture and philosophy. This book illustrates the intellectual and ethical perspectives that shape his discussions on wide range of issues. These discussions are reflective of the inspiration he draws from his father Prof G N Chakravarthy and his teachers Prof C D Narasimhaiah, Prof U R Ananthamurthy, and Prof B Damodara Rao. The ideas of Ivan Illich and Noam Chomsky, and his friend D R Nagaraj are also instrumental in framing the critical nature of his interpretations. The essays in this book encompass Prof Manu Chakravarthy’s perspectives on religion, secularism, tradition, and modernity. The references to Sri Narayanaguru, M K Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and the interview with Gustavo Esteva, evince his preoccupation with madhyamamarga. They also foreground his views on nationalism, metaphysics, media, politics and the crises of the third world and India in a globalised context. This work is a testimony to the form of scholarship he values.
Download or read book Love in the Time of Hate written by Rakhshanda Jalil and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kabhi hum bhi tum bhi thhe aashna tumhein yaad ho ke na yaad ho Once you and I were friends, whether you remember it now or not--Momin Khan Momin This is a book about love—love for one’s country and for all that goes to make it one we can be proud to belong to. Poetry, it has been said, flourishes when all else is uncertain. With that in mind, renowned literary historian and translator, Rakhshanda Jalil, uses Urdu poetry to look at how the social fabric of secular India is changing. Rakhshanda delves into the past, to the events that have threatened communal harmony, from the bloodletting of partition, or the politics of successive elections, to communal riots, Mumbai, Gujarat and so on, to the present moment, to recent events around Ayodhya, cow slaughter and ‘love jihad’. The book is divided into four sections: politics, people, passions, places. Strewn with delightful, thoughtful Urdu couplets that bring depth, lyricism and gravitas to the narratives, the writer cautions us against current popular sentiments based on hating the ‘other’. Living in an India that now requires us to be resolutely one or the ‘other’, all of us are losing the wonderful capacity to contain within ourselves many seemingly diverse ideologies and beliefs which is a motif that is reiterated through the verses and words in this book. The section titled ‘People’ has the most delightful, charming vignettes of popular icons, from Tipu Sultan and Rani Lakshmi Bai to Gandhi and Nehru, from Ghalib and Majaz to Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, viewed through an Urdu lens that makes each person memorable, unique and an advocate of peace and unity. From essays doused in the language of secular patriotism like Har Dil Tiranga, to pieces redolent with nostalgia like Dopahar ki Dhoop Mein, Rakhshanda invokes the power of love, inclusivity and communal harmony that is the trademark of poetry and literature, and which must continue to permeate the way we live our lives if we want to bequeath a meaningful legacy to the generations to come in our country.
Download or read book Where Has My Gulla Gone written by Padma Sachdev and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Poignant Tale of Childhood and Imagination in 'Where Has My Gulla Gone' by Padma Sachdev Take a nostalgic journey into the world of childhood, imagination, and growing up with 'Where Has My Gulla Gone' by Padma Sachdev. This delightful and poignant story captures the essence of innocence and the magic of a child's imagination. A Heartwarming Story 'Where Has My Gulla Gone' is a heartwarming narrative that explores the adventures and dreams of childhood. Padma Sachdev's storytelling brings to life the experiences of a young protagonist, making it a relatable and emotional journey for readers of all ages. An Ode to Imagination As you dive into the pages of this book, you'll be reminded of the power of imagination in a child's world. The story beautifully illustrates how imagination and creativity can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, making every moment magical. Why 'Where Has My Gulla Gone' Is a Must-Read for Anyone Who Cherishes Childhood Memories:Nostalgic Journey: Relive the joy and wonder of childhood through a heartfelt and beautifully crafted story that captures the essence of innocence.Poignant and Touching: Experience the emotions and adventures of a young child in a way that resonates with your own childhood memories.Celebration of Imagination: Embrace the magic of a child's imagination and the ability to turn everyday life into a whimsical and enchanting adventure.Perfect Gift: Share the gift of nostalgia and appreciation for the magic of childhood with friends and family. 'Where Has My Gulla Gone' is an ideal present for readers of all ages. Don't miss your chance to revisit the enchanting world of childhood and imagination. Let 'Where Has My Gulla Gone' by Padma Sachdev be your guide to a heartfelt and moving story that celebrates the beauty of growing up. Grab your copy now and be transported to a world of cherished memories. Padma Sachdev is the first woman poet of Dogri. The shortstories written by her depict the joy and sorrow; moods and misfortunes ofIndian womanhood. Even though the author isconscious of the social injustices heaped upon women; her woman characters mainta
Download or read book A Season of Ghosts written by Ruskin Bond and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb storyteller who keeps his readers in thrall’—Statesman It is said that if the smell of the Himalayas creeps into a man’s blood, he will return to the hills again and again. Master storyteller Ruskin Bond shows how this love may persist to death and beyond. The agents of the supernatural may be gentle like the fairy folk in ‘On Fairy Hill’, or malevolent like the well-dressed diners of ‘The Prize’; humorous like the very proper witch, Miss Bellows, in ‘The Black Cat’, or tragic like the haunting Gulabi in ‘Wilson’s Bridge’. Bond aficionados will meet familiar faces in other stories and be thrilled by the gripping mystery, ‘Who Killed the Rani?’ This exciting collection, animated by the brooding presence of the Himalayas, establishes Bond as a connoisseur of the mysterious and macabre.
Download or read book PORTRAITS IN DIGNITY written by Eva Bell and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-10-19 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portraits in Dignity is a collection of twelve short stories of brave young women, who were subjected to different kinds of gender abuse and have emerged victorious. Each story resonates with their individual strength exhibited under difficult circumstances.
Download or read book The Indian High Court Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
