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ISBN: 9780143030386 - Waterlines Waterlines
Amita Baviskar

ISBN10: 0143030388  ISBN13: 9780143030386
Publisher: Penguin Books
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Jan 2004
The stories pulse through the heart of India. These stories and essays reflect the presence of rivers in our lives. This book combines classic works with the best of contemporary writing. Here is Rabindranath Tagore's brilliant tale of a young... More

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ISBN: 9780415677981 - Elite and Everyman Elite and Everyman
Raka Ray, Amita Baviskar

ISBN10: 041567798X  ISBN13: 9780415677981
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge India
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Apr 2011
This book examines the middle classes -- who they are and what they do -- and their influence in shaping contemporary cultural politics in India. Describing the historical emergence of these classes, from the colonial period to contemporary times... More

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ISBN: 9780195671360 - In the Belly of the River In the Belly of the River
Amita Baviskar

ISBN10: 0195671368  ISBN13: 9780195671360
Publisher: OUP India
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Sep 2004
As the Sardar Sarovar dam reaches completion, submergence is a stark reality for the Bhilala adivasis in the Narmada valley. In this edition, the author revisits Anjanvara, her field of enquiry, to tell readers the poignant tale of the death of a... More

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ISBN: 9780195695854 - Contested Grounds Contested Grounds
Amita Baviskar

ISBN10: 0195695852  ISBN13: 9780195695854
Publisher: OUP India
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Jul 2008
In this volume, nine eminent scholars apply the theory and practice of a cultural politics of natural resources to spatial and temporal sites that range from petroleum fields in Nigeria to palm-oil plantations in Indonesia; from irrigation... More

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ISBN: 9788178241760 - Waterscapes Waterscapes
Amita Baviskar

ISBN10: 8178241765  ISBN13: 9788178241760
Publisher: Permanent Black,India
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 Feb 2007

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ISBN: 9780761935070 - Untouchability in Rural India Untouchability in Rural India
Ghanshyam Shah, Harsh Mander, Sukhadeo Thorat, Satish Deshpande, Amita Baviskar

ISBN10: 076193507X  ISBN13: 9780761935070
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Aug 2006
This important book presents systematic evidence of the incidence and extent of the practice of untouchability in contemporary India. It is based on the results of a very large survey covering 560 villages in 11 states, which found that... More

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ISBN: 9780195635843 - In the Belly of the River In the Belly of the River
Amita Baviskar

ISBN10: 0195635841  ISBN13: 9780195635843
Publisher: OUP India
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Dec 1995
Why are adivasis fighting the Narmada dam and other development projects in India today? Are adivasis 'ecologically noble savages' living in harmony with nature? What is the tribal relationship with nature today? How do people, whose struggles are... More

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ISBN: 9780195643923 - In the Belly of the River In the Belly of the River
Amita Baviskar

ISBN10: 0195643925  ISBN13: 9780195643923
Publisher: OUP India
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 1997
This work looks at the contemporary controversy over the construction of India's largest system of dams. It focuses most specifically on the lives of the tribals who will be displaced by the construction, and at what is being destroyed in the name... More