Download or read book Rani Padmini The Heroine Of Chittor written by B. K. Karkra and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rani Padmini:- The Heroine of Chittor is an insightful account of the life and times of a queen about whom not much is known. Over the centuries, Padmini has emerged as an icon of national honour. The book offers fascinating vignettes of her life and the times she lived in. The politics of her times and the danger and humiliation that the queens were exposed to is mirrored in the book.
Download or read book Padmini written by Mr̥dulā Bihārī and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the beginning of the fourteenth century, an ambitious sultan, Ala-ud-Din Khilji, becomes infatuated with the famed beauty of Rani Padmini. He arrives at her doorstep in Chittor and lays siege to her fort. Padmini convinces her husband, Maharawal Ratan Singh, and his warriors to abandon any thought of surrender. Despite putting up a brave fight, when defeat seems imminent, Padmini chooses death by jauhar over dishonour. Narrated from Padmini's perspective, this moving retelling of the famed legend brings to life the atmosphere and intrigue of medieval Rajput courts. We cannot help but be swept along as Padmini grapples with the matter of her own life and death, even as she attempts to figure out what it means to be a woman in a man's world." --cover page [4].
Download or read book Rani Padmavati written by Anuja Chandramouli and published by Juggernaut Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Threatened by an imminent invasion and scheming political rivals envious of her immense popularity, Rani Padmavati must rise to the demands of war and fight for everything she believes in.
Download or read book The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen written by Ramya Sreenivasan and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2009 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives, ranging from a Sufi mystical romance in the sixteenth century to nationalist histories in the late nineteenth century. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen explores how early modern regional elites, caste groups, and mystical and monastic communities shaped their distinctive versions of the past through the repeated refashioning of the legend of Padmini. Ramya Sreenivasan investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Using Padmini as a means of illustrating the power of gender norms in constructing heroic memory, she shows how such narratives about virtuous women changed as they circulated across particular communities in South Asia between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book will interest historians of memory, gender, community, culture, and historywriting in South Asia. Illustrating how enduring legends emerged out of particular precolonial repositories of "tradition," the book also addresses the nature of colonial transitions and precolonial historical consciousness.
Download or read book Rani Padmini Of Chittore A Historical Romance written by Aanald Webb and published by Reliance Publishing House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pages have been brought together two historical figures, whose factes in intertwined at many points, but who in life, if we can credit Rajput tradition, came face to face once only in a mirror. Whether or not this story as a whole can properly be termed a historical romance, the author, leaves for others to decide. Sultan Ala-ud-din Rani Padmini, her husband Rawul Rattan Singh and many others figuring in the tale, all undoubtedly lived and had, reality. Chittore was certainly sacked by Ala-ud-din and Padmini did immolate herself by fire to avoid falling into his hands. Equally established are the death, in the final phase of the siege, of Rattan Singh and of the escape of Ajey Singh to carry on the royal line.
Download or read book The Tale of Two Countries written by B. K. Karkra and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was getting more and more anglicized with every passing year and almost felt embarrassed of being the son of his parents. He felt that they were out of tune with life in Britain...' Having survived the horrors of Partition, young lovers, Guru and Sukhi, begin a journey of blissful matrimony. Supporting each other through the various ups and downs of life, they migrate to England,
Download or read book To North India with Love written by Nabanita Dutt and published by ThingsAsian Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of writers familiar with the diversity of experiences available in North India offer their views on accommodations, restaurants, shopping, and sights.
Download or read book My Story and My Life as an Actress written by Binodinī Dāsī and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiographical account of a 19th century Bengali stage actress.
Download or read book 100 Desi Stories Series written by Madhur Zakir Hallegua and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2018-05-28 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Popular Literature and Pre modern Societies in South Asia written by Surinder Singh and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2008 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at a seminar held at Chandigarh during 1-2 February 2005.
Download or read book The Police Warriors on The Indo Chinese Border in Ladakh written by B.K. Karkra and published by Walnut Publication. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a Police platoon from the C.R.P. Force that went behind the enemy lines to explore the Aksai Chin Road in 1958. Later on 21st October, 1959, it had a clash with the Chinese Army in a mini battle near Hot Spring in Ladakh, where ten of its gallant men fell martyrs, while accounting for the Chinese deputy commander, Wn Chung Kuo. They were, thus, the first band of warriors to give and draw the first blood in the cause of the nation.
Download or read book Kingship and Polity on the Himalayan Borderland written by Arik Moran and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the modern transformation of state and society in the Indian Himalaya. Centred on three Rajput-led kingdoms during the transition to British rule (c. 1790-1840) and their interconnected histories, it demonstrates how border making practices engendered a modern reading of 'tradition' that informs communal identities to date. By revising the history of these mountain kings on the basis of extensive archival, textual, and ethnographic research, it offers an alternative to popular and scholarly discourses that grew with the rise of colonial knowledge. This revision ultimately points to the important contribution of borderland spaces to the fabrication of group identities.
Download or read book Costumes of the Rulers of Mewar written by Pushpa Rani Mathur and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History Of Costume Is Engaged In An Adventure Of Vast Absorbing Dimensions. For The First Time A Dedicated Unique Collection Of Exquisite And Profusely Elaborated Costumes Of Rulers Of Mewar Has Been Prepared. The Author Has Made A Conscientious Effort To Present A Guideline For The Construction Of Garments, Textiles Used, Jewellery And Footwear Worn With The Costumes. The Coloured Photographs And Diagrams Explain All The Time-Honoured Traditions Of The Past And Present. The Book Will Be Immensely Useful To Apparel Designers, Merchants, Theatre People, Students, Historians, Artists As Well As To The Fashion Houses In Europe And America Which Are Always In Search Of Exotic Styles Of Dresses For Their Clients.
Download or read book The Origin of Religions written by B. K. Karkra and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BOOK: The book is an open-eyed journey through the mystic world of faith. It is an intellectually stimulating account of the birth of religions. As animal, for definite, have no religions and intelligence is the dividing line between man and animal, it should be amply clear that religions have risen out the thinking faculty of man. These are about God and His creation alright, but not from God, though human brain itself is a gift from God. The book traces the story of religions from the earliest times and tries to reach to the core of all major belief systems of the world. Towards the end, it draws a sort of balance-sheet of the religions to form an idea what good and bad these have done to the mankind. An effort has also been made to have a peep into their future.
Download or read book The Temple Road Towards a Great India written by Marta Kudelska and published by Wydawnictwo UJ. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an analysis of the foundations organised by the Birla family in India. Several generations were involved in the renovation and establishment of sanctuaries, temples and other sacral buildings. As a result, between 1933 and 1998, nineteen Birla Mandirs were established, mainly in northern and central India. All the temples have the capacity to surprise with their various decorative motifs, not seen in other places, which – apart from their aesthetic function – above all bear important symbolic content. Therefore, is it possible to treat the Birla Mandirs as a specific medium – the carrier of a particular message that is not only religious, but with a significance that permeates other layers of social and political discourse. This message, as the authors of the book claim, have a bearing on the socio-political thought of India – supported by the creation and propagation of ideas related to identity and a national art. It also conveys the idea of hierarchical Hindu inclusivism which, although considering all religions as equal, treats Hinduism in a unique way – seeing within it the most perfect form of religion, giving man the opportunity to learn the highest truth. The book also examines whether the temples founded by the Birla family and the religious activities undertaken therein apply the concept of “inventing” tradition, and whether traditions created (or “modernised”) in contemporary times are a way of enhancing the appeal of the message conveyed from temple to society. “The Vastness of Culture” is a series of publications presenting cultural studies and emphasizing the role of comparative research and analyses that reveal similarities, differences and intercultural influences. In our publications, cultures and civilizations are in a state of constant flux, engaging in dialogue, creating new understandings, competing for meaning under the influence of global content, without any clear boundaries, but with a vastness that forces questions to be raised.
Download or read book Faces of the Feminine in Ancient Medieval and Modern India written by Mandakranta Bose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this collection explore ideas about women and their positions in Indian society from the earliest history to the present day. It is designed to provide primary material from literary, historical and sociological sources and to guide critical exploration of specific issues.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema written by Ashish Rajadhyaksha and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 3189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this updated and expanded edition of a now classic work of reference. Covering the full range of Indian film, this new revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema includes vastly expanded coverage of mainstream productions from the 1970s to the 1990s and, for the first time, a comprehensive name index. Illustrated throughout, there is no comparable guide to the incredible vitality and diversity of historical and contemporary Indian film.
