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TRIBES OF INDIA : REALITIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
0₹795.00About the Book
The term ‘tribe/tribal’ is at the heart of several contentious issues of contemporary Indian society. For centuries the tribal communities have been subjected to domination and control by the outsiders and been victims of cultural genocide. As a result, their relationship with forests has been violated, their lifestyle that epitomised harmony with Nature, stands denigrated causing colossal disruption of the everyday practices. Does the process of subjugation and assimilation imply a complete disintegration of tribal practices and tradition? What are the challenges posed by modernisation, sankritisation, and globalisation on linguistic realities and its effect on tribal identity and culture? What happens when the indigenous language faces threat from the outside world? Does it succumb to the pressure and becomes extinct? This book offers critical insights into questions that are fundamental as well as contemporary in the field of tribal research. From oral cultures and language issues to the radical aspects in tribal Ramayanas and Mahabharatas, to ethnographic studies on tribal monetary traditions, textile, and handicrafts, not to mention the chapters on literary studies of authors like Mamang Dai, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, and Mahasweta Devi, the book encompasses a variety of research work that is multidisciplinary, heterogeneous in scope and yet, incisive in argumentation.
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TRIBES OF NAGALAND AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: A JOURNEY TOGETHER
0₹695.00About the Book
Tribes of Nagaland and the Catholic Church is a valuable treatise on the history and contribution of the Catholic Church in Nagaland and the role it played in the development of the State. It traces the roots, growth and the influence Catholic Church had on the people and the state in general. Recalling the immense sacrifice the earlier Catholic missionaries and lay leaders made, the book also highlights the struggles of social isolation, indifference, threats and expulsion that they faced on account of their Catholicism.
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TSUNAMI 2004: THE IAF STORY A FEW GOOD MEN & THE ANGRY SEA
0₹3,200.00About The Book
When the tsunami hit the Indian coast on a bright Sunday morning on December 26, 2004, it shocked India and the world. It was as if the sea had washed away hubs of human activity in an instant. In India’s far eastern outpost, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the 9.0 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean killed 10,136 people. The Car Nicobar Islands were among the worst affected. The Indian Air Force lost 116 personnel at its devastated Car Nicobar base.
With a 100 day deadline, seven Indian Air Force officers, including then Wing Commander Nitin Sathe, and a group of dedicated IAF personnel undertook the tough task of rebuilding the IAF’s Car Nicobar air base. Ten years on, now an Air Commodore, Nitin Sathe reveals how the IAF, with courage and determination, brought its Car Nicobar base back to life. A Few Good Men and The Angry Sea is an inspiring story about how human endeavor on a tiny corner of the earth overcame one of the greatest natural disasters in history.
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TULSI RAMAYANA
0₹1,995.00About The Book
The author wanted non-Hindi, non-Sankrit readers to connect directly with this epic and showcase Indian culture for them. The task was to make this generation read and understand the epic in the original form. He stumbled upon the idea of rendering the same in Verse – a form that connects better.
The author has tried to maintain the rhyme so that it can be sung and enjoyed. The book is indeed a rare treat for the English world.
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TWO CLASSICAL PLAYS FROM INDIA
0₹425.00About The Book
Two Plays from India’ presents a theatrical canvas drawn from the pages of history and annals of mythology in India, articulating quintessential questions on deeply held spiritual values, portraying archetypical characters that evoke ageless questions for the modern spectators. Celebrated play “Once in India” explores the real value of ‘non–violence’ or ‘ahinsa’ through the saga of a Hindu King. In the play ‘The King of Mathura’,through a famous religious legend, the playwright has crafted an exceptional narrative around India’s first semi-mythological dictator, ‘Kans’, the uncle of Hindu god Krishna. This play explores the workings of a dictator’s mind and the extreme potential of the human capacity for evil, and despite apparent omnipotence, the presence of anxiety and terror in the human psyche. Both plays highlight diverging ideational drives, poignant characters, pathos and drama, while aptly highlighting India’s cultural ethos and mystique.
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UNDERCOVER IN BANDIPORE
0₹395.00About the Book
Before the abrogation of Article 370, who were the actors in Kashmir’s theatre of the absurd? The youngsters who could not escape abroad had to play self-destructive roles decided by manipulators sitting in Pakistan. This riveting narrative delves deep into how Muslim families lost their moorings. A teenaged boy turns to militancy in a desperate quest for employment and identity. A college-going girl is sent to JNU for an insidious agenda of radicalisation of the intelligentsia. Forbidden love blooms but is doomed. The story is told with empathy and passion by a Kashmiri Pandit who is well aware that the exodus of his community was not a triumph for Muslims but an irreparable loss. The modern education they imparted was replaced by rigid dogma. The main protagonist is Barkat, an orphan brought up in Mughalsarai by a beggar. During his sojourn in Kashmir, living in the shadows, he discovers that a proud society can be saved only if it takes charge of its own destiny. This is also a dirge for a composite culture that was systematically destroyed. The underlying theme is that nativity in universality is the way out of the morass.
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UNDERSTANDING CPI(M)
0₹750.00About the Book
This book is about the history of the CPI(M). The Left is facing its severest political test in the country. It lost the 2009 Lok Sabha elections and doubts are being cast on whether it would be able to survive the West Bengal assembly polls in 2011. A careful reading will explain that the hope for regeneration for the CPI(M) appears almost lost. The party is in crisis as never before, with no single leader capable of reviving its past glory. The CPI(M) aligned with the Congress and weakened the forces that could have strengthened the Left’s ideological direction. The proximity to the Congress gave birth to a neoliberal section, and it spelled doom for the party.
Diptendra makes an in-depth study of the situation and presents a rare insight into the failures of the Left party. The book challenges the conventional wisdom that a secular polity has developed in India in the last two decades to fight the communal forces. He has also explained how two groups, one led by Prakash Karat and the other by Sitaram Yechury–Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, are fighting a long-drawn battle to gain the party’s control.
The conflict between PC Joshi and BT Ranadive was the genesis of the crisis that is haunting the CPI(M) even today, the book argues. It tries to find out why the party became so arrogant between 2004 and 2008 and why it failed to see the writings on the wall.
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UNDERSTANDING INDIA RELEVANCE OF HINDUISM
0₹495.00About the Book
A book that presents views of experts on various aspects of Hinduism. The book asserts that to know India, an understanding of/about Hinduism is a must. Dr. S Radhakrishnan said Hinduism is a way of life: this book tries to present exactly that. The present volume brings together under one cover the thoughts of some of the most eminent men and women, erudite scholars, jurists, advocates, diplomats, Ministers, administrators and others.
Some of the contributors include Dr. Karan Singh, Prof HR Bhardwaj, Dr. Kaarthikeyan, Hari Jaisingh and Subhash C Kashyap.
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UNIFIED THEATRE COMMAND : BREAKING FREE OF MILITARY SILOS
0₹695.00About the Book
In 2023, the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Act was passed in the Indian Parliament, thereby liberating the monolithic organisations of the army, navy and air force from its silos. The idea of theatre command was first operationalised towards the end of WWI in 1919. In WWII, all nations that participated had organised their militaries in theatre-based joint unified commands. Today, thirty nations have reformed their militaries to follow this model. In India, while the ‘thought process’ began in the 1950s, and came under review both after India’s spectacular victory over Pakistan in 1972, and later after the Kargil War, the ball was set rolling only in 2019 by the first Chief of Defence Staff, the Late General Bipin Rawat. Parliament passed the Act in 2023. The book covers the background, India’s journey, global military reforms and India’s ancient history on how the three services can work together.
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UP IN THE SKY
0₹350.00About The Book
Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for a ride of a lifetime with Air Commodore Nitin Sathe as he takes you on a wondrous journey spanning 34 years. You can travel to the most amazing and impossible places hidden from all but the most daring adventurers. From the shrines that adorn the distant mountains to the peaks spoken of in mythology to border outposts where there is no one but the valiant soldier, the adventure never stops. One day, you could be flying a wounded soldier, the next rescue a child from the flooding waters or perhaps carry letters to loved ones in far-flung areas. Relive the life-changing experiences of a helicopter pilot in this fascinating collection of 19 short sweet delightful intriguing stories that is sure to touch your heart.
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UPENDRA NATH BANERJEE : MEMOIRS OF A REVOLUTIONARY
0₹399.00About the Book
Within the pages of this book lie the forgotten chapters of Bengal’s revolutionary history; the stories of those unsung heroes of our freedom struggle, whose legacies have been lost in the elusive shadows of time. What remains are their names etched on unfamiliar roads—silent reminders that are rarely acknowledged or retained in the memories of those who pass. Amidst the vibrant streets of Kolkata, there is an Upendra Nath Banerjee Road, a tribute to a fearless revolutionary and thinker and his immense contribution to our freedom movement, but few may appreciate the sacrifices of the person it honours. Memoirs of a Revolutionary, a translation of the Bengali classic, Nirbasiter Atmakatha, Upendra Nath Banerjee wrote himself, offers a deeply personal insight into the thoughts, struggles, momentous events and emotions that have shaped India’s history, as seen through his life and his incarceration in the forbidding Cellular Jail in the Andamans.
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USKI PANCHVATI
0₹250.00About the Book
Does a woman neglected by her husband have the right to seek happiness elsewhere? Uski Panchvati is a novel which not only questions conventions sanctioned by society such as marriage but also compels us to ponder over them. Vikram Khanna, Delhi’s leading industrialist selects middle class Sadhvi as a bride for his younger brother Yatin. Himself married to Neera, who is neither educated nor talented, he admires Sadhvi who paints and is interested in fine arts. Yatin, however, ridicules her hobbies. For him, she is only a body to be used for pleasure. On the way to Gorakhpur, Vikram and Sadhvi stop at Basti where the guest house stands, surrounded by dense rows of mango trees. For Sadhvi, it becomes her own secluded, idyllic Panchvati where Vikram and she consummate their love for each other. Uski Panchvati questions whether anyone can experience a moment of complete and unparalleled happiness in life. If yes, is it possible to spend a whole lifetime on the basis of this.
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VANISHED
0₹200.00About the Book
Rita Kapoor, the reigning queen of the Indian film industry, wakes up to find the second half of the vast double bed empty. Her husband is nowhere to be found. As police detectives attempt to uncover the mystery of this sudden disappearance, other people connected with him also vanish. Is there a common thread? Who was the mysterious woman who had been meeting the industrialist in the days and weeks prior to his disappearance?
As the action shifts from Gurgaon and Delhi to Dehradun, Bangalore and to Mumbai, it soon becomes clear that the mystery is complex and there are important national secrets at stake. People are not who they appear to be on the surface. Dangerous deceptions are being plotted. There is a game of high stakes behind all the mysteries – and all weapons are being used, including blackmail, adultry and murder…
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VIKRAM SARABHAI: THE SPACE MAN
0₹295.00About the Book
On September 7, 2019, Indians were glued to their televisions, watching the Chandrayaan-2 lander begin its descent to the surface of the moon. Everything was going well and India was set to become the fourth country to land on the moon. One man was an integral part of this space journey—Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai. Born in 1919, Sarabhai was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India. He is also regarded as the Father of the Indian Space Program. The book is an attempt to nourish scientific temper in children from a young age.
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VILLAGE VOICES
0₹250.00About the Book
Life in a small village of Tamil Nadu comes alive through the eyes and ears of the author. The stories take the readers on a rollercoaster ride from the excitement of Jallikattu-an ancient bull-taming sport to petty politics during village elections; from a young man pulled off a bus by villagers and made to marry the girl he had promised; from the village shop where anyone could walk in and buy on credit to the protests over the Koodankulam nuclear plant.
From the Uvari Legend that led to the setting up of the St Anthony’s Church to a temple priest revolting against the installing of a hundial in the temple. The Lourdes of South India tells us about the famous church of Annai at Velankanni where everyone – Hindus and Christians, come to pray. Fascinating stories of women beedi makers, temple festivals, marriage rituals – all make the village come alive with characters whom we all recognize and identify with.
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VIMLA: THE EVERYDAY INDIAN WOMAN & MURDER MOST FOUL
0₹395.00About the Book
Vimla Tyagi’s story is that of a good daughter, supportive wife and conscientious mother – the even tenor of whose life is suddenly turned upside down by the muder of her husband, on their daughter’s wedding day. Why was he killed? Did he have secret enemies? Vimla still does not know who killed him. The 1990s was one of the century’s most turbulent decades for India. Separatist threats from groups like the LTTE, Khalistanis, the Hizbul in J&K, and the armed insurgents of the north-east all besieged the PV Narasimha Rao government. In this setting, when a popular bureaucrat is gunned down in broad daylight and nobody knows why, one is likely to think, this can happen to anyone, even you and me. This is why Vitasta brings you the story of Vimla: The Everyday Indian Woman & Murder Most Foul.
