The Charismatic Gymnasium: Breath, Media, and Religious Revivalism in Contemporary Brazil By Maria José de Abreu Duke University Press This is not the first book to discuss Brazil’s Catholic charismatic renewal, but it is assuredly the first to apply this particular approach. Working from the concept of pneuma, which connotes both breath and spirit, Maria José de Abreu studies
In essays that range from the Kuka Uprising to the Ghadar movement and the inner life of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Harjot Oberoi looks at the role of passion and reason in driving key historical moments in India.
Ruchi Ram Sahni was a social reformer and scientist
Despite being a prominent social reformer, scientist, teacher, politician, public intellectual and leading educationist of colonial Punjab, Ruchi Ram Sahni has not been given his due place in the social and academic circles of India and Pakistan. He had worked with renowned physicists Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr but his scientific and educational legacy was largely forgotten till the start of the 21
st Century.
th anniversary in 2013 and digitised all available volumes of his manuscript:
History of My Own Times, and the government of India honoured his legacy with a postal stamp issued during the commemorative event.