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Dancing with the Nation Courtesans in Bombay Cinema by Ruth Vanita

Dancing with the Nation Courtesans in Bombay Cinema by Ruth Vanita

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Acknowledging courtesans or tawaifs as central to popular Hindi cinema, Dancing with the Nation is the first book to show how the figure of the courtesan shapes the Indian erotic, political and religious imagination. Historically, courtesans existed outside the conventional patriarchal family and carved a special place for themselves with their independent spirit, witty conversations and transmission of classical music and dance. Later, they entered the nascent world of Bombay cinema—as playback singers and actors, and as directors and producers.In Ruth Vanita’s study of over 200 films from the 1930s to the present—among them, Devdas (1935), Mehndi (1958), Teesri Kasam (1966), Pakeezah (1971), Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985), Ahista Ahista (1981), Sangeet (1992) and Ishaqzaade (2012)—courtesan characters emerge as the first group of single, working women depicted in South Asian movies. Almost every female actor—from Waheeda Rehman to Rekha and Madhuri Dixit—has played the role, and compared to other central female roles, these characters have greater social and financial autonomy. They travel by themselves, choose the men they want to have relations with and form networks with chosen kin. And challenging received wisdom, in Vanita’s analysis of films such as The Burning Train (1980) and Mujhe Jeene Do (1963), courtesan characters emerge as representatives of India’s hybrid Hindu-Muslim culture rather than of Islamicate culture.A rigorously researched and groundbreaking account of one of the less-examined figures in the study of cinema, Dancing with the Nation is also a riveting study of gender, sexuality, the performing arts and popular culture in modern India.Ruth Vanita is a professor at the University of Montana, where she directs South and South-East Asian Studies. She earlier taught at Delhi University and co-founded Manushi, India’s first nationwide feminist magazine. Her books include Gender, Sex and the City: Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India 1780-1870; Love’s Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West; Gandhi’s

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Goyal vyakaran tatha rachna class 7

Goyal vyakaran tatha rachna class 7

₹209 ₹350
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"भाषा का प्रयोग तो सभी लोग करते हैं, विंफतु वही भाषा संुदर मानी जाती है जो व्याकरण-सम्मत एवं सरल-सुबोध् हो। अतः दीर्घ समय से प्राथमिक कक्षाओं के बच्चों के लिए व्याकरण की एक ऐसी पुस्तक की आवश्यकता अनुभव की गई जो सरल, सुबोध् एवं सरस होने के साथ-साथ व्यावहारिक भी हो। अतएव वर्तमान युग की आवश्यकताओं एवं बच्चों की रफचि तथा योग्यता के स्तर को देखते हुए हमने ‘नवीन हिंदी व्यावहारिक व्याकरण तथा रचना’ भाग 1-8 नामक पुस्तक शंृखला का पूर्ण रूप से परिमार्जन एवं संशोध्न किया है, जो नई शिक्षा नीति 2020 तथा विभिन्न राज्यों के शिक्षा-बोर्डों के नवीनतम पाठ्यव्रफम पर आधरित है। इस पुस्तक- शृंखला के साथ हैं नवीन हिंदी व्यावहारिक व्याकरण तथा रचना, भाग (1 - 8) अध्यापक-पुस्तिका, भाग (1 - 8) प्रस्तुत पुस्तक शंृखला की विशेषताएँ इस प्रकार हैं- - व्याकरण के व्यावहारिक ज्ञान पर विशेष बल दिया गया है और इसके लिए हमने अपने आस-पास के वातावरण में उपलब्ध् वस्तुओं, प्राणियों तथा उनके व्रिफयाकलापों को सरल भाषा में उदाहरण के रूप में प्रस्तुत करके इसके प्रत्येक पाठ को सहज बोध्गम्य बना दिया है। - भाषा, व्याकरण, वर्णमाला, शब्द, उसके भेद एवं शब्द-भंडार आदि सभी पाठ बच्चों की आवश्यकता, योग्यता एवं उनकी ग्रहण-क्षमता के अनुसार सुनियोजित तरीके से प्रस्तुत किए गए हैं। - इसमें रचनात्मक एवं प्रयोजनमूलक, सभी शिक्षण-सामग्री का उचित समावेश किया गया है, जैसे- कहानी-लेखन, पत्रा-लेखन, अनुच्छेद तथा निबंध्-लेखन, चित्रा-वर्णन, सूचना एवं विज्ञापन-लेखन आदि। - दैनंदिन जीवन से संबद्ध् रोचक उदाहरणों का सचित्रा प्रस्तुतीकरण भाषा-ज्ञान को सरल एवं सुग्राह्य बनाता है तथा ‘रटने’ के स्थान पर स्वतः समझने को प्रोत्साहन मिलता है। - हिंदीभाषी क्षेत्रों के साथ-साथ अहिंदीभाषी क्षेत्रों के विद्यार्थियों के लिए भी प्रस्तुत शंृखला भाषा-ज्ञान का उत्तरोत्तर विकास करने में सर्वाध्कि सक्षम है। - अभ्यास-कार्य के अंतर्गत बच्चों को विविध् प्रकार के प्रश्न हल करने के लिए दिए गए हैं। इससे आगे की कक्षाओं एवं प्रतियोगिता परीक्षाओं के लिए उन्हें सुविध होगी। ऑनलाइन सहायता की प्रमुख विशेषताएँ - संपूर्ण व्याकरण का सुग्राह्य तथा मनोरंजक एनिमेशन। - व्रिफयात्मक कार्यकलाप के अंतर्गत अनेकानेक अभ्यास-कार्य दिए गए हैं, जिन्हें छात्रा स्वयं कर सवेंफगे तथा व्याकरण के गूढ़ विषयों को आसानी से आत्मसात कर सवेंफगे। व्याकर

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OXFORD ATLAS OF THE WORLD

OXFORD ATLAS OF THE WORLD

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The only world atlas updated annually, guaranteeing that users will find the most current geographic information, Oxford's Atlas of the World is the most authoritative atlas on the market. Full of crisp, clear cartography of urban areas and virtually uninhabited landscapes around the globe, the Atlas is filled with maps of cities and regions at carefully selected scales that give a striking view of the Earth's surface. It opens with a fascinating look at world statistics, a six-page special on "The Future of the Oceans and Seas," and satellite images of earth, including eleven stunningimages sourced from NASA's latest Earth Observation Satellite, Landsat 8, launched in 2013. The extraordinarily extensive front matter continues with a "Gazetteer of Nations" that has been comprehensively checked and updated to include recent economic and political changes, and a 48-page"Introduction to World Geography," beautifully illustrated with tables and graphs on numerous topics of geographic significance, such as the geology and atmosphere of Earth, food and water supply, biodiversity, energy, global conflict, human health, and standards of living. The hundreds of city andworld maps that form the body of the Atlas have been thoroughly updated for this 22nd edition.Providing the finest global coverage available, the Atlas of the World is not only the best-selling volume of its size and price, but also the benchmark by which all other atlases are measured.

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Everything is F*cked

Everything is F*cked

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From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope. We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it’s ever been—we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked—the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to technology, education and communication our ancestors couldn’t even dream of, so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness.What’s going on? If anyone can put a name to our current malaise and help fix it, it’s Mark Manson. In 2016, Manson published The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, a book that brilliantly gave shape to the ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates modern living. He showed us that technology had made it too easy to care about the wrong things, that our culture had convinced us that the world owed us something when it didn’t—and worst of all, that our modern and maddening urge to always find happiness only served to make us unhappier. Instead, the “subtle art” of that title turned out to be a bold challenge: to choose your struggle; to narrow and focus and find the pain you want to sustain. The result was a book that became an international phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide while becoming the #1 bestseller in 13 different countries.Now, in Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money, entertainment and the internet, a

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