Newsletter Jan-Feb 2009

New arrivals in English under different subject headings

Biography

Indian doctor in Jail: the story of Binayak Sen/ Doctors in defence of Dr.Binayak Sen. – New Delhi: Promilla & Co., 2008.

Women- Development

The women, gender and development reader/ edited by Nalini Visvanathan. – New Delhi: Zubaan, 1997.

Development

Households decisions, gender and development: a synthesis of recent research/ edited by Agnes R. Quisumbing. – Washington: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003.

Literature

Katha prize stories‐ volumes 3,4,5,6,7,10,12,13/ edited by Geeta Dharmarajan. – New Delhi: Katha, 1993‐2004.

Selected poems/ Yevtushenko. – London: Penguin Classics, 2008.

Spain, take this chalice from me and other poems/ Cesar Vallejo. – New york: Penguin, 2008.

Thomas the imposter/ jean Cocteau. – London: peter Owen, 2006.

Philosophy

Fearless speech/ Michel Foucault. – Los Angeles: Semoitext(e), 2001.

History

Café Europa: life after communism/ Slavenka Drakulic. – New York: Penguin, 1999.

Post modernism

The porcelain workshop: for a new grammar of politics/ Antonio Negri. – Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2006.

Art

Ways of seeing/ John Berger. – London: British Broadcasting Corporation and Penguin books, 1972.

The roots of romanticism/ Isaiah Berlin. – Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.

Terrorism

On suicide bombing/ Talal Asad. – Calcutta: Seagull books, 2008.

Ethnology

Fear of small numbers: an essay on the geography of anger/ Arjun Appadurai. – Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2007.

Political Theory

Introduction to Kant’s anthropology/ Michel Foucault. – Los Angeles: Semoitext (e), 2008.

Race/ Afro‐American Studies

Concerning violence/ Frantz Fanon. – London: Penguin group, 2008.

A grammar of the multitude: for an analysis of contemporary forms of life/ Paolo Virno. – Los Angeles: Semiotext (e), 2004.

Contents of Journals

AGENDA

Issue 12 2008

On the move: A study of moving populations in the Indian sub‐continent‐‐‐ the displaced, disposed, exiled and evicted

Introduction: on the move Oishik Sircar

The Mavlas of Mulshi: Displacement’s earliest victims Anosh Malekar

Paying the price for someone else’s development Walter fernandes

In Gujarat’s ghettos Deepa A

Return from exile Rashme Sehgal

The original migrants Anosh Malekar

Migrate—or starve Aditya Malaviya and Sushmita Malaviya

The dark side of Brand Bangalore Sanjana

The whitewash of Delhi: where have all the poor gone? Gautam Bhan

Unequal burden Malavika Vartak

Life at Mumbai’s nakas Svati P Shah

Rehabilitation before displacement Priyanca Mathur Velath

Beyond the sphere standards Bikram jeet Batra

Shadow Diaspora Sharika Thiranagama

‘For us, only the camp is home’ Vineetha Mokkil

Born in exile Rashme Sahgal

Lhotshampas: evicted from Bhutan Jenelle Eli

Muhajirs in the Promised Land Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Partitions of the mind Priyanka Nandy, Garga Chatterjee and Somnath Mukherji

AGENDA

Issue 14 2009

Reporting conflict: Are accuracy and objectivity enough in covering conflict situations?

Or should the media frame contemporary debates in a way that also builds dialogue and peace?

Introduction: Sensitivity and professionalism:

The twin mantras for conflict reporting Kalpana Sharma

Amplifying chaos, sowing discord Sukumar Muralidharan

The ethics of conflict coverage Sevanti Ninan

Manipur: the tussle and the compromise Thingam Anjulika Samom

Media perceptions vs. law enforcement in Kashmir Muzamil Jaleel

‘The stress is on conflict, not its resolution’:

Chindu Sreedharan Aditi Bhaduri

Reporting communal conflict Jyoti Punwani

The art of not writing Shubhranshu Choudhary

Who is Ima Gyaneswari? Teresa Rehman

Sensation and sympathy S Anand

A skewed definition of balance Nityanand Jayaraman

Is it really tiger vs. tribal? Pankaj Sekhsaria

War, peace and journalism Dilip D’Souza

To give peace a chance, make peace the story Aditi Bhaduri

Terror on TV, or by TV? Rashme Sehgal

‘We need to handle painful stories with great care’ Peter Horrocks, BBC

Some hard questions DUJ report

NBA guidelines

THE BOOK REVIEW

Vol XXXIII, No 1, 2009

Sabyasachi Bhattacharya The Wilsonian moment: self‐determination and the origins of Anti‐colonial nationalism by Erez Manela

K.P.Fabian The war within by Bob Woodward

Vasanth Kannabiran Gender, Violent conflict and development edited by Dubravka Zarkov

S.Manzoorul Islam Feminism and contemporary women: rethinking subjectivity by Radha Chakrabarty

Mohan Rao Our bodies ourselves The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective

Anuja Agarwal Prostitution and beyond: an analysis of sex work in India edited by Rohini Sahni, V.Kalyan Shankar and Hemant Apte

Jaya Menon Harappan architecture and civil engineering by Jagat Pati Joshi;

Marvels of Indian Iron through the ages by R. Balasubramaniam;

History of Iran technology in India (From beginning to Pre‐modern times) by Vibha Tripathi

Fakrul Alam Kalhar (White Water‐Lily): Studies in art, Iconography, Architecture and Archeology of India and Bangladesh (Professor Enamul Haque Felicitation Volume) edited by Gouriswar Bhattacharya, Gerd J.R. Mevissen, Mallar Mitra and Sutapa Sinha

T.R. Venkatasubramaniam History in the vernacular edited by Raziuddin Aquil & Partha Chatterjee

Amar Farooqui 1857: War of independence or clash of civilization?: British public reactions by Salahuddin Malik

Kaushik Roy Vision of the rebels during 1857: Aspects of mobilization, organization & resistance by Smita Pandey;

Letters of Spies and Delhi was lost; Jeevan Lal Traitor of Mutiny: rebel Sikhs in 1857 all edited by Shamsul Islam

Kamlesh Mohan Sex and family in Colonial India: The making of Empire by Durba Ghosh

Kuntala Lahiri‐Dutt Contested grounds: essays on nature, culture and power edited by Amita Baviskar

R.Rajamani Modernising Nature: forestry and Imperial Eco‐Development 1800‐1950 by S. Ravi Rajan;

Forest policy and ecological change: Hyderabad state in Colonial India by S. Abdul Thaha

A.Suneetha Towards Legal literacy: an introduction to law in India edited by Kamala Sankaran, Ujjwal Kumar Singh

Manju Menon Landscapes and the law: Environmental policies, regional histories and contest over nature by Gunnel cederlof

Vijaya Ramaswamy Reminiscences of a JAMMUITTE by Shivanath

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr The exile: a novel based on the life of Maharaja Duleep Singh by Navtej Sarna

Anandana Kapur Goodnight and God bless by Anita Nair

Rajarshi Kalita Guardian of the dawn by Richard Zimler

Sowmya Sivakumar beyond the dunes: journeys in Rajasthan by Juhi Sinha

Anisur Rahman The disappearances by Vijay Seshadri

Amrita Mehta Pure lizard by Sujata Bhatt

Book News

THE BOOK REVIEW

Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, Feb 2009

Special issue on Indian cinema

Meenakshi Shedde Indian cinema at the Berlin film festival

Ashish Rajadhyaksha A theory of Cinema that can account for Indian cinema: an

Excerpt

Anupama Sinivasan The age of possibilities: the Indian documentary

Soudhamini Cinema’s silk routes

Shohini Ghosh Shadows in the clear light of day: Making tales of the night

Fairies

Kuldeep Sinha CFSI and children’s cinema in India

Lawrence Liang Cinema piracy and temporality

Someswar Bhowmik Film censorship in India: an intriguing phenomenon

Anuradha Kumar Entertainment‐ Opportunities and future

Gargi Sen Politics of Visibility

Partha chatterjee Brand Bollywood: a new global entertainment order by Derek Bose

Shantha Gokhale Marathi cinema‐ Return of the native

C.S. Venkiteshwaran Contemporary Malayalam cinema

Theodore Baskaran Transfer of Charisma: Star politicians of Tamil Cinema

K. Hariharan Celebration of ‘Rasa’ called disgust in Tamil cinema

Maya Ranganath Tamil cinema: the cultural politics of India’s other Film industry by Selvaraj Velayutham

Rajan Krishnan Autobiography of an actor: Shivaji Ganesan; Hema Malini; The authorized biography

Bindu Menon History through the lens: perspectives of South Indian Cinema by Theodore Baskaran

Randor Guy Tamil Cinema comedy: an overview

Narendra Panjawani Humanism in Hindi cinema

S.V. Srinivas Of superstars and Naxalities

R.Radhika Culturing realism: reflections on Girish Kasaravalli’s films edited by Manu Chakravarthy

Smita Banerjee Revisiting popular Bangla cinema of the 1950s

M. Madhava Prasad The age of Imitation

Ira Bhaskar and Islamicateimaginaries in Bombay cinema: an excerpt

Richard Allen

Yatindra Mishra The Bai and the Dawn of Hindi film music (1925‐1945)

Pankaj Rag Trends in Hindi film music

Nupur Jain Global Bollywood edited by Anandam P. Kavoori and Aswin Punathambekar

Salma Siddique Hindi cinema: an insider’s view by Anil Saari

Rashmi Doraiswamy Seduced by the familiar: Narration and meaning in Indian cinema by M.K. Raghavendra

Divya Jha The critical Quill

Debashree Mukherjee Writing the Industry

Rohit Ranjan Romancing with life: an autobiography by Dev Anand

Jerry Pinto Where is the Vamp?

Shivani Mutneja Straddling art and commerce

Kusum Gokarn The Hindi devotional film

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Profiles of the life and work of ten women in Indian film‐ A Zubaan collective

Ranjani Mazumdar Hindi action cinema: Industries, narratives, bodies by Velentina Virali

Books‐in‐brief

Bibliography

New arrivals in Telugu under different subject headings

Pillala saahithyam

1. Vaada pillala kathalu

Maadiga badeyya/ Gogu Shyamala

Thaataki/ Gogu Shyamala