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  1. Krishna in Spring (198 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    'Holi’, the Indian festival of spring, retells through music and dance the story of the life of Krishna, the Indian god of love and the arts. Krishna is portrayed through poetry and songs, dance drama and...

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  2. Mark Tully’s India (1997 Audio)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. ? min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

    Mark Tully looks back on more than two decades as the BBC’s correspondent in India. With additional observations recorded separately, this compilation represents a record of his broadcasts that provides...

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  3. Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1990 Video)

    Director
    Pervaiz Khan
    Producer
    Harminder Kalsi
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

    Discusses Qawwali, a devotional music which combines complex ragas with exultant spontaneity. Its repetitive poetical force has made it an essential part of Muslim worship at Sufi shrines throughout the...

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  4. Four Holy Men: Renunciation in Hindu Society (197 Film)

    Producer
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on four Sadhus (holy men) as a means of portraying the variety of devotional paths open to religious Hindus and examining the Sadhus’ role in present-day Indian society. The bulk of the film...

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  5. Kataragama: A God for All Seasons (1973 Film, Video)

    Director
    Charlie Nairn
    Producer
    Charlie Nairn
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the help which Singhalese of all religions in Sri Lanka, including Buddhists, Hindus, Moslems and Christians, are increasingly seeking from Kataragama, an ancient Hindu god. Once a year there is a...

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  6. Indian Pilgrimage, An: Ramdevra (1974 Film)

    Director
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Producer
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Ramdev, a medieval martial hero and saint of western India, has become the focus of a miracle cult spread by a growing body of folk music. The film follows a group of Hindus on pilgrimage from Bombay to...

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  7. Last Days of the Raj (2007)

    Subject
    History

    This drama-documentary, filmed entirely on location in India, charts the events of six traumatic months in 1947 that saw the end of the British Raj. Lord Louis Mountbatten arrived in India in March 1947 as...

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  8. Partition (2007)

    Director
    Ken McMullen
    Subject
    Film Studies; History; Literature; Politics & government; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 78 minutes), £12.99

    An intense drama based around the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 and the transfer of power from British to Indian hands. Based on Saadat Hussan Manto’s famous short story about partition,...

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