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The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

This companion gives a comprehensive overview of the history of primary education in India. It presents an analytical narrative of the progress of primary education as a national endeavour in colonial post-colonial and contemporary India and studies its transformative policy journey culminating in the adoption of education as a fundamental human right. The book looks behind and beyond stated policy goals and outcomes to examine the processes involved in implementing positive change and discusses the underlying socio-political factors affecting education in India. The author also shares reflections on the reform measures needed to achieve the goal of education for all in India. Rich in archival resources this companion will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of history of education education Indian history colonial history and South Asian history. It will also be useful for policymakers organizations and professionals working in the field of education. | The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India From Compulsion to Fundamental Right

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Community Engagement in Higher Education From Theory to Practice

Community Engagement in Higher Education From Theory to Practice

This book explores the finer nuances of community engagement in Indian higher education ranging from theory to practice. It contextualizes the concept and practice of community engagement in the contemporary context capturing global experiences insights and varied standpoints. The volume also identifies gaps present in the system and recommends solutions for the successful implementation and scaling up of the practice of community engagement not only in India but also at the global level. It also brings to the forefront; opinions perspectives and experiences of stellar women and their valuable scholarship with the aim of addressing the gender gap in the field of knowledge production on community engagement. The book will be of interest to scholars teachers and researchers of education higher education and sociology of education. It will also be useful for academicians think tanks higher education administration policymakers civil society organizations higher education institutions and those interested in the study of community engagement. | Community Engagement in Higher Education From Theory to Practice

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Understanding English Language Teaching in EFL Context From Idea to Practicality

Understanding English Language Teaching in EFL Context From Idea to Practicality

This volume is comprehensively designed to help prospective teachers of English Language (EL) and teachers specializing in English as a foreign language (EFL) mainly in South Asian countries. It analyses the application of ELT theories concepts and methods to sharpen their understanding of the various techniques used for teaching English effectively in the EFL context. The book discusses the basic concepts of language aimed to develop a sense of the language phenomenon as a unique human attribute. It covers the theories of language from various disciplines such as biology sociology psychology and linguistics. The book explains the underlying structures or components that shape the edifice of languages such as phonology morphology syntax grammar phonetics semantics and pragmatics. While taking the reader through language learning theories with a focus on English as the second language it discusses the different teaching methods that can be adopted by teachers in classroom settings. The book will be of interest to teachers students and researchers of education teacher education and ELT. It will also be useful for educators English language teachers language learners professionals working in the field of education and language and those who aspire to teach and learn English in foreign context. | Understanding English Language Teaching in EFL Context From Idea to Practicality

GBP 120.00
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Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy explores the new forms voices and venues of stand-up comedy in different parts of the world and its potential role as a counterhegemonic tool for satire commentary and expression of identity especially for the disempowered or marginalised. The title brings together essays and perspectives on stand-up and satire from different cultural and political contexts across the world which raise pertinent issues regarding its role in contemporary times especially with the increased presence of OTT platforms and internet penetration that allows for easy access to this art form. It examines the theoretical understanding of the different aspects of the humour aesthetics and politics of stand-up comedy as well as the exploration of race gender politics and conflicts urban culture and LGBTQ+ identities in countries such as Indonesia Finland France Iran Italy Morocco India and the USA. It also asks the question whether along with contesting and destabilising existing discursive frameworks and identities a stand-up comic can open up a space for envisaging a new social cultural and political order? This book will appeal to people interested in performance studies media popular culture digital culture sociology digital sociology and anthropology and English literature. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) 4. 0 license. Funded by the University of Helsinki. | Punching Up in Stand-Up Comedy Speaking Truth to Power

GBP 34.99
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Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

This book studies national security strategies introduced by the Koizumi administration (2001–2006) and the second Abe administration (2012–2020). Drawing on the common themes of ‘normalization’ constitutional revision in particular Article 9 and the right of collective self-defence the volume examines through the theory of neoclassical realism how and why the national security initiatives of the two administrations are different in their extent of normalization of Japan. It shows how the policies were influenced by the respective Prime Ministers who responded to the international environment surrounding Japan during their tenure and were also shaped by internal concerns. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of Asian studies politics and international relations. | Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

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Indigenous Question Land Appropriation and Development Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand India

Indigenous Question Land Appropriation and Development Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand India

This book provides a first-hand account of land conflict and power relations in one of the most resource-rich states in India — Jharkhand. Through the eyes of the state corporate and indigenous actors it reveals how conflict over land in Jharkhand is firmly embedded in the ideological foundations of the key actors in the region. Based on thorough research on the ground and interviews with state corporate and indigenous actors the book explores a host of themes such as: the need and efficacy of state-led modernisation programmes the market as the best regulator and ‘ideas’ of development. The volume highlights how land conflicts in Jharkhand will persist until the ideological differences are recognised and welcomed in hopes of making way for collaborative governance. This work will be a key intervention in the fields of area studies especially South Asian studies public policy politics and development studies. | Indigenous Question Land Appropriation and Development Understanding the Conflict in Jharkhand India

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Cross-Cultural Conversation A New Way of Learning

Cross-Cultural Conversation A New Way of Learning

This book proposes a radical shift in the way the world thinks about itself by highlighting the significance of Cross-Cultural Conversations. Moving beyond conventional boundaries it examines the language in which histories are written; analyzes how scientific technology is changing the idea of identity; and highlights the need for a larger identity across nationality race religion gender ethnicity and class. It asks for a concerted effort to engage each other in open conversational forums on a range of contemporary global issues alter our attitudes toward self and the other and unlearn prejudices that perpetuate the practice of divisive identities. The book also explores critical themes such as political actions solidarity-in-diversity clash of social identities tensions between nationalism and globalism the quest for global peace and authentic meeting of world religions. Further it discusses the evolving connection between science and religion focusing on key philosophical ideas that have permeated the Indian cultural soil. The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy religious studies science and technology studies and cultural studies. | Cross-Cultural Conversation A New Way of Learning

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Singular Selves An Introduction to Singles Studies

Singular Selves An Introduction to Singles Studies

This book examines for perhaps the first time singlehood at the intersections of race media language culture literature space health and life satisfaction. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach borrowing from sociology literary studies medical humanities race studies linguistics demographic studies and critical geography to understand singlehood in the world today. This collection of essays aims to establish the discipline of Singles Studies finding new ways of examining it from various disciplinary and cultural perspectives. It begins with laying the field and then moves on to critically look at how race has shaped the way we understand singlehood in the West and how class age gender privilege and the media play a role in shaping singlehood. It argues for a need for increased interdisciplinarity within the field for example analyzing singlehood from the perspective of medical humanities. The volume also explores the role workplace living arrangements financial status and gender play in single people’s life satisfaction. With an interdisciplinary and transnational approach this interdisciplinary volume seeks to establish Singles Studies as a truly global discipline. This pathbreaking volume would be of interest to students and researchers of sociology literature linguistics media studies and psychology. | Singular Selves An Introduction to Singles Studies

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Lives in Motion Celebrating Dance in Thailand

Lives in Motion Celebrating Dance in Thailand

Lives in Motion celebrates dance in Thailand focusing on the diversity of Thailand’s dance cultures and their place in today’s world. Giving voice to eminent artists and scholars on the complex roles that Thailand is pursuing for artful movement at home and abroad the book provides key perspectives on Thai dance traditions and practitioners. It explores the many forms and meanings in contemporary dance changing local traditions in the country the evolution of Thai dance on the global stage and hybrid features of the Thai dance world. The book examines how hybridity has been integral to dance cultures in Thailand and discusses how they have actively adapted and negotiated their knowledge in relation to modernity and globalization. Developing new models standards and sites for dance movement and theater dance in Thai has been advancing in innovative ways whether it is to include fresh forms of skilled bodily movement or to expand in new arenas like tourism and online platforms. Similarly old systems of training which included artists’ homes palaces and temples have been adapted into the new world of modern education media home schooling and new community rituals. A pioneering contribution on Thai performing arts this volume examines contemporary Thai dance cultures in the local national regional and global contexts. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of dance and performance studies cultural studies Southeast Asia studies and art. | Lives in Motion Celebrating Dance in Thailand

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Challenges to Punjab Economy A Regional Perspective from India

Challenges to Punjab Economy A Regional Perspective from India

This volume looks at the challenges faced by the economy and society in Punjab India. It probes into the economic issues institutional development and resources imbalance faced by the Punjab economy. It discusses regional research problems and futuristic approaches for a developing economy. The chapters in this volume: focus on comprehending economic challenges agrarian structure and development; markets R&D and public policy; manufacturing sector; opportunities and possibilities; examine labour caste and gender trajectories exploring the question of freedom and livelihood; human social and financial resources development; hunger diet and disease; challenges for development paradigm; present the macro and micro facets of development processes in the region and offer a way forward for long-run growth sustainability and inclusiveness amidst the dynamic fast-changing economies across the globe. Comprehensive and analytical in its approach this volume will be of interest to young researchers scholars practitioners and policymakers working in the fields of Development Economics Regional Economics Evolutionary Economics Sustainable Economics Agrarian Development Manufacturing and Labour. | Challenges to Punjab Economy A Regional Perspective from India

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Remaking Cities Urban Reforms in Ahmedabad and Kanpur India

Remaking Cities Urban Reforms in Ahmedabad and Kanpur India

This book presents a systematic analysis of the differential implementation of the urban reforms in two Indian cities Ahmedabad and Kanpur. It analyses the enactment of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) launched in 2005 by the Indian government which aimed to spatially reorient cities into market-friendly places across 65 cities but finished with only modest success. The volume discusses the specificities of urban governance systems colonial municipal histories and nationalist struggle in relation to urban planning and policy reforms to showcase how policies insensitive to these are likely to fail. It identifies historically constituted municipal capacity – located in the municipal organisation at the city level – as the key determinant of divergent trajectories of the spatial changes. The analysis demonstrates that in Ahmedabad the politics of the city was historically oriented towards peoples’ relationship with their spaces enabling a coherent municipal organisation. In the case of Kanpur however the local politics evolved in a way that the urban question remained unresolved which resulted in a fragmented municipal organisation. This variation in the architectures of municipal organisations in the two cities resulted in different levels of municipal capacities at the time of the inauguration of the JNNURM. A richly detailed case study on urban governance issues and development in Indian cities this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of urban studies urban politics development studies social anthropology social history political science development studies public policy and governance urban sociology and South Asian studies. | Remaking Cities Urban Reforms in Ahmedabad and Kanpur India

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Philosophical Issues in Indian Cinema Approximate Terms and Concepts

Philosophical Issues in Indian Cinema Approximate Terms and Concepts

This book interrogates the vocabulary used in theorizing about Indian cinema to reach into the deeper cultural meanings of philosophies and traditions from which it derives its influences. It re-examines terms and concepts used in film criticism and contextualizes them within the aesthetics poetics and politics of Indian cinema. The book looks at terms and concepts borrowed from the scholarship on American and world cinema and explores their use and relevance in describing the characteristics and evolution of cinema in India. It highlights how realism romance and melodrama in the context of India appear in a culturally singular way and how the aggregation of constituent elements – like songs action comedy – in Indian film can be traced to classical theatre and other diverse religious and philosophical influences. These influences have characterized popular film and drama in India which present all aspects of life for a diverse nation. The author explores concepts like ‘fantasy’ ‘family’ and ‘patriotism’ by using various examples from films in India and outside as well as practices in the other arts. He identifies the fundamental logic behind the choices made by film-makers in India and discusses concepts which allow for a fresh theorizing on Indian cinema’s characteristics. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of film studies media studies cultural studies literature cultural history and South Asian studies. It will also be useful for general readers who are interested in learning more about Indian cinema its forms origins and influences. | Philosophical Issues in Indian Cinema Approximate Terms and Concepts

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Undernutrition and Public Policy in India Investing in the future

Undernutrition and Public Policy in India Investing in the future

Despite substantial economic growth India has one of the highest undernutrition rates in the world; it is home to almost 40 per cent of the world’s stunted children. This volume assesses the status and causes of undernutrition in the country and examines the effectiveness of policies designed to address undernutrition. The essays tackle wide-ranging themes and challenging issues including nutrition; water sanitation and hygiene (WASH); maternal neonatal and child health; Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS); Public Distribution System (PDS); crop procurement; and National Food Security Act 2013. With contributions from leading academic researchers policymakers as well as civil society representatives this volume will be indispensable to scholars teachers and students of public policy development economics development sociology and Indian economy. It will also be useful to government institutions think tanks and NGOs. | Undernutrition and Public Policy in India Investing in the future

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Reimagining Innovation Systems in the COVID and Post-COVID World

Reimagining Innovation Systems in the COVID and Post-COVID World

Countries around the world are working to counter the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their healthcare systems economies and industries. This book brings together strategies for the adoption of new technologies and innovation systems which would help re-invigorate social and economic institutions and help communities especially in the Global South. The book focuses on innovation systems that address health and socioeconomic inequalities in countries such as India Africa Brazil Costa Rica and others. It looks into the responses of different countries to the shocks inflicted on the economy and health systems by the pandemic from the perspective of government institutions as well as businesses industries and communities. The pandemic forced many organizations to embrace various innovative strategies to contain the spread of COVID-19 and ameliorate the lives of people including employees people from marginalized communities and low-income groups who have suffered due to the disease. The chapters in this book study innovative interventions and community-based measures which reached many people and paved the way for policies which helped rebuild communities sustainably. The volume also analyses how these newly created and streamlined health and economic innovation systems will be carried forward in the post-COVID-19 world to address weaknesses in health and governance and address inequalities especially for countries in the Global South. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of economics political economy health and economics development studies public policy and sociology. | Reimagining Innovation Systems in the COVID and Post-COVID World

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Social Innovations in Urban Sanitation in India Meeting Unmet Needs

Social Innovations in Urban Sanitation in India Meeting Unmet Needs

This book discusses effective social innovation strategies facilitated by civil society organisations (CSOs) to tackle India’s significant urban sanitation challenge. It presents the contours of an ecosystem that includes citizen participation and strengthening community-managed systems for improved sanitation and public health. The book analyses case studies of effective sanitation programmes as well as experiments with innovative ideas in different regional contexts by CSOs to meet the contextual needs of the community and to ensure access to safe sanitation especially among the urban poor. It highlights the challenges and the need for active participation of communities for change in behaviour increasing institutional capacities of municipalities for standardising and scaling up strategies which work. The authors highlight the need for designing low-cost solutions organising informal sanitation workers serving marginalised communities and building effective alliances between communities and institutions to influence public policy. Rich in empirical data this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of urban studies public policy governance political science development studies and sociology as well as for CSOs and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on urban sanitation urban planning and public policy. | Social Innovations in Urban Sanitation in India Meeting Unmet Needs

GBP 130.00
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Kipling in India

Kipling in India

This book explores and re-evaluates Kipling’s connection with India its people culture languages and locales through his experiences and his writings. Kipling’s works attracted interest among a large section of the British public stimulating curiosity in their far-off Indian Empire and made many canonize him as an emblem of the ‘Raj’. This volume highlights the astonishing social and thematic range of his Indian writings as represented in The Jungle Books; Kim; his early verse; his Simla-based tales of Anglo-Indian intrigues and love affairs; his stories of the common Indian people; and his journalism. It brings together different theoretical and contextual readings of Kipling to examine how his experience of India influenced his creative work and conversely how his imperial loyalties conditioned his creative engagement with India. The 18 chapters here engage with the complexities and contradictions in his writings and analyse the historical and political contexts in which he wrote them and the contexts in which we read him now. With well-known contributors from different parts of the world – including India the UK the USA Canada France Japan and New Zealand – this book will be of great interest not only to those interested in Kipling’s life and works but also to researchers and scholars of nineteenth-century literature comparative studies postcolonial and subaltern studies colonial history and cultural studies. | Kipling in India

GBP 39.99
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Modern Maternities Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta

Modern Maternities Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta

Modern Maternities: Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta brings to light rare textual and visual materials on medical opinions about breastfeeding by memsahibs (European women) dais (indigenous midwives and/or wet nurses) and the bhadramahila (here the focus is on ‘respectable’ Bengali-Hindu women). With the help of archival resources the author discusses themes like: modernity maternities and medicine intersections of ‘race’ gender class caste community and age in diet artificial foods versus wet nursing ‘cleanliness’ corporeality and culture ‘clean midwifery’ versus ‘dirty midwifery’ customary breastfeeding practices child-mothers and childcare breastfeeding mothercraft and modern clocks exhibitions baby shows and baby weeks colonialism and anti-colonial nation-building The book offers critical insights into social histories of medicine motherhood and childcare in nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial Calcutta. It is intended for anyone interested in the book’s interdisciplinary focus on the regional national and global resonances of childrearing advice. In particular it will interest scholars and researchers from modern Indian history global history health history medical anthropology gender studies and South Asian studies. | Modern Maternities Medical Advice about Breastfeeding in Colonial Calcutta

GBP 130.00
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Creative Industries in India

Creative Industries in India

As digitalization meets local traditions there is great potential for creative industries (CI) to promote economic and social development in middle- and low-income countries. This book explores the economic and cultural relevance of these industries in India. The book identifies key topics regarding cultural and creative industries in India which has a rich cultural heritage and a young demographic and is undergoing swift socio-economic change. It contains the most sophisticated and comprehensive mappings of CI in India to date. It also features numerous case studies which illuminate the growth of CI in India its intersections with caste and gender the central role of handloom handicraft and other local practices within communities as well as the specific challenges in safeguarding and harnessing various creative industry assets to promote sustainable development and social change. Rich with empirical data this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of cultural studies economics history social work development studies media studies and South Asian studies.

GBP 36.99
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Shooting Terror Terrorism in Hindi Films

Shooting Terror Terrorism in Hindi Films

Shooting Terror highlights the disturbing immediacy of acts of terror and how cinema responds to them. It follows the changing representations of terrorism in Hindi cinema by fielding in-depth textual analyses of films such as Roja Maachis Black Friday Tere Bin Laden Uri: The Surgical Strike among others. It traces how terror and the terrorist have come to be viewed in the Indian cultural space and lays the grounds for a multivalent perspectival reading of cinema and terrorism. Moving from the threat of terror condensed in the Mogambo-esque villain in Mr. India to the showcasing of terror and the terrorist in their lived-in realities in Haider and Shahid the book explores the fraught connections between terror and the themes of devastation and trauma; between terror and the urban cityscape. It also seeks to highlight the place of humour and satire in films on terrorism and the presence of the reactionary far right in these films. One of the first books to present a composite picture of terrorism in contemporary Hindi cinema this volume will be of interest to researchers and academics of cultural studies media and film studies and the study of sociopsychological violence in media and culture. | Shooting Terror Terrorism in Hindi Films

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Governance in South Asia

Governance in South Asia

This book presents a nuanced analysis of governance in South Asia. It examines a range of themes including civil service reforms women and development environmental governance and public sector programmes together with the impact of globalization on local issues and its influence on governance in the region. Through grass-roots studies the volume also traces how the last 20 years have seen a social and economic resurgence in South Asia – transiting from stages of poverty low growth rates illiteracy and poor health to flourishing economies improved savings greater investments and stronger human development indicators. Drawing on extensive fieldwork this book will be of great interest to scholars of politics and public administration development studies labour studies and sociology and social anthropology. It will also be useful to practitioners in the field NGOs and civil servants.

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Perspectives in Sustainable Management Practices

Perspectives in Sustainable Management Practices

Embracing sustainable management practices is important for businesses and commercial organizations wishing to responsibly contribute to the socioeconomic development of societies and communities. This book provides insights into recent trends issues and challenges in embracing these practices while promoting growth and innovation in business. The COVID-19 pandemic has redefined the necessity of implementing sustainable practices. This book looks at the process implementation and evaluation of sustainable practices in the social and commercial sectors in recent years. With case studies from different industries these chapters explore and document creative applications of effective measures to chart out financial growth for businesses while reducing carbon emissions focusing on corporate social responsibility and working toward socio-economic sustainability for workers and communities among others. They also examine how these innovative strategies can be scaled up and applied across diverse industries for small and large businesses and in different economic environments. Part of the Contemporary Management Practices series this book will be useful to practising managers researchers and students who are interested in business strategy financial strategy and social inclusion. It will be especially of use to those working in the areas of corporate governance corporate social responsibility green marketing corporate finance and organizational performance. | Perspectives in Sustainable Management Practices

GBP 130.00
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Religion and Education in India

Religion and Education in India

This book studies the relationship between religion and education in the Indian context. It analyses the creative interface between religion and education as empirical categories and overlapping modes of pedagogical transmission. The volume investigates the ways in which religious identities are shaped through education both at home and at school. It brings together academics and researchers working in different faith traditions like Islam Hinduism and Sikhism to understand the significance of transmitting religious education and the need to pay closer attention to sites through which religious instruction is being disseminated. Topical and lucid this book will be an important reading for scholars and researchers of sociology religious studies secularism sociology of education political sociology South Asia studies and education in general. | Religion and Education in India

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Terror Financing in Kashmir

Terror Financing in Kashmir

This book analyses the layered and complex web of terror financing in Kashmir. It examines the role of multiple actors — including formal and informal state and non-state profit and non-profit and local and international — to delineate the various strands of an intricate financial system. It shows how over time these sophisticated networks have largely remained elusive to Indian counter-terrorism agencies and the need for a specialised and focused effort to understand it. Drawing on interviews with confidential sources within terror networks as well as inputs and intel from security agencies on the ground the author lays the groundwork for a robust counter-terrorism strategy in Kashmir. This book will be a must read for professionals and researchers in security studies military and strategic studies politics and international relations and South Asian studies.

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