Kaur

Abstract: Acknowledgments 1. Between Sedition and Seduction: Thinking Censorship in South Asia William Mazzarella and Raminder Kaur 2. Iatrogenic Religion and Politics Christopher Pinney 3. Making Sense of the Cinema in Late Colonial India William Mazzarella 4. The Limits of Decency and the Decency of Limits: Censorship and the Bombay Film Industry Tejaswini Ganti 5. Anxiety, Failure, and Censorship in Indian Advertising Angad Chowdhry 6. Nuclear Revelations Raminder Kaur 7. Specters of Macaulay: Blasphemy, the Indian Penal Code, and Pakistan's Postcolonial Predicament Asad Ali Ahmed 8. After the Massacre: Secrecy, Disbelief, and the Public Sphere in Nepal Genevieve Lakier List of Contributors Index

Abstract: This work is a critical analysis of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. It begins with Guru Nanak's vision of Transcendent Reality and concludes with the mystical journey of Rani Raj Kaur, the heroine of a modern Punjabi epic. The eight chapters of the book approach the Sikh vision of the Transcendent from historical, scriptural, symbolic, mythological, romantic, existential, ethical and mystical perspectives. Each of these discloses the centrality of the woman, and show convincingly that Sikh Gurus and poets did not want the feminine principle to serve merely as a figure of speech or literary device; it was intended rather to pervade the whole life of the Sikhs. The present work bolsters the claim that literary symbols should be translated into social and political realities, and in so doing puts a valuable feminist interpretation on a religious tradition which has remained relatively unexplored in scholarly literature.

Abstract: Since 1947 is about a series of events--the departure of the British, the inauguration of the post-colonial Indian state, and an unprecedented forced migration that followed Partition. Most importantly, it summarizes the nearly six decade-long efforts at restoring the loss of homes, livelihoods, and national territory in 1947. This study tells the story of Hindus and Sikhs from the North West Frontier Province and West Punjab who made India's capital their new home. Based on the everyday life of the migrants in three resettlement colonies, the book focuses on the period between 1947 and 1965--from the time of Partition till the official closure of resettlement work. It shows how Partition stands as a living theme, a point of reference for the Delhi Punjabis. The narrative is woven with memories of lived and inherited experiences and national histories of Partition. The refugees' journey towards becoming 'locals' is mapped through an exploration of their coping strategies, and gradual identification with the Indian state. This work, thus, shifts focus from standard debates on Hindus-Muslims, Congress party-Muslim League, India-Pakistan, and opens up the inquiry to uncharted territory. Ravinder Kaur also challenges narratives that represent migration as chaotic, disorderly, and hurried. Using personal and governmental narratives, she shows that the population movement--layered by multiple levels of class, caste and gender experience--was far more complicated than we popularly imagine.

Abstract: Raminder Kaur, New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2003, xxii +306 pp., 64 illustrations, US$38.70 (hardback), ISBN 8-17-824047-5 ;, reprinted London: Anthem Press, 2005, xxii+328 pp., 50 colour illustrati...