Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of South Asia.
Fifty Years of Bangladesh: Economy, Politics, Society and Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Rounaq Jahan, Rehman Sobhan
May 06, 2025
Fifty Years of Bangladesh portrays the multi-faceted dimensions of Bangladesh’s development journey, its economic and social transformation and political and cultural contestations. The book presents new empirical data supplemented with critical analysis of processes, actors and actions that have ...
Public Health and Menstrual Hygiene Practices in India: Practices, Costs, and Equity Issues
1st Edition
By Smruti Bulsari, Kiran Pandya, Anil Gumber
April 14, 2025
This book examines the equity issues regarding practices of menstrual hygiene and affordability of menstrual products by the lower socioeconomic class in India. By discussing a novel and detailed methodology of estimating the cost of menstrual hygiene, the authors identify various components of ...
Everyday State and Development in Northeast India
1st Edition
By Biswaranjan Tripura
February 19, 2025
This book examines the everyday state from the perspective of the lived experiences of peripheralized Indigenous tribal peoples in contemporary Tripura, Northeast India. Building on discussions in the anthropology of the state and development literature and based on rich ethnography data, this book...
Creative Economies of Culture in South Asia: Craftspeople and Performers
1st Edition
Edited
By Anna Morcom, Neelam Raina
December 18, 2024
This book explores the crafts and performing arts of South Asia through a focus on labour and livelihood. It brings to light little-researched angles of social and political economies of culture and the ways in which they have shifted and changed in different historical eras and different political...
Marginalised Groups in India: Historiography, Politics, and Policies
1st Edition
Edited
By Kunal Debnath, Souvik Chatterjee
November 18, 2024
This book intersects marginality, politics, and policies by focusing on the narratives of selective marginalised groups within India. Encouraging inclusive government policies that consider the diverse identities of individuals and groups within India, this book is a systematic documentation of the...
Civil Society and Pakistan's Economy: Robber Barons and Meritocracy
1st Edition
Edited
By Fayyaz Baqir
October 09, 2024
This book analyses the paradoxes of Pakistan’s economy, meritocratic domestic policy, and the role of the state and the civil society. It argues that the transition in the county’s foreign policy from geo-politics to geo-economic depends on a fundamental domestic policy transition from kleptocracy ...
Bangladesh’s Quest for Inclusive Development: Challenges and Pathways
1st Edition
By Mustafa K. Mujeri, Neaz Mujeri
August 26, 2024
The book provides a comprehensive conceptual understanding covering major challenges and pathways to progressively promote inclusive development in Bangladesh. Since independence in 1971, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic growth and social progress, but the benefits have not been shared...
Covid-19 in India, Disease, Health and Culture: Can Wellness be Far Behind?
1st Edition
Edited
By Anindita Chatterjee, Nilanjana Chatterjee
August 26, 2024
This book is a cultural exploration of health and wellness, with a focus on impacts of Covid-19 on the population of India. The chapters in this book present original research, systematic reviews, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, encompassing multidisciplinary, inter- and intra-disciplinary...
Healthcare in Post-Independence India: Kolkata and the Crisis of Private Healthcare Services
1st Edition
By Amrita Bagchi
August 26, 2024
This book analyses the development of private healthcare in post-Independence Kolkata, India, and the rapid expansion of private nursing homes and hospitals from a historical and sociological perspective. It offers an examination of the changing pattern of the entire health care sector, which over ...
Identity, Nationhood and Bangladesh Independent Cinema
1st Edition
By Fahmidul Haq, Brian Shoesmith
August 26, 2024
This book analyses how independent filmmakers from Bangladesh have represented national identity in their films. The focus of this book is on independent and art house filmmakers and how cinema plays a vital role in constructing national and cultural identity. The authors examine post-2000 films ...
Indian Literatures in Diaspora
1st Edition
Edited
By Sireesha Telugu
August 26, 2024
This book analyses diasporic literatures written in Indian languages written by authors living outside their homeland and contextualize the understanding of migration and migrant identities. Examining diasporic literature produced in Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Indian Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Marathi,...
Media Discourse in Contemporary India: A Study of Television News
1st Edition
By Sudeshna Devi
August 26, 2024
This book examines the historical trajectory of the growth of the television news and critically analyzes the role of private television news in framing the nature of public discourse in contemporary India. Set in the context of a transformed media landscape, the book attempts to understand and ...