Author: Shilpa Reddy Manikanteswaran
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Notes on Cities and Civilization
Cities – Natural History Many historians, architects and sociologists have studied cities in different dimensions. Giovanni Botero, for instance, has prophesized that cities grow to a point of greatness and power after which they stand at that stage or return back. His ideologies have been based on historical analysis of ancient cities of Egypt and…
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Irawati Karve: The Woman Who Studied India’s Soul Through Caste, Kinship, and Culture
She was India’s first woman anthropologist whose career started when disciplines of sociology and anthropology were still developing as university disciplines. She was the founder of anthropology at Pune University. She had been a writer and essayist; a translator of feminist poems and an Indologist. She had worked in times when institutionalisation of the subjects…
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Humanism, Nationalism, and Cultural Evolution: The Interplay of Western Influence and Indian Identity
Despite despair all around the world, the evidence of humanity advancing is more evident in the present than ever. However, counter-forces still exists. The evil forces of certain political systems such as imperialism and fascism and economic systems of capital-based financing are not dead yet. Due to man’s craving for power, violence and exploitation are…
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Chromolithography in Bhatisuda
Bhatisuda, a village located in Madhya Pradesh evidences the use of Chromolithographs (colour prints) by people belonging to different castes and religions. The village is composted of people belonging to 21 castes. Agriculture is observed to be a major occupation. Also, a viscose rayon factory situated nearby has significant effects on the economic factors of…