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This volume is the outcome of more than eight years study on India's Look East Policy and its implications on the North-East region and is indispensable for scholars working on South-East Asia.

Finally, the book advocates for inclusive democracy and social democracy, as advocated by Dr. Ambedkar to eradicate inequality in politics and to have an all-representative government.

He devotes two chapters to popular religious beliefs including but not limited to animism, totemism, village gods, animal worship; and magic, shamanism and witchcraft. Lucidly written, Crooke gives a good picture of the social structure of the time. He has referred to other sources, thereby adding to the richness of this book.

Untouchability among the Hindus ¿ Problem of Habitat ¿ Old theories of the Origin of Untouchability New Theories of the Origin of Untouchability ¿ The New Theories and some Hard Questions ¿ Untouchability and the Date of its Birth.

Its main themes are the organization of work in the factories, wages, trade unions, and marriage. These are viewed from the perspective of class, caste, and gender to elucidate women's experience and identity.

In some studies, the emancipatory thrust of this tradition is occasionally recognised, but it is seldom integrated with civilisational studies on Indian culture and society.

Rajendra Singh the sucessor of Deoras, consolidated the political mission by getting control over the State and reaching out to civil society more effectively. K.S. Sudarshan, the present chief, while attempting to retain a tight control over State power, simultaneously reinforces Hindutva.

This work will help us connect with our past and enlighten the readers with the faultlines that have occurred over the centuries, and have led us where we are today.

This book, which offers a unique per¬spective on the historical evolution of these regions, will be invaluable for Indian policymakers to view the Indian Union from the perspectives of the Frontier leadership.

Aims at questioning the notion of Brahmanical identity in India. This book is based on the contextualisation of discourses coming from contemporary urban middle class Brahmins settled in Delhi, Agra and Chennai.

This lively account further illuminates the complexities of change in 'traditional' India under the impact of a colonial regime and modernizing society and culture.

And finally, what were The problems inherent in the transformation of untouchability under British colonial rule and the subsequent development of the liberation movements of the depressed castes which constitute the modern phase of the problem of untouchability?

The intensification of agricultural practices, emigration, and the com­mercialisation of agriculture are identified as the main factors leading to this transformation. Special attention is paid to the increasing emancipation of lower-caste labourers and the acquisition of small plots of land by some of them.

However, the defeat of Tipu Sultan at the hands of the English East India Company in 1792, sealed the fate of the Arakkals, as well as the Kolatiris. The author has put to good use her knowledge of Malayalam, French, and English sources to reconstitute the history of Kannur and north Malabar until 1792.

This book aims to debunk these notions. It is based on the collected works of Patel and attempts to fill in the gap created by the absence of any significant academic work on his life and work.

The book looks into the issue of complex interactions between local and extra-local influences in maritime Southeast Asia. It traces the pro-cesses through which extra-local influences were localized.

The work describes in detail the role of air power in various operations right from operation poomalai on 4 June 1987 till the completion of Induction of the Indian peace keeping force in March 1990.

It is very evident that much of the scholarly work currently done in the field of defence, human resources, strategic and development studies converges on issues which impact international relations both in policy formulation and its implementation through bilateral or multilateral arrangements. Issues such as Energy, Environment, Disaster Management, Technology, Food, Agriculture, Poverty, Health, Refugees, Migration, Trade, Political Formations among others, are now increasingly influencing global decision-making. The Osmania Universiy Centre for International Programmes-OUCIP-had organized an international conference to reflect on these issues. The present volume is an edited collection of the papers presented at the conference. Divided into nine parts, the essays deal with India's reach, role and responsibility as a soft power, her relations with immediate neighbours as well as the big powers in the decades ahead.

However, in this volume, most of the young scholars distance themselves from the main thrust of Indian scholarship on Pakistan and provide a fresh perspective on Pakistan which can potentially rupture the established tradition of Indian scholarship on Pakistan.

The personal insights, analysis and candid perspectives offered by the contributors makes this volume unique and one of its kind.

The computer technology has grown rapidly and the linguistic maps were created with the help of GIS technology.

Chapters in this volume cover a wide variety of connected themes of crucial importance to the understanding of literary and historical traditions, religious practices and encounters as well as intermingling of religion and politics over a long period in Indian history.

The central thesis of the book is that these motifs, as utilized by Ghalib, are not important in and by themselves, but in the relationships among them. The poet's innovative exploration of these connections reflects brilliantly.

The author's style is throughout glowing and picturesque, his descriptions vivid and powerful. This work is a part of the Report on the Census of Panjab Province carried out in 1881 and has been recognized as one of the most remarkable official publications of India.

Colonialism profoundly disturbed the tribal society. Wide-ranging movements occurred against the colonial system which could be seen as part of the larger anti-colonial struggle; a few of them also sought autonomy. As this study shows, with decolonization tribal society has been radically transformed.

The book provides a fresh perspective in comprehending the dynamics of women¿s role in peasant movements and would be found useful by historians, sociologists and those interested in peasants¿ problems.

The second section consists of four empirical studies on women's issues which cover a wide geographical spread from Uttar Pradesh in the north to Gujarat in the west to Karnataka and Kerala in the south.

Drawing examples from ritual practice, myth and sacred texts the contributors discuss the place of the feminine in the male dominated society of South Asia within the sacred sphere of South Asian religion.

Historical research conducted in universities can inform popular debates in newspapers, television channels, social media, and roadside dhabas for that matter, to lift the discussion to an informed intellectual plank and to bring about historical literacy and civility in the public domain.

The decline of the Mughal Empire, the political ascendency of the British East India Company, a number of revivalist powers (the Sikhs, the Marathas, the Rohillas, etc.), and a large number of Indian princely states, resulted in redrawing the political spaces across India. In the process, the minting rights of the titular Mughal king and of the neo-independent Indian princely rulers were severely curbed by the domin­ant colonial power, both for political as well as economic reasons. The territorial expansion of the British Empire in India was invariably fol­lowed by the abolition of the native mints and the introduction of the imperial currency in the annexed territories. Indeed, the 'sikka' followed the flag. By presenting the monetary history of this period, this volume seeks to address some of the questions, viz. the effect of money supply on trade, prices of commodities and services, wage structures in different regions as well as on the administrative and military health of a political power. In this unique anthology, published studies along with unpublished archival records have been integrated into an overall theme.