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LOCAL PUBLISHING
BOOKS FOR JUNE 2009

Indian Branch Titles

June 2009

HIGHLIGHT
AN AFRICAN DIARY
12 Days in Kenya’s Magical Wilderness
With an Afterword by Kuki Gallmann
Valmik Thapar
9780198061182 HB 2009 Rs 1995

The book creates an engrossing, unforgettable

portrait of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya,
one of the finest places to observe wild animals up
close. With nearly 200 colour photographs
showcasing every incident as the author tracked
wild animals in the course of twelve days, the book
also includes an Afterword (‘The Guardians of
Eden’) by Kuki Gallmann, author of the bestselling I
Dreamed of Africa.
Readership: Wildlife enthusiasts, conservationists,
and general readers

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POETRY IN A TIME OF TERROR

Essays in the Postcolonial Preternatural
Rukmini Bhaya Nair
9780198060765 HB 2009 Rs 595
The essays, together with a detailed Introduction and Postscript,
broadly focus on the question of poetry. Wide ranging in their
references, and written in a lyrical and inviting style, the writings
engage with a host of political questions relating to nation, language,
translation, borders, gender, sexuality, and more.
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Readership: Students and scholars of literature, history, gender

studies, and cultural studies

ANCIENT INDIA
New Research
Upinder Singh & Nayanjot Lahiri
9780198060284 HB 2009 Price TBA
This volume brings together new writings on different aspects of
ancient Indian history like gender, archaeology, religion, landscapes,
and literature.
Readership: This book will interest scholars, teachers, and students
of ancient Indian history, archaeology, and anthropology.

OTHAPPU
The Scent of the Other Side
Author: Sara Joseph
Translator: Valson Thampu
9780198062165 HB 2009 Rs 395
The third in a trilogy of novels set in Kerala, the book while tracing
the personal commitment of a woman to a path that may not lie
within the Church, strips away the hypocrisy of organized religion
and the great discrimination it practices between the different social
classes of Malayali Christians.
Readership: Students and scholars of Indian writing in translation,
comparative literature, gender studies, cultural studies, as well as
general readers

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 MEGASTAR
Chiranjeevi and Telugu Cinema after N.T. Rama Rao
S.V. Srinivas
9780195693089 HB 2009 Price TBA
An interdisciplinary analysis of popular culture and the different ways
in which our daily lives are mediated by the circulating power of film,
this book studies south Indian cinema, particularly Telugu cinema: its
economics, its on-screen manifestations, its consumption, and
importantly, the cinema-politics association.
Readership: Students and researchers of cultural and film studies,
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politics, sociology, and history, as well as general readers interested

in Telugu cinema

THE C.A. BAYLY OMNIBUS

Comprising The Local Roots of Indian Politics; Rural
Conflict and the Roots of Indian Nationalism; Rulers,
Townsmen, and Bazaars; Origins of Nationality in South
Asia
9780198062561 HB 2009 Rs 1450
This Omnibus brings together seminal writings of distinguished
historian, C.A. Bayly that revise stereotypes and build up a consistent
view of the eighteenth to twentieth century period. The introduction
weaves together a comprehensive picture of the economics, polity,
society and circulation of materials, ideas, and information.
Readership: Students, teachers, and researchers of Indian history,
economics, sociology, and politics.

ESSAYS ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND INTERPRETATION

J. N. Mohanty
9780195698510 HB 2009 Rs 495
Exploring consciousness as an event in time and a social
phenomena, the essays in this volume by a distinguished
philosopher, examines the temporality and historicity of the concept
of consciousness. It demonstrates this thematic in a diverse range of
subjects from religion to quantum physics, interpretation of
perception and sacred Indian texts to poetry.
Readership: This book will interest teachers, students, and scholars
of Indian philosophy, history, postcolonial studies, and general
readers.

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 CUSTOMS AND EXCISE LAWS AND ADMINISTRATIVE
JUSTICE
The Dynamics of Indirect Taxation and State Power in
India
P.V. Jois
9780195694413 HB 2009 Rs 850
The contention of this book is that the administration of customs and
excise tax law in India, under which vast discretionary authority
vests in the hands of the executive through the powers of delegated
legislation, is suffering from a systemic failure. It analyses the major
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reasons for this dysfunction and suggests a system of Alternate Law

Judges for the fair and effective resolution of taxation disputes.
Readership: Legal professionals specializing in indirect taxation,
constitutional and administrative law, policymakers, business
managers, advanced students of law and business management

BIODIVERSITY LAND USE CHANGE AND HUMAN WELL-

BEING
Kanchan Chopra, Preeti Kapuria, Pushpam Kumar
9780198060215 HB 2009 Rs 795
This volume deals with the growth of aquaculture farming, largely
driven by export demand, in the Sunderbans and its impact on the
ecosystem, biodiversity, land use change, and human well-being. It
raises serious questions on: social cost of erosion of biodiversity,
land conversion, sustainability of aquaculture, and multi-stakeholder
aimed policy responses.
Readership: Researchers and students of environmental sciences
and management, environment economists, policymakers,
environmentalists, and conservation managers.

RESTORING MENTAL HEALTH IN INDIA

Pluralistic Therapies and Concepts
Brigitte Sébastia
9780195698756 HB 2009 Rs 750
This book deals with the issue of mental health management in India. It
presents the wide range of concepts operating in the Indian context for
the treatment of mental illness, including the ‘indianization’ of
psychiatry, alternative medicine and therapy, psychotherapy, and
recourse to religious treatment.
Readership: Students and scholars of psychology and sociology, in
addition to psychiatrists and doctors.

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 OXFORD INDIA PAPERBACKS
THE INTIMATE ENEMY
Loss and Recovery of Self under Colonialism
Second Edition
Ashis Nandy
9780198062172 OIP 2009 Rs 245
This edition, including a new preface by the author, explores the ways in
which colonialism damaged the colonizing societies themselves, and
how the likes of Gandhi resisted their rulers in British India by building
on the lifestyle, values, and psychology of ordinary Indians and by
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heeding dissenting voices from the West.

Readership: General readers as well as students and scholars of
sociology, history, psychology, and cultural studies

CASTE, HIERARCHY, AND INDIVIDUALISM

Indian Critiques of Louis Dumont’s Contributions
R.S. Khare (ed)
9780198062776 OIP 2009 Price TBA
This volume, part of the OIRSSA series, examines the issue of caste
through Indian responses to the path breaking work of Louis Dumont.
It will feed into courses on Indian sociology across universities. A new
epilogue discusses relevant sociological and anthropological
disciplinary debates, and crucial changes therein.
Readership: Students and scholars of sociology and social
anthropology at the post graduate level, especially those studying
social stratification and Indian sociology; and scholars of caste and
political sociology.

CONTENTIOUS MARRIAGES, ELOPING COUPLES

Gender, Caste, and Patriarchy in Northern India
Prem Chowdhry
9780198063612 OIP 2009 Rs 445
This book deals with the widespread phenomenon of contentious
marriages and elopements in Haryana. It focuses on the role of caste
panchayats which curbs individual rights in the name of maintaining
honour, brotherhood, community, and village unity. It also unravels
how state agencies abet the arbitrary workings of these panchayat.
Readership: Scholars of sociology, history, popular culture, politics,
law, and gender studies.

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 STRUCTURE AND TRANSFORMATION
Theory and Society in India
Susan Visvanathan
9780198062783 OIP 2009 Rs 295
This book examines some of the key theoretical and empirical debates in
the fields of urbanization, industrialization and stratification in India. It
also engages with the problems of typologies – tribal, peasant and
industrial – to understand modernity and tradition in India. A new preface
for the paperback edition contextualizes these issues in current context.
Readership: Students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology at
undergraduate and post graduate levels, social workers, journalists, and
the general reader
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EXPERIENCING THE STATE

Lloyd I. Rudolph & John Kurt Jacobsen (eds)
9780198063544 OIP 2009 Rs 395
This collection of essays by 13 well-known social scientists and
commentators examines the modern state from different inter-disciplinary
and thematic perspectives.
Readership: Students and scholars of politics, sociology, philosophy,
history, law, and the environment.

CLAIMING POWER FROM BELOW

Dalits and the Subaltern Question in India
Manu Bhagavan & Anne Feldhaus (eds)
9780198063483 OIP 2009 Rs 295
This volume investigates a wide variety of issues related to Dalit politics
and literature. Using case studies from different regions and sectors, this
volume investigates issues concerning Dalit politics and literature.
Readership: These companion volumes will be indispensable for
students, teachers, and scholars of Dalit and Third World studies

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER

Religion, Caste and the Subaltern Question in India
Manu Bhagavan & Anne Feldhaus (eds)
9780198063490 OIP 2009 Rs 295
This book focuses on the role of religion and its role in the construction
and deconstruction of caste and power in India.
Readership: These companion volumes will be indispensable for
students, teachers, and scholars of Dalit and Third World studies

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