South Asian Studies

Focusing on notions of diaspora, identity and agency, this book examines ethnicity in war-torn Sri Lanka. It highlights the historical development and negotiation of a new identification of Up-country Tamil amidst Sri Lanka’s violent ethnic politics. _x005F_x000D_  ..

Essential reading for scholars of gender and sexuality and anyone interested in Asia...

Essential reading for scholars of gender and sexuality and anyone interested in Asia...

This accessible, well-written book - by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism - is mandatory reading on important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism for all serious students of Buddhism...

This book provides a rare attempt to cover various issues related to geopolitics, international relations, history, security, anthropology and ocean/environment of Indian Ocean islands and their societies. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of the Indian Ocean R..

Hillary Rodrigues explores the intricacies of Hinduism, focusing on the significance of Hindu rituals and practice. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this book contains a wealth of pedagogy to help students' revision...

This French-language book is the first to propose a scientific approach to the Aga Khan's religious thought, placing it in its proper perspective...

This book examines the perspective of minority identities as they negotiate their terms of co-existence, accommodation and adaptation with several other competing identities within the framework of ‘nation-state’._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of South Asian History and Cul..

Presenting a framework that incorporates macro-level forces into micro-level strategic calculations, this book explains key political choices by leaders and challengers in Pakistan through the political survival mechanism. It offers an explanation for continuing polity weakness in the country, and d..

Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in the fifteenth century in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal...

"South Asia’s Nuclear Security provides a detailed account of the nuclear security predicament in South Asia. From the perspectives of both the optimists and pessimists, Chakma elaborates on the multitude of factors that have contributed to the ever-tumultuous Indo-Pakistani security relations. Each..

"South Asia’s Nuclear Security provides a detailed account of the nuclear security predicament in South Asia. From the perspectives of both the optimists and pessimists, Chakma elaborates on the multitude of factors that have contributed to the ever-tumultuous Indo-Pakistani security relations. Each..