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Decentring the Indian Nation


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English | 2003 | pages: 143 | ISBN: 071465387X | PDF | 1,6 mb
The world’s largest democracy has experienced strife since its inception in 1947. The contributors to this study examine trends in Indian and Pakistani politics during the late 20th and early 21st centuries whilst focusing on the fragmentation of the body politic.

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The US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy Asia’s Evolving Balance of Power


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English | 2016 | pages: 164 | ISBN: 1349718432, 1137557710 | EPUB | 0,5 mb
China’s exponential rise and America’s relative decline have led to a transition of power in contemporary Asia. The US pivot towards Asia is the most evident manifestation of such a transition, and Indian foreign policy shows signs of a hedging strategy, with attempts to strengthen ties with both China and the US.

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Re-Energising Indian Intelligence


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English | 2013 | ISBN: 9382652000, 9384464066 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 0.6 mb
This book covers a vast canvas historically as regards Indian Intelligence, and gives an adequate insight into the functioning of the important intelligence agencies of the world. The author has analysed the current functioning of Indian Intelligence agencies in great detail, their drawbacks in the structure and coordination and has come out with some useful suggestions.

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Fishes of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea


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English | 2012 | pages: 707 | ASIN: B09SB6BCX4 | PDF | 171,4 mb
This guide, illustrated by more than 1,500 underwater photographs, presents nearly 1,200 species of fish in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. The reference work dedicated to enthusiasts of the undersea world, more especially divers, will also be of interest to a wide audience that is curious about Nature and its riches.

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Indian Modernity


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English | ISBN: 1032666625 | 2023 | 254 pages | EPUB | 1380 KB
Indian Modernity (first published in 1998) acquires a new meaning today. While it critiques a techno-militaristic model of modernization, it visualizes alternative possibilities to give a distinctively new definition to our modernity. It engages the reader in dreaming of a new path to modernity beyond its present contradictions and paradoxes with its lyrical style, philosophic insights, sensitivity to deep religiosity, life-affirming femininity and, most of all, sociological imagination.

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Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent From the Mauryas to the Mughals


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English | ISBN: 1032112700 | 2023 | 404 pages | EPUB | 137 MB
Dedicated to the tracing of continuity across sectarian divides, Christopher Tadgell’s History of Architecture in India (1989) was the first modern monograph to draw together in one volume all the strands of India’s pre-colonial architectural history – from the Vedic and Native traditions of early India, through Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic and secular architecture. This comprehensive revision, Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent: From the Mauryas to the Mughals, expands the structure to acknowledge the great advance in scholarship across this extremely complex subject over the last three decades.

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