Nehru Memorial Museum & Library - PDF copies of occasional papers available online

The Research and Publications Division monitors the ongoing research projects of our institution, publishes research documents and is also responsible for organizing seminars and lectures in the NMML. The Centre for Contemporary Studies functions under the umbrella of the Research and Publications Division. This Division has sponsored and published the selected works of important leaders like Motilal Nehru, Jayaprakash Narayan and Acharya Narendra Deva. Currently, this Division is engaged in several research projects which involve many research fellows working on various aspects of modern and contemporary Indian history, including the publication of the Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari. The Research and Publications Division also publishes the Occasional Papers in two series namely ‘History and Society’ and ‘Perspectives in Indian Development’. The publications of Occasional Papers was revived in the year 2012 and so far the NMML has brought out 44 Papers. Most of these papers are the written version of presentations made by scholars in the various academic events organized by the NMML.


Page 1 of list:

1/ Representing Dalit Bodies in Colonial North India -Charu Gupta 2012

2/ Colonialism and its Nomads in South India- Bhangya Bhukya 2012

3/ Environmental Crisis and Social Dismemberment in Northwest India During the Pre-Colonial Period  - G.S.L. Devra 2012

4/ Does India Have History? Does History Have India? - Thomas R. Trautmann 2012

5/ Patrick Geddes and the Metropolis - Partho Datta  2012

6/Exploring Spaces for Women in Early Medieval Kashmir - Devika Rangachari 2012

7/ Industrialization, Dirigisme and Capitalists: Indian Big Business from independence to liberalization - Surajit Mazumdar 2012

8/ The Abyss of Modernity: Questioning political violence - Dilip Simeon 2013

9/The Anticolonial Ethics of Lala Har Dayal’s Hints for Self Culture - J. Daniel Elam 2013

10/Marathas, Rajputs, and Afghans in mid-Eighteenth-century India: Bhausahebanchi Bakhar and the articulation of cultural difference in pre-colonial India - Anirudh Deshpande 2013

11/Ramana Maharshi and the Battle with Cancer: Notes on life, detachment and devotees’accounts - Susan Visvanathan 2013

12/Political Representation: Ambedkar and the Electoral Method - Raja Sekhar Vundru 2013

13/ Subjective Modernities - Harbans Mukhia 2013

14/Roots, Branches and Seeds: The teachings of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo examined in the light of Indian tradition, colonial modernity, and one another - Peter Heehs 2013

15/Swami Vivekananda and Rajarshi Rammohan Ray: Two views on sacred authority, two visions of modern India - Bruce Robertson 2013

16/The Interesting Ideas of Eric Hobsbawm - Madhavan Palat 2013

17/Nature, Social Stratification and Marginalization in Rajasthan, 1650-1850 CE - Mayank Kumar 2013

18/Emptied of All Love: Gandhiji on 30 January 1948 - Tridip Suhrud 2013

19/The Rise of a Modern Parsi Enterprise - Ashok V. Desai 2013

http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/research-publications/occasional-papers.html?showall=&start=1

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