One day the little chick Pit became huge, even bigger than the sun. Scientists start studying him and archaeologists even measure his footprints. Everything was tight on him, even his own home. A surreal and entertaining tale which reminds us that often not everything is as it seems. We need to look at things with new eyes and from different perspectives... and then maybe we might even discover some nice surprises!

Un giorno il pulcino Pit è diventato gigante, addirittura più grande del sole. Gli scienziati hanno cominciato a studiarlo e gli archeologi a misurare le sue impronte. Tutto gli stava stretto, persino casa sua. Un racconto divertente e surreale, che ci ricorda che spesso non tutto è come sembra. Bisogna saper guardare le cose con occhi nuovi e da diverse prospettive… e allora forse si possono avere delle belle sorprese!

All institutions concerned with the process of judging - whether it be deciding between alternative courses of action, determining a judge’s professional integrity, assigning culpability for an alleged crime, or ruling on the credibility of an asylum claimant - are necessarily directly concerned with the question of doubt. By putting ritual and judicial settings into comparative perspective, in contexts as diverse as Indian and Taiwanese divination and international cricket, as well as leg...

This book presents original research on the controversies surrounding animal sacrifice in South Asia through the lens of court cases. It focuses on the parties involved in these cases: on their discourses, motivations, and contrasting points of view. Through an examination of judicial files, court decisions and newspaper articles, and interviews with protagonists, the book explores how the question of animal sacrifice is dealt with through administrative, legislative, and judicial practice...

Ci sono viaggi in cui nessuno ha mai pensato di accompagnarci e territori che nessuno ha mai deciso di mappare. Spostamenti minimi, quasi da fermi, ma che sono spesso i più difficili da affrontare, perché il cammino da compiere è soprattutto nella nostra mente. Come avvicinare le nostre mani a quelle della persona che abbiamo scoperto di amare, come scoprire un universo intero senza muoverci di un millimetro, come districarci nel labirinto del cervello di un'altra persona quando si arrabbi...

The book reflects on the discreet influence of Hindutva in situations/places outside or at the margins of its organisational and mobilisational arena, where people denying any commitment to the Sangh Parivar, incidentally, show affinities and parallelisms with its discourse and practice. This study looks at Hindutva’s entrenchment not so much as an orchestration from above but more as an outcome of a process that evolves in relation to specific social and cultural milieus.The contr...