This is the first full-length book to provide an introduction to badhai performances throughout South Asia, examining their characteristics and relationships to differing contexts in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. Badhai's repertoires of songs, dances, prayers, and comic repartee are performed by socially marginalised hijra, khwaja sira, and trans communities. They commemorate weddings, births and other celebratory heteronormative events. The form is i...

How is your life doing under capitalism? If your answer is, "great," then this book probably isn't for you. If you answered with anything less than, "great," then you are going to want to read this book. It could change your life. In The Democratic Socialist Manifesto, the author Jeff Roy explores the failures of modern capitalism and why a transition to a new economic system is needed. This book puts the nail in the coffin for capitalism and provides and clear pathway for transitioning to...