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K. P. Fabian, Diplomacy: Indian Style, New Delhi, Har-Anand, 2012, 260 pp.
No full textA critical review of former Ambassador, Dr K.P. Fabian's survey of India's record over about 60 years of international relations. The Author argues that India should recovery the legacy of her past history in both international and home affairs.A critical review of former Ambassador, Dr K.P. Fabian's survey of India's record over about 60 years of international relations. The Author argues that India should recovery the legacy of her past history in both international and home affairs
Introduzione
No full textThis Introduction presents a collection of eight essays written by PhD students as part of the scientific activities of the Sapienza PhD Programme "Civilizations of Asia and Africa". The essays cover a wide range of subjects - iconography, literature, linguistics - in various cultural and geographical areas - India, China, Japan, Turkey, Tunisia - and reflects the fields of specialization of the PhD Programme
Emissaries of Swadeshi. Bengali Internationalists in Inter-war Italy
No full textSeveral distinguished Bengali intellectuals visited Italy in the inter-war period as part of their activities aimed at promoting India’s subjectivity on the international stage. In their engagement with cultural and political life in the Old Continent, they acted as representatives of India’s aspirations on the international scene, as well as of the specific region to which they belonged. This chapter will identify the unique features that made this phase of the Bengal-Italy dialogue significant for both sides by exploring the landscape of ideas and aspirations which informed the cultural projects Bengali intellectuals, and particularly Kalidas Nag, Rabindranath Tagore and Surendranath Dasgupta, had embarked on with regard to educational cooperation and intellectual engagement, as well as the aims and means of Italy’s support to such projects. The fundamental assumption of the study is that these ideas and aspirations had been formulated and developed in Bengal in the wake of the Swadeshi movement at the beginning of the 20th century, and intrinsically combined the national and the international perspectives
Creative India and the World: Bengali Internationalism and Italy in the Interwar Period
No full text1.This essay considers the interactions between Bengali intellectuals and Italian scholars in the period of Italian Fascism. Pointing out a shared realm of encounter and conversation, as well as the presence of abiding differences of perspective, the author argues for the multiplicity of political and intellectual projects that intersected in cosmopolitan thought zones instead of any kind of assimilating encounter. Il saggio prende in esame le modalità di interazione fra intellettuali bengalesi e studiosi italiani durante il periodo fascista. Individuando un’area condivisa di incontro e dialogo, in cui sussistevano tuttavia differenze di prospettiva, l’autore mostra come le zone di pensiero cosmopolita fossero caratterizzate dall’intersezione di molteplici progetti politici e intellettuali, e non da un mero processo di assimilazione
Rivista degli Studi Orientali
No full textMember of the Scientific Committee of the journal, from April 2011 to June 2012
The Social Context of Politics in Rural West Bengal (1947-1992)
No full text1.This essay focuses on the transformation of caste and its impact on politics and institutions in rural West Bengal (India). By adopting an inter-disciplinary approach, the author aims at linking up social dynamics with the evolution of political, economic and institutional life in the state. Special stress is laid on the role of Panchayats. Il saggio si occupa della trasformazione della casta e il relativo impatto su politica e istituzioni nello stato indiano del West Bengal, con particolare riguardo ai distretti rurali. Adottando un approccio interdisciplinare l’autore ricollega le dinamiche del cambiamento sociale con l’evoluzione della vita politica, economica e istituzionale. Speciale attenzione è dedicata al ruolo delle Panchayat
Sul problema della traslitterazione dagli alfabeti indiani: un sistema di traslitterazione “integrato” per la bengali
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