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Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects
If there is a hotbed of religious politics in the world today, it is the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Disputed between India and Pakistan, it contains a large majority of Muslims who are subject to the laws of a predominantly Hindu and increasingly Hinduised India. How did religion become so inextricably enmeshed in defining and expressing the protest of Kashmir's Muslims against Hindu rule?
Parvéz Dewân's Jammû, Kashmîr, and Ladâkh
While Kashmîr And Ladakh Have Been Written About Extensively, There Has Never Been A Book On The History, Culture And Tourist Attractions Of The Vast Jammû Region. The Holy Shrine Of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji Alone, Draws Sixty Lakh (Six Million) Tourists A Year. Another Three Million Visit Shahdra Sharief. Two Of The World S Highest Mountains, Brahma And Brahma S Wife, Are In Jammû, And So Several Mountain-Top Lakes. Parvéz Dewân, Who Revived The World Famous Basohli School Of Miniature Paintings, And Helped Make Shiv Khori, Jammû S Third Biggest Tourist Attraction, Has Brought In His Expertise On Jammû To Fill The Gap. In This First-Of-Its-Kind Encyclopaedic Three-Volume Set On Jammu, Kashmir And Ladakh, One On Each Region, Parvez Dewan Shares In Detail, His Interest And Excitement In The Fabled Land That Has Been The Arena Of His Adult Life: An Up-To-Date Yet Timeless Guide To The Magical Trinity Of Jammu, Kashmir And Ladakh That Crowns The Sub-Continent Of India.
Contextualization and the Old Testament
Christianity is often viewed in Asia as a Western imposition. Challenging this, Dr. Jerry Hwang examines the Old Testament’s cultural engagement of its ancient Near Eastern context, arguing that Scripture itself provides the ultimate model for contextualizing theology in Asia. While it is common for missiological studies to ignore the Old Testament in their discussion of contextualization, truly biblical contextualization must include the whole Bible, not simply the New Testament. This study provides insightful discourse between the Old Testament and various Asian contexts, while demonstrating how Asian perspectives can help overcome the Eurocentrism prevalent in Old Testament scholarship. This is an ideal resource for scholars and practitioners interested in a biblical perspective of contextualization, especially as related to constructing theology that honors the truth of Scripture in the context of Asia.
Civil Lines
"Indian fiction, collection of short stories and poems."
Parvez Dewan's Jammu-Kashmir-
If Anyone Has The Ultimate Dossier On Ladakh, It Is Parvez Dewan, After Years Of Running About India'S Northern-Most Region, Administering And Adventuring His Way Around Its Desert Plains, Passes And Lakes. Along The Way, He Discovered That Kargil And Leh Had Large Buddha Sculpture Carved Into The Mountainside, And Noticed That The `World'S Purest Aryans,' The Drokpas, Weren'T Amused By Suggestions That There Was Mass Kissing At Their Festivals And Taught Himself Polo On The Endless Kargyak Plains - The Highest Inhabited Place, In The World. Parvez Started The Ladakh Festival, Threw Open To Tourists Seven Hitherto `Forbidden' Areas (But Got Bounced Back From Siachen), Developed An Admiration For The History, Culture And People Of The Pak Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan-Hunza Region, Introduced The Suru Valley And Goshan Murad Bagh To The International Media, And Waited For Weeks To Sight The Snow Leopard. He Was Luckier With The Wild Ass, Brahmini Ducks And Black Necked Cranes, Though.
Written For Ever
A new kind of Indian writing in English was in the air in the early 1990s. Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, I. Allan Sealy and Upamanyu Chatterjee had written their early books. The new current was promising, and Dharma Kumar, historian and editor of the famous Indian Economic and Social History Review, decided to publish a journal, along the lines of Granta and The New Yorker, dedicated to ferreting out the best literary talent. The journal, Civil Lines: New Writing from India, first appeared in 1994 and quickly attracted attention by publishing literary pieces that were a cut above, developing a cult following among readers of Indian writing in English. Till 2001, five issues had been published...
The Big Red One
“No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great—Duty First!” For a century, from the Western Front of World War I to the wars of the 21st century, this motto has spurred the soldiers who wear the shoulder patch bearing the Big Red One. In this comprehensive history of America’s 1st Infantry Division, James Scott Wheeler chronicles its major combat engagements and peacetime duties during its legendary service to the nation. The Centennial Edition adds new chapters on peacekeeping missions in the Balkans (1995 – 2004) and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (2001 – 2017), along with a new introduction and conclusion. The oldest continuously serving division in the U.S. Army, the “...
