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- English
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About this book
This unique work explores, through personal narratives, the overlapping and intermingling of cultures as well as the immense cultural diversity across the world. This exploration inevitably questions notions of higher or lower cultures, and civilized or uncivilized peoples. Indeed it questions the very concept of superiority amongst peoples. Apart from cross-cultural encounters, this work also discusses how various democratic and non-democratic governments and organizations have attempted to conceal cross-cultural influences by inventing superiority, purity, and authenticity of cultures and civilizations to the detriment of others. Yet cross-culture pollination, an ongoing process, always reveals itself through the ignored cracks of history. The book shows that India is no exception and has been and continues to be porous. The numerous examples of cross-pollination â with Algeria, Indonesia, Cambodia, to mention a few â force us to re-look cultural constructs and indeed the very meaning of culture.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Halftitle
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of plates
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. The Black Virgin
- 2. Travelling Buddha
- 3. Coffee
- 4. Cultural Baggage
- 5. Wordsâ Worth
- 6. Batata Aloo
- 7. Halo! Halo!
- 8. Tuneful Maladies
- 9. Candyâd Talk
- 10. Tongue Untied
- 11. The Kashmiri Magician
- 12. Encounters
- 13. Head to Toe
- 14 Home and Away
- 15 Wear with All
- 16. I Am Bandit
- 17. Badghizi
- 18. Blackouts
- 19. Oh Bokhara!
- 20. Fiddler on the Loose
- 21. The Game of the Name
- 22. The Tulips
- 23. Chewing Rice for Others
- 24. Repetersburg
- 25. Jokes Apart
- 26. Juvenile Delinquents
- 27. Earthquacks?
- 28. Crosswords
- 29. Food Traffic
- 30. Once Upon a Time
- 31. A Tribute ...
- 32. Teri Mary Maa
- 33. Size Matters
- 34. âGeorgia on My Mindâ
- 35. The âCivilâ Servant
- 36. Devotion
- 37. Authentiques
- 38. To The Holy Pope
- 39. Linguistic Creativity
- 40. Paper Trails
- 41. Youâre in Safe Hands
- 42. How to Steal a Billion
- 43. Bollywood
- 44. Emptiness
- 45. Two Sides of a Coin
- 46. Rosy Prospects
- 47. We Owe the Armenians
- 48. A Wondrous World Wide Web
- 49. Winter Sonata
- 50. Linguistricks
- 51. Maali Blues
- 52. Stutter Nonsense
- 53. This Order, That Order
- 54. Telling Time
- 55. âRed Roses in the Snowâ
- 56. Rung Interpretation
- 57. African Indians
- 58. From Havana to Kabul with Love
- 59. Phantom Foes
- 60. Wagah Woes!
- About the Author