Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780141005768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Articles previously published in various journals.
Notes on the Great Indian Circus
Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780141005768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Articles previously published in various journals.
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780141005768
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Articles previously published in various journals.
Notes On The Great Indian Circus
Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 935118126X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Khushwant Singh, India S Most Widely-Read Columnist, Has Been A Keen Observer Of Life In India Its Politics, Economics, Religion, Habits, Customs, Events And Personalities. Notes On The Great Indian Circus Is A Chronicle Of The State Of The Nation As It Was And As It Is, And The Way It Is Going To Be. It Also Reflects The Indian Psyche The Way We Are. This Selection Brings Together The Best Of Khushwant Singh S Articles From A Wide Variety Of Magazines And Newspapers, And Documents His Inimitable Perceptions On Parliament, Filmstar Mps, Censorship And Communalism. Containing Pieces On Subjects Ranging From Kentucky Fried Chicken To The Kumbh Mela, The Golden Temple To The Assassination Of Rajiv Gandhi, Osho To Bhindranwale, And Pornography To Family Planning, This Is An Insightful, Candid And Provocative Collection.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 935118126X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Khushwant Singh, India S Most Widely-Read Columnist, Has Been A Keen Observer Of Life In India Its Politics, Economics, Religion, Habits, Customs, Events And Personalities. Notes On The Great Indian Circus Is A Chronicle Of The State Of The Nation As It Was And As It Is, And The Way It Is Going To Be. It Also Reflects The Indian Psyche The Way We Are. This Selection Brings Together The Best Of Khushwant Singh S Articles From A Wide Variety Of Magazines And Newspapers, And Documents His Inimitable Perceptions On Parliament, Filmstar Mps, Censorship And Communalism. Containing Pieces On Subjects Ranging From Kentucky Fried Chicken To The Kumbh Mela, The Golden Temple To The Assassination Of Rajiv Gandhi, Osho To Bhindranwale, And Pornography To Family Planning, This Is An Insightful, Candid And Provocative Collection.
An Album of Indian Big Tops
Author: Sreedharan Champad
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1622127668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
An Album of Indian Big Tops, chronicling the circus industry in India from 1880 to 2010, was written by Sreedharan Champad, a flying trapeze artist, journalist, story writer, novelist, film script writer, and circus historian. His book reveals the history of Indian circus life and art, as well as details about the industry. He directly contacted the most prominent people in the Indian circus from the 1950s onward and has researched all available records, making this a lifetime achievement. It took him more than fifty years to complete this history about a "dying art," and no one before has attempted such a book. The book was inspired because, "I had spent my school vacations in circus tents in my boyhood, because some of my close relatives were circus artists living in circus tents."
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1622127668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
An Album of Indian Big Tops, chronicling the circus industry in India from 1880 to 2010, was written by Sreedharan Champad, a flying trapeze artist, journalist, story writer, novelist, film script writer, and circus historian. His book reveals the history of Indian circus life and art, as well as details about the industry. He directly contacted the most prominent people in the Indian circus from the 1950s onward and has researched all available records, making this a lifetime achievement. It took him more than fifty years to complete this history about a "dying art," and no one before has attempted such a book. The book was inspired because, "I had spent my school vacations in circus tents in my boyhood, because some of my close relatives were circus artists living in circus tents."
Jumbos and Jumping Devils
Author: Nisha P.R.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190992077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Jumbos and Jumping Devils is a pioneering exploration of the social history of circus in India over the last 150 years. It presents a wide variety of amazing tales ranging from the blooming and evolution of circus acrobatics in early twentieth-century Malabar to the sensational legal battles following the ban of wild animals and children from the circus ring in the twenty-first century. Alongside extensive fieldwork and interviews, the author has used memorabilia including photographs, notices, posters, letters, diaries, unpublished autobiographies, private papers, and recollections of the circus community to chronicle the hitherto untold story of the Indian circus. The book paves the way for a new sociocultural analysis of performance genres and popular culture in the subcontinent against several overlapping contexts. These include the remaking of caste and gender identities, transformation of physical cultures and bodies, interventions of the colonial and postcolonial states, and emergence of new transregional and transnational spaces.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190992077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Jumbos and Jumping Devils is a pioneering exploration of the social history of circus in India over the last 150 years. It presents a wide variety of amazing tales ranging from the blooming and evolution of circus acrobatics in early twentieth-century Malabar to the sensational legal battles following the ban of wild animals and children from the circus ring in the twenty-first century. Alongside extensive fieldwork and interviews, the author has used memorabilia including photographs, notices, posters, letters, diaries, unpublished autobiographies, private papers, and recollections of the circus community to chronicle the hitherto untold story of the Indian circus. The book paves the way for a new sociocultural analysis of performance genres and popular culture in the subcontinent against several overlapping contexts. These include the remaking of caste and gender identities, transformation of physical cultures and bodies, interventions of the colonial and postcolonial states, and emergence of new transregional and transnational spaces.
Indian Circus
Author: Mary Ellen Mark
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
"Mary Ellen Mark fell in love with the Indian circus in 1969, during her first trip to India. As she watched a huge hippopotamus walk around the ring with its mouth wide open, wearing a pink tutu, she was struck by the beauty and innocence of the show. She returned to India many times, and in 1989 and 1990 she devoted six months to photographing eighteen circuses, following them around the continent by train, plane, van, and auto-rickshaw. Secretive, highly competitive, and each a closed, self-sufficient society, the circuses embody what Mark calls "a poetry and a craziness that are still uncorrupted, and honest, and pure."" "Beautifully printed in tritone, this remarkable collection of photographs captures the texture of circus life outside of the ring - exhausting, humorous, poignant, and often bizarre - as well as the affection and devotion that the performers have for each other and their animals." "Indian Circus is documentary photography at its finest. The photographs are not only compelling portraits of the performers, but also eloquent and poetic narratives about life in the Indian circus."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
"Mary Ellen Mark fell in love with the Indian circus in 1969, during her first trip to India. As she watched a huge hippopotamus walk around the ring with its mouth wide open, wearing a pink tutu, she was struck by the beauty and innocence of the show. She returned to India many times, and in 1989 and 1990 she devoted six months to photographing eighteen circuses, following them around the continent by train, plane, van, and auto-rickshaw. Secretive, highly competitive, and each a closed, self-sufficient society, the circuses embody what Mark calls "a poetry and a craziness that are still uncorrupted, and honest, and pure."" "Beautifully printed in tritone, this remarkable collection of photographs captures the texture of circus life outside of the ring - exhausting, humorous, poignant, and often bizarre - as well as the affection and devotion that the performers have for each other and their animals." "Indian Circus is documentary photography at its finest. The photographs are not only compelling portraits of the performers, but also eloquent and poetic narratives about life in the Indian circus."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2012
Author: Edgar Thorpe
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131761908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131761908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2009
Author: Edgar Thorpe
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131723005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
An Updated and Revised Edition of the Most Popular General Knowledge Manual. FEATURES * Up-to-date, comprehensive and all purpose in approach * Includes a set of multiple-choice questions at the end of each section to test your understanding * Based on current trends in various examinations * National and international current affairs included
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131723005
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
An Updated and Revised Edition of the Most Popular General Knowledge Manual. FEATURES * Up-to-date, comprehensive and all purpose in approach * Includes a set of multiple-choice questions at the end of each section to test your understanding * Based on current trends in various examinations * National and international current affairs included
The Sunset Club
Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 0143417797
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Novel based on the three old age friends of the Sunset club exchange news and their views on the events of the day in Lodhi Gardens.
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 0143417797
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Novel based on the three old age friends of the Sunset club exchange news and their views on the events of the day in Lodhi Gardens.
The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2010 (New Edition)
Author: Thorpe
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131727904
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
An Updated and Revised Edition of the Most Popular General Knowledge Manual
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131727904
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
An Updated and Revised Edition of the Most Popular General Knowledge Manual
The Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2011
Author: Thorpe Edgar
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131756409
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131756409
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description