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This Book Contains Some Three Hundred And Eighty Stories Collected In The Remote Villages Largely Untouched By External Influence, Of The Hitherto Known North-East Frontier Agency Of India.
Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects these timeless tales of India, and tells them anew through his unique idiom. Like itinerant storytellers, he fills these tales with emotion and wit, bringing them alive for the contemporary reader. In Volume 1, the first section begins with the creation myth of Prajapati, while the Mahabharata section starts with Sakuntala’s story, going up to the founding of Dvaraka by Krishna. In Volume 2, the first section begins with the Hindu myth about Brahma’s creation of bodies, while the Mahabharata section starts with the notorious dice-game and ends with the death of Abhimanyu. True to India’s diversity, the third section of both volumes comprises legends and folk tales from Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jain, Christian and tribal sources. The volumes of Myths and Legends of India are a treasure to delight in and cherish.
This Relationship Starts From Ancient Magico-Religious Rituals And Continues Through Ages Right Upto Present Times. In This Long History We Find Different Religions Adopting Different Attitude Towards Theatrical Arts. In Many Cases Theatre Became A Most Powerful Medium Of Propagation Of Religious Creeds. It Was Considered That The Best Way To Appeasse God Is To Offer Him Theatricals. Beautiful Maidens Were Consecrated To The Temples To Serve The Deities By Entertaining Them With Songs, Music, Dance And Drama. One Time The Magnificent Temple Of Brihadeshvara Had In Its Service Four Hundred Devadasis Skilled In Theatrical Arts. Advent Of Bhakti Movement In India Gave New Impetus To The Theatrical Arts In India. Various Theatrical Forms Purported To Depict Leelas Or Divine Acts Of Various Deities Emerged All Over The Country. Grants Were Made To Temples And Religious Establishments To Sustain Theatrical Activities. The Book Gives All Interesting Information About Various Facets Of Theatre-Religion Relationship. The Author, Known For His Erudite Scholarship, Examines Minutely Various Evidences Including Ancient Cave Paintings, Folk And Tribal Rituals, Inscriptions, Religious Scriptures And Theatrical Forms Themselves. The Book Is Must For The Serious Students Of Indology And Indian Theatre.
This 5-Volume, Encyclopaedic Study Of India S North-East Is The Result Of The Author S 11 Years Of Service Extended Over Three Tenures In The Region, Followed By 6 Years Of Library Research After His Retirement. Being The First Of Its Kind, Given Its Contents And Sheer Size, Over 2,500 Pages, It Is A Unique Book.Writing On The North-East Is Not An Easy Exercise, Given Its Diversity (Ethnic, Racial, Religious And Linguistic), Size, History And Geography. If India Is Microcosmic World, The North-East Is Microcosmic India. Of The 5,653 Communities In India, 653 Are Tribal Of Which The 213 Are Indigenous To The North-East. Of The 213, 111 Are Found In Arunachal Pradesh Alone. Illumined By An Equally Amazing Linguistic Diversity, It Is Home To 325 Of The 1,652 Languages Spoken In India. Yet Again, North-East S Total Population Of 3,84,95,089 (2001) Constitutes 2.69 Per Cent Of India S 1,02,70,15,247, While Its Area Of 2,55,088 Sq Km Is 7.75 Per Cent Of India S 32,87,263 Sq Km.
Articles on the life style, culture and customs of tribals and non-tribals communities of North East India.
India S Economy, Which For Decades Was Stuck With The So-Called Hindu Rate Of Growth Around 3 Per Cent, Has Hit The 9 Per Cent Mark For The Last Two Consecutive Years. Leading Economists Hold That The Growth Can Be Sustained In The Coming Years If The Government Can Put In Place More Reforms And Implement Them. There Is No Denying The Fact That The Initiatives Taken In The Early 1990S Continue To Bring Rich Rewards And Have Enabled India To Have The Fourth Largest Gdp In The World In Terms Of Purchasing Power. The Policy-Driven Reforms Have Taken Our Country From The Third World Status To One That Plays An Important Role In Defining The Fate Of The Global Economy. The Country Is In The Midst Of A Great Transformation, Almost Epochal In Scope. Everything Is Positive In The Economy Today Manufacturing Is Resurgent, Services Going Strong, Revenue Collection Buoyant, Export Jumping 22.9 Per Cent, Foreign Investment Flows Strong, Foreign Exchange Reserves Crossing Us$ 200 Billion And No Overheating Of The Economy. There Is A New Sense Of Optimism And A Willingness To Take Risk And Think Big Among The Business Tycoons. Simply Put, Indians Can Get Ready To Uncork The Bubbly To Celebrate Unprecedented Growth In The Coming Years.The Rapidly Growing Economy, However, Brings Its Own Share Of Problems. Agriculture Is Not Keeping Pace With The Overall Buoyancy. The Country Is Experiencing Shortages In Amenities, Infrastructure And Essential Services. The Basic Objectives Of Poverty Alleviation, Generation Of Sufficient Employment Opportunities, And Removal Of Inequalities In Income And Wealth And Disparities In Urban And Rural Societies Have Not Been Met. Antiquated Labour Laws Still Persist. Transportation, Marketing, Health Care And Financial Services Are Still Lacking In Large Parts Of Our Vast Country.The Present Book, Comprising Articles Contributed By Experts In Economics, Seeks To Suggest The Right Initiatives To Address The Core Problems Of Indian Economy. It Emphasizes That In The Present Scenario The Policy And Reform Should Focus On Areas Such As Redistribution Of The Gains Of Improved Economy; Expansion Of Scope And Size Of Revenue Flows Into The Budget To Augment Expenditure Towards Social Sector; Addressal Of People Issues In Mergers And Acquisitions; Encouraging Dryland Management In The Wake Of Scanty Rainfall In Many Areas; And Employment Of Structural Financing To Set Up Bot Projects, Etc. The Book Aims At Acquainting The Readers With The Present Economic Scenario In India In Its True Spirit, And Suggests Effective Measures To Meet The Challenges That Lie Ahead.It Is Hoped That The Book Will Be Found Highly Useful By The Researchers And Students Of Economics; Government Executives, Parliamentarians And Legislators Concerned With The Formulation And Execution Of Economic Policies; And The General Readers Keen To Know In Depth The Present State Of Indian Economy And The Challenges Ahead.
A first of its kind, this book brings together the writings of women from Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India. Home to many different tribes and scores of languages and dialects, once known as a ‘frontier’ state, Arunachal Pradesh began to see major change after it opened up to tourism and once the Indian State introduced Hindi as its official language. In this volume, Mamang Dai, one of Arunachal’s best known writers, brings together new and established voices on subjects as varied as identity, home, belonging, language, Shamanism, folk culture, orality and more. Much of what has been handed down orally, through festivals, epic narratives, the performance of rituals by Shamans and rhapsodists, revered as guardians of collective and tribal memory, is captured here in the words of young poets and writers, as well as artists and illustrators, as they trace their heritage, listen to stories and render them in newer forms of expression.
First published in 2006. This is the first biography of Angami Zapuphizo, the great patriot leader of Nagaland in the northeastern hills of South Asia, who died in exile in England in 1990. A colourful, charismatic personality with an air of mystery about him, he was the force behind the Nagas; demand for sovereign independence in 1947, at the time that Britain transferred power to India and Pakistan. From then onwards he was a central figure in the turbulent ethnic tapestry of the region. Zapuphizo's life was the stuff of which legends are made, and to the Naga people he will always be their hero. The book focuses on Zapuphizo's life, his realism and his collaboration with the Japanese in World War II, and with the years of India's military suppressions of the nationalist Naga army, giving fresh insight into Zapuphizo's thoughts and actions as he strove to regain for his homeland the ultimate goal of sovereign independence. Although Nagaland is today a state within the Union of India, the Naga peoples have never given up their wish to be free. In the years before Britain quit the Indian subcontinent, the Nagas of the far northeast were held to exemplify an exotic and quixotic society. Radically different in culture and beliefs from the better known Hindus and Muslims of the plains, they were renowned for their spirited independence and diversity. The book also gives a history of the Naga nation and surveys its present condition and future prospects.