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"This book focuses on India's anti-colonial politics which Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) brought into the mainstream of nationalist thinking. It browses through the entire corpus of Tagore's writings in the genres of poetry, fiction, and essays, to glean both used and hitherto unused/un-translated writings that illumine Tagore's gender consciousness and (proto)feminist thought and empathy, presenting it in a wholly new light. It teases out Tagore's original views on India's industrial-capitalist development and his views on the roles of applied scientists and engineers in it to highlight his critique of the nature of science teaching in colonial India. The volume also delineates Tagore's Upanişadic ecologism that creatively evoked anticolonialism and patriotism. Lucid and topical, the book will be indispensable for students and researchers in the fields of comparative literature, history, political science, international relations, and sociology at all levels, and anybody interested in literary criticism and cultural studies"--

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Names -- Introduction. Reading for History, Circa 1857 -- 1. Reading for Survival -- 2. Reading for the Record -- 3. Reading for Time -- 4. Reading for Company -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

"This book focuses on Rabindranath Tagore as a social and political thinker. Revolving around Tagore's ideas on the seeds of civil society, nation, identities, and communities in the Indic tradition, the author deconstructs Tagore's concepts against the appropriate resurgent and triumphalist Western concepts in the updated Western social thought and theories. The book examines Tagore's understanding of the nature of the civil social sphere in India and analyses the relevance of his civil social concepts against the backdrop of colonialism in India. It also discusses his views on nation and nationalism in India and his insights into the problems and prospects of inter-community, particularly Hindu-Muslim relations in India. Applying current social science and Western literature in an unprecedented manner to interpret Tagore, this book will be of great interest to scholars, teachers, and students of politics, nationalism, postcolonialism, history, comparative literature, sociology, religious studies, and South Asian studies"--

"This book explores realist theories-also called power politics approaches, formulations of systems theories, and game theory in International Relations (IR). The first section of the book focuses on theories of Early Classical Realism-Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Hobbes, and two Asian exponents-Kautilya and Han Fei Tzu. It covers the rise and fall of different schools of imperial geopolitics including those developed during the Cold-War and postmodern periods. It also discusses theories proposed by three stalwarts of Neoclassical Realism- Niebuhr, Carr, and Morgenthau; the Neorealism of Waltz; Strategic Realism of Schelling; and Offensive Realism of Mearsheimer. The book also examines theoretic formulations of Kaplan, Modelski, Rosecrance, McClelland, Holsti, and Singer, as well as game theory and its relevance and application in international relations. It explores diverse variants of theories of power in international relations through a critical readings of texts and IR literature. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of political science, international relations, history and law"--

1 Introduction: Religion, the Goddess and Atheism -- 2 Thealogy and Atheism: Points of Convergence and Divergence -- 3 Is There a Tradition of Rejecting the Goddess? -- 4 Starting or Ceasing to Believe in the Goddess: Faith Dynamics in India's Living Goddess Traditions -- 5 Atheists and the Goddess -- 6 Conclusion: A Goddessless World or Goddess as the World?.

This book discusses postpositivist theories foregrounding postpositivism against the reigning realist and positivist-pluralist orthodoxies. The book explicates seven theories, not as disparate endeavours but as developments linked by a common thread that seeks to enunciate globalist emancipatory goals for the theoretical field and the world that these theories seek to change. It focuses on the following themes: feminism, environmentalism or green theory, the English School, critical theory, constructivism, postmodernism, and postcolonialism. Additionally, a separate chapter on globalization shows that while mainstream (neo)realist international relations theories respond hostilely to globalization and liberal-pluralist theories react benignly to it, postpositivist theories positively welcome it. The book offers a competent meta-theoretical gridwork, showing on which side of the opposing disciplinary positions in the fourth debate each of the seven theories are located. It is a comprehensive guide to the postpositivist restructuring of the discipline of international relations. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of political science, international relations, history, humanities, and literature.

Introduction -- Gendered Violence in India -- The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 -- Symbolic Violence and Kesarwani Women in Kolkata -- Physical Violence within the Kesarwani Community -- The Domestic Violence Framework in Kolkata -- Conclusion.

Part I: Conceptualising the Complexities in Cross-border Movements -- Perspectives on Intra-Region Migration in South Asia – A Reorientation -- Refugees in South Asia: Political Membership, Nation-building Projects, and Securitization of Human Flows -- Ordeal of Statelessness in South Asia -- Part II: Refugee Crisis, Repatriation and Resettlement: The Political Imbroglio -- The Rohingya Crisis: A Long Road Ahead -- Statelessness, Marginality and Influx of the Rohingyas: Impacts on Environment and Host Communities of Bangladesh -- Caught in the Crossfire: A Historical Case Study of Sri Lanka's Tamil Refugees in India -- Challenges to Returnees in Afghanistan: A Post-2014 Analysis -- The Impact of Resettlement on the Bhutanese Refugees: A Critical Reflection -- Pandemic and India-Nepal Migration -- Part III: Socio-economic Perspectives of Internal Migration in India -- In The Midst Of Dire Hopelessness: An Analysis of Poverty, Social Capital and Migration Behaviour of Kolkata's Rural In-Migrants -- Health and Life of Seasonal Migrant Women Workers Engaged in Sugarcane Harvest in Maharashtra, India -- Male Out-migration and Left behind Women in Uttar Pradesh, India -- Emigration, Economic Reform and Wage Distribution in a Small Economy.

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Introduction to the E3-India Model -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic Model Structure -- 2.2.1 Introduction -- 2.2.2 The Economy Module -- 2.2.3 The Energy Module -- 2.2.4 The Emissions Module -- 2.2.5 Technology in E3-India -- 2.2.6 Data and Baseline Projections in E3-India -- 2.2.7 The Econometric Specification of the Equations -- 2.3 Comparison to Other Modelling Approaches -- 2.4 Key Messages to Take Forward -- Appendix I -- Using the Model Further -- Appendix II -- Accounting Identities -- The Econometric Equations -- References -- 3 Data Construction and Sources: E3-India Model -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Data Construction for the Economy Module -- 3.3 Data Construction for the Energy Module and Environment (Emission) Module -- 3.4 Limitations of E3-India Data -- Appendix A -- 4 Application of E3-India Model in Agriculture and Food Processing Sector -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Literature Review -- 4.3 National Scenarios -- 4.4 Regional Scenarios -- 4.5 COVID-19 Scenarios -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Importance of Capital Goods Sector: An Application of E3-INDIA Model -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Scenario Development -- 5.2.1 National Capital Goods Policy (2016) -- 5.2.1.1 Scenario 1.1: Increase Total Production -- 5.2.1.2 Scenario 1.2: Increase Employment -- 5.2.1.3 Scenario 1.3: Increase Exports -- 5.2.2 National Steel Policy (2017) -- 5.2.2.1 Scenario 2.1: Increase Domestic Investment -- 5.2.2.2 Scenario 2.2: Enhance Domestic Capacity -- 5.2.3 Indian Electrical Equipment Industry Mission Plan 2012-2022 -- 5.2.3.1 Scenario 3: Increase Output -- 5.3 Results and Discussion -- 5.3.1 Results for the National Capital Goods Policy, 2016 -- 5.3.1.1 Scenario 1.1.

Food practices of a people is the product of multiple factors. Endogenous as well as exogenous factors influence people's opinion and preferences about food. In India and its neighbouring countries, food practices are often delimited by economic standing, religion, caste and analogous systems of social ranking of the consumers. State and market forces also influence food behaviour by exercising control over production and trade. Food and Power: Expressions of Food-Politics in South Asia studies power relations between those who eat and those who decide (or at least try to decide) what people should eat. It raises questions pertaining to the politicization of ethnographic tradition in South Asia in relation to the intersection of religion, economy and food. This book explores how traditional food practices have undergone change owing to the influences of migration globalization and popular media to understand how ethos of the powerful affects the foodways of relatively weaker ethnic, religious, occupational and gender groups.

Chapter 1: Introduction: What the Goddess Said: What Her Speech Means to Us Today -- Chapter 2: Authoritative Female Speech and Indic Goddess Traditions: An Overview -- Chapter 3: Divine and Divine-Human Speeches of the Devi: The Speech Contexts and the Dynamics of Authority in the Devi Gitas -- Chapter 4: The Authority of Female Speech in Tantric Contexts -- Chapter 5: Two "Devis", Two " Gurus" Speaking with Authority: Sarada Devi and Anandamayi Ma -- Chapter 6: Modifying Masculinity: Tantric Culture, Female Speech and Reframed Masculinities -- Chapter 7 (Concluding Chapter): The Beauty of Womansplaining: The Authoritative Speech of Devi in India, in the World.