{"product_id":"32026-portaits-from-ayodhya-living-indias-contrdictions","title":"Portaits from Ayodhya  - Living India's Contrdictions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Scharada Dubey\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tranquebar\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2012\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9789381626214\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bird's-eye view of life after Babri Masjid in the town that bore witness to an event whose after-effects are still felt throughout the country. Unflinchingly honest and sincere, this is a book that presents an Ayodhya never seen before\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost two decades after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Scharada Dubey, an Ayodhya resident, studies the barricaded Ram Janmabhoomi site, travels through temple alleyways, visits the residents, ordinary and prominent, of a town that has known no peace. What follows is Portraits of Ayodhya – a star- tling compilation of oral history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book of narrative non-fiction, we meet Ayodhya denizens from all walks of life – from the almost omnip- otent Mahant Gyandas (head of the Hanuman Garhi temple), to the unassuming Ram Sharan Das, whose occupation is cleaning gutters. Even as we witness two sides to every story, we spot a thread binding all the major figures: a love for Ayodhya, a longing for quiet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf places are defined by people, Portraits of Ayodhya is testament to this belief. Unflinchingly honest and sincere, this is a book that presents an Ayodhya never seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I – Mavericks and Madmen \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tVineet Maurya – Buddha’s Displaced Disciple \u003cbr\u003e2.\tHari Dayal Mishra – Saturn’s Own Soothsayer \u003cbr\u003e3.\tYugal Kishor Sharan Shastri – Secularism’s Sentinel \u003cbr\u003e4.\tRam Sharan Das – To Good Through the Gutters \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II – Establishment Entities \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.\tBimalendra Pratap Mishra – Raja in Rama’s Kingdom \u003cbr\u003e6.\tPhalahari Baba -  Reformed Roughneck \u003cbr\u003e7.\tMithilesh Pandey – Homemaker at the Helm \u003cbr\u003e8.\tBaba Jairamdas – Ramlila’s Rakshak \u003cbr\u003e9.\tMahant Satyendra Das – Manning the Epicentre  \u003cbr\u003e10.\tRani Awasthi – Auntie of the differently Abled \u003cbr\u003e11.\tBaba Dharamdas – Beguiling Muscle \u003cbr\u003e12.\tGauri Shankar Das – Kanak Behari’s Minstrel \u003cbr\u003e13.\tNritya Gopal Das – Formidable Foe \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III – People Like Us \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14.\tPadmavati – Bahujan Beti \u003cbr\u003e15.\tRaghuvar Sharan – Romance as Worship\u003cbr\u003e16.\tHashim Ansari – ‘Chacha’ to All\u003cbr\u003e17.\tSharad Sharma – Hindutva’s Hope \u003cbr\u003e18.\tNaga Vijay Narayan Das – Sadhu with a Stick\u003cbr\u003e19.\tPremalata Tripathi – Domestic Divination \u003cbr\u003e20.\tGaurav Tiwari ‘Beeru’ –Witness to the Worst \u003cbr\u003e21.\tSri Krishna Madhukar – ‘Neta’ News-vendor \u003cbr\u003e22.\tAsad Kishor Maurya – Grassroots Journalism\u003cbr\u003e23.\tDr Swaminath Pandey – Lyrical Marxist \u003cbr\u003e24.\tTarunjeet Varma – Inherited Involvement\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue \u003cbr\u003eGlossary \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Scharada Dubey \/ Tranquebar \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776633385129,"sku":"32026","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/32026_fb4cbf27-721c-45ef-840f-c759668f2c14.jpg?v=1625528759","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/32026-portaits-from-ayodhya-living-indias-contrdictions","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}