Oup India imprint: 245 books
Growing Up and Away
Narratives of Indian Childhoods: Memory, History, Identity
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
This book aims to expand our understanding of the role of institutions, norms, and key players in shaping the evolution of child rights in India. It traces the evolution of the child rights discourse in post-Independence India, suggesting that there are different and political ways of thinking about...
Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars
North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion: 1770–1870
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
This path-breaking work on the social and economic history of colonial India traces the evolution of north Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Mughal dominion to the consolidation of British empire following the 1857 'mutiny'. C.A. Bayly analyses the response of the inhabitants...
Myanmar
A Political History
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Myanmar, since its independence from the British in 1948, has witnessed decades of military dictatorship, a plethora of ethnic and political problems, and an arduous struggle to political normalcy and democracy. Reinventing its place in international trade, diplomacy, and geo-strategy, Myanmar today...
India's Freedom Struggle 1857–1947
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998
This book is an accessible introduction to the rise of the Indian freedom struggle between the Great Revolt of 1857 and the attainment of Independence in 1947.
Debating Difference
Group Rights and Liberal Democracy in India
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
How can inequalities between groups be addressed, while at the same time sustaining common citizenship? Debating Difference offers a new approach to this key question for liberal democracies, demonstrating that argument and debate is crucial for reconciling the demands of group equality and civic...
Rethinking Public Accounting
Policy and Practice of Accrual Accounting in Government
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2008
This volume argues for reforms in India's public spending and accounting systems. According to the author, it will help set performance standards and provide reliable information to monitor government expenditure. Critically analysing the cash accounting system, he shows that it is inadequate to respond...
by A.G. Noorani, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
The civil rights of Indian citizens are guaranteed both in the Indian Constitution and through the State's international commitments. Despite these guarantees, the civil rights framework encounters numerous challenges from the State—problematic counter-terrorism laws, continuation of the death penalty,...
Violence, Martyrdom and Partition
A Daughter’s Testimony
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
This book presents the oral testimony of Subhashini (1914–2003), the woman head of a well-known Arya Samaj institution devoted to women's education in rural north India. Subhashini's narrative unfolds a story, within a sea of stories, which has remained silent in the dominant historical discourse....
by B.R. Nanda
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1998
The book explores the evolution of Gandhi's ideas, his attitudes toward religion, the racial problem, the caste system, his conflict with the British, his approach to Muslim separatism and the division of India, his attitude toward social and economic change, his doctrine of nonviolence, and other key issues.
Not War, Not Peace?
Motivating Pakistan to Prevent Cross-Border Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
The Mumbai blasts of 1993, the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, Mumbai 26/11—cross-border terrorism has continued unabated. What can India do to motivate Pakistan to do more to prevent such attacks? In the nuclear times that we live in, where a military counter-attack could escalate to destruction...
The Defining Moments in Bengal
1920–1947
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
This work explores some of the constitutive elements in the life and mind of Bengal in the twentieth century. The author addresses some frequently unasked questions about the history of modern Bengal. In what way was twentieth-century Bengal different from 'Renaissance' Bengal of the late-nineteenth...
In Search of Gandhi
Essays and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2004
The twenty nine essays in this book are insightful and sympathetic analyses of various facets of Gandhi's multidimensional personality. They cover his formative years, his stuggle against racism and imperialism, his attitude to religion and the partiton of India, his public life, and the relevance...
A Hindu Education
Early Years of the Banaras Hindu University
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2005
This book provides a comprehensive account of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India's first residential university and the result of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya's efforts to establish a Hindu university in the country. This book not only discusses the origins and development of the BHU, but also...
by Anushka Singh
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Examining the relationship between sedition and liberal democracies, particularly in India, this book looks at the biography of sedition laws, its contradictory position against free speech, and democratic ethics. Recent sedition cases registered in India show that the law in its wide and diverse...