Books
Loka Parampara: Life-Style Study Series
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SELECTED ESSAYS OF G. SANKARA PILLAI
ISBN : 81-244-1081-2Edited By :N. RADHAKRISHNAN
(1997, xi+176pp., index)
Rs.250.00The collection of essays in this volume, grouped in three sections under the headings: General Perspectives, Traditions of Theatre, and Modern Idiom in Theatre, reveal the author’s complete mastery on the various aspects of Indian culture, particularly the theatre arts…Read More
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PLACE NAMES IN KASHMIR
ISBN : 81-7276-170-8Edited By :B. K. Raina & S L Sadhu
(2000, liv+196pp, gloss., bibl., index)
Rs.275.00In the present study the writers have traced a few hundred place-names in Kashmir. The attempt to process and classify them according to their origin reveals through the sidelights many interesting facts of significance to micro-history, social behaviour, anthropology, etc…Read More
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SANTHAL WORLDVIEW
ISBN : 81-7022, 866-2Edited By :NITA MATHUR
(2001, xiii+180pp., index)
Rs.275.00This volume deals with culture and lifestyle of the Santhal – one of the major tribal groups in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent. The sixteen essays collected here explore the Santhal concept of body, womb and seed; sound symbolism; formation and transmission of script;…Read More
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Somi and Dharti
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(1998; 29 pp)
Rs.40.00इन्दिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय कला केन्द्र के बाल जगत कार्यक्रम का प्रमुख उद्देश्य, बच्चों को भारतवर्ष की समृद्ध परम्पराओं से अवगत कराना है। इस कार्यक्रम के अन्तर्गत गाँधीजी के सिद्धांतों पर आधारित बात सुबोध पुस्तकों के प्रकाशन की योजना है। इस श्रृंखला में सुप्रसिद्ध सर्जक, श्री हकुभाई शाह द्वारा रचित बाल कथाएं “सोमी” और “धरती” का प्रकाशन इस दिशा में हमारा प्रथम प्रयास है।
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BUNDELKHAND KI LOK SANSKRITI KA ITIHAS
ISBN : 81-7119-224-XEdited By :Narmada Kumar Gupt
(1995)
महानिर्वाणतंत्र के अनुसार आठों दिशाएँ आठ रंगों से सम्बन्धित हैं। लोक की अवधारणा दिशाओं से जुड़ी हुई है । संस्कृति के रंग अनेक हैं।…Read More
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CHANTED NARRATIVES:THE LIVING ‘KATHA-VACHANA’ TRADITION
ISBN : 81-246-0182-8Edited By :MOLLY KAUSHAL
(2001, vii+290pp., col. and b&w plates)
Rs.900.00Every region/community of the world has its share of oral creativity, in varying measures though, and, accordingly, has its own legacy of “chanted narratives”: epical, historical, mythical, romantic or even ritualistic. Such narratives have long survived in the collective memory of its people…Read More
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DHARTI AUR BEEJ
ISBN : 81-7119-316-1Edited By :राजेन्द्र रंजन चतुर्वेदी
(1997 313 p.)
Rs.250.00जनपदीय-अध्ययन जनता के क्रियाशील जीवन का अध्ययन है। यदि कोई अध्येता जनजीवन की मूल प्रेरणाओं को समझना चाहे, तो जनपदीय-अध्ययन के अतिरिक्त दूसरा कोई मार्ग नहीं है।…Read More
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ESSAYS ON RELIGION LITERATURE AND LAW:BY GUNTHER-DIETZ SONTHEIMER
ISBN : 81-7304-521-6Edited By :HEIDRUN BRUCKNER, ANNE FELDHAUS, ADITYA MALIK
(2004, 467pp., index)
Rs.750.00This volume contains fourteen selected papers in English by the late G.D. Sontheimer and follows up on his earlier volume King of Hunters, Warriors, and Shepherds: Essays on Khaṇḍobā. The articles chosen for publication here span a wide thematic and temporal range and will be of interest to students of Hinduism…Read More
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GIFTS OF EARTH- TERRACOTTAS AND CLAY SCULPTURE OF INDIA
ISBN : 81-85822-09-03Edited By :Stephen P. Huyler
(1996, 232pp., col. plates, bibl., gloss.)
Rs.2,250.00Clay is essential to Indian culture, past and present. It is accessible everywhere; it takes form with very little effort; and its fragility assures its constant renewal . It has been the perfect vehicle for Indian creativity throughout the ages…Read More
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IN SEARCH OF AESTHETICS FOR THE PUPPET THEATRE
ISBN : 81-207-1400-6Edited By :Michael Meschke
(1992, 176pp., line drawings, b&w illus., appen.)
Rs.300.00Written by one of the most creative contemporary artistes of the Puppet Theatre, this book is concerned with aesthetics in the world of puppetry. The author has shown how the space and time in puppetry can be discussed at the same forum as cosmic space and different orders of time…Read More