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Providing a broad ranging and unique comparative study of the development of English, Persian and Arabic literature, this book looks at their interrelations with specific reference to modernity, nationalism and social value. It gives a strong theoretical underpinning to the development of Middle Eastern literature in the modern period.

The Glow of Purushottam Sri Ram - Hanuman's Quest is the sixth of the eight book series written in English rhyme on Lord Ram. It gives an account of the advent of Hanuman in Lanka.

The Glow of Purushottam Sri Ram - Search For Sita is the fifth of the eight book series written in English rhyme on Lord Ram. It gives an account of the search for Sita by Sri Ram.

At the end of the 1920s, the Modernist and avant-garde artistic programmes of the early Soviet Union were swept away by the rise of Stalinism and the dictates of Socialist Realism. Did this aesthetic transition also constitute a conceptual break, or were there unseen continuities between these two...

Ananda Abeysekara contends that democracy, along with its cherished secular norms, is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. Rooted in democracy's messianic promise is the belief that religious-political identity-such as Buddhist, Hindu, Sinhalese, Christian, Muslim, or Tamil-can...

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, this comparative study of a selection of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to examine the workings of narrative. It predominantly focuses on the ways in which the Arabian Nights...

Justice, equality, and righteousness-these are some of our greatest moral convictions. Yet in times of social conflict, morals can become rigid, making religious war, ethnic cleansing, and political purges possible. Morality, therefore, can be viewed as pathology-a rhetorical, psychological, and social...

The Thousand and One Days, a companion collection to The Thousand and One Nights, was published in 1710–1712 by French Orientalist scholar François Pétis de la Croix who advertised it as the faithful, albeit selective translation of a Persian work. Subsequent research has found that The Thousand...

Everything new that is created is something that has emerged out from the deepest and densest ocean of pre-contemplated thoughts in the heart. The heart abstracts its new creation from the ocean and asks the aid of the brain. The brain interprets the hearty language and translates it into human coherent...

Aimée Israel-Pelletier examines the lives of Middle Eastern Jews living in Islamic societies in this political and cultural history of the Jews of Egypt. By looking at the work of five Egyptian Jewish writers, Israel-Pelletier confronts issues of identity, exile, language, immigration, Arab nationalism,...

Swami Abhedananda was a prominent leader of the Vedanta Society in New York and imperative in spreading knowledhe about the Vedas. He was influenced by the famous mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and his writings about Yoga, Spirituality and Vedanta Philosophy are still in high demand today. This edition...

Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit written by S. M. Mitra.This book is about mythological stories good for children and adults.

Environmental Ethics in Buddhism presents a logical and thorough examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature. The author determines the meaning of nature in the early Buddhist context from general Buddhist teachings on dhamma, paticcasamuppada, samsara and the...

Coiled like a snake at the base of the spine, kundalini is the spiritual force that lies dormant in every human being. Once awakened, often through meditation and yoga practices, it rises up the spine and finds expression in the form of spiritual knowledge, mystical vision, psychic powers, and ultimately,...