Browsing by Department "Asian Studies"
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A comparative analysis of divergent immigration policies for foreign elderly care workers in Japan and South Korea
In the midst of labor shortages and socio-demographic pressures, Japan and South Korea are facing an increasing demand for elderly care. In order to respond to this demand, these nations have both looked to a foreign labor ... -
A market for speech : poetry recitation in late Mughal India, 1690-1810
(2014-12-09)This project focuses on 18th-century Persian and Urdu language mushairahs or poetry gatherings patronized by Mughal India’s urban elite and depicted in period compendiums or tazkirahs. Besides preserving poetry, the ... -
A room of her own : romance, resistance, and feminist thought in modern Urdu poetry
(2015-05)This dissertation examines the ways in which the female figure has emerged, and the ways in which women’s issues have been addressed in Urdu poetry in various ways during the twentieth century. In order to track these ... -
About Hindi Urdu Voicemails
(Hindi Urdu Flagship, ) -
The Absolutive
(Hindi-Urdu Flagship, ) -
Adeem Suhail Interview
(Hindi-Urdu Flagship, ) -
Advantages of Yoga in Naturopathy
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The aesthetics of sppropriation : Ghalib's Persian Ghazal poetry and its critics
(2010-05)This thesis examines the Persian ghazal poetry of Mirza Ghalib. It does so in the light of the corpus of critical literature in Urdu, Persian, and English that concerns both the poetry of Ghalib as well as the poetry of ... -
Agriculture and religion in ancient India
(2017-08-10)This project examines the religious conception of agriculture of the Vedic tribes as they transitioned from semi-nomadic pastoralism to an agriculturally-based sedentism in the Gangetic Basin. The basic thesis is that the ... -
Ali Husain Mir Interview
(Hindi-Urdu Flagship, ) -
Aligarh's First Generation: Muslim Solidarity in British India by David Lelyveld
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Amla
(2010-09-10) -
Amla Powder
(2010-09-10) -
An annotated translation of chapter 7 of the Carakasamhita Citiksasthana : leprosy and other skin disorders
(2014-05)The Carakasaṃhitā is an early Sanskrit text in the field of āyurvedic medicine. The Cikitsāsthāna is a section of that text dealing with treatments of various maladies, and Chapter 7 of this section discusses skin diseases. ... -
Approaching death : responses to dying in two South Asian medical traditions
(2018-06-19)Love and Death are words that often appear together, not because they are antonyms, but because we feel them so closely bound. The people we love die, and, with changes in medical technologies, questions have arisen for ... -
Are You Finished Shopping?
(Hindi Urdu Flagship, ) -
At the Airport
(Hindi Urdu Flagship, ) -
Atomic activism : the history and legacy of Japan’s Hibakusha activists
(2018-06-27)Atomic bomb survivors, called hibakusha, are active in campaigning against nuclear arms, but also in demanding that the Japanese government recognize their healthcare needs and meet them. This fight for recognition, of ... -
Autobiography is Another Story: “Lives” in Hindi
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Ayurveda Ethics and Variable Fees
(2010-09-10)
