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Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian

Staples, James
Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian
Bovine politics exposes fault lines within contemporary Indian society, where eating beef is simultaneously a violation of sacred taboos, an expression of marginalized identities, and a route to cosmopolitan sophistication. The recent rise of Hindu nationalism has further polarized traditional views: Dalits, Muslims, and Christians protest threats to their beef-eating heritage while Hindu fundamentalists rally against those who eat the sacred ...

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Perfect Christian Divine Science, or From Darkness Into L...

Staples, Russell James
Perfect Christian Divine Science, or From Darkness Into Light the New Era Philosophy
Excerpt from Perfect Christian Divine Science, or From Darkness Into Light the New Era Philosophy: New Laws Whereby Mankind May Demonstrate Perfect Happiness, Health Success, Peace and Harmony Here and NowThe author has endeavored to make them clear and concise in simple lan guage, so simple in f act'th'at 'a child may not err therein. He has applied the non-resistant law' practically, and knows whereof he speaks.About the PublisherForgotten B...

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Livelihoods at the Margins

Staples, James
Livelihoods at the Margins
Sex workers, street hawkers, drug sellers, cleanersathey are people living on the margins of urban life who are ubiquitous but widely misunderstood and notably absent from mainstream economic analyses. In Livelihood on the Margins, anthropologists and practitioners engaged in hands-on development work use fine-grained ethnographic research to cut through the conventional narratives that romanticize, victimize, or demonize these populations

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Perfect Christian Divine Science, or From Darkness Into L...

Staples, Russell James
Perfect Christian Divine Science, or From Darkness Into Light the New Era Philosophy
Excerpt from Perfect Christian Divine Science, or From Darkness Into Light the New Era Philosophy: New Laws Whereby Mankind May Demonstrate Perfect Happiness, Health Success, Peace and Harmony Here and Now Divine Law The greatest Law man e'er did seek, Even from the most primitive time, Which leads us up the highest peak To the grandest goal sublime. This Law for years many score, Has been so tightly sealed, Now shines as clear as the s...

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Leprosy and a Life in South India

Staples, James
Leprosy and a Life in South India
Drawing on solid ethnographic fieldwork as well as many hours of interviews, Leprosy and a Life in South India: Journeys with a Tamil Brahmin tells the life story of Das, a Tamil Brahmin born in the newly post-colonial India of the early 1950s. After being diagnosed with leprosy, Das spent over a decade on the streets of Bombay and Madras, learning to survive as an unofficial station porter, hotel bellhop, and sometimes tourist guide. He won a...

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