Mumbai Fables

Author : Gyan Prakash
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069114284X
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mumbai Fables written by Gyan Prakash and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting from the catastrophic floods and terrorist attacks of recent years, Prakash reaches back to the sixteenth-century Portuguese conquest to reveal the stories behind Mumbai's historic journey. Examining Mumbai's role as a symbol of opportunity and reinvention, he looks at its nineteenth-century development under British rule and its twentieth-century emergence as a fabled city on the sea. Different layers of urban experience come to light as he recounts the narratives of the Nanavati murder trial and the rise and fall of the tabloid Blitz, and Mumbai's transformation from the red city of trade unions and communists into the saffron city of Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena. Starry-eyed planners and elite visionaries, cynical leaders and violent politicians of the street, land sharks and underworld dons jostle with ordinary citizens and poor immigrants as the city copes with the dashed dreams of postcolonial urban life and lurches into the seductions of globalization. --

Author : Gyan Prakash
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400835941
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mumbai Fables written by Gyan Prakash and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping cultural history of India’s largest city A place of spectacle and ruin, Mumbai exemplifies the cosmopolitan metropolis. It is not just a big city but also a soaring vision of modern urban life. Millions from India and beyond, of different ethnicities, languages, and religions, have washed up on its shores, bringing with them their desires and ambitions. Mumbai Fables explores the mythic inner life of this legendary city as seen by its inhabitants, journalists, planners, writers, artists, filmmakers, and political activists. In this remarkable cultural history of one of the world's most important urban centers, Gyan Prakash unearths the stories behind its fabulous history, viewing Mumbai through its turning points and kaleidoscopic ideas, comic book heroes, and famous scandals—the history behind Mumbai's stories of opportunity and oppression, of fabulous wealth and grinding poverty, of cosmopolitan desires and nativist energies. Starting from the catastrophic floods and terrorist attacks of recent years, Prakash reaches back to the sixteenth-century Portuguese conquest to reveal the stories behind Mumbai's historic journey. Examining Mumbai's role as a symbol of opportunity and reinvention, he looks at its nineteenth-century development under British rule and its twentieth-century emergence as a fabled city on the sea. Different layers of urban experience come to light as he recounts the narratives of the Nanavati murder trial and the rise and fall of the tabloid Blitz, and Mumbai's transformation from the red city of trade unions and communists into the saffron city of Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena. Starry-eyed planners and elite visionaries, cynical leaders and violent politicians of the street, land sharks and underworld dons jostle with ordinary citizens and poor immigrants as the city copes with the dashed dreams of postcolonial urban life and lurches into the seductions of globalization. Shedding light on the city's past and present, Mumbai Fables offers an unparalleled look at this extraordinary metropolis.

Author : Debashree Mukherjee
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231551673
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bombay Hustle written by Debashree Mukherjee and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From starry-eyed fans with dreams of fame to cotton entrepreneurs turned movie moguls, the Bombay film industry has historically energized a range of practices and practitioners, playing a crucial and compelling role in the life of modern India. Bombay Hustle presents an ambitious history of Indian cinema as a history of material practice, bringing new insights to studies of media, modernity, and the late colonial city. Drawing on original archival research and an innovative transdisciplinary approach, Debashree Mukherjee offers a panoramic portrait of the consolidation of the Bombay film industry during the talkie transition of the 1920s–1940s. In the decades leading up to independence in 1947, Bombay became synonymous with marketplace thrills, industrial strikes, and modernist experimentation. Its burgeoning film industry embodied Bombay’s spirit of “hustle,” gathering together and spewing out the many different energies and emotions that characterized the city. Bombay Hustle examines diverse sites of film production—finance, pre-production paperwork, casting, screenwriting, acting, stunts—to show how speculative excitement jostled against desires for scientific management in an industry premised on the struggle between contingency and control. Mukherjee develops the concept of a “cine-ecology” in order to examine the bodies, technologies, and environments that collectively shaped the production and circulation of cinematic meaning in this time. The book thus brings into view a range of marginalized film workers, their labor and experiences; forgotten film studios, their technical practices and aesthetic visions; and overlooked connections among media practices, geographical particularities, and historical exigencies.

Author : Rosemarie Somaiah
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146290632X
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Children's Favorite Stories written by Rosemarie Somaiah and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Indian fairy tales and other folk stories that the whole family will enjoy! Indian Children's Favorite Stories is a charming selection of eight Indian tales that provide an insight into traditional Indian culture. They make perfect new additions for story time or bedtime reading. Retold for an international audience, the beautifully illustrated stories will give children of all ages a glimpse into the fables and folklore of India, including tales of how Lord Krishna escapes the evil Kamsa's repeated attempts to kill him, and how the elephant keeper's daughter, Rani, humbles an unwise and unjust king by emptying his storehouses of rice. Featured Indian stories include: The Story of Rama, the ancient Indian tale of a prince's exile and return to his homeland Sukhu and Dukhu, two sisters--one kind, one selfish--and their different fates Munna and the Grain of Rice, how a good and clever girl saves her people from hunger And five more wonderful tales to delight story lovers everywhere. A glossary is also included, so that everyone can understand and appreciate the Indian words scattered throughout the stories. The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Filipino Children's Favorite Stories, Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories, and Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories.

Author : Vikram Chandra
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571267165
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love and Longing in Bombay written by Vikram Chandra and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in contemporary India, Love and Longing in Bombay confirms Vikram Chandra as one of today's most exciting young writers. In five haunting tales he paints a remarkable picture of Bombay - its ghosts, its passions, its feuds, its mysteries - while exploring timeless questions of the human spirit. 'When Midnight's Children first arrived on the scene, it became necessary to revaluate stories from and about India. With Vikram Chandra's collection - his second book - it is time to take stock again . . . Breathtaking.' Observer

Author : Dr Laxmi Periyaswamy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Footboard Fables written by Dr Laxmi Periyaswamy and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About 7.60 lakhs passengers travel in trains operated between 7:00 and 11:30 and about 7.61 lakhs passengers travel in train services operated between 16.00 and 20.30 in the evening (Passenger Survey Analysis, Mumbai 2019). These commuters each of them have their own stories, some which is spoken out and some they are reflecting within themselves. This book is about these fables which have been handpicked collected by the author everyday during her commute sitting on the footboard of the local train. It captures the soul and spirit of Mumbai. These fables are short but thought provoking. They are true stories of women, eunuchs, men who put their lives at test everyday. Stories you never heard of, you never wanted to hear, we ignore, we shun ourselves all these are documented here.

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Joe Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 177275420X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and published by Joe Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is believed that Aesop was a slave who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 B.C. This illustrated collection contains 110 of his celebrated fables. Sayre Street Books offers the world's greatest literature in easy to navigate, beautifully designed digital editions.

Author : Om Books Editorial Team
Publisher : Om Books International
ISBN 13 : 9381607273
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables : All-Time Favourite Stories written by Om Books Editorial Team and published by Om Books International. This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long, long ago, around the sixth century BC, lived a gifted storyteller named Aesop. Not much is known about him, but what one does know is that he could make his audiences roll with laughter at his delightful tales. Read some of Aesop’s timeless fables in this book. These wonderful stories have been passed down from generation to generation, imparting valuable life lessons in a simple and entertaining way.

Author : Yair Mintzker
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691192731
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Many Deaths of Jew Süss written by Yair Mintzker and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New historical insights into one of the most infamous episodes in the history of anti-Semitism Joseph Süss Oppenheimer—“Jew Süss”—is one of the most iconic figures in the history of anti-Semitism. In 1733, Oppenheimer became the “court Jew” of Carl Alexander, the duke of the small German state of Württemberg. When Carl Alexander died unexpectedly, the Württemberg authorities arrested Oppenheimer, put him on trial, and condemned him to death for unspecified “misdeeds.” On February 4, 1738, Oppenheimer was hanged in front of a large crowd just outside Stuttgart. He is most often remembered today through several works of fiction, chief among them a vicious Nazi propaganda movie made in 1940 at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. Investigating conflicting versions of Oppenheimer’s life and death as told by his contemporaries, Yair Mintzker conjures an unforgettable picture of “Jew Süss” in his final days that is at once moving, disturbing, and profound. The Many Deaths of Jew Süss is a masterful work of history and an illuminating parable about Jewish life in the fraught transition to modernity.

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: