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Undernutrition and Public Policy in India Investing in the future

The Different Faces of Politics in Literature and Music

Shooting Terror Terrorism in Hindi Films

Re-searching Transitions in Indian History

Critical Discourse in Gujarati

Critical Discourse in Gujarati

This volume forms part of the Critical Discourses in South Asia series which deals with schools movements and discursive practices in major South Asian languages. It offers crucial insights into the making of Gujarati literature and its critical tradition across a century / several centuries. The book presents one of a kind historiography of Gujarati literature and of its critical discourse. It brings together English translations of major writings of influential figures dealing with literary criticism and theory aesthetic and performative traditions and re-interpretations of primary concepts and categories in Gujarati. It initiates an exploration into Gujarati critical discourse from the heather to neglected pre-colonial centuries and presents key texts in literary and cultural studies some of which are being made available for the first time into English. These seminal essays explore complex interconnections understand the dynamics of critical discursive situations in Gujarati literature and to carefully construct a mobile post of observation that matches those dynamics. They offer a radical departure from the widespread historiographical practice in Indian writings of disregarding pre-colonial literary critical discourse. The book also offers a new and indigenous periodization of Gujarati literature and its critical discourse derived from a fresh perception of Gujarati and Indian literary culture. Comprehensive and authoritative this volume offers an overview of the history of critical thought in Gujrati literature in South Asia. It will be essential for scholars and researchers of Gujarati language and literature literary criticism literary theory comparative literature Indian literature cultural studies art and aesthetics performance studies history sociology regional studies and South Asian studies. It will also interest the Gujarati-speaking diaspora and those working on the intellectual history of Gujarat and Western India and conservation of the language and their culture. | Critical Discourse in Gujarati

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The Buddha in Sri Lanka Histories and Stories

Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

Rethinking State Politics in India Regions within Regions

The Different Faces of Politics in the Visual and Performative Arts

Lives in Motion Celebrating Dance in Thailand

Lives in Motion Celebrating Dance in Thailand

Lives in Motion celebrates dance in Thailand focusing on the diversity of Thailand’s dance cultures and their place in today’s world. Giving voice to eminent artists and scholars on the complex roles that Thailand is pursuing for artful movement at home and abroad the book provides key perspectives on Thai dance traditions and practitioners. It explores the many forms and meanings in contemporary dance changing local traditions in the country the evolution of Thai dance on the global stage and hybrid features of the Thai dance world. The book examines how hybridity has been integral to dance cultures in Thailand and discusses how they have actively adapted and negotiated their knowledge in relation to modernity and globalization. Developing new models standards and sites for dance movement and theater dance in Thai has been advancing in innovative ways whether it is to include fresh forms of skilled bodily movement or to expand in new arenas like tourism and online platforms. Similarly old systems of training which included artists’ homes palaces and temples have been adapted into the new world of modern education media home schooling and new community rituals. A pioneering contribution on Thai performing arts this volume examines contemporary Thai dance cultures in the local national regional and global contexts. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of dance and performance studies cultural studies Southeast Asia studies and art. | Lives in Motion Celebrating Dance in Thailand

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E-Waste Management Challenges and Opportunities in India

E-Waste Management Challenges and Opportunities in India

This book offers an extensive review of e-waste management in India the world’s third‑largest producer of waste from electrical and electronic equipment. With a focus on the evolution of legalframeworks in India and the world it presents impacts and outcomes; challenges and opportunities; and management strategies and practices to deal with e-waste. First of its kind the book examines relevant concepts and issues from across 15 disciplines and six areas of policy making and will serve as a comprehensive knowledge base on electronic waste in India. It links key themes to the global context of Sustainable Development Goals and explores the convergence with technological infrastructural and social initiatives in e-waste management. A range of topics are discussed such as resource efficiency policies; circular economy; toxicity; technicalities and complexities of e-waste management including role of the informal sector and need for recognising social and human costs in policy making. The book deals with the role of statistics; legal trends and reforms; linkages with green Agenda 2030 and UN initiatives; implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR); environmental factors; business prospects; consequences on human health; Life Cycle Impact Assessment; the ‘six Rs’ (Responsible use Repair Refurbish Recycle Recover and Reuse); recycling practices and problems material flow and informal sector in trade value chain; fostering partnership between formal-informal sectors; safe disposal; alternatives to landfilling; role of jurisprudence and regulatory bodies; and education and awareness. It also includes a survey of pan-India initiatives and trajectories of law-driven initiatives for effective e-waste management along with responses from industries and producers. Timely and essential this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of environment studies digital waste management waste management development studies public policy political ecology sustainable development technology and manufacturing design and instrumentation environmental and international law taxation commerce electronic industry economics business management metallurgy and engineering labour studies as well as to policymakers nongovernmental organisations and interested general readers. | E-Waste Management Challenges and Opportunities in India

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Locating BRICS in the Global Order Perspectives from the Global South

Indigenous Question Land Appropriation and Development Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand India

Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

This book explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal India which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories. One of the first ethnographic studies of religious polarisation and its interface with politics in West Bengal this book: Offers a fresh perspective both theoretically and empirically by using longitudinal multi-site ethnography to explain the mechanisms by which identity issues have re-emerged; Studies key policy changes political practices and series of invented traditions during periods of political transition; Examines intricate details of the micro-dynamics of the formulation and expansion of Hindu and Islamic fundamentalism and their political counterparts which carry a capacity to push away secular democratic forces from the existing political spectrum; Sheds light on the mechanisms of riots its design organisational bases and mechanisms of spread; Includes key observations from the 2021 elections in the state. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science social and cultural anthropology sociology and South Asian studies. | Democracy and Social Cleavage in India Ethnography of Riots Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal c. 2012–2021

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Mapping Innovation in India’s Creative Industries Policy Context and Opportunities

Environment Climate Change and Migration in South Asia

State of the Young Child in India

State of the Young Child in India

This Report is one of the first comprehensive studies on young children in India. It focuses on children under 6 years of age and presents key aspects of their well-being and development. With the highest number of neonatal infant and under-5 deaths in the world there is an urgent need to address issues that continue to affect the young child in India. This volume:Introduces two young child indices aggregating selected indicators to separately track child outcomes and child circumstances. Provides an account of the current situation of the young child in terms of physical and cognitive development access to care disadvantaged children and major issues that have led to the continued neglect of this age group. Explores the policy and legal framework fiscal space and the role and obligations of key stakeholders including the state private sector civil society media and the family. Highlights key recommendations and action points that can help to improve the ecosystem for early childhood care and development. Drawing on specially commissioned technical background papers supplemented by extensive field experience of Mobile Creches in childcare this Report will be of interest to practitioners policymakers and influencers think tanks and researchers of public policy development studies human rights sociology and social anthropology as well as general readers. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. tandfebooks. com/doi/view/10. 4324/9781003026488 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. . | State of the Young Child in India

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Urban Daily Labour Markets in Gujarat Western India

Urban Daily Labour Markets in Gujarat Western India

This volume explores one of the most complex labour landscapes of India - the urban daily labour market. These markets form an important sector of the urban informal labour market and contribute significantly to the Indian economy. This book presents an empirical comparative picture of daily labour markets in Gujarat Western India. These markets consist mostly of intra-state and interstate migrant workers who suffer from layered multiple marginalities based on markers of informality migrant status caste ethnicity gender and poor agency and often live in the peripheries of the cities without any rights and entitlements to their spaces and services. This study based on an extensive survey of three cities in Gujarat contains descriptions and analyses of the places of migration and their causes as well as the working and living conditions of the workers along with their spending patterns on food health education and leisure. It mirrors the work life and issues of these workers on the regional level while contributing to a better understanding for future policy interventions. An in-depth study the book will be of interest to students and researchers of labour economics labour studies urban planning social work sociology anthropology and demography. It will also be useful to NGOs/trade unions working with migrant workers civil servants in Labour department and other related departments city planners and policy makers. | Urban Daily Labour Markets in Gujarat Western India

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Politics and Society between Elections Public Opinion in India’s States

Politics and Society between Elections Public Opinion in India’s States

Elections are episodic; governance is routine. This book studies patterns in public opinion on politics and society between elections in India. By using the survey data covering 24 Indian states including the National Capital Region of Delhi (NCR) it will serve as State barometers of public opinion. The surveys seek to understand how politics and governance processes are nested in the social and political relationships between citizens inter se and with government functionaries. The book explores citizen perceptions about the social and political universes they inhabit in periods between elections. It examines social attitudes of citizens friendship ties across social groups gender roles and relationships; opinions on governance ease of public service access the citizen-state interface and trust in political institutions; and political attitudes and identity nationalism freedom of expression and populism. This book explores public perceptions of everyday development and governance outcomes that are shaped by how the government functions between elections: how it relates to citizens on a regular basis; how it provides routine public services to them; and how public order is maintained. An incisive study on public opinion on politics society and governance in India this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science governance public policy and South Asian studies. It will also be of immense interest to bureaucrats policymakers think tanks and organisations working in the areas of development studies politics society and governance. Section 3. 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Politics and Society between Elections Public Opinion in India’s States

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Kipling in India

Economic and Financial Integration in South Asia A Contemporary Perspective

Economic and Financial Integration in South Asia A Contemporary Perspective

This book analyses the current state and potential of economic and financial integration in South Asia which has emerged as one of the most dynamic regions of the world. It looks at how regional convergences and cooperation would reinforce ties amongst the diverse economies of South Asia in the changing global economic landscape. Drawing on empirical research the book looks at the degree of economic and financial integration in South Asia which according to the World Bank includes the least integrated regions in the world and explores the fundamental factors that drive integration amongst these countries. It offers important insights into the financial landscape of the region as well as the dynamics of the interlinkages in the banking system the stock markets and the debt markets. The book examines the role of bilateral trade in augmenting regional economic ties the opportunities for growth these will foster and the major challenges and roadblocks for the leaders of the region. It also provides an overview of China’s role in South Asia’s financial integration and the interdependence of these economies for economic opportunities macroeconomic and financial stability jobs sustainable growth and inclusive development. Detailed and insightful this book will be of great interest to investors and regional policymakers. It will also be of interest to researchers and students of economics public and foreign policy finance international relations and South Asia studies. | Economic and Financial Integration in South Asia A Contemporary Perspective

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Critical Discourse in Odia

Critical Discourse in Odia

This volume forms part of the Critical Discourses in South Asia series which deals with schools movements and discursive practices in major South Asian languages. It offers crucial insights into the making of Odia literature and its critical tradition across a century. The book brings together English translation of major writings of influential figures dealing with literary criticism and theory aesthetic and performative traditions and re-interpretations of primary concepts and categories in Odia. It presents twenty-five key texts in literary and cultural studies from late-nineteenth century to early-twenty-first century translated by experts for the first time into English. These seminal essays explore complex interconnections between socio-historical events in the colonial and post-Independence period in Odisha and the language movement. They discuss themes such as the evolving idea of literature and criteria of critical evaluation; revision and expansion of the literary canon; the transition from orality to print; emergence of new reading practices resulting in shifts in aesthetic sensibility; dialectics of tradition and modernity; and the formation consolidation and political consequences of a language-based identity. Comprehensive and authoritative this volume offers an overview of the history of critical thought in Odia literature in South Asia. It will be essential for scholars and researchers of Odia language and literature literary criticism literary theory comparative literature Indian literature cultural studies art and aesthetics performance studies history sociology regional studies and South Asian studies. It will also interest the Odia-speaking diaspora and those working on the intellectual history of Odisha and Eastern India and conservation of language and culture. | Critical Discourse in Odia

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Critical Discourse in Bangla

Critical Discourse in Bangla

This volume forms a part of the Critical Discourses in South Asia series which deals with schools movements and discursive practices in major South Asian languages. It offers crucial insights into the making of Bengali or Bangla literature and its critical tradition across a century. The book brings together English translation of major writings of influential figures dealing with literary criticism and theory aesthetic and performative traditions and reinterpretations of primary concepts and categories in Bangla. It presents 32 key texts in literary and cultural studies from Bengal from the middle of the 19th to that of the 20th century with most of them translated for the first time into English. These seminal essays are linked with socio-historical events and phenomena in the colonial and post-independence period in Bengal including the background to the Language Movement in Bangladesh. They discuss themes such as integrative aesthetic visions poetic and literary forms modernism imagination power structures and social struggles ideological values cultural renovations and humanism. Comprehensive and authoritative this volume offers an overview of the history of critical thought in Bangla literature in South Asia. It will be essential for scholars and researchers of Bengali/Bangla language and literature literary criticism literary theory comparative literature Indian literature cultural studies art and aesthetics performance studies history sociology regional studies and South Asian studies. It will also interest the Bengali-speaking diaspora and those working on the intellectual history of Bengal and conservation of languages and culture | Critical Discourse in Bangla

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Creative Industries in India

Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India