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India After Gandhi
Pan Macmillan 2011; US$ 9.58Born against a background of privation and civil war, divided along lines of caste, class, language and religion, independent India emerged, somehow, as a united and democratic country. Ramachandra Guha?s hugely acclaimed book tells the full story - the pain and the struggle, the humiliations and the glories - of the world?s largest and least likely... more...
Holy Cow!
Transworld 2010; US$ 12.00After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return. But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South... more...
The Sole Spokesman
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 32.00Ayesha Jalal's book is an important scholarly account of the partition of India in 1947.' American Historical Review more...
Selected Political Writings
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 1996; US$ 13.50Based on the complete edition of his works, this new volume presents Gandhis most important political writings arranged around the two central themes of his political teachings: satyagraha (the power of non-violence) and swaraj (freedom). Dennis Daltons general Introduction and headnotes highlight the life of Gandhi, set the readings in... more...
Third Class in Indian Railways
The Floating Press 1917; US$ 4.95From the text: I have now been in India for over two years and a half after my return from South Africa. Over one quarter of that time I have passed on the Indian trains travelling third class by choice. I have travelled up north as far as Lahore, down south up to Tranquebar, and from Karachi to Calcutta. Having resorted to third class travelling,... more...
Die Macht der Geschwister
Campus Verlag 2013; US$ 39.88Hauptbeschreibung Dass Einwanderinnen die Migration je nach Herkunft und psychischer Strukturierung unterschiedlich erleben, verdeutlicht Anna Bally in ihrer Untersuchung der Lebens- und Migrationsgeschichten indonesischer Frauen in der Schweiz. Ihr transdisziplinärer Ansatz zeigt, inwiefern der Integrationsprozess und das Beziehungsverhalten dieser... more...
An Autobiography
The Floating Press 1927; US$ 6.99In this autobiography, also titled The Story of My Experiments with Truth , Mohandas K. Gandhi recounts his life from childhood up until 1921, noting that "my life from this point onward has been so public that there is hardly anything about it that people do not know." HarperCollins chose this work as one of the "100 Most Important... more...
In the Forest
University Press of America 2009; US$ 69.99This extraordinary book brings long years of ethnographic engagement with the Ongee and the Jarawa, otherwise known as the Andaman Islanders, to render an intimate history of their contact with traders, colonialists, global tourists and the developmental state. ?Veena Das more...
India as Destination for Western retailers
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 46.37In 2010 the Indian market is estimated to be as big as the European Union. The latest Global Retail Development Index ranks India as the top destination for Western retailers even before rising stars like China or Russia. The purchasing power is rising in India. Hence, the Indian market has huge potential for foreign investment. The Indian market is... more...









