Shehzad Nadeem
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691147871
- eISBN:
- 9781400836697
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691147871.003.0008
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This chapter examines the cultural dynamics of the offshore workplace from the perspective of Tyler Pfeifer, an American executive in Bombay. Pfeifer had come to India armed with a firm belief in the ...
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This chapter examines the cultural dynamics of the offshore workplace from the perspective of Tyler Pfeifer, an American executive in Bombay. Pfeifer had come to India armed with a firm belief in the promises of globalization. Instead, he found a hopelessly muddled reality. This chapter considers what it is like for an American to manage Indian workers by assessing Pfeifer's experience. It traces Pfeifer's journey from intense optimism about globalization, when he cofounded an outsourcing company, to the melancholic uncertainty that made him decide to leave India. It also discusses Pfeifer's views on attrition, the benefits of global capitalism, India and Indian workers, and the social costs of modernization.Less
This chapter examines the cultural dynamics of the offshore workplace from the perspective of Tyler Pfeifer, an American executive in Bombay. Pfeifer had come to India armed with a firm belief in the promises of globalization. Instead, he found a hopelessly muddled reality. This chapter considers what it is like for an American to manage Indian workers by assessing Pfeifer's experience. It traces Pfeifer's journey from intense optimism about globalization, when he cofounded an outsourcing company, to the melancholic uncertainty that made him decide to leave India. It also discusses Pfeifer's views on attrition, the benefits of global capitalism, India and Indian workers, and the social costs of modernization.
Latha Varadarajan
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199733910
- eISBN:
- 9780199866205
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199733910.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
Chapter 4 goes beyond the first approximation at resolving the puzzle of why the Indian state turned away from the Indian diaspora immediately after independence, by providing a more focused analysis ...
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Chapter 4 goes beyond the first approximation at resolving the puzzle of why the Indian state turned away from the Indian diaspora immediately after independence, by providing a more focused analysis of the nature of the postcolonial Indian state. Using as a starting point the controversy surrounding the take‐over bid of two Indian companies by Swraj Paul, an industrialist of Indian origin based in the United Kingdom, the chapter examines the nature of the state that replaced the colonial state. It does so by putting into focus the making of bourgeois hegemony, particularly in the period leading up to Indian independence, and its eventual fracturing by the 1980s. In this context, the Swraj Paul incident, which snowballed into a referendum not just on the legitimacy of the Indian capitalist class, but also on the relationship between the Indian state and the diaspora, provides a unique glimpse into the shaping of postcolonial India.Less
Chapter 4 goes beyond the first approximation at resolving the puzzle of why the Indian state turned away from the Indian diaspora immediately after independence, by providing a more focused analysis of the nature of the postcolonial Indian state. Using as a starting point the controversy surrounding the take‐over bid of two Indian companies by Swraj Paul, an industrialist of Indian origin based in the United Kingdom, the chapter examines the nature of the state that replaced the colonial state. It does so by putting into focus the making of bourgeois hegemony, particularly in the period leading up to Indian independence, and its eventual fracturing by the 1980s. In this context, the Swraj Paul incident, which snowballed into a referendum not just on the legitimacy of the Indian capitalist class, but also on the relationship between the Indian state and the diaspora, provides a unique glimpse into the shaping of postcolonial India.
George H. Gadbois, Jr
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198070610
- eISBN:
- 9780199080755
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198070610.003.0012
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter describes the Shah Court of 1970–71. J.C. Shah, the sixth and last of the CJI S.R. Das appointees to serve as CJI had a stewardship of only thirty-five days, the shortest to date, from ...
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This chapter describes the Shah Court of 1970–71. J.C. Shah, the sixth and last of the CJI S.R. Das appointees to serve as CJI had a stewardship of only thirty-five days, the shortest to date, from 17 December 1970 to 21 January 1971. Prior to the official announcement that he would succeed Hidayatullah, there were rumours that he would be bypassed and that an outsider would be brought in. His brief stewardship was important because of the failure of his nomination. The timing of the nomination was not opportune, for three days after Shah became CJI, Parliament was dissolved and preparations for the new elections were underway. Shah received no response from the government to his nomination. Unsuccessful in filling his own vacancy, Sikri’s tenure began with nine associate judges and Bombay was left without any representation on the Court.Less
This chapter describes the Shah Court of 1970–71. J.C. Shah, the sixth and last of the CJI S.R. Das appointees to serve as CJI had a stewardship of only thirty-five days, the shortest to date, from 17 December 1970 to 21 January 1971. Prior to the official announcement that he would succeed Hidayatullah, there were rumours that he would be bypassed and that an outsider would be brought in. His brief stewardship was important because of the failure of his nomination. The timing of the nomination was not opportune, for three days after Shah became CJI, Parliament was dissolved and preparations for the new elections were underway. Shah received no response from the government to his nomination. Unsuccessful in filling his own vacancy, Sikri’s tenure began with nine associate judges and Bombay was left without any representation on the Court.
George H. Gadbois, Jr
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198070610
- eISBN:
- 9780199080755
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198070610.003.0023
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter examines the states of birth of the judges. The ninety-three judges were born in sixteen of the twenty-five states which existed in the 1980s. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are ...
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This chapter examines the states of birth of the judges. The ninety-three judges were born in sixteen of the twenty-five states which existed in the 1980s. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are underrepresented. This is largely because three of the eleven judges who served on the Allahabad High Court were not born in Uttar Pradesh, and four of the Bombay High Court judges were born in today’s Gujarat and a fifth in Karnataka. Punjab is overrepresented, largely because its ten include three who were born in today’s Pakistan and another in Burma. The most notably underrepresented state is Rajasthan. There is no evidence that states controlled by a party different from the party that controlled the Centre received fewer judgeships. In most instances, the judge was first appointed to the high court of his state of birth, and seventy-two came to the SCI directly from his home or parent high court.Less
This chapter examines the states of birth of the judges. The ninety-three judges were born in sixteen of the twenty-five states which existed in the 1980s. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are underrepresented. This is largely because three of the eleven judges who served on the Allahabad High Court were not born in Uttar Pradesh, and four of the Bombay High Court judges were born in today’s Gujarat and a fifth in Karnataka. Punjab is overrepresented, largely because its ten include three who were born in today’s Pakistan and another in Burma. The most notably underrepresented state is Rajasthan. There is no evidence that states controlled by a party different from the party that controlled the Centre received fewer judgeships. In most instances, the judge was first appointed to the high court of his state of birth, and seventy-two came to the SCI directly from his home or parent high court.
George H. Gadbois, Jr
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198070610
- eISBN:
- 9780199080755
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198070610.003.0029
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter describes the judges’ arrival to the high court. Appointment to the high court came at an average age of 46.4. There was some variation among the high courts concerning the age for ...
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This chapter describes the judges’ arrival to the high court. Appointment to the high court came at an average age of 46.4. There was some variation among the high courts concerning the age for appointment. Those who came to the SCI from the Bombay High Court averaged forty-five years when appointed, while the average age at the time of high court appointment of those from the Madras High Court, who came to the SCI, was fifty-one. Those who were promoted to the SCI arrived with an average of 12.4 years of high court experience. The generational differences are significant — 10.9 years for the first and 13.6 for the second. S. Fazl Ali’s 19.2 years of service on the Patna High Court was the lengthiest, and T.L. Venkatarama Ayyar, with only 2.4 years, the least.Less
This chapter describes the judges’ arrival to the high court. Appointment to the high court came at an average age of 46.4. There was some variation among the high courts concerning the age for appointment. Those who came to the SCI from the Bombay High Court averaged forty-five years when appointed, while the average age at the time of high court appointment of those from the Madras High Court, who came to the SCI, was fifty-one. Those who were promoted to the SCI arrived with an average of 12.4 years of high court experience. The generational differences are significant — 10.9 years for the first and 13.6 for the second. S. Fazl Ali’s 19.2 years of service on the Patna High Court was the lengthiest, and T.L. Venkatarama Ayyar, with only 2.4 years, the least.
P. J. MARSHALL
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199226665
- eISBN:
- 9780191706813
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226665.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Political History
Early British rule in India was built on Indian foundations. In Bengal the British were able to build on the foundations of a well-established state and a flourishing economy. Above all, the new East ...
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Early British rule in India was built on Indian foundations. In Bengal the British were able to build on the foundations of a well-established state and a flourishing economy. Above all, the new East India Company rulers could tap Bengal's wealth through a system of taxation collected from the countryside. The essential task of early British administration was to enforce taxation. This enabled the Company to maintain a large army in Bengal, both to protect their interests there and to safeguard their other major Indian settlements, Madras and Bombay, which had only limited resources of taxation and were drawn into largely unsuccessful conflicts with strong neighbouring Indian states. British aspirations to empire in India in the later eighteenth century depended on Bengal.Less
Early British rule in India was built on Indian foundations. In Bengal the British were able to build on the foundations of a well-established state and a flourishing economy. Above all, the new East India Company rulers could tap Bengal's wealth through a system of taxation collected from the countryside. The essential task of early British administration was to enforce taxation. This enabled the Company to maintain a large army in Bengal, both to protect their interests there and to safeguard their other major Indian settlements, Madras and Bombay, which had only limited resources of taxation and were drawn into largely unsuccessful conflicts with strong neighbouring Indian states. British aspirations to empire in India in the later eighteenth century depended on Bengal.
Nathan Katz
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520213234
- eISBN:
- 9780520920729
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520213234.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
This introductory study of three Indian-Jewish communities—Cochin Jews, Bene Israel, and Baghdadi Jews—helps in the understanding of both Judaic and Indic civilizations, and the nature of communal ...
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This introductory study of three Indian-Jewish communities—Cochin Jews, Bene Israel, and Baghdadi Jews—helps in the understanding of both Judaic and Indic civilizations, and the nature of communal continuity. Thinking about these three communities' history, social organization, and religious life deepens the understanding of both India and Israel. The Bene Israel lost all of the intellectual equipment in their legendary shipwreck, and as a result tumbled more deeply into assimilation. The identities of the Bene Israel and the Baghdadis evolved more rapidly and within the purview of relatively modern history. The three very different communities of Jews in India had one determining factor in common: the absence of indigenous anti-Semitism. Jewish identity in India is substantial in contemporary discussions about continuity within the Jewish world. Today, only the Bene Israel community of Bombay remains vital among the three communities.Less
This introductory study of three Indian-Jewish communities—Cochin Jews, Bene Israel, and Baghdadi Jews—helps in the understanding of both Judaic and Indic civilizations, and the nature of communal continuity. Thinking about these three communities' history, social organization, and religious life deepens the understanding of both India and Israel. The Bene Israel lost all of the intellectual equipment in their legendary shipwreck, and as a result tumbled more deeply into assimilation. The identities of the Bene Israel and the Baghdadis evolved more rapidly and within the purview of relatively modern history. The three very different communities of Jews in India had one determining factor in common: the absence of indigenous anti-Semitism. Jewish identity in India is substantial in contemporary discussions about continuity within the Jewish world. Today, only the Bene Israel community of Bombay remains vital among the three communities.
Philip J. Stern
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195393736
- eISBN:
- 9780199896837
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393736.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Early Modern History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter details the origins of the East India Company’s network of fortified settlements in Asia and South Atlantic, beginning in the mid-seventeenth century, ultimately establishing outposts at ...
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This chapter details the origins of the East India Company’s network of fortified settlements in Asia and South Atlantic, beginning in the mid-seventeenth century, ultimately establishing outposts at Madras, St. Helena, and Bombay. It argues that the Company conceived of these settlements not simply as trading posts or factories but as colonies and plantations, modelled upon and sometimes in competition with other such European efforts in the Atlantic and Asia. Company leadership was concerned with attracting immigrants and settlers to these colonies and establishing effective legal and political institutions to govern them. The chapter further explores how Company governments sought to establish a system of circulation amongst these settlements and represented their aspirations to political power and authority through a variety of instruments, such as the planning of urban space, coins and mintage, and political ceremony and display.Less
This chapter details the origins of the East India Company’s network of fortified settlements in Asia and South Atlantic, beginning in the mid-seventeenth century, ultimately establishing outposts at Madras, St. Helena, and Bombay. It argues that the Company conceived of these settlements not simply as trading posts or factories but as colonies and plantations, modelled upon and sometimes in competition with other such European efforts in the Atlantic and Asia. Company leadership was concerned with attracting immigrants and settlers to these colonies and establishing effective legal and political institutions to govern them. The chapter further explores how Company governments sought to establish a system of circulation amongst these settlements and represented their aspirations to political power and authority through a variety of instruments, such as the planning of urban space, coins and mintage, and political ceremony and display.
A.G. Noorani
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195678291
- eISBN:
- 9780199080588
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195678291.003.0092
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
On 23 January 1996, the chief minister of Maharashtra, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi dissolved the Srikrishna Commission, which was inquiring into the riots that rocked Bombay in December 1992 and January ...
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On 23 January 1996, the chief minister of Maharashtra, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi dissolved the Srikrishna Commission, which was inquiring into the riots that rocked Bombay in December 1992 and January 1993. The Shiv Sena-BJP combine showed undue alacrity in dissolving the commission under Section 7 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act. The chapter analyses the provisions of the Section.Less
On 23 January 1996, the chief minister of Maharashtra, Mr Murli Manohar Joshi dissolved the Srikrishna Commission, which was inquiring into the riots that rocked Bombay in December 1992 and January 1993. The Shiv Sena-BJP combine showed undue alacrity in dissolving the commission under Section 7 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act. The chapter analyses the provisions of the Section.
John R. Hinnells
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198261933
- eISBN:
- 9780191682247
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198261933.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, World Religions, Religious Studies
This chapter suggests that there are probably no other religious or ethnic minority groups which have migrated from Asia to Britain and which have had such a close network of both business and ...
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This chapter suggests that there are probably no other religious or ethnic minority groups which have migrated from Asia to Britain and which have had such a close network of both business and intellectual contacts with the British prior to the period of settlement as the Zoroastrians. This chapter deals with three aspects of that early period of settlement before the Second World War, prior to the arrival of the majority of Zoroastrians. During that period, the arrivals were all from India. The first section discusses the earliest recorded arrivals. The second section examines the literature of the early travelers in their own community in Bombay, which may have affected the Indian community's perceptions of life in Britain. The third section considers the literature produced by the early Zoroastrians in Britain for the British in order to condition the British perception of their small community.Less
This chapter suggests that there are probably no other religious or ethnic minority groups which have migrated from Asia to Britain and which have had such a close network of both business and intellectual contacts with the British prior to the period of settlement as the Zoroastrians. This chapter deals with three aspects of that early period of settlement before the Second World War, prior to the arrival of the majority of Zoroastrians. During that period, the arrivals were all from India. The first section discusses the earliest recorded arrivals. The second section examines the literature of the early travelers in their own community in Bombay, which may have affected the Indian community's perceptions of life in Britain. The third section considers the literature produced by the early Zoroastrians in Britain for the British in order to condition the British perception of their small community.
Rohit De
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780691174433
- eISBN:
- 9780691185132
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691174433.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
This chapter discusses the litigation over the imposition of a draconian Prohibition regime on Bombay. The Prohibition laws in Bombay and other provinces, brought in to enforce Article 47 of the ...
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This chapter discusses the litigation over the imposition of a draconian Prohibition regime on Bombay. The Prohibition laws in Bombay and other provinces, brought in to enforce Article 47 of the Constitution, were among the earliest attempts by the postcolonial state to regulate the everyday life of its citizens. The Prohibition policy was a critical aspect of the attempt of the state to fashion a postcolonial identity for itself by freeing its citizens from what it called the foreign practice of drinking. However, it relied on the mechanisms of the colonial state for its implementation, opening up questions about state involvement in private life and the role of the police in a democracy. Given that the majority of litigants were Parsis (Indian Zoroastrians), a community with strong links to the liquor trade, the chapter also considers the emerging idea of public interest and the relationship between liberty, property, and community identity.Less
This chapter discusses the litigation over the imposition of a draconian Prohibition regime on Bombay. The Prohibition laws in Bombay and other provinces, brought in to enforce Article 47 of the Constitution, were among the earliest attempts by the postcolonial state to regulate the everyday life of its citizens. The Prohibition policy was a critical aspect of the attempt of the state to fashion a postcolonial identity for itself by freeing its citizens from what it called the foreign practice of drinking. However, it relied on the mechanisms of the colonial state for its implementation, opening up questions about state involvement in private life and the role of the police in a democracy. Given that the majority of litigants were Parsis (Indian Zoroastrians), a community with strong links to the liquor trade, the chapter also considers the emerging idea of public interest and the relationship between liberty, property, and community identity.
ISHTIAQ AHMED
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198075981
- eISBN:
- 9780199081523
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198075981.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
This chapter presents a sweeping historical overview of the flows between Lahore and Bombay before and after 1947. It shows how two major factors — Partition and the rise of Islam in Pakistan — led ...
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This chapter presents a sweeping historical overview of the flows between Lahore and Bombay before and after 1947. It shows how two major factors — Partition and the rise of Islam in Pakistan — led to the premature demise of a nascent film industry emerging around the Bhati Gate area in Lahore, despite the in-migration of Muslim talent from Bombay. It calls attention to the shared cultural memories that attest to the presence of Lahore in Bombay and Bombay in Lahore. It argues that in view of its pre-eminent position as the centre of Hindi /Urdu culture, Lahore would have emerged as a strong competitor to Bombay had Partition not occurred. However, it can still become a major production centre for Punjabi films that can cater to a transnational Punjabi population.Less
This chapter presents a sweeping historical overview of the flows between Lahore and Bombay before and after 1947. It shows how two major factors — Partition and the rise of Islam in Pakistan — led to the premature demise of a nascent film industry emerging around the Bhati Gate area in Lahore, despite the in-migration of Muslim talent from Bombay. It calls attention to the shared cultural memories that attest to the presence of Lahore in Bombay and Bombay in Lahore. It argues that in view of its pre-eminent position as the centre of Hindi /Urdu culture, Lahore would have emerged as a strong competitor to Bombay had Partition not occurred. However, it can still become a major production centre for Punjabi films that can cater to a transnational Punjabi population.
John R. Hinnells
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198267591
- eISBN:
- 9780191683329
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198267591.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, World Religions, Religious Studies
This chapter examines the situation for Parsis in post-independence Bombay in India. It suggests that prior to independence, Parsis were divided over the political future: many expressed concern ...
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This chapter examines the situation for Parsis in post-independence Bombay in India. It suggests that prior to independence, Parsis were divided over the political future: many expressed concern about their fate in a land that had been divided over religion and feared the removal of the British rule under which they had flourished. In the early years of independence, Parsis were involved in India's political life and the growing communalism at the end of the 20th century has not resulted in any persecution of Paris.Less
This chapter examines the situation for Parsis in post-independence Bombay in India. It suggests that prior to independence, Parsis were divided over the political future: many expressed concern about their fate in a land that had been divided over religion and feared the removal of the British rule under which they had flourished. In the early years of independence, Parsis were involved in India's political life and the growing communalism at the end of the 20th century has not resulted in any persecution of Paris.
Takeshi Nishimura
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199646326
- eISBN:
- 9780191745256
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199646326.003.0009
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Business History
The way that the Yokohama Specie Bank challenged the established British banks in Asia before the First World War is examined in this chapter. The focus is on the finance of the cotton and silk ...
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The way that the Yokohama Specie Bank challenged the established British banks in Asia before the First World War is examined in this chapter. The focus is on the finance of the cotton and silk trade, especially within Asia. By establishing a branch in Bombay YSB was able to create a two-way financial relationship between Japan and India involving flows of raw cotton and cotton textiles. A branch in New York had the same effect for silk as that was a major Japanese export to the USA. Thus, the YSB was able to compete with both the British and US banks that operated in Asia before the First World War. However, what was crucial for the success of both operations was the ability of YSB to discount its bills of exchange in London, which it was able to do through its City branch and links to domestic British banks. The result was that even the finance of the silk trade between Japan and the USA switched from a dependence on US credits to London finance in the early 20th century.Less
The way that the Yokohama Specie Bank challenged the established British banks in Asia before the First World War is examined in this chapter. The focus is on the finance of the cotton and silk trade, especially within Asia. By establishing a branch in Bombay YSB was able to create a two-way financial relationship between Japan and India involving flows of raw cotton and cotton textiles. A branch in New York had the same effect for silk as that was a major Japanese export to the USA. Thus, the YSB was able to compete with both the British and US banks that operated in Asia before the First World War. However, what was crucial for the success of both operations was the ability of YSB to discount its bills of exchange in London, which it was able to do through its City branch and links to domestic British banks. The result was that even the finance of the silk trade between Japan and the USA switched from a dependence on US credits to London finance in the early 20th century.
Neelam Sidhar Wright
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780748696345
- eISBN:
- 9781474412155
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748696345.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
‘New Bollywood’ has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood ...
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‘New Bollywood’ has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood films just uninspired Hollywood rip-offs, or does their borrowing signal genuine innovation within the industry? Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this book reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the twenty-first century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, the book takes Indian film studies beyond the standard theme of diaspora, and exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema. A bold celebration of contemporary Bollywood texts, this book radically redefines Indian film and persuasively argues for its seriousness as a field of cinematic studies.Less
‘New Bollywood’ has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood films just uninspired Hollywood rip-offs, or does their borrowing signal genuine innovation within the industry? Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this book reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the twenty-first century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, the book takes Indian film studies beyond the standard theme of diaspora, and exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema. A bold celebration of contemporary Bollywood texts, this book radically redefines Indian film and persuasively argues for its seriousness as a field of cinematic studies.
Aswin Punathambekar
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814771891
- eISBN:
- 9780814771907
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814771891.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This book analyzes the transformation of the national film industry in Bombay into a transnational and multimedia cultural enterprise, which has come to be known as Bollywood. Combining ethnographic, ...
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This book analyzes the transformation of the national film industry in Bombay into a transnational and multimedia cultural enterprise, which has come to be known as Bollywood. Combining ethnographic, institutional, and textual analyses, the book explores how relations between state institutions, the Indian diaspora, circuits of capital, and new media technologies and industries have reconfigured the Bombay-based industry's geographic reach. Providing in-depth accounts of the workings of media companies and media professionals, the book is a timely analysis of how a media industry in the postcolonial world has come to claim the global as its scale of operations. Based on extensive field research in India and the United States, this book offers empirically rich and theoretically informed analyses of how the imaginations and practices of industry professionals give shape to the media worlds we inhabit and engage with. Moving beyond a focus on a single medium, the book develops a comparative and integrated approach that examines four different but interrelated media industries—film, television, marketing, and digital media. The book's transnational approach to understanding the formation of Bollywood is an innovative intervention into current debates on media industries, production cultures, and cultural globalization.Less
This book analyzes the transformation of the national film industry in Bombay into a transnational and multimedia cultural enterprise, which has come to be known as Bollywood. Combining ethnographic, institutional, and textual analyses, the book explores how relations between state institutions, the Indian diaspora, circuits of capital, and new media technologies and industries have reconfigured the Bombay-based industry's geographic reach. Providing in-depth accounts of the workings of media companies and media professionals, the book is a timely analysis of how a media industry in the postcolonial world has come to claim the global as its scale of operations. Based on extensive field research in India and the United States, this book offers empirically rich and theoretically informed analyses of how the imaginations and practices of industry professionals give shape to the media worlds we inhabit and engage with. Moving beyond a focus on a single medium, the book develops a comparative and integrated approach that examines four different but interrelated media industries—film, television, marketing, and digital media. The book's transnational approach to understanding the formation of Bollywood is an innovative intervention into current debates on media industries, production cultures, and cultural globalization.
Nitin Govil
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814785874
- eISBN:
- 9780814764732
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814785874.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
With American cinema facing intense technological and financial challenges both at home and abroad, and with Indian media looking to globalize, there have been numerous high-profile institutional ...
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With American cinema facing intense technological and financial challenges both at home and abroad, and with Indian media looking to globalize, there have been numerous high-profile institutional connections between Hollywood and Bombay cinema in the past few years. Many accounts have proclaimed India's transformation in a relatively short period from a Hollywood outpost to a frontier of opportunity. This book moves beyond the conventional popular wisdom that Hollywood and Bombay cinema have only recently become intertwined because of economic priorities, instead uncovering a longer history of exchange. Through archival research, interviews, industry sources, policy documents, and cultural criticism, the book not only documents encounters between Hollywood and India but also shows how connections were imagined over a century of screen exchange. Employing a comparative framework, the book details the history of influence, traces the nature of interoperability, and textures the contact between Hollywood and Bombay cinema by exploring both the reality and imagination of encounter.Less
With American cinema facing intense technological and financial challenges both at home and abroad, and with Indian media looking to globalize, there have been numerous high-profile institutional connections between Hollywood and Bombay cinema in the past few years. Many accounts have proclaimed India's transformation in a relatively short period from a Hollywood outpost to a frontier of opportunity. This book moves beyond the conventional popular wisdom that Hollywood and Bombay cinema have only recently become intertwined because of economic priorities, instead uncovering a longer history of exchange. Through archival research, interviews, industry sources, policy documents, and cultural criticism, the book not only documents encounters between Hollywood and India but also shows how connections were imagined over a century of screen exchange. Employing a comparative framework, the book details the history of influence, traces the nature of interoperability, and textures the contact between Hollywood and Bombay cinema by exploring both the reality and imagination of encounter.
Chitra Sinha
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198078944
- eISBN:
- 9780199081479
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198078944.003.0017
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
An analysis of the debate on gender rights that encompassed the Hindu Code Bill in the 1940s and 1950s in the public sphere is presented in the fourth chapter. The conflict of a liberal feminist ...
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An analysis of the debate on gender rights that encompassed the Hindu Code Bill in the 1940s and 1950s in the public sphere is presented in the fourth chapter. The conflict of a liberal feminist consciousness and a traditional patriarchal ideology is analysed through an assessment of the available discourse relating to various issues raised over the Hindu Code Bill in the 1940s and 1950s. A key focus point of the chapter is the interaction of the public sphere with the official sphere, when the Hindu Law Committee met the public representatives in Bombay, Poona, and in several other cities of India in 1944 and 1945. The chapter also scans media reflections and reactions to understand the nature of the debate in the public sphere. It addresses the efforts of women’s organisations, social reform organisations, as well as conservative religious groups and opinion leaders.Less
An analysis of the debate on gender rights that encompassed the Hindu Code Bill in the 1940s and 1950s in the public sphere is presented in the fourth chapter. The conflict of a liberal feminist consciousness and a traditional patriarchal ideology is analysed through an assessment of the available discourse relating to various issues raised over the Hindu Code Bill in the 1940s and 1950s. A key focus point of the chapter is the interaction of the public sphere with the official sphere, when the Hindu Law Committee met the public representatives in Bombay, Poona, and in several other cities of India in 1944 and 1945. The chapter also scans media reflections and reactions to understand the nature of the debate in the public sphere. It addresses the efforts of women’s organisations, social reform organisations, as well as conservative religious groups and opinion leaders.
Philip J. Stern
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195393736
- eISBN:
- 9780199896837
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393736.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, World Early Modern History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter shows how the political system detailed in the previous chapters responded to unprecedented challenges to its authority and integrity, beginning in the early 1680s. A rebellion led by ...
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This chapter shows how the political system detailed in the previous chapters responded to unprecedented challenges to its authority and integrity, beginning in the early 1680s. A rebellion led by its own soldiers at Bombay, a Dutch-backed coup at Banten in Java, and growing impositions on its jurisdiction from Asian powers led Company leadership to a much more aggressive posture in defense of its network of fortified settlements and the rights and privileges that network was intended to protect. The Company sought to secure its colonies and establish new settlements, ideally through diplomacy, most notably at Bengkulu in Sumatra, but also through two wars, one in Siam and another in Bengal, which ultimately resulted in the grant of zamindari rights for the government of Calcutta. Through all this, Company governors’ guiding concern was not territorial aggrandizement or imperial expansion, but the integrity of its rights and jurisdiction, particularly over English subjects in Asia.Less
This chapter shows how the political system detailed in the previous chapters responded to unprecedented challenges to its authority and integrity, beginning in the early 1680s. A rebellion led by its own soldiers at Bombay, a Dutch-backed coup at Banten in Java, and growing impositions on its jurisdiction from Asian powers led Company leadership to a much more aggressive posture in defense of its network of fortified settlements and the rights and privileges that network was intended to protect. The Company sought to secure its colonies and establish new settlements, ideally through diplomacy, most notably at Bengkulu in Sumatra, but also through two wars, one in Siam and another in Bengal, which ultimately resulted in the grant of zamindari rights for the government of Calcutta. Through all this, Company governors’ guiding concern was not territorial aggrandizement or imperial expansion, but the integrity of its rights and jurisdiction, particularly over English subjects in Asia.
Philip J. Stern
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195393736
- eISBN:
- 9780199896837
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393736.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, World Early Modern History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter traces the development of East India Company’s colonial system in the 1690s. It argues that, despite serious setbacks, including the invasion and occupation of Bombay by Mughal-allied ...
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This chapter traces the development of East India Company’s colonial system in the 1690s. It argues that, despite serious setbacks, including the invasion and occupation of Bombay by Mughal-allied forces in 1689, there was continuity between the Company’s earlier efforts, as described particularly in chapters 1 and 3, and those in the last decade of the seventeenth century to preserve and enhance its establishment abroad. In the aftermath of the invasion of Bombay, Company leaders became ever more convinced of the need for a strong and vibrant political system in Asia. It continued to emphasize the growth and prosperity of its settlements, sought new ones, such as Fort St. David and Anjengo, and continued to seek a firm grant from the Mughal Empire that could secure its rights in India. It also confronted new challenges to its authority, particularly Anglo-American pirates in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, which both created a political crisis for the Company with Mughal authorities but also presented opportunities to expand its maritime jurisdiction and power.Less
This chapter traces the development of East India Company’s colonial system in the 1690s. It argues that, despite serious setbacks, including the invasion and occupation of Bombay by Mughal-allied forces in 1689, there was continuity between the Company’s earlier efforts, as described particularly in chapters 1 and 3, and those in the last decade of the seventeenth century to preserve and enhance its establishment abroad. In the aftermath of the invasion of Bombay, Company leaders became ever more convinced of the need for a strong and vibrant political system in Asia. It continued to emphasize the growth and prosperity of its settlements, sought new ones, such as Fort St. David and Anjengo, and continued to seek a firm grant from the Mughal Empire that could secure its rights in India. It also confronted new challenges to its authority, particularly Anglo-American pirates in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, which both created a political crisis for the Company with Mughal authorities but also presented opportunities to expand its maritime jurisdiction and power.
