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...Howard Spodek Shri Ram: A Biography . By Khushwant Singh and Arun Joshi . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1968 . 240 pp. $4.25. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 BOOK REVIEWS in a mode of life centered mainly around land and agriculture. In the past...

...S. Razi Wasti Punjab Politics: The Role of Sir Chhotu Ram . By Prem Choudhry . New Delhi : Vikas Publishing House , 1984 . xi, 364 pp. Personalities, Glossary, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $40. (Distributed in U.S. by Advent Books, New York, N.Y.) Copyright © Association for Asian...

...Beth Norford In Quest of Indian Folktales: Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube and William Crooke . By Sadhana Naithani . Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 2006 . xi , 328 pp. $65.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2008 2008 In 1996, Sadhana...

... is mad about newness.” Nārata-Rāmāyaṇam(?) presents colonialism as a continuation of the Ramayana narrative, showing how an ancient South Asian narrative can serve as an imaginative framework for modern Indian writers. The text mounts an astute critique of the notion of perfect rule, Ram Raj...

...Victoria Farmer Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2000 2000 Obituaries RAM B. MAGAL (1923-2000) Sadly, I bring you news of the death of Ram B. Magal. Professor Magal was the Director of Programs, Fulbright House, New Delhi, from 1964 to 1968 and 1971 to 1983...

...Ronki Ram Abstract This paper argues that Dalit consciousness in Punjab emerged against the backdrop of the teachings of Ravidass, an untouchable saint-poet of the North Indian Bhakti movement who presented a middle path between assimilation and radical separatism for the construction of a separate...

...Philip Lutgendorf Abstract The most popular book in northern India is a Hindi retelling of the ancient tale of Prince Rām and his wife, Sītāa, composed in about A.D. 1574 by the poet-saint Tulsīdās of Banaras. Throughout a vast region with a population of more than three hundred million people...

...Harsha Ram Crucifying the Orient. Russian Orientalism and the Colonization of Caucasus and Central Asia . By Kalpana Sahni . Bangkok and Oslo : White Orchid Press , 1997 . 344 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 860 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Stephen F. Tobias Abstract It can be argued that full assimilation of Chinese immigrants into an alien society has proceeded longer and on a larger scale in Thailand than anywhere else. It was Chinese potters who built the first kilns at Sukhothai and Sawankhalok; Thai tradition says that King Ram...

...Sri-Ram Aiyer Korea's Globalization . Edited by Samuel S. Kim . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2000 . xvii, 324 pp. $54.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2001 2001 234 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES who have illegally gone...

... ( Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1966 ) . Other accounts helpful if read with discretion are The Gurdwara Reform Movement and the Sikh Awakening with an introduction by Sahni Ruchi Ram ( Lahore : Publisher unknown, 1922 ) , Caveeshar Sardul Singh , The Sikh Studies ( Lahore...