In this comprehensive study, the authors interpret and debate the striking developments in contemporary south asian history and historical writing, covering an entire spectrum of the regions modern history - social, economic and political

Oxford University Press Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy

Ayesha Jalal

Sugata Bose

Oxford University Press

Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy

Jointly written by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, Modern South Asia offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics, cultures and economies that shape the lives of more than a fifth of humanity. After sketching the pre-modern history of the sub-continent, the book concentrates on the last three centuries. This new second edition has been updated throughout to take account of recent historical research. It includes an expanded section on post-independence with a completely new chapter on the period from 1991 to the present and a chapter on the last millennium in subcontinental history. There is a new chronology of key events.

History

Asia

Routledge

An invaluable reference book for learners who need to master this notoriously difficult aspect of the English language. The Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs provides clear and simple explanations of 6,000 phrasal verbs current in British, American and Australian English today, along with thousands of example sentences showing phrasal verbs used in typical contexts.

Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs (Cambridge Phrasal Verbs Dictionary)

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Foreign Language Study & Reference

Cambridge University Press

Saadat hasan manto (1912 to 1955) was an established urdu short story writer and a rising screenwriter in bombay at the time of indias partition in 1947 and he is perhaps best known for the short stories he wrote following his migration to lahore in newly formed pakistan today, manto is an acknowledged master of twentieth century urdu literature and his fiction serves as a lens through which the tragedy of partition is brought sharply into focus in the pity of partition, mantos life and work serve as a prism to capture the human dimension of sectarian conflict in the final decades and immediate aftermath of the british raj ayesha jalal draws on manto’s stories, sketches and essays, as well as a trove of his private letters, to present an intimate history of partition and its devastating toll probing the creative tension between literature and history, she charts a new way of reconnecting the histories of individuals, families and communities in the throes of cataclysmic change jalal brings to life the people, locales and events that inspired mantos fiction, which is characterized by an eye for detail, a measure of wit and irreverence and elements of suspense and surprise in turn, she mines these writings for fresh insights into everyday cosmopolitanism in bombay and lahore, the experience and causes of partition, the postcolonial transition and the advent of the cold war in south asia

The Pity of Partition: Manto's Life, Times, and Work Across the India - Pakistan Divide

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

HARPER/COLLINS

The Sole Spokesman

Sang-e-Meel Publications

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