Spirit from history
Prof. Khalid Saeed
Head, Dept of Urdu
MANUU, Hyderabad.
I have read the book entitled “ Spirit from history” (with great care and interest) which is prepared by “Anveshi” for the children aged between 10 to 14 years. I wanted to see bow the topic like History could be converted into an interesting story for children. In my view the subject history is a torch & as well as a sword. In the hands of the sharp-sighted, subject history is a torch with which he unveils the hidden pace of humanity & its development. Whereas the narrow sighted reader uses it as a sword to destroy peace. It is a pleasure form me that Ms.Shefali Jha, the writer, in her story “My friend: the Emporer” has succeeded in not molding history in to a sword. Dr.Salma Faroqui, the Associate Professor of history at MANUU, can explain better the definition and meaning of history. But Shefali Jha shows us that history is not meant to ask question like who was braver: Babar or Rana Sanga?. It is the turning point where history could be molded in to sword. This is the point which was over cited by the teacher of innocent Aadil. The teacher has studied and taught history with the view “who was braver?” so that Aadil has felt himself as a marginalized one. The eyes of the teacher not only created the sense of marginalization in Aadi l but made him to lose interest in the subject history. One good event which took place in the story is that one night Babar himself appeared in the romantic moon light before Aadil and explained that the question was basically wrong. The warriors, who step in to battle field, were equally brave. The chance, the end of the war, only declares who was the winner and who was loser. Who was brave and who was weak. The question is whether it is fruitful to read history with this angle? Babar further said:
“You must not worry about who was braver? Why must one be brave? More courageous, better than the other? The best battles are those, where you can’t answer that question! It is stupid question really. One side won, the other lost and so many things happened. After that hundreds of years, people, events- history? And still we ask who was braver? We should ask why does is matter?” said the king.
Professor Muali Manohar Ji or Mr. Advani, both had seen the history with “angle of the teacher”, for which India has paid the cost. They were unable to see that when Maha Rani of Chittod was tortured with her kith& kin, she sent Rakhi to Humaayun, the Moghal emperor, to rescue her. And Humaayun, the son of Babar rushed to Chittod to help his “Munh Boli Behn” and restored her kingdom. Any how we need not to bother about Sri Advani Ji or with Sri Murli Manohar Ji, because we have institutions, like “Anveshi” and writes like Shefali Jha. I compliment Shefali Jha not only for seeing the brighter side of history but molding the history into an interesting story for children.
New arrivals in English under different subject heading
Dalits- Political activity
The caste question: dalits and the politics of modern India/ by Anupama Rao. –California: University of California Press, 2009.
Babri Masjid- India
Ayodhya: archaeology after demolition a critique of the new and fresh discoveries/ by D. Mandal. -1st. – Hyderabad: Oriented Longman Limited, 1993.
Feminism
Violence against women: new movements and new theories in India/ by Gail Omvedt. – 1st. – New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1990.
Girlhood-Slum- Mumbai
Experiencing girlhood: stories from bastis in Mumbai/ edited by Sonal Shukla. –Mumbai: Vacha Resource Centre for Women and Girls, 2010.
Curriculum - mother tongue
Image of women and curriculum in mother tongue/ edited by Indira Kulshraahtha. -1st. –New Delhi: National Council of Educational Research and Training, 1991.
Law- women
Indian women and the Law in Canada: citizens minus/ by Kathleen Jamieson. -1st. –Canada: Minister of Supply and Services, 1978.
Law
Industrial Law: a manual of central labour and Industrial Laws incorporating state amendments with rules, regulations, select notifications and case law Volume: 1 & 2/ edited by Sumeet Malik and SCC editorial office. -22nd. – Lucknow: Eastern Book Company, 2009.
Caste- Economic aspects- India
Economic discrimination in Modern India: Blocked by Caste/ edited by Sukhadeo Thorat: Katherine S.Newman. -1st. –New York: Oxford University press, 2010.
Mahatma Gandhi, 1869- 1948- Influence
Bapu Kuti: Journeys in Rediscovery of Gandhi/ by Rajni Bakshi.-1st. - New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1998.
Regional Planning- India- Andhra Pradesh
Regional disparities, smaller states and statehood for Telangana/ by Hanumatha Rao. -1st. –New Delhi: Academic foundation, 2010.
Election Law- India
The Representation of the people act, 1950 (Act No.43 of 1950) as amended by the representation of the people (Amendment act, 2008 (Act No.10 of 2008): The Representation of the people act, 1951 (Act No.43 of 1951) the Parliament (Prevention of disqualification) act, 1959 (As Amended Act, 2006 (Act No. 31 of 2006)/ by Bare Act.- Hyderabad: Gogia Law Agency, 2004.
Biography
The life and times of G.D.Birla/ by Medha M. Kudaisya. – 1st. – New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Amrita Sher- Gil: a self- Portrait in letters & writings Volume 1 and Volume 2/ edited by Vivan Sundaram. -1st. –New Delhi: Tulika books, 2010.
New arrivals in Telugu under different subject heading
Maanava Hakkula commission
Ee Maanava Hakkulu/ by Thrinatha Rao. – Visakhapatnam: Laya, 2001.
Kathalu
Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao rachana prapancham Vol: 5 Kathalu 1954-80 golusu kathalu, galpikalu, natikalu 1940-1979/ by Kodavati ganti Kutumbarao/Tr. Krishna Bai. – Hyderabad: Viplava rachaethala sangham, 2009.
Adavi Paadindi/ by Deevi Subbarao. – Hyderabad: [s.n], 2010.
Telugu saahithyam
Telugu saahityamlo bhakthi udyamam/ by V chenchaiah. – Nelluru: Viplava rachaetala sangham, 2009.
Saahityamante emiti/ by Vadrevu Chinaveerabhadrudu. – Hyderabad: Sri Prachurana, 2009.
Rashtra rajakeeya charitra
Rashtra rajakeeya charitra vandendla vishleshana 1910-2010/ by Innaiah Narisetti. – Hyderabad: Centre for inquiry India, 2010.
Telangana udyamam
Naadam: Telangana vaadam nirantaram konasaagavalasimdenaa?... Lagaav… Aakhari dhakhaa…/ by Uppala Narasimham. – Hyderabad: Gnanam publications, 2009.
Telangana: Vyasaalu/ by Vattikota Aalvaru Swamy. -1st. –Hyderabad: Telangaana rachaetala vedika, 2009.
Gidee Telangana!... Sangati...Samshskruti: Cartoons & Posters/ by Shekar. – Warangal: Telangaana sahiti publications, 2010.
Lechi Nilichina Telangana: Vyasaalu/ by N. Venugopal. – Hyderabad: Swechcha sahiti, 2010.
Shaku Telanganaku… Shoku Seemandhraku…/ by Telangaana Electricity employees joint action committee. – Hyderabad: Abhijit graphics, 2010.
New arrivals in Audio visuals
- Resilent rhythms/ a film by Gopal Menon
Duration: 64minutes
Subject: Caste system- India
- When the state declares war on the people/ a film by Gopal Menon
15 minutes trailer
Subject: Interviews- war victims- Chhattisgarh
Maoists- Chhattisgarh
Contents of Journals
Asian journal of women’s Studies
Volume.16, Number 1
MARYADA, membership and minimum wage: collective action and Intra- household relations/ Shrayana Bhattacharya
Women versus men: comparisions of three types of transfers in Korea and the U.S/ Martha N.Ozawa, Myungkook Joo and Sun- Hee Baek
Premarital pregnancies among migrant workers: the case of domestic helpers in Hong- Kong/ AKM Ahsan Ullah
Gender and job turnover in the dual labor market: a Korean perspective/ Joonmo CHO, Chanyoung LIM and Jae- Seong Lee
Book review
Evening in the whole day, Preeta Samasaran, London: Fourth Estate, 2009/ by Evelyn Gaik- hoon NG.
Medico friend Circle bulletin
February – March 2010
Violating the law, yet thriving: study of private hospitals in Maharashtra/ Padma Deosthali & Dr. Rittu Khatri
Perspective paper on Health financing/ Ravi Duggal
Community monitoring in NRHM: improving public accountability of the Health system/ S.Ramanathan, Renu Khanna & Rajani Ved
India’s health providers- diverse frontiers, disparate fortunes/ Kabir Sheikh & Asha George
Making the case for community health insurance/ Denny John
Questions for Discussion
1.Financial barriers to Health care for all/ Anant Phadke
2.Questions and points on healthcare provisioning/ Abhay Shukla
3.Questions on Governance and accountability/ Rakhal Gaitonde
Himal
April 2010, Vol.23 No.4
Cover feature
Looking forward/ Meena Kandaswamy
Equalisation to annihilation/ S.Anand
Basava’s lesson/ Gita Hariharan
New order/ Chandrabhan Prasad
The caste train/ Gail Omvedt
Well beyond Khailanji/ Ashley Tellis
Refreshing the soil/ Shiva Shankar
No reform/ Kancha Ilaiah
The changing face/ Desraj Kali
Poems/ N.D.Rajkumar
Caste articulation/ Satish Deshpande
Dangerous sedative/ Anand Teltumbde
Completing the insult/ Rakesh Shukla
The Mithila attitude/ C K Lal
Dominating the diaspora/ Priyamvada Gopal
How caste came to America/ Vijay Prashad
Waiting for spring/ Nirupama Dutt
The tree series/ A.K.Sivadas
Manush bachao/ Jyothi Rahman
A politics subsumed/ Dwaipayan sen
Ripe for talks/ Rupakjyoti Borah
Internationalising Lanka/ Alikhan Kadirgamar
Re-viewing the seeding/ Prashant Kadam
Ghotbhar pani/ Premanand Gajvi
Bagman in a small place/ Sanjay Barbora
Spring again/ Altaf Qadri
South Asian sphere: C K Lal
Book review
Philosophising the movement/ Ashley Tellis
The afterlife of colonial caste/ Shefali Chandra
Hindutva changes strategy/ Pushpa sane
Social Scientist
Vol.38 Numbers 3-4, March- April 2010
The political economy of “Maoist Violence” in Chhattisgarh/ Archana Prasad
Urban technology and changing forms of crime in early colonial Calcutta/ Sumanta Banerjee
Constructing the criminal: politics of social imaginary of the Goonda/ Sugata Nandi
Bengali Theatre: and Edifice on the ashes of People’s culture/ Manujendra Kundu
Sex and stereotype: Eurasians, Jews and the politics of rare and religion in British Asia during the Second World War/ Felicia Yap
Book review
Dalit Voice
May 1-15, 2010-05-04
Wanted caste war to kill fake Marxists
Promoting Brahminism in Supreme court
DV & foreign affairs
Caste war in B’lore University
India as a failed state?
False promise on education
Dalit delegation to Pakistan
Biological war against UP Dalit children
Muslims punished for not embracing Dalits
Indian Journal of Secularism: a journal of centre for study of society and secularism
Volume 14, No.1 , April – June 2010-05-04
Should religion be power centred? / Dr.Asghar Ali Engineer
Ibn Taimiyya and siyasat-e-Ilahiya: Philosophy of Jihad and Radical Islamist movements/ Anwar Hussain
Buddhism and good governance/ Nalin Swaris
Secular religiosity in Chinese Politics: a Confucian perspective/ Tan Sor Hoon
Perda, Fatwa and the challenge to secular citizenship in Indonesia/ Robertus Robet
Vinoba Bhave and his understanding of Islam/ Dr.Asghar Ali Engineer
Compulsory voting and democracy/ Dr.Attar Rabbani
Book review
Voices against terror/ Riyas V.M.
Tribute
Iqbal A.Ansari: a demanding ethics of secularism and human rights/Dr.Nazeer A.Majeed
Note
Globethics.net sharing values across cultures and religions towards globethics.net principles
Art India: the art news magazine of India
Volume XIV, Issue IV, Quarter IV, 2009-2010
Lead essay
Why do critics and artists treat theorist water Benjamin’s notion of the ‘aura’ as gospel? Why do politically-minded artists believe that they can change the world through art? Girish Shahane tells us where they are going wrong.
Lead feature:
Baroda’s artists have politics on their minds and in their works, says Sandhya Bordeweker
Profiles:
Arshiya Lokhandwala feels that Tejal Shah’s ‘trans- ‘ sexual photographs. Videos and performances should be seen as part of the artist’s protest against discrimination of all kinds.
Geeta Kapur holds forth on the political art of ‘Tushar Joag’.
Ravi Agarwal’s cocern for the environment and civil rights is evident in his photographs, performances and community-centred projects, maintains Meera Menezes.
Special Report:
Latika Gupta attends a long- awaited seminar on the Kerala Radicals and is excited by the questions it raises.
Letter from Pakistan:
Quddus Mirza gives a round-up of political art in his country.
International Reviews:
Peter Felch cheers as contemporary Indian art in the form of Chalo! India acquires a whole host of new admirers in Vienna.
The Raqs Media Collective broods about time, travel and the hidden costs of globalization at a new show in London, says Murtaza Vali
Ranjani Shettar’s swirling golden-brown sculptures have Sonal Shah gleefully sporting with shades in a New York gallery.
Nasreen Mohamedi’s black- and – white drawings, minimalistic photographs and enigmatically spare canvases are all given an airing at a recent retrospective; Elima Terracciand drops by.
Cyprien Gaillard and Shilpa Gupta are both younger Than Jesus: Meenakshi Thirukode rejoices that she is too.
International Report:
Contemporary Chinese arts politically sensitive poster boy. Ai Wei Wei, has been give a rough ride by Government authorities. Anirudh Chari is not surprised.
Reviews
Ashim Purkayastha’s new works address injustice in the North-East, reports Latika Gupta.
Freedom might be notional, but good art isn’t.Anirudh Chari celebrates the fact that we get a good dose of the latter at Experimenter Gallery’s group show.
Dark narratives and colourful fashion figure in Bharat Sikka’s absorbing photographs, observes Priya Pall.
What’s so marvelous about reality? Priya Pall finds out at Gallery espace’s vast exhibition of mysterious videos and myth-inspired installations.
Seher Shah’s dense photomontages borrow from architecture, religion and politics, note Meera Menezes.
Sumedh Rajendran’s Mumbai solo plays host to a steely array of dismantied dogs and disemboweled humans, discovers Avni Doshi.
Avni Doshi finds herself thinking about the various ways in which tradition creeps up on modernity at Sakshi Gallery’s exhibition of Asian art.
Shiladitya Sarkar is unreservedly captivated by Kabir Mohanty’s sound and video installations that discuss multiculturalism and maya in the metropolis.
Srinivasa Prasad’s gigantic bamboo sculptures simulating birds nests make Marta Jakimowicz sorry that the show has to end.
Unsettling wafts of sandalwood soap greet Marta Jakimowicz at krishnaraj Chonat’s stunningly strange solo.
Gieve Patel probes the significance behind the significance behind the tangled bottle- green foliage, eerily winking lights and menacing beasts in Kerala- based Ratheesh T.’s disturbing, detail –rich canvases.
Combat Law
Vol: 1 Issue 1 March- April 2010
The BT brinjal saga
Battle of the trenches
Government regulatory bodies are a sham
Trojan horse
BT brinjal in chiller
Food for thought
Let truth prevail
GM crops and trade security issues
Reject this bill
Science adulterated
Scientists open letter to PM
Struggle against killer food
Nationwide farmers’ movement is need of the hour
Unearthing BT nightmare
Voices from BT fields
ET: Farce and facts
Stop food colonialism!
Tehelka
Vol: 7 Issues: 18 May 2010
The Menu
Pros& cons/ should health be the only criteria for denying MTP to a teen rape victim
Facing eviction/ the upcoming Indo- Russian nuclear plant in Bengal means loss of livelihood for locals
Listening in/ a legal take on the phone- tapping issue—can the State be held accountable?
Safe keep/ Small state-owned Swiss banks are new havens for ill-gotten Indian wealth
Withering away/ once farmed for their strength, the Mawasi tribals now face hunger and malnutrition
Fat chance/ a website catering to overweight singles provides plus-sized happiness
Hanging on/ Can a slick serial based on case studies of the narcotics trade survive the TRP game?
Priceless snap/ Tracking the journey of a Pulitzer nominated ‘conflict photographer’
Eastern Crescent
Vol: 5 Issues: 5 May 2010
Quranic wisdom/ Superstitions: evil consequence of unbelief
Mirror/ urgent need for empowering Muslims
Between the lines
Gujarat human rights violations are on the rise, women are the most sufferers
Special report
Urgent need to prod the government on waqf Mismanagement
In Focus
Doctors make huge profits while patients are fleeced
Our nation
Four problems of Indian Muslims
Kashmir Valley has lost faith in the union and the state government
North East
Sameer’s parents in Despair while his killer still at large
Cover story
Bogey Illegal Bangladeshis Fuels assumes Militancy
Spotlight
Nikah over phone not valid, says Darul Uloom
Middle East
Faith, unity, Spirit of Sacrifice can solve Palestine problem
Education
Islamic University Kwala Lumpur Declares Maulana qasim Nanotvi Scholarship
Dialogue
Investigation agencies fooling the public by not Nabbing the real culprits
Society
Why does adultery Matter in a secular society?
Business
Farmers may be affected by FTA agreements
Stairways
Carving your future is in your own hands
History in translation
The period of Umar Farooque’s caliphate
Religious discourse
Questions & Answers
On day-to day Masail of Muslims
Readers’ Forum
Letters to the editor
Editorial
Unnecessary Media Hoopla Over
Sania- Shoaib Marriage
The book review
Volume: XXXIV Number 4 April 2010
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Monica Juneja Interpreting Mughal Painting Essays on Art, Society and culture by Som Prakash Verma
Malavika Karlekar The waterhouse Albums: Central Indian Provinces edited by John
Falconer
Debjani Sengupta The Trauma and the Triumph: Gender and Partition in Eastern India
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Sachidananda Mohanty The National movements and politics in Orissa, 1920-1929 by Pritish Acharya.
T.K.Venkatasubramanian Enduring Colonialism: Classical Presence and Modern Absences in
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Y.Vincent Kumaradoss Strong Religion, Zelous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and
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R.Parthasarthy The age Khan rural support programme: A journey through the
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Sirimal Abeyratne Sri Lankan Economy in Transition: Progress, Problem and Prospects edited by Ajitha Tennakoon
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Rajat Roy Marichjhapi: Chhinno Itihas (Bangla) edited by Madhamay Pal.
Chunnu Prasad Stateless in South Asia; The Chakmas between Bangladesh and India by Deepak K.Singh
M.Nandakishwor Singh Post-Hindu India: A Discourse on Dalit-Bahujan, Socio- Spiritual and
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Frederic Noronha Interview with Donna J. Young.
Seminar
May 2010
CRAFTING FASHION
Jaya Jaitly, President, Destkari Haat Samiti, writer and social activist, Delhi.
IN STEP WITH STYLE
Rathi Vinay Jha, formerly of the IAS; was Director General, Fashion Design Council of India.
THE INDIAN REALITY
Amrish Kumar manages the ‘Ritu Kumar’ brand, Delhi.
COMMERCE AND CALCULATION
Malavika Sangghvi, Journalist and columnist, Mumbai.
FASHION’S FATALATTRATIONS
Feroze Gujral, entrepreneur, model and founder, Cultivate, Delhi.
THE ‘BRAND’ NEW ‘FASHIONABLE’ INDIAN
Vivek Sahni, graphic and product designer, Delhi.
THE UNSTITCHED GERMENT
Rta Kapur Chishti, textile historian and writer, Delhi.
FILMS AND FASHION
Vidyun Singh, ehoreographer and Director, Media Maker, fashion show productions, Delhi.
FROM SHAKKARPARA TO TRUFFLES
Prabeen Singh, researcher and consultant, Delhi.
FOOD FADS
Sourish Bhattacharyya, Executive editor, ‘Mail Today’, Delhi.
COLLECTING ART FOR PASSION, NOT FASHION
Nitin Bhayana, businessman and collector, Delhi.
BRINGING WORKSPACES TO LIFE
Aparna Piramal Raje, columnist and through leader on design in a business context, Mumbai.
A LONG WAY TO GO
Nikhil Khanna, observer of social mores, MD of Avian Media, a communications consultancy, Delhi.
INTERVIEW
With David Abraham, designer, by Aruna Ghose, Managing editor, Dorling Kindersley, Delhi.
THE MAGICIAN AND THE MONK
Interview with Manish Arora and Rajesh Pratap Singh by Jivi Sethi, designer, Delhi.
BOOKS
Reviewed by Sumanta Banerjee, Javeed Alam, Rita Manchanda, Kiran Doshi and Sunjoy Joshi
COMMENT
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Published articles of Anveshi members:
Muslim Maahilalaku Reservationlu tappanisari/Kaneez Fathima,
Andarikee Vidya (Saamajika, Aarthika, Vishleshana Thraimaasika Pathrika) April- May 2010.
Dharala niyantranaadhikaram mana Prabhuthvaala chethulone undaa! / A.Srinivas,
Andarikee Vidya (Saamajika, Aarthika, Visleshana Thraimaasika Pathrika) April- May 2010.
Prapancha Prakhyaata Telangana Rashtrasadhana udyamamlo chaarithraka vijayalu, thappidaalu / Gogu Shyamala,
Andarikee Vidya (Saamajika, Aarthika, Visleshana Thraimaasika Pathrika) April- May 2010.
Ee Bill Aadoollalandaridaithe Chemachekka Aadukundumu /Jupaka Subhadra,
Bhumika: Sthee Vaada Pathrika, April 2010.