Dimensions of Indian Civilization

Language: English

Published by B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2016

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Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. The social matrix of Indian civilization (Prof. M.N. Srinivas Memorial Lecture)/Gautam Kumar Bera. 2. Dimensions of Indian civilization/Onkar Prasad. 3. Indian civilization--an outsider’s perspective/Paul B. Steffen, SVD. 4. Civilization audacity and a remembered future/K. Jose SVD. 5. Civilization and identity: dynamics and role of grand and little narratives/John Peter Vallabadoss. 6. Indian civilization from the biblical or Indian theological perspectives/Savarirayan. 7. Civilization under fire : the Kashmir problem/J. Charles Davis. 8. The entangled stories : dealing with multiple identities of Indian civilization/Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ. 9. Role of social media in civilizational development: towards better communication and reasoning among fishing communities of Tamil Nadu/S. Janet Mary. 10. The transformation of Indian Union territory Pondicherry by French/F. Agusthin Sahayam and F. Josephine Mary Stella. 11. Tribal culture of Northeast India : Continuity and change in the civilizational passage of India/Manoj Antomy. 12. Pluri-cultural identity as Indians/Joy Thomas SVD. 13. Development of denotified tribes communities in India: issues and concerns/Malli Gandhi. 14. Writing early Indian history: problems and debates/Agnik Bhattacharya. 15. Interactive pluralism in Indian civilization: interface of folk and classical religions/Mohan Doss SVD. 16. A fresh approach to the study of historicity of ancient Indian culture and civilization/Vijoy S. Sahay. Indian society is marked with its rich heritage that is the hallmark of our civilization, the antiquity of which is sometimes beyond traceable date. This has a diversity of its own kind where unity is its uniqueness. The vast tract of this country, starting from the lush green fields of Arunachal Pradesh, where the sun first glitters with its golden rays to the harsh salt fields of Rann of Kutch, where the dusk is embraced with the beams of moonlight, from the snow clad mighty Himalayas to the never ending horizons of blue waters of the Indian ocean, witnesses every moment an unique event that is the gift of our rich civilization. The land is bestowed with a diverse ethnic mosaic with innumerable linguistic groups, cultures, costumes, manners and religious beliefs and practices. Since the dim ages of the past scholars have found interest in this land when our history was shrouded in mystery. Age old saints and sages of the epic times, travelers, explorers and adventurists from different parts of the world, poets and scholars of the historic ages, Indologists, historians, and academicians of different ages have found and essence of this land. Dimensions of Indian Civilization is a compilation on different aspects of our rich civilization including the contributions of various castes and tribes in the making of our civilization, the various facets of our religious beliefs and practices, the philosophical treatise of different religions, the embedded syncretic elements that gives a new dimension to our culture and civilization so on and so forth. …

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Title
Dimensions of Indian Civilization
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edited by Gautam Kumar Bera and G. Lazar SVD
Publisher
B.R. Publishing Corporation
Publication year
2016
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New
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
9350502658
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9789350502655
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