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ON CITIZENSHIP by Romila Thapar,
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £8.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788194937289Author Romila Thapar,Format HardbackPage Count 172Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher... -
On Nationalism by Romila Thapar 9789383064113
Booksplease Price: £29.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789383064113Author Romila ThaparFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher... -
Just Being: A Memoir Romila Thapar 9781803096308
RRP: £32.50Booksplease Price: £29.25Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Voices of Dissent: An Essay Romila Thapar 9780857428622
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.30People have argued since time immemorial. Disagreement is a part of life, of human experience. But we now live in times when any form of protest in India is marked as anti-Indian and met with... -
Voices of Dissent – An Essay by Romila Thapar 9781803092706
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.61Written by one of India's best-known public intellectuals, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in India's fascinating history as well as the direction in which the nation is headed... -
Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History by Romila Thapar 9781784780654
Booksplease Price: £21.76In 1026, Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni raided the Hindu temple of Somanatha (Somnath in textbooks of the colonial period). The story of the raid has reverberated in Indian history, but largely during the... -
Sakuntala: Texts, Readings, Histories by Romila Thapar 9780231156547
RRP: £117.00Booksplease Price: £78.96The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of... -
Indian Cultures as Heritage: Contemporary Pasts Romila Thapar 9780857428875
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £17.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857428875Author Romila ThaparFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint Seagull BooksPublisher Seagull... -
INDIAN CULTURES AS HERITAGE: Contemporary Pasts by Romila Thapar 9789384067359
Booksplease Price: £32.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789384067359Author Romila ThaparFormat HardbackPage Count 262Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher... -
Our History, Their History, Whose History? by Romila Thapar 9781803093543
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.31An overview of nationalism and its impact on the study of history from one of India's most prominent historians. In this timely book, historian Romila Thapar delves into the complex world of... -
The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History Romila Thapar 9780857426444
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.10Nations need identities. These are created from perceptions of how societies have evolved. In this, history plays a central role. Insisting on reliable history is therefore crucial to more than just... -
The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History by Romila Thapar 9789383064014
Booksplease Price: £31.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789383064014Author Romila ThaparFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher... -
Gazing Eastwards: Of Buddhist Monks and Revolutionaries in China, 1957 by Romila Thapar 9780857428165
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £18.01In 1957, renowned Indian historian Romila Thapar visited China, where, together with Sri Lankan art historian Anil de Silva, she worked at two cave sites that were the locations of Buddhist... -
WHICH OF US ARE ARYANS?: RETHINKING THE CONCEPT OF OUR ORIGINS: Five experts challenge the controversial Aryan question by Romila Thapar 9789388292382
Booksplease Price: £30.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789388292382Author Romila ThaparFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Aleph Book CompanyPublisher... -
The Construction of History and Nationalism in India: Textbooks, Controversies and Politics Sylvie Guichard 9780415626217
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £52.94Most studies on nations and nationalism argue that history, or more precisely a 'common past', is crucial for the process of national identity building. However, the existence of one or more... -
Race, Ethnicity And Nation: International Perspectives On Social Conflict by Peter Ratcliffe
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £22.69This text offers an international and comparative analysis of social division rooted in race, ethnicity and national identity. It provides an overview of the key issues underlying ethnic conflict... -
History as Wonder: Beginning with Historiography Marnie Hughes-Warrington 9781138846227
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £37.99History and Wonder is a refreshing new take on the idea of history that tracks the entanglement of history and philosophy over time through the key idea of wonder.From Ancient Greek histories and... -
Guru English: South Asian Religion in a Cosmopolitan Language by Srinivas Aravamudan 9780691118284
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £32.73Guru English is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has flourished both inside and outside of its original... -
The Routledge Handbook of the State in Premodern India by Hermann Kulke 9781032150192
RRP: £46.99Booksplease Price: £43.461) This is one of the first handbook to look at the state formation in pre-modern India. 2) It contains papers written by renowned historians like Harry Falk, Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, Günther-Dietz... -
The Idea of India: A Dialogue by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 9781803093840
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.43A lively discussion between two eminent Indian academics that examines what it means to be an Indian. Through a stimulating dialogue, two old friends trace the history of the idea of India through... -
Postbox Kashmir: Two Lives in Letters by Postbox Kashmir Divya Arya 9780143451693
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £9.58Do only Muslims live in Kashmir?Why do girls in Kashmir do stone pelting?Whom do they want freedom from?Can you imagine being confined to the four walls of your home with no internet, no social... -
Ignited Minds by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 9780143424123
RRP: £13.95Booksplease Price: £8.84What is it that we as a nation are missing?Why, given all our skills, resources and talents, do we settle so often for the ordinary instead of striving to be the best? At the heart of Ignited Minds... -
Epic and Argument in Sanskrit Literary History: Essays in Honour of Robert P. Goldman Sheldon Pollock 9788173048654
Booksplease Price: £62.46Epic and Argument in Sanskrit Literary History celebrates the distinguished career of the American Indologist Robert P. Goldman. The essays on Sanskrit literary history, which range from the... -
Letters to a Young Philosopher by Ramin Jahanbegloo 9780199480388
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £19.84This work is in the form of letters written by an old philosopher, at the end of his career and life, to a young student. The letters cover a comprehensive introduction to philosophy, wisdom, and the... -
Ayodhya:: 6 December 1992 by P. V. Narasimha Rao 9780143442226
RRP: £13.95Booksplease Price: £11.97'A sensational book' India TodayA shocking expose of the event that changed Indian politics foreverP.V. Narasimha Rao was the prime minister of India when, on 6 December 1992, thousands of kar sevaks... -
Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo by Ramin Jahanbegloo 9780199494729
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £27.87Talking Architecture (Revised Edition) is one of the latest additions in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. Focusing on... -
Talking Sociology: Dipankar Gupta in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo by Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo 9780199489374
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £28.75Talking Sociology is the ninth title in the OUP series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's conversations with prominent intellectuals who have made significant contribution in shaping the modern Indian thought... -
Rise of Saffron Power: Reflections on Indian Politics by Mujibur Rehman 9780367734688
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94This volume looks at the impact of the landmark 2014 elections and the consequent Assembly elections which have transformed the ideological discourse of India. It discusses a variety of topical... -
On Meaning and Mantras: Essays in Honor of Frits Staal by George Thompson 9781886439641
RRP: £36.00Booksplease Price: £31.00The late Johan Frederik (known as Frits) Staal (November 3, 1930-February 19, 2012), was born in Amsterdam and said of his home country, "There was no religion there." While his academic interests... -
The Oxford India Gandhi: Essential Writings by Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi 9780199493524
RRP: £57.00Booksplease Price: £50.49The Oxford India Gandhi looks beyond the plaster-cast image of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Mahatma. Gandhi's autobiography ends in the late 1920s, several historic years before his assassination... -
The Slaying of Meghanada: A Ramayana from Colonial Bengal by Michael Madhusudan Datta 9780195167993
Booksplease Price: £52.63"The poem is rising into splendid popularity. Some say it is better than Milton-but that is all bosh-nothing can be better than Milton; many say it licks Kalidasa; I have no objection to that. I... -
The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism: Secular Claims, Communal Realities by Achin Vanaik
Booksplease Price: £32.31With the Hindu nationalist BJP now replacing the Congress as the only national political force, the communalization of the Indian polity has qualitatively advanced since the earlier edition of this... -
The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Indo-Muslim Rule Audrey Truschke 9780231197052
Booksplease Price: £25.21For over five hundred years, Muslim dynasties ruled parts of northern and central India, starting with the Ghurids in the 1190s through the fracturing of the Mughal Empire in the early eighteenth... -
The Crisis of Secularism in India by Anuradha Dingwaney Needham 9780822338468
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.62While secularism has been integral to India's democracy for more than fifty years, its uses and limits are now being debated anew. Signs of a crisis in the relations between state, society, and... -
The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Indo-Muslim Rule by Audrey Truschke 9780231197045
RRP: £117.00Booksplease Price: £91.62For over five hundred years, Muslim dynasties ruled parts of northern and central India, starting with the Ghurids in the 1190s through the fracturing of the Mughal Empire in the early eighteenth... -
Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy by Deepak Nayyar 9780199652983
Booksplease Price: £53.75Catch Up analyzes the evolution of developing countries in the world economy from a long-term historical perspective, from the onset of the second millennium but with a focus on the second half of... -
Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy by Deepak Nayyar 9780198784753
Booksplease Price: £33.78Catch Up analyzes the evolution of developing countries in the world economy from a long-term historical perspective, from the onset of the second millennium but with a focus on the second half of... -
Resurgent Asia: Diversity in Development by Deepak Nayyar 9780198872511
RRP: £24.49Booksplease Price: £22.49Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus Asian Drama, in 1968, to conclude that Asia's development prospects were gloomy. Since then, contrary to Myrdal's expectations, Asia has been transformed... -
Resurgent Asia: Diversity in Development by Deepak Nayyar
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £31.83Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus Asian Drama, in 1968, to conclude that Asia's development prospects were gloomy. Since then, contrary to Myrdal's expectations Asia has been transformed beyond...