Devadas Pillai
Biographic Data
| ID | 341612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Devadas Pillai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Devadas |
| FAMILY NAME | Pillai |
| SIGNATURE | PILLAI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0452-0575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Defining Bhāvanā through the PAL framework
Integrated Amrita Meditation-35 (IAM®-35) is a 35-min meditation practice introduced by Satguru Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), integrating gentle yoga postures, breath regulation, and Bhāvanā , an ancient contemplative principle meaning “bringing into being”. Although Bhāvanā appears in classical Indian texts such as the Bhāvanopaniṣad , IAM®-35 was developed independently by Amma, without direct derivation from scriptural or sectarian sou…
From international to imperial
The term protectorates went out of fashion at the turn of the twentieth century and the term Native States or Indian States acquired more acceptability.This is best evidenced by the fact that William Lee-Warner's 1894 book Protected Princes of India was published with the new title of The Native States of India in 1910 (more later).But theoretically, the Indian state retained the character of a protectorate, or more accurately a vassal state in r…
German Lessons
This article reveals the hold that German history and constitutionalism had on Indian federalists in the interwar period. A range of federalists from Indian princely states and British provinces, eager to see India become a federation rather than a unitary state fashioned on the English model, looked to Imperial Germany for constitutional lessons. They saw in German history and constitutionalism a federal solution to the so-called 'Indian problem…
Sociology through literature
Sociology Through Literature
This book presents a comprehensive study of nearly 100 of Kaaroor’s short stories. Kaaroor Neelakanta Pillai is one among the Big Six of the ‘new wave’ in Malayalam literature which began in the mid-1940s. The Big Six and their immediate followers wrote about the common man, peasants, pavement-dwellers, fishermen, rickshaw-pullers, underpaid school teachers — their lives, aspirations and vulnerabilities. By treating Kaaroor’s stories as case stud…
Fragmenting the Nation
Speaking at the Travancore legislative assembly on February 2, 1938, Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar said: “The federation contemplated in the Government of India Act (1935) was founded on the recognition of the fundamental idea that the Ruler alone represents his state and that the Ruler is the government of the state.” Travancore was one of the oldest princely states in India, which antedated the British occupation and claimed a dynastic rule uninterr…
Industrialisation and Rural Society
Machines and Men
Fragmenting the Nation
Speaking at the Travancore legislative assembly on February 2, 1938, Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar said: “The federation contemplated in the Government of India Act (1935) was founded on the recognition of the fundamental idea that the Ruler alone represents his state and that the Ruler is the government of the state.” Travancore was one of the oldest princely states in India, which antedated the British occupation and claimed a dynastic rule uninterr…
German Lessons
This article reveals the hold that German history and constitutionalism had on Indian federalists in the interwar period. A range of federalists from Indian princely states and British provinces, eager to see India become a federation rather than a unitary state fashioned on the English model, looked to Imperial Germany for constitutional lessons. They saw in German history and constitutionalism a federal solution to the so-called 'Indian problem…
Machines and Men
Industrialisation and Rural Society
Fragmenting the Nation
Speaking at the Travancore legislative assembly on February 2, 1938, Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar said: “The federation contemplated in the Government of India Act (1935) was founded on the recognition of the fundamental idea that the Ruler alone represents his state and that the Ruler is the government of the state.” Travancore was one of the oldest princely states in India, which antedated the British occupation and claimed a dynastic rule uninterr…
Sociology through literature
Sociology Through Literature
This book presents a comprehensive study of nearly 100 of Kaaroor’s short stories. Kaaroor Neelakanta Pillai is one among the Big Six of the ‘new wave’ in Malayalam literature which began in the mid-1940s. The Big Six and their immediate followers wrote about the common man, peasants, pavement-dwellers, fishermen, rickshaw-pullers, underpaid school teachers — their lives, aspirations and vulnerabilities. By treating Kaaroor’s stories as case stud…
German Lessons
This article reveals the hold that German history and constitutionalism had on Indian federalists in the interwar period. A range of federalists from Indian princely states and British provinces, eager to see India become a federation rather than a unitary state fashioned on the English model, looked to Imperial Germany for constitutional lessons. They saw in German history and constitutionalism a federal solution to the so-called 'Indian problem…
Defining Bhāvanā through the PAL framework
Integrated Amrita Meditation-35 (IAM®-35) is a 35-min meditation practice introduced by Satguru Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), integrating gentle yoga postures, breath regulation, and Bhāvanā , an ancient contemplative principle meaning “bringing into being”. Although Bhāvanā appears in classical Indian texts such as the Bhāvanopaniṣad , IAM®-35 was developed independently by Amma, without direct derivation from scriptural or sectarian sou…
From international to imperial
The term protectorates went out of fashion at the turn of the twentieth century and the term Native States or Indian States acquired more acceptability.This is best evidenced by the fact that William Lee-Warner's 1894 book Protected Princes of India was published with the new title of The Native States of India in 1910 (more later).But theoretically, the Indian state retained the character of a protectorate, or more accurately a vassal state in r…
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