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This book deals with the relations between different ethnic groups in these societies and the challenges they meet to establish peaceful and democratic societies. The volume consists of chapters on these societies, such as South Africa, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname.

The book is based on the collection of data from the field investigations done during the last seven years, and it will definitely fulfil the vacuum in the history of tribal movements in the neo-liberal era.

A serious study of Maulana Daud¿s Candayan, composed in 1379, in the reign of Firoz Shah Tughlaq, did not begin until well into the twentieth century because only a few pages of its manuscript folios were discovered at a time, in various academic institutions and museums around the world.

The chief value of the book is the picture of missionary labour it presents ¿ its trials and difficulties, its results, rewards and prospects. The book also contains some rare illustrations.

The current work discusses the impact of contact on the resource base, health, population, habits, and material culture of the Jarawa in the post-hostility phase (post-1997 period).

Yet, this aspect has remained outside the scope of history books. Whatever reading material is available is pro-Christian, mainly because they are either sponsored by the church authorities or written by ecclesiastical scholars.

It was, however, in November-December 2018, that the Sentinelese received international attention, when an American national went missing after having ventured to encroach upon their land. It was alleged that a Sentinelese killed him after warning him twice to leave the island.

It is one of those collections where studies of all three practices of Black Magic, Witchcraft and Occult are combined in one single book.

The book moves on to look at some of the defining debates that shaped readers¿ perspectives on critical social issues and explains how these were tied up with larger concerns over ethical social life.

Further­more, the publication represents the first successful reproduction of the Bengali language in metal type.

It contains infor­mation about the meanings attached to dreams and beliefs regarding ''good'' and ''bad'' omen, widespread belief in witchcraft and the evil eye, rites for bringing or averting rain, the use of amulets, and other beliefs and practices.

There is no evidence of prose and they were following the examples set by the Sanskrit masters who wrote their legal documents, maths handbooks, etc., in verse. The volume covers the indigenous literature of Kathiawad and the folk literature of Gujarat.

It remains one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works on Hinduism.

This study highlights the impact of colonial rule on the `construction of knowledge¿ from a Western (colonial) per­spective and how it ignored the importance of Indian political thought of the pre-colonial period.

A classic in Hyderabad history, this new Indian reprint edition now makes this chapter of Hyderabad, Telangana, and Deccan history, readily available.

This extensive reopening of all firmly held views turned the debate into a most satisfying experience, for it emphasized exploration rather than agreement. Most contributions to the debate are being published in this volume.

Despite prolonged violence and tragic sep­aration thereafter, numerous memories of the self-sacrificing efforts of the compatriots served as recollection in collective living in the Indian subcontinent.

This world of abundance ¿ with the Ho as its conceptual centre ¿ includes the Hös dead, their ancestors, their complex spirit world and supreme deity, and their tribal and nontribal fellow humans. It manifests itself in manifold facets of Ho people¿s lives: socially, ritually, economic­ally, and linguistically.

As well as the brilliant Travancore Minister, Sir T. Madhava Rao; social reformers like P. Thanu Pillai; Father Emmanuel Nidhiry who challenged European bishops; the courageous Dr P. Palpu, who struggled for opportunities for lower castes; the poet and activist N. Kumaran Asan.

The editor¿s introduction convincingly refutes the arguments of the critics of the feudal model by drawing comparable material from European as well as Asian countries, and adds new dimention to the feudalism debate by relating it to developments in the field of religion, literature and art.

Detailed guidelines for the benefit of recruitment officials are also given, as the book was then aimed at putting into the hands of young army officers, in easily accessible form as much information as possible concerning the history, customs, etc., of men whom they were serving.

These military engagements with the Indian rulers and the Mongols led to assimilation, incorporation and modifications in the equipments of war as per the exigencies of the time.

The final part of the work covers army structure, rural society, and local administration as pre­scribed in the Hindu scriptures.

It unpacks the structural weaknesses of the Bangladeshi state¿s institutional capacity in promoting food security, and, in the process, argues that the root cause of food insecurity is deeply embedded in the nature of the government itself, and the political institutions that link the state and society.

It also attempts to clear many of the misconceptions about this period and covers broadly what happened not only in the Punjab, but also in NWFP, Sind, Baluchistan and, importantly, Bengal, which cumulatively suffered as much, perhaps more, albeit over a long period.

The colonial legacy of British administrative system had its impact on centralization. Secrecy, elitism, rigidity, and social isolation is common to all South Asian countries. The post-colonial administrative system is built upon pre-colonial administrative traditions throughout the region.

However, the global financial crisis of 2008 and rising inequalities of Income and wealth in the last decade within and across economies has led to rise of nationalist-populist leaders in many parts of the world.

However, questions relating to deliberative democracy have come to the fore, particularly in the recent years, with questions of inclusion and equality posing major challenges.

The book offers reflections on conceptual advances in the study of globalization by placing global history and world literature in conversation.

Moving from capital cities to far-flung mountain villages, from top diplomats to nomads crossing disputed boundaries in search of pasture, this book shows Cold War China as it has never been seen before and reveals the deep influence of the Tibetan crisis.