Gayatri: 31 books

While Middle Eastern culture does not tend to be associated with laughter and levity in the global imagination, humor—often satirical—has long been a staple of mainstream Arabic film. In Humor in Middle Eastern Cinema, editors Gayatri Devi and Najat Rahman shed light on this tradition, as well as...

In Unruly Visions Gayatri Gopinath brings queer studies to bear on investigations of diaspora and visuality, tracing the interrelation of affect, archive, region, and aesthetics through an examination of a wide range of contemporary queer visual culture. Spanning film, fine art, poetry, and photography,...

This book is for readers of IT Fields.Key features of this book include:Used systematic approach throughout the bookProgramming advances in C without requiring prior knowledge in C languageSimple language has been adopted to make the topics easy and clear to the readersThis book covers virtually most...

India is estimated to have 9% of the global gold reserves spread over 100 places across its land mass. Southern Indias Deccan region has indeed been identified as one of the areas with the richest deposits and this has been proved by the documented history of past mining here. Mining activities can...

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Public programs are designed to reach certain goals and beneficiaries. Methods to understand whether such programs actually work, as well as the level and nature of impacts on intended beneficiaries, are main themes of this book. Has the Grameen Bank, for example, succeeded in lowering consumption poverty...

There are a number of anthologies on violence, but none exist as presented in this conversational interview format, which provides a meaningful and sophisticated introduction into the most cutting-edge thinking on the problem of violence in the contemporary world. The market for this book includes...

Database Management System Quick Learn: This book is specially written for people in Computer Engineering and IT FieldAlso every one with interest in database concepts can use this book.It covers most of the fundamental concepts of the relational database systems including its Introduction to...

The director of the New York Memory and Healthy Aging Services offers sound advice for patients and caregivers facing Alzheimer's disease. This guide covers prevention, treatment, and coping with memory loss and examines the symptoms and stages of Alzheimer's.

ls it as easy to fall in love as it seems to be from the outside? Why is it that most of us are left shattered and overwhelmed in its wake? Maybe the reasons are many, but something is certain. Love is not a milestone to be crossed or a goal to be achieved. It is a voyage which has to be undertaken,...

Every experience, good or bad, is a collectors item, and this book is a collection of some these experiences, some the authors own, some borrowed from many of the people in her life.

Advanced JAVA Lab Manual: This lab manual is specially written for computer engineering and IT students for practicing Advanced JAVA features.Also every one with interest in experementing JAVA's advanced features such as SWING, Servlet, JSP, JDBC, AWT, Applet etc.. can refer this manual to get the...

Ananya’s parents were dead by the time she turned five. Labeled as “cursed” by her grandfather, she was raised by her foster parents.Several years later, she finds herself going through a different kind of transformation.  What follows is a series of mysterious incidents...

Humour, fantasy, tragedy, drama, romance... Startling and original, the stories selected for this mouth-watering anthology are guaranteed to satisfy your appetite for the unique pleasure of reading. From a sad tagine to vintage blood, bottled light to luminous water, the theme of nourishment...