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Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present

Sport in South Asian Society: Past and Present

Boria Majumdar

He discussion see Boria Majumdar, review essay of Paul Dimeo and James Mills (eds.), Soccer in South Asia in International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol.19 , No.4, Dec. 2002, pp.205– 10. More especially see Boria Majumdar, 'The ...
India and the Olympics

India and the Olympics

Boria Majumdar

Seefor instance, KausikBandyopadhyay, '1911inRetrospect: ARevisionist Perspectiveon aFamous IndianSporting Victory'inBoria Majumdar, J.A. Mangan ( eds.), Sportin South Asian Society: Pastand Present (London: Routledge, 2005), pp.
Olympism: The Global Vision: From Nationalism to ...

Olympism: The Global Vision: From Nationalism to ...

Boria Majumdar

This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Feluda @ 50

Feluda @ 50

Boria Majumdar

The book seeks to delve deep into why Satyajit Ray created Feluda in the way he did, keeping him cocooned from the contemporary politics of the times and never allowing him to have a love interest.
India and the Olympics

India and the Olympics

Boria Majumdar

In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote. This book is a corrective.
Cricketing Cultures in Conflict: Cricketing World Cup 2003

Cricketing Cultures in Conflict: Cricketing World Cup 2003

Boria Majumdar

Dealing with themes of racial/political unification, commercialization, the media and globalisation, this book explores the role of cricket and sport in each of the competing nations.
Cricket in Colonial India 1780 – 1947

Cricket in Colonial India 1780 – 1947

Boria Majumdar

This is an exacting social history of Indian cricket between 1780 and 1947.
Olympics -The India Story

Olympics -The India Story

Boria Majumdar

First published to critical acclaim in 2008, this revised edition includes a new, incisive chapter on India's medal prospects at the London Olympics, thus bringing India's Olympic story up-to-date.
Lost histories of Indian cricket: battles off the pitch

Lost histories of Indian cricket: battles off the pitch

Boria Majumdar

The Lost Histories of Indian Cricketstudies the personalities and controversies that have shaped Indian cricket over the years and brings to life the intensity surrounding India's national game.
Humanitarian Photography: A History

Humanitarian Photography: A History

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A History Heide Fehrenbach, Davide Rodogno ... Georges Dimitri Boria and Norman Weaver, for example, had served as photographers for the Allies, Boria in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and Weaver for the Supreme Headquarters of the ...
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But this means that some very intriguing papers that might not have fitted an editor's brief have been included, such as those by Lekkie Hopkins, John Gates, Carmel Kelly and Keya Majumdar, among others.4 One of the great strengths of this ...
Ancient India

Ancient India

Ramesh Chandra Majumdar

This is a comprehensive, intelligible and interesting portrait of Ancient Indian History and Civilization from a national historical point of view.
Vakataka - Gupta Age Circa 200-550 A.D.

Vakataka - Gupta Age Circa 200-550 A.D.

Ramesh Chandra Majumdar

Between the 12th and the 16th century regional styles emerged. Medieval texts have been discovered in all parts. One amongst these is the Srihastamuktavali belonging to the eastern tradition.
Education and Inequality in India: A Classroom View

Education and Inequality in India: A Classroom View

Manabi Majumdar

See Figure 7.8 for an example of just one of the many illustrations included in the book, drawn by the artist Durgabai Vyam. This is not a textbook but it has appeared in Telugu translation and is to be distributed by UNICEF in government -run ...
Kambuja Desa - Or an Ancient Hindu Colony in Cambodia

Kambuja Desa - Or an Ancient Hindu Colony in Cambodia

R. C. Majumdar

The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
Education and Inequality in India: A Classroom View

Education and Inequality in India: A Classroom View

Manabi Majumdar

"This book focuses on primary education in India and interrogates what schooling means and does to children from weaker sections of Indian society and which values underpin the school system.
Hill societies, their modernisation: a study of north east ...

Hill societies, their modernisation: a study of north east ...

Dhirendra Narayan Majumdar

... intonation though secular form of literature began in 1924. Before this, there were only two journals in Garo language — one was GARO POETRY — Caroline R Marak 111 RENAISSANCE IN GARO LITERATURE — Lindrid D Shira.
Special Issue on Charles Dickens On the Bicentennial of His ...

Special Issue on Charles Dickens On the Bicentennial of His ...

José Ruiz Mas

... Manjeet Rathee, Ralla Guha Niyogi, Soumya Chakraborty , Bibhudutt Dash, Serir-Mortad Ilhem, Prayer Elmo Raj, Madhumita Majumdar , Shukla Chatterjee, Gatha Sharma, Namrata Dey Roy, Abdollah Keshavarzi Tarun Tapas Mukherjee.
The colour of Mehndi: a novel

The colour of Mehndi: a novel

Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi

... Rao Only the Eyes are Minei Usha Alexander Midnite Biriyanii Anil CS Rao Ten of Usi Manjira Majumdar with lshanee Sarkar Sand in My Teethi Nandini Bahri-Dhanda Hazy Dawn & High Nooni KS Venkateshwarlu Mosaici Komal Shah Atul ...
Civilizing Emotions: Concepts in Nineteenth Century Asia and ...

Civilizing Emotions: Concepts in Nineteenth Century Asia and ...

Margrit Pernau

Concepts in Nineteenth Century Asia and Europe Margrit Pernau, Helge Jordheim, Orit Bashkin, Christian Bailey, Oleg Benesch, Jan Ifversen, Mana Kia, Rochona Majumdar, Angelika C. Messner, Myoung-kyu Park, Emmanuelle Saada, ...

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