Kumaran

Learners' Assistant (aka Professor)
Learners' Assistant (aka Professor)

Achievements

BROWN FACES GO WHITE

Books by R KUMARAN

Even though films in India occupy a special place evoking scholarly attention, their place in Tamil society is unique and has been fairly documented. The main purpose of this book is to analyse and understand the shift that is perceptible in the way personhood in Tamil films has been conceptualised. This book thus tries to account for the dramatic movement away from the way the concept of person was shown in Tamil films till recently to a surprisingly new way of

Read More... Buy Now

Rearviewing Social Research

Books by R KUMARAN

This book contains a collection of essays written by the author, drawing upon his experience as a Development sector researcher. These articles centre around development issues such as social research, poverty, disability, community care, and development, even while proposing a critical and qualitative understanding of these issues. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this book aspires to offer fresh perspectives to the issues concerning

Read More... Buy Now

Engaging with Development

Books by R Kumaran

Development remains a contested concept, as ever. While many argue that the solution for ‘less development’ is ‘more development’, there are others who stoutly defend the thesis that the real solution is ‘no development’. The latter claim that if we substitute the word ‘poverty’ with the word ‘destitution’, then it becomes evident that almost all forms and manifestations of destitution, are arguably development-induced. Although poverty as ‘

Read More... Buy Now

BROWN FACES GO WHITE

Books by R KUMARAN

Even though films in India occupy a special place evoking scholarly attention, their place in Tamil society is unique and has been fairly documented. The main purpose of this book is to analyse and understand the shift that is perceptible in the way personhood in Tamil films has been conceptualised. This book thus tries to account for the dramatic movement away from the way the concept of person was shown in Tamil films till recently to a surprisingly new way of

Read More... Buy Now

Rearviewing Social Research

Books by R KUMARAN

This book contains a collection of essays written by the author, drawing upon his experience as a Development sector researcher. These articles centre around development issues such as social research, poverty, disability, community care, and development, even while proposing a critical and qualitative understanding of these issues. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this book aspires to offer fresh perspectives to the issues concerning

Read More... Buy Now

Marginalisation and Poverty

Books by Kumaran R

This books contains stories of marginalisation and poverty, retold by the author (who claims no authorship our these stories, so why the word 'retold'), over a period of 17 years. Drawing upon his experience, as a development sector researcher, these stories centre around development issues such as poverty, disability, community care, and caste-based discrimination. Aimed at both the development professionals and academics, this books aspires to offer humane p

Read More... Buy Now

Edit Your Profile

Maximum file size: 5 MB.
Supported File format: .jpg, .jpeg, .png.
https://notionpress.com/author/