Author: Annie Ali Khan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9386797496
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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In present-day Pakistan, in the far corners of Lyari in Karachi, or Hingol in Balochistan, or Thatta in Sindh, tightly knit groups of women keep alive the folklore, songs and legends of Sati—their name for Sita in the Ramayana. The way they sustain the attendant rituals and practices in a nation state with a fixed idea of what constitutes citizenship and who gets to be a primary citizen is at the heart of this book. In Sita under the Crescent Moon, author Annie Ali Khan travels with women devotees—those without resources, subject to intense violence—who, through the bravest and simplest act, that of a pilgrimage, retrace what they remember of the goddess. Who are these pilgrims? How did this relationship with Sati start, and why is she so significant? How do their oral mytho-histories compare to colonial narratives or mainstream definitions of Sati? Even while retelling the stories of these pilgrims, Sita under the Crescent Moon studies how worship has altered the mores of a land—and how the sacral site, made up of clay and thread and tumble weed, grants a woman power to fight against her circumstances.
Author: Manan Ahmed Asif
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620973634
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197
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A stunning history of Pakistan’s cultural and intellectual capital, from one of the preeminent scholars of South Asia The city of Lahore was more than one thousand years old when it went through a violent schism. As the South Asian subcontinent was partitioned in 1947 to gain freedom from Britain’s colonial hold, and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was formed, the city’s large Hindu and Sikh populations were pushed toward India, and an even larger Muslim refugee population settled in the city. This was just the latest in a long history of the city’s making and unmaking. Over the centuries, the city has kept a firm grip on the imagination of travelers, poets, writers, and artists. More recently, it has been journalists who have been drawn to the city as a focal point for a nation that continues to grab international headlines. For this book, acclaimed historian Manan Ahmed Asif brings to life a diverse and vibrant world by walking the city again and again over the course of many years. Along the way he joins Sufi study circles and architects doing restoration in the medieval parts of Lahore and speaks with a broad range of storytellers and historians. To this Asif juxtaposes deep analysis of the city’s centuries-old literary culture, noting how it reverberates among the people of Lahore today. To understand modern Pakistan requires understanding its cultural capital, and Disrupted City uses Lahore’s cosmopolitan past and its fractured present to provide a critical lens to challenge the grand narratives of the Pakistani nation-state and its national project of writing history.
Author: Annie Ali Khan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789386797483
Category : Hindu goddesses
Languages : en
Pages : 311
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In present-day Pakistan, in the far corners of Lyari in Karachi, or Hingol in Balochistan, or Thatta in Sindh, tightly knit groups of women keep alive the folklore, songs and legends of Sati--their name for Sita in the Ramayana. The way they sustain the attendant rituals and practices in a nation state with a fixed idea of what constitutes citizenship and who gets to be a primary citizen is at the heart of this book. In Sita under the Crescent Moon, author Annie Ali Khan travels with women devotees--those without resources, subject to intense violence--who, through the bravest and simplest act, that of a pilgrimage, retrace what they remember of the goddess. Who are these pilgrims? How did this relationship with Sati start, and why is she so significant? How do their oral mytho-histories compare to colonial narratives or mainstream definitions of Sati? Even while retelling the stories of these pilgrims, Sita under the Crescent Moon studies how worship has altered the mores of a land--and how the sacral site, made up of clay and thread and tumble weed, grants a woman power to fight against her circumstances.
Author: Tilottoma Misra, (ed.)
Publisher: Zubaan
ISBN: 9390514274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Sita’s Voice in the Assamese Rāmāyaṇa is a translation of select verses from the Assamese Saptakāṇḍa Rāmāyaṇa of Mādhava Kandalī, Śaṅkaradeva and Madhavdeva, written between the 14th-15th centuries CE. This vernacular rendition of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa has been translated with a scholarly introduction by Tilottoma Misra. The selected verses represent a distinctive creative rendition of the Vālmīki text from the region of Assam by adding new emotional and philosophic dimensions to it. Especially in the Uttarakāṇḍa ascribed to Śaṅkaradeva, Sita’s voice acquires a unique quality in her final rejection of Rāma thereby expressing her ultimate disillusionment with him, the much-acclaimed paragon of all virtues.
Author: Sadguru Sant Keshavadas
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120805453
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Author: Pravina Shukla
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253021219
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Because clothing, food, and shelter are basic human needs, they provide excellent entries to cultural values and individual aesthetics. Everyone gets dressed every day, but body art has not received the attention it deserves as the most common and universal of material expressions of culture. The Grace of Four Moons aims to document the clothing decisions made by ordinary people in their everyday lives. Based on fieldwork conducted primarily in the city of Banaras, India, Pravina Shukla conceptualizes and realizes a total model for the study of body art—understood as all aesthetic modifications and supplementations to the body. Shukla urges the study of the entire process of body art, from the assembly of raw materials and the manufacture of objects, through their sale and the interactions between merchants and consumers, to the consumer's use of objects in creating personal decoration.
Author: Shubha Vilas
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
ISBN: 9391019641
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1101
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Features 6 National Bestsellers Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 1: Roar with Courage Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 2: Conquer Change Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 3: Adopt Patience Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 4: Stand Strong Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 5: Radiate Confidence Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 6: Think Big to Win Authentic narration of the epic with life lessons The RAMAYANA is not a story. It is a way of life. It is THE GAME OF LIFE. A good game is full of twists and turns at every stage and this magical epic arms us with valuable tools to deal with anomalies in our own lives. These quirks turn us into valiant warriors in the face of the most challenging situations.
Author: James Francis Katherinus Hewitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Author: Sri Dharma Mittra
Publisher: Dharma Yoga Center
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence according to Maharishi Patanjali in his seminal Yoga-Sutras. How to settle the mind and achieve this silence? The Divinely-realized techniques of yoga are the key. Within this book, you will discover the basic theory, philosophy and practices of classical yoga as received by Sri Dharma Mittra from his beloved Guru and refi ned over his half-century of practice and teaching. Can a book enlighten the mind on its own? No, but this book will without a doubt aid in the process. Om Shanti Om.
Author: James Francis Katherinus Hewitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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