Download or read book Art of the Story written by Swetha Prakash and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is an emotional and intellectual journey wherein a narrator or performer or teller takes an audience through a new world that is experienced by words, movement, props and story aids. Storytelling has at its heart the story. The story is that unit of information that is a fictional account of event, a conflict, or a transformation. Stories are a way to code knowledge, pass on wisdom and advise. Storytelling allows us to access the deepest realms of our own subconscious and also the collective unconsciousness. It connects us to basic archetypes that can give us an understanding into our own true being and selves. This books connects the reader to the core of Indian storytelling.

Download or read book Photos of the Gods written by Christopher Pinney and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Pinney demonstrates how printed images were pivotal to India's struggle for national and religious independence. He also provides a history of printing in India.

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Download or read book The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess written by Ehud Halperin and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers a portrait of Haḍimbā, a primary village goddess in the Kullu Valley of the West Indian Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, a rural area known as the Land of God. Drawing on diverse ethnographic and textual materials The Many Faces of a Himalayan Goddess is rich with myths and tales, accounts of dramatic rituals and festivals, and descriptions of everyday life in the celebrated but remote Kullu Valley. The book portrays the goddess in varying contexts that radiate outward from her temple to local, regional, national, and indeed global spheres. The result is an important contribution to the study of Indian village goddesses, lived Hinduism, Himalayan Hinduism, and the rapidly growing field of religion and ecology"--

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Download or read book Service Above Self written by Kavita Shah Agarwal and published by BFC Publications. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Purans volume 02 written by Chandra Sekhar Singh and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Puranas are 18 in number and in the first 6 Puranas Lord Vishnu is the predominating deity and in the next 6 Puranas Lord Brahma is the predominating deity and in the last 6 Puranas Lord Shiva is the predominating deity and all the Puranas are written in such a way that which gives wonderful explanation in a poetry manner. It will be wonderful to read about the greatness of Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma in all the Puranas. The list of 18 Puranas are as follows along with the verses that are available in each Purana along with the description.

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Download or read book Tales Of Bharat Dharma written by Rati Hegde and published by Indus Scrolls Press. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Threaded with gems collected from the glorious epics, legends,folklore and the history of the country,Tales of Bharat is an attempt not only to bring to you a treasure of stories but also a book that would silently in stil values in a curious mind. Through her subtle and mesmerising story-telling skills,Rati Hegde presents in front of us a feast that would be welcomed equally by adults and children.

Download or read book Demons Who Could Be Loved written by Aditya Nand Sarswati and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demons Who Could be Loved is a portrait of a few demons of Hindu Mythology with a complete different angle which will make the readers enjoy the content and discover more about them. The facts highlighted in this book brings into light the mass deviation from the actual Vedic Culture and how few people started falsifying the Practical Education in the name of religion for small individual lust. The logics given herein contain references and also are based on a mass acceptance.

Download or read book Crafts and Craftsmen in Pre colonial Eastern India written by Asha Shukla Choubey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive socio-cultural history of crafts and crafts persons in pre-colonial Eastern India. It focuses on the technology of crafts as being integral to the traditional lives of the crafts persons and explores their cultural and social world. It offers an in-depth analysis of the complexities of craft technologies in the three sectors of cotton textile, sericulture and silk textile and mining and metallurgy in the regions of Bihar and Jharkhand in Eastern India in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Apart from technology, the book discusses a range of socio-economic themes including craft production systems; marketing and financing patterns; impact of contact with the world market; craft persons’ identities in terms of caste affiliations and group divisions; negotiations for upward caste mobility; contestations and dissent of lower castes; power and social stratification; functioning of caste panchayats; gender division of craft labour; myths, beliefs and religiosity attributed to craft usages; social and ritual traditions; and contemporary craft traditions. Rich in archival and diverse sources, including oral traditions, paintings, and findings from extensive field visits and interactions with crafts persons, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of crafts, medieval Indian history, social history, sociology and social anthropology, economic history, cultural history, science and technology studies, and South Asian studies. It will also interest government and non-governmental organisations, textile historians, craft and design specialists, contemporary craft industrial sector, and museums.

Download or read book Reading Joss Whedon written by Rhonda V. Wilcox and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age when geek chic has come to define mainstream pop culture, few writers and producers inspire more admiration and response than Joss Whedon. From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Much Ado About Nothing, from Dr. Horrible’s Sing–Along Blog to The Avengers, the works of Whedon have been the focus of increasing academic attention. This collection of articles represents some of the best work covering a wide array of topics that clarify Whedon’s importance, including considerations of narrative and visual techniques, myth construction, symbolism, gender, heroism, and the business side of television. The editors argue that Whedon’s work is of both social and aesthetic significance; that he creates “canonical television.” He is a master of his artistic medium and has managed this success on broadcast networks rather than on cable. From the focus on a single episode to the exploration of an entire season, from the discussion of a particular narrative technique to a recounting of the history of Whedon studies, this collection will both entertain and educate those exploring Whedon scholarship for the first time and those planning to teach a course on his works.

Download or read book Land and people of Indian states and union territories in 36 volumes written by S. C. Bhatt and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopaedic voluminous work gives authentic and objectives information about all the 28 states and 7Union Territories, History, Physical aspects, Population, Politics, Education, Transport and Communication, Languages and Literature, Medical Facilities, Industry, Finance Sector, Natural Wealth, Agriculture, Wild Life, Tourism, Archeological sites, Natural Calamities, Customs, Fairs and Festivals, Arts and Crafts, Rural and Urban Development, Newspapers, Important Events, NGO, Planning outlays0 in thirty-six volumes, each volume complete about a state. A benchmark.

Download or read book The Hindu Goddesses written by Mahesh Sharma and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hindu’s ancient religious texts that have been guiding the society for ages towards the development of a better society. Hindu religious texts make one aware of one’s duties and of the principles of Dharma or righteous behaviour. As the original texts are too voluminous, we have presented their essence in the question and answer form, which not only enrich the mind with the knowledge of Hinduism but also enlighten the reader on the philosophical concepts of Hinduism.

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Download or read book Devi Bhagwat Purana written by B. K. Chaturvedi and published by Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Puran is devoted to the mother goddess. Owing to her brocreational capabilities she is considered to be the geacom of all energy. Hence the term 'shakti' for mother Godders which literally means energy.