Acknowledgements. Introduction/Zoya Hasan.

1. The struggle for democracy in Bangladesh/Amena Mohsin and Meghna Guhathakurta.

2. The Indonesian experience in implementing democracy/Adriana Elisabeth.

3. The history of the Democratic Movement in Iran in the 20 century/Sadegh Zibakalam.

4. Islam and democracy in Malaysia/Abdul Rahman Embong.

5. Functioning of democracy in Pakistan/Mohammad Waseem.

6. Interaction of democracy and Islam in Turkey/Korel Goymen.

About the editor and contributors. Index.

"Democracy in Muslim Societies : The Asian Experience explores the character of the political transformation and democratic transition in Asian Muslim societies. It asks whether democracy is appropriate and desirable as a political system for non-Western Societies, and assesses the extent of actual democratisation in each of the countries studied, namely, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey.

The book questions the widely held view that the socio-political ethos of Islam as a religion, and of Muslim countries as societal units, prevents Muslims from adopting (less)

1. Yoga.

2. Practice of Yoga.

3. Philosophy of Yoga-Tantra.

4. Ulta-Sadhana (regressive process).

5. Yogic Sadhana of Sahajiya.

6. Yogic Sadhana of Buddhists.

7. Religious cult and sensuousness in art.

Glossary. Bibliography.

Index. "The word yoga and the various concepts associated with it are being interpreted and understood with great interest the world over especially in recent years.

This work by a noted research scholar, Dr. T.

N. Mishra explores the meanings of the word yoga and its moral and philosophical annotations, and conducts an intensive study of the philosophies and practices that bear reference to it.

A thorough research, Yoga-Tantra and Sensuousness in Art goes into the theoretical foundations of Yoga, tracing its roots to the sacred scriptures and explaining the goal of Yoga, the discipline it involves, Yoga psychology, its techniques and stages, and classification and practice of Yoga as Mantra-Yoga, Laya-Yoga, Hatha-Yoga and Raja-Yoga. It comprehensively examines the aim (less)

J. Swaminathan was to describe him "as a bird who has forgotten how to stop migrating".

For over four decades now, Himmat has demonstrated his leading preoccupations, primarily in drawing and sculpture. If one stands back to take a telescopic view of his sculpture, it would probably fall in the areas of enigma, domesticity and sheer whim.

Himmat turns conventional scale into a mockery and allows for sheer play to dominate his vision, wherein architectural structures are dwarfed and heads enlarged to an enigmatic monumentality. Himmat Shah's work does not appear to judge the human condition.

Instead, it appears to present its existential state, through terms that defy simple (less)

1. Introduction.

2. Atman.

3. Brahman.

4. World.

5. Advaita.

6. Advaita and language.

Bibliography. Glossary.

Index. "For ever a millennium, Sankara's Advaitism: non-dualism, has been exposed to extensive discussion, debate, and even polemic.

In modern times, it has often been viewed as a system of metaphysical thought, involving a set of several subtle, though interrelated, doctrines -- which all have the Upanisads at their base. But, wittingly or unwittingly, modern theoreticians/ scholars tend to gloss over Sankara's acumen as a philosophical analyst --though his interpretations of the Upanisadic writings have indisputably shown his uncommon, rather unrivalled, genius for logic and meticulous philosophical analysis.

Professor Ramamurty's work is, thus, a departure from run-of-the-mill studies attempting, as it does, an in-depth "conceptual analysis" of Advaita Vedanta. The book does not just present Advaita as a system of metaphysical thought.

It is essentially an off-beat effort seeking to philosophically analyse the concepts of Atman, (less)

Truth. 1.

Introduction. 2.

Hinduism. 3.

Buddhism. 4.

Jainism. 5.

Zoroastrianism. 6.

Islam. 7.

Sikhism. 8.

Contemporary psychology on self and emotions. 9.

Understanding the colors. References.

Subject index. Author index.

"Every culture is guided by a philosophy or belief system. These beliefs influence every aspect of an individual's life, including his identity and concept of self.

This book explores the Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina, Zoroastrian, Islamic and Sikh belief systems in order to comprehend their percepts on the concept of self, their perspectives on emotions, and the implications of these for the individual and society. In addition, a review of contemporary psychology, incorporating views from evolutionary psychology biological psychology, neuropsychology, cognitive psychology, and social psychology, in relation to their theories on self and emotions, is also presented.

This analysis is an attempt towards integrating religion and personal identity, within the background of contemporary knowledge of the dynamics of being human." (less)

I. Historical, cultural and religious links: 1.

India and Central Asia: links and interactions/B.B.

Kumar. 2.

Notes on Central Asian Buddhist Iconography/Lokesh Chandra. 3.

Historical and cultural relations between Kazhakhstan, Central Asia and India from ancient India to the beginning of the 20 century/M. Kh.

Abuseitova. 4.

Hindu Gods in Western Central Asia/S.P.

Gupta. 5.

Religious, cultural and artistic links between Ancient Kashmir, Afghanistan and Central Asia/S.S.

Toshkhani. 6.

India and Central Asia : Cultural relations in Middle Ages/Evgeni Kablukov. 7.

India and Central Asia 1947-1991/Surender Gopal. 8.

Cultural relations between India and Tibet: an overview of the light from India/Claude Arpi. 9.

Indo-Uzbek literary and linguistic relations throughout 11-18 centuries/Azad N. Shamatov.

II. Politics/Geo-politics and democracy in Central Asia: 10.

Political system and democratic discourse in Central Asia: a view from outside/R.R.

Sharma. 11.

Central Asia : Changing Geo-political alignment in the aftermath of 11 September/Devendra Kaushik. 12.

Geopolitical (less)

1917-1922: Foreword. Documents: Introduction 1917-19: 1.

Home department reports on the political situation in India. 2.

Various news and reports on the outbreak and progress of the Russian Revolution. 3.

Indian revolutionaries abroad. 4.

India's response to bolshevism. 5.

Comintern's manifesto to the workers of the world. Introduction: 1920: 6.

Reports of the home department on labour and industrial unrest. 7.

Reports of the Home Department on Bolshevism in India. 8.

The first Indian Communist manifesto. 9.

Comintern and India. Introduction: 1921: 10.

Documents of Ahmedabad Session of Indian National Congress. 11.

Reports of the Home Department on Revolutionary activities in India. 12.

Some radical perceptions of the political situation in India. 13.

India and Comintern. 14.

Perceptions of Lenin in India. Introduction: 1922: 15.

Attempts to formulate alternative programmes. 16.

Various press reports on the political situation in India. 17.

India and Comintern. 18.

Correspondence of M.N.

Roy. Vol.

II. 1923-1925: (less)

The Fire and the Rain/Girish Karnad. 2.

Aramba Chekkan/Kavalam Narayana Panikkar. 3.

Rudali/Usha Ganguli. 4.

The Wooden Cart/Tripurari Sharma. 5.

Tara/Mahesh Dattani. 6.

Routes and Escape Routes/Datta Bhagat. Glossary.

"India has one of the world’s richest theater traditions. In Drama Contemporary: India, Erin Mee gathers six modern plays from across the country that demonstrate the vitality of Indian theater today.

This volume focuses specifically on contemporary plays written in the last five to fourteen years. Written from different perspectives and in different styles, each of the plays addresses issues facing modern India.

Both Girish Karnad’s The Fire and the Rain and K.N.

Panikkar’s Aramba Chekkan belong to the "theater of roots" movement. Usha Ganguli’s Rudali is linked to the women’s theater movement, and the Wooden Cart by Tripurari Sharma, though not a street theater piece, comes out of that tradition.

Routes and Escape Routes by Datta Bhagat belongs to the Dalit Sahitya (less)

1. Introduction.

2. Western impact and the Muslim responses.

3. The Muslim institute-foundation and objectives.

4. Ideological orientation.

5. Conclusion.

Glossary. Bibliography.

Index. "Contemporary Islamic response to the West is a valuable book written by Dr.

Abdul Majid Khan. He has very painstakingly, and with competence, investigated the problem a tricky one, indeed and evaluated the contributions of many leading Muslim thinkers to it.

He begins, naturally enough, with Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Iqbal and goes on through Maulana Maudoodi, Syed Qutb and Shariati to Dr. Kalim Siddiqui.

The views of all these thinkers are worth pondering because of the complexity of the problems involved in their political and ideological ramifications. If we believe in the perennial wisdom and practicality of the Islamic world-view and tenets of faith we should apply ourselves with firmness of conviction and lucidity of logic to see how best we can come to terms with the (less)

The Barbarians and the mule/Moazzam Sheikh. 2.

Papa's girl/Soniah Naheed Kamal. 3.

The door is open/Zubair Ahmed. 4.

If truth be told/Javed Shaheen. 5.

Barriers that remained/Vali Ram Vallabh. 6.

The dying sun/Syed Afzal Haider. 7.

Jungle/Ikramullah. 8.

Feeqa's death/Nadir Ali. 9.

A letter from India/Intizar Husain. 10.

In his own time/Talat Abbasi. 11.

Spots/Zahur-ul-Haq Sheikh. 12.

Mangoes in the time of winter/Aush Lal. 13.

The squatter/Asad Mohammad Khan. 14.

The tie that binds/Faiza Rana. 14.

The home-bound/Asif Farrukhi. 15.

Old men/Asadullah Ghazanfar. 16.

The buffalo/Sorayya Khan. 17.

Hieroglyphics/Fahmida Riaz. 18.

Paths/Azra Waqar. Notes on contributors.

"A letter from India brings together the best short fiction by some of the most important voices of Pakistani literature. Refreshing in their style and diverse in their themes, these stories--in English, and translated from Urdu and Punjabi--reflect a move away from nationalism and parochialism as they examine issues of identity, sexuality, individual freedom and interpersonal (less)

Scripture: 1. Sri Guru Granth Sahib: Ecumenical with holistic message.

2. Vision of universal humanhood: Sri Guru Gobind Singhji.

II. Identity: 3.

Early Sikh faith: counter-religious movements and identity formation; struggle for identity continues (1985-1995). III.

Specific Themes: 5. Guru Nanak Devji's concept of creation.

6. Spirituality.

7. Charity.

8. Suffering and death.

IV. Inter Faith dialogue: 9.

Guru Nanak Devji and inter faith dialogue. 10.

Development of 'inter-religious dialogue' in India with special reference to contribution of the Sikhs. Bibliography.

"The ten essays in this volume are divided into four parts. In part one, the first essay deals with the Sikh scriptures, second essay discusses in detail, the vision and mission of universal humanhood of Sri Guru Gobind Singhji.

In part two, the essays deals with 'Sikh Identity', and show that till today the struggle for identity is continuing. Part three contains four essays dealing with the Sikh concepts of creation, (less)

2. Delhi overview: Santosh Nair.

3. Kolkata overview: Sudarshan Chakravorty.

4. Ideas and issues.

5. Dance, dramas and ballets.

6. Folk forms.

7. Festivals of choreography.

8. Dance beyond borders.

9. Dance and digital media.

Bibliography. Index.

“It is well known that Indian classical dances, rooted in deep traditions, came virtually into their own after the nation’s independence. But the process had begun in the 1930’s gathered momentum soon and received ample revitalization within next half a century.

Interestingly, it was in the 1930s, too, that modern dance-based on contemporary sensibilities-also burst upon the scene. Inspired by the western sources, but consolidated by Uday Shankar and his ardent disciples, many exciting dance styles have emerged which depend primarily on their practitioners.

The collective corpus of their work is seen here through an analytical eye, in dialogue with the dancers, so as not to miss their own creative viewpoints (less)

2. Acknowledgements.

3. A historical mela: the ABC of India the Art, Book & Cinema.

4. Index of lots: artists, authors & film personalities.

5. Index of lots: films.

6. Select art & film bibliography.

7. The 1930s—when the pictures began to talk.

8. Items of film memorabilia & note on conservation work.

9. Select glossary of conservation terms.

10. Explanation of cataloguing terms & abbreviations.

Session one, Lots 1—94: Section one to three, lots 1—24: Artistic & literary influences of early Indian cinema. Section four, lots 25-44: The Talkies: a grand studio system, 1930-40s.

Section five, lots 45-79: The auteur-impresario as infrastructure-builder & the cinematic Trimurti: Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor & Dev Anand with Nargis, Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Nutan & Vyjayanthimala. Section six, lots 80-94: Great romantic posters of Hindi cinema.

Session Two, Lots 95-195: Section seven, lots 95-127: Another aesthetic: Indian modern & contemporary art (less)

1. Play as performance: a circle of theatrical communication/Ravi Chaturvedi.

2. Interpreting the play/Tanuja Mathur.

3. The curious journey of the Indian drama in English/Jasbir Jain.

4. Retreating into tribal mansions: race and religion in plays written by Parsi Zoroastrians in India/Nilufer E.

Bharucha. 5.

The bold and the meek/Ranbir Sinh. 6.

Immigrant spaces: Uma Parameswaran and Sadhu Binning/Supriya Agarwal. 7.

Re-constructing the past and critiquing the present: Mahasweta Devi's plays/Bandana Chakrabarty. 8.

Gender crossings: Vijay Tendulkar's deconstructive Axis in Sakharam Binder, Kamala and Kanyadaan/Sudha Rai. 9.

'Viewing' women: an exploration of Ezekiel's plays/Shaila Mahan. 10.

Girish Karnad: tying beginnings to ends/Sridhar Rajeswaran. 11.

Locating Bakhtinian Carnival in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana and Naga-Mandala/Sudha Shastri and Amith Kumar P.V.

12. The not-so-gay 'Gay' plays of Mahesh Dattani/Nidhi Singh.

13. Dramatic structures in Mahesh Dattani's Tara and final solutions/Charu Mathur.

14. Building a great tradition/Chaman Ahuja interviews Girish Karnad.

15. The fugue of experience: (less)

Detection of emerging high risk pathogens in dairy foods by recent PCR based techniques and their application in dairy industry/V.K.

Batish. 2.

Principal of ultrafiltration and its application in food processing/Dharampal. 3.

Techniques for long term preservation of microorganisms/Rameshwar Singh. 4.

Application of hurdle technology in development of shelf stable foods/G.R.

Patil. 5.

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic feeds in the Rumen of Dairy animals/D.N.

Kamra. 6.

Accelerated ripening of cheese using starter adjuncts/D.N.

Gandhi and Ritu Rana. 7.

Statistical methods for quality control standardization of milk and milk products/D.K.

Jain. 8.

Structure and stability of proteins from hyperthermophiles: adaptation at molecular level/Jai K. Kaushik.

9. Biological detoxification of aflatoxin in foods and feeds/Kishan Singh and A.

K. Puniya.

10. Advances in microbiology and technology of Yoghurt/S.

K. Tomar.

11. Biodiversity and typing of pathogenic bacteria/S.

De. 12.

Developing an effective HACCP plan based on rapid microbiological methods/S.K.

Anand. 13.

Probiotic cheese - a novel concept/Latha Sabiki (less)

1. Gram Swaraj: Gandhi's vision, ground realities and new initiatives/R.

P. Misra and Srikumar Chattopadhyay.

2. Gandhi in the globalised context/N.

Radhakrishnan. 3.

Individual and society: the Gandhian perspective/Saroj Malik. 4.

The Gandhian concept of democracy/A.N.

Panda. 5.

The essence of Gandhian economics/Jai Narain Sharma. 6.

Gandhi's concept of decentralisation: an analysis/M. Maharajan.

7. Gandhian economics with reference to poverty and unemployment/Anil Bhuimali.

8. Scope and significance of Swadeshi under globalization/M.

L. Sharma.

9. Globalisation and human resource management/Hassan Rangriz.

10. Sustainable development: Gandhian perspective/Saroj Malik.

11. Value crisis and the way out for world peace/P.

Moorthy. 12.

Building culture of peace: role of peace education and conflict resolution/D.N.

Pathak. 13.

Gandhi's message of non-violence to the violent world/Manish Sharma. 14.

Relevance of Gandhi/Ashu Pasricha. Index.

"In the present state of affairs, world is in search of an alternative. Gandhian alternative can provide solution to contemporary problems such as unemployment, unequal distribution of wealth, (less)

The age of classicism: Introduction. 1.

Ganeshwar Rath. 2.

Yatiraj Acharya. 3.

Ananta Tripathi Sharma. 4.

Ramanath Mishra. 5.

Banamal i Acharya. 6.

Jayakrushna Mishra. 7.

Pundarikaksha Mishra. II.

The age of transition: 8. Digambar Mohapatra.

9. Narayan Rath.

10. Umakant Panda.

11. Brajabandhu Mishra.

12. Bhagirathi Nanda Sharma.

13. Govinda Chandra Mishra.

14. Bhagavat Prasad Dash Sharma.

15. Laxmidhar Dwivedi.

16. Bharat Chandra Nath.

17. Kshirod Chandra Dash.

18. Prafulla Kumar Mishra.

III. The age of experiments: 19.

Keshab Chandra Dash. 20.

Pramod Chandra Mishra. 21.

Surendra Mohan Mishra. 22.

Laxman Charan Bishwal. 23.

Bar mali Bishwal. 24.

Rabindra Kumar Panda. 25.

Pramod Kumar Nayak. 26.

Keshab Chandra Mohapatra. 27.

Narayan Dash. 28.

Conclusion. 29.

Bibliography. "The present book 'Contemporary Sanskrit Writings in Orissa' is a product of analytical research as a part of major thrust area of research under the SAP - DRS programme of UGC in the Department of (less)

Rukmani, focuses on diverse themes: Patanjali's Yogasutras, Advaita Vedanta, Gaudiya Vaisnavism, Saivism, grammar and epic literature. It also addresses issues of contemporary relevance relating broadly to non-violence, environment, gender and syncretism (less)