Bøger af Jane Hathaway

Indians are 1/6th of global population. They are everywhere from Google to Microsoft, NASA to Mars, Sydney to Seattle, Call Centres to UN, Bollywood to Baywatch etc. Ever growing in number and influence, they are a peculiar bunch of billion people. To read their mind is rocket science, you never know when you will be right !"Being Indians" is a humorous assortment of Indian habits, culture, puzzling behaviour, official and unofficial sports and other interesting facts that must be known - whenever interacting with an 'Indian'. I have lived in India as a travel writer, talking to nearly 'half a billion' of them - really? No other country has attracted so many facets to describe their identity, as India did. This book in 180 points nearly describes "Being Indian" phenomenon.After reading, it would be easy to know where to start with Indians and India - at least.

This book explores the life of el-Hajj Beshir Agha (ca. 1657-1746), the most powerful Chief Harem Eunuch in the history of the Ottoman Empire Enslaved in his native Ethiopia as a boy, then castrated in Egypt, el-Hajj Beshir became one of hundreds of East African eunuchs who inhabited the imperial palace's enormous harem. Rising through the ranks to become harem treasurer by 1707, he eventually oversaw the educations of crown princes and harem women whilst choosing and deposing a long series of grand viziers. Wielding unparallelled power and influence over the empire, the libraries that he founded throughout the region helped to shape the religious and intellectual profile of the Ottoman state.

This collection of essays challenge standard definitions of mutiny while revealing patterns mutiny takes and the manner in which it affects a society. The book uses many examples from the past to illustrate the points it makes.