A collection of ethnographic essays on the city of Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), the volume questions the city's claim of a 'self-projected' cosmopolitanism by exp

There are many holy cities in India, but Mumbai is not usually considered one of them. More popular images of the city capture the world’s collective imaginat

Da‘wa, a concept rooted in the scriptural and classical tradition of Islam, has been dramatically re-appropriated in modern times across the Muslim world. Cha

Covering eclectic topics ranging from South Asian religion to motherhood to world dance to ethnomusicology, this book focuses on contemporary selected experienc

As we listen to Psy's music are we laughing at him or with him? This book responds to this question from historical and theological perspectives and tackles the