In Jonah Blank's important, myth-shattering book, the West gets its first look at the Daudi Bohras, a unique Muslim denomination who have found the core of their religious beliefs largely compatible with modern ideology. Combining orthodox Muslim prayer, dress, and practice with secular education, relative gender equality, and Internet use, this community serves as a surprising reminder that the central values of "modernity" are hardly limited to the West.

Mullahs on the Mainframe : Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras

History

BLANK, Jonah

Asia

University of Chicago Press

Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras

Religion & Spirituality

Islam

For 3,000 years, India has told the epic tale of the blue-skinned man-god Rama's journey across its timeless land; this unique travel book retraces his steps and retells his story in a vivid portrait of India today.

Arrow of the Blue Skinned God

Hinduism

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This is a classic account of a journey through India, with the author joining the Maharajah of Jaipur, conversing with the commander of a Ceylonese death squad, talking with terrorists in the Punjab and guerrillas in Trincomalee. The book also includes stories of swamis and Brahmins, lepers and laundresses, teenagers and TV actors alike in an account of contemporary India set against the framework of the "Ramayana" - India's most beloved epic.

Arrow of the Blue-skinned God: A Journey Through India

Travel

SIMON SCHUSTER (TRADE DIVISION)

The three-thousand-year-old epic Ramayana chronicles Lord Rama's physical voyage from one end of the Indian subcontinent to the other and his spiritual voyage from Man to God. In Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God, anthropologist and journalist Jonah Blank gives a new perspective to this Hindu classic -- retelling the ancient tale while following the course of Rama's journey through present-day India and Sri Lanka. Ultimately, Blank's journey -- like that of Lord Rama -- evolves into a quest: to understand the chimerical essence of India itself, in all its overwhelming beauty and paradox. "Quite possibly the most perceptive book that I have come across on India since the British Raj ended." -- Pranay Gupte, The Washington Post; "What Hollywood attempted on the big screen with casts of thousands in Gandhi and A Passage to India, Jonah Blank has achieved in 350 stylistically rich pages." -- Los Angeles Times; "This informative and entertaining book is something to be thankful for." -- The New York Times Book Review

Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India

GROVE PRESS

Pakistan is already one of the most urbanized nations in South Asia, and a majority of its population is projected to be living in cities within three decades. This demographic shift is likely to have a significant impact on Pakistan’s politics and stability. This report briefly examines urbanization as a potential driver of long-term insecurity and instability, with particular attention to the cities of Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta.

Drivers of Long-Term Insecurity and Instability in Pakistan: Urbanization (National Defense Research Institute)

Nichiporuk, Brian

Clary, Christopher

Reference

RAND Corporation

India's core goals for Southeast Asia largely match those of the United States, but America should not expect India to join any coalition to balance against China. Instead, the United States should work on cultivating long-term relations.

Look East, Cross Black Waters: India's Interest in Southeast Asia

Rabasa, Angel

Lin, Bonny

P. Moroney, Jennifer D.

Americas

In long-term strategic competition with China, how effectively the United States works with allies and partners will be critical to determining U.S. success. The authors of this report define U.S.-China competition for influence and assess relative U.S.-Chinese influence in nine countries across the Indo-Pacific to gain insight into how the United States could work more effectively with allies and partners in Southeast Asia and beyond.

Regional Responses to U.S.-China Competition in the Indo-Pacific: Study Overview and Conclusions

Morris, Lyle J.

Chase, Michael S.

Harold, Scott W.

Kim, Soo

Grossman, Derek

Ma, Logan

Shih, Alice

Orner, Paul

Cooper III, Cortez A.

The U.S. Department of Defense's 2018 National Defense Strategy highlights the importance of working with regional allies and partners in order to manage China's rise as a strategic competitor to the United States in the Indo-Pacific region. In this country-level report in a series, the author examines the potential for, and potential impediments to, partnering more closely with Indonesia.

Regional Responses to U.S.-China Competition in the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia

Competition in the Gray Zone: Countering China?s Coercion Against U.S. Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

Business & Money

Hornung, Jeffrey W.

McClintock, Bruce

Chambers, Jason

Schwindt, Karen

Garafola, Cristina L.

Borrman, Dennis

Sarah W. Denton

Economics

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