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Una mitrān kī yāda piyarī
In: The Anand Patwardhan Collection
This film documents the violence and terror in Punjab, India--a land torn apart by religious fundamentalists and a repressive government. After examining the political turmoil of the late 1970's and the rise of Sikh fundamentalism, the film focuses on the legacy of Bhagat Singh, a young socialist executed by the British in 1931 at the age of 23. Singh has since become a legend. Today the State eulogizes him as a nationalist while Sikh separatists portray him as a Sikh militant. In fact, Singh was neither. Just prior to his death he wrote a book which he entitled "Why I Am An Atheist." In strife-torn Punjab a band of brave Sikhs and Hindus carry Bhagat Singh's secular legacy from village to village. In the religiously charged countryside ideas of internationalism and secularism now carry a price
Singing the crusades: French and Occitan lyric responses to the crusading movements, 1137-1336
"The crusading movements provoked a vast and diverse mass of reactions in the medieval West. While Latin sources provide official versions of its preaching, organisation and events, the vernacular lyrics of the troubadours and trouvères present a secular perspective, through a cornucopia of on-the-spot responses in France, Occitania, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, Cyprus, Syria and Greece. This book constitutes the first comprehensive, modern analysis of Old French and Occitan lyric texts relating to the crusades. It brings out their full range, from propaganda for the crusades, to criticisms of crusading and crusaders through vituperation, humour or cynicism, to their use as a pretext for political or personal wrangling. It also shows how they shed light on many aspects of medieval life, among them chivalric and courtly values (often in tension with clerical ones), regional politics, sexual behaviour, personal experiences of crusading and captivity, the complex interaction of Christians, Greeks and Muslims, and bafflement in the face of failure and God's imponderable purposes"--Back cover image
International Grains Arrangement 1967 incorporating the Wheat Trade Convention and the Food Aid Convention. Washington, 15 oct. to 30. Nov. 1967. The United Kingdom instrument of ratification was deposited on 17 June 1968, and the arrangement entered into force on 1 July 1968
In: Grossbritannien. Miscellaneous No. 3
In: Grossbritannien. Treaty series No. 1., 1969
Baurīā, Muṇḍārī, Kurakū ate Santhālī jātīāṃ dā sabhiācāraka adhiaina
In: Forever learning