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Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell
Caste as Lived Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Caste, as it is experienced in everyday life, is the pièce de résistance of this book. Thirty-two voices narrate how from childhood to adulthood, caste intruded upon their lives—food, clothes, games, gait, love, marriage and every aspect of one’s existence including death. Like the editor Perumal...
India's Financial Sector
An Era of Reforms
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2009
India's Financial Sector deals with the reform measures undertaken in the financial sector and their impact. The impact is assessed in terms of growth in activities, profitability, financial stability and financial inclusion among intermediaries such as banks, NBFCs and mutual funds, as well as in...
Financial Intermediation in a Less Developed Economy
The History of the United Bank of India
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Financial Intermediation in a Less Developed Economy: The History of the United Bank of India is an institutional narrative of a bank in a developing economy, a representative case study that brings out the essential two-way relationship between finance and economic development.
The book highlights...
Demonetisation
A means to an End?
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
On 8th November 2016, India was caught unaware and shaken to its very roots, when the majority of the currency in circulation became stripped of its value. People were grappling with an entirely unfamiliar situation - 'demonetisation'. The move unleashed a huge debate on television, in newspapers,...
India Policy Forum 2015–16
Volume 12
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
The India Policy Forum (IPF) is organized by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi. It aims to examine India’s economic reforms and its economic transition using policy-relevant empirical research. The IPF comprises an annual international conference in July in New...
Badal Sircar
Towards a Theatre of Conscience
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
The first full-length study of Badal Sircar, who brought theatre to the streets and to the masses in India!
Badal Sircar (1925-2011) is one of the most important and influential figures in the history of post-independence Indian theatre. As a playwright, he contributed seminal texts which...
Filming Horror
Hindi Cinema, Ghosts and Ideologies
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
First book to study the horror genre of Hindi cinema in all its forms and expressions
Filming Horror: Hindi Cinema, Ghosts and Ideologies bridges the gap that currently exists in the field of genre studies in Hindi cinema. Analyzing more than 80 horror films from Mahal (1949) to Ragini MMS...
The Cinema of Bimal Roy
An 'Outsider' Within
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
An analysis of Bimal Roy’s films and their depiction of people outside the ‘mainstream’
The Cinema of Bimal Roy: An ‘Outsider’ Within examines Roy’s adaptations of Bengali and Hindi literary classics while dwelling on his approach and treatment of women, a focal point of many of...
Bollywood Baddies
Villains, Vamps and Henchmen in Hindi Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Bollywood Baddies is the first-of-its-kind book-length narrative of villainy in Hindi films. It discusses villains, vamps, and henchmen of Bollywood cinema, and also the actors who essayed such characters over the decades. The author discusses not just villains but also the evaluation of villainous...
Brave New Bollywood
In Conversation with Contemporary Hindi Filmmakers
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
These are interesting times in the history of Indian cinema, particularly because the established aesthetic conventions and modes of production of the Hindi film industry are being challenged, as are the boundaries between what is alternative and what is mainstream. This book is an attempt to contextualize...
Tagore and the Feminine
A Journey in Translations
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
This book presents a range of Rabindranath Tagore’s creative works, including translations of short stories, essays, poems, memoirs, songs and plays from his vast corpus to show his conception of the feminine and gender identity that are relevant even today.
The editor establishes the search...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
This book discusses the issues and challenges of organizing and managing in the context of a globalized world. It provides insights and perspectives on the realities of organization in a world where governance structures, organizational processes, management practices and employment relations are...
Connecting Inner Power with Global Change
The Fractal Ladder
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2009
The power to change things lies within us. Presented in this book is a theory of how shifts in oneself can have profound shifts in corporations, markets, systems and the world. It has been said, 'Become the change you wish to see in the World.' But the elaboration of how this is true may remain a...
The Fractal Organization
Creating Enterprises of Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
The biggest challenge facing leaders today is the creation of organizations that are capable of surviving and flourishing in these uncertain times. How does one create an organization that is sustainable in the long run, how can organizations be ready for uncertainties that the markets place upon...