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loves his wife immensely (enough to write a song for her), and not even nature can "This sex
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Sociology
English
Langauge
Teacher
Education and
Development
English
Langauge
Teacher
Education and
Development
EPW - Economic
and Political
Weekly
Esocialsciences
European
Cinema Journal
Film Philosophy
Journal
Genes, Brain and
Behaviour
Harvard Business
Review
Harvard Law
Review
Himalayan
Linguistics
Humanising
Language
Teaching
Humanities and
Social Sciences
Online
International
Journal for
Dialogical
Science
International
Journal of
Baudrillard
Studies
International
Journal of
Communication
International
Journal of
Education and
Art
International
Journal of
Language and
Linguistics
Studies
International
Journal of Zizek
Studies
International
Socialism - A
Quarterly Journal
of Socilaist
Theory
Journal for the
Study of Peace
and Conflict
Journal of
Business and
Public Policy
Journal of
Business and
Technology in
Africa
Journal of
Cognitive
Neuroscience
Journal of
Cognitive
Neuroscience
Journal of
Criminal Justice
and Popular
Cutlure
Journal of
Educational
Technology and
Society
Journal of
Intercultural
Communication
Journal of
Intercultural
Communication
Journal of
Neuroscience,
The
Journal of
Neuroscience,
The
Journal of Politics
and Society
Journal of
Religion and
Popular Culture
Journal of
Religion and
Society
Journal of the
Moving Image
Jump Cut - A
Review of
Contemporary
Media
Langauge
Learning and
Technology
Language
Learning and
Technology
Library
Philosophy and
Practice
MacGill Journal
of Education
Manushi
McGill Journal of
Education
Michigan Journal
of Political
Science
Migration Letters
- International
Journal in
Migration Studies
Neurons
Neurons
Open Access
Journals
Open J Gate -
open access
Peace and
Conflict Reveiw
Peace and
Conflict Studies
Peace, Conflict
and Development
Philosophy Now
Philosphy
Journals Online
Database
Post Modern
Culture
Pramana -
Journal of
Physics
Psyche - free
content
Psyche - free
content
Psyche-
Interdisciplinary
Journal of
Research on
Consciousness
Public Culture -
An
Interdisciplinary
Journal of
Transnational
Cultural Studies
Radical
Pedagogy
Reading in a
Foreign
Language
Scientific
publications from
India
Seminar
Senses of
Cinema
Subjectivity
Suvidya Journal
of Philosophy
and Religion
The Asia-Pacific
Journal
The Journal of
Critical Eduation
Policy Studies
The Journal of
Philosophy,
Science and Law
The Journal of
Religion and Film
The Journal of
Social and
Psychological
Science
 The Little
Magazine
The Muse: An
International
Journal of Poetry
The Online
Journal of Peace
and Conflict
Resolution
The Qualitative
Report (A Journal
of Qaualitative
Research)
Translation Today
Undercurrent -
The Canadican
Jouranal of
Development
Studies
Women in Action

Best Higher
Education
institutions in India
for Social Sciences
and Humanities

Ambedkar
University, New
Delhi
Centre for
Internet and
Society,
Bangalore
Centre for Media
Studies, New
Delhi
Centre for
Women'
Development
Studies, New
Delhi
CSCS- Centre for
the Study of
Culture and
Society,
Bangalore
CSDS - Centre
for the Study of
Developing
Societies, New
Delhi
CSSS - Centre
for Studies in
Social Sciences,
Calcutta
EFL University
(CIEFL),
Hyderabad
FTII (Film and
Television
Insititute of India),
Pune
Indian Institute of
Advanced Study,
Shimla
Institute for
Social and
Economic
Change,
Bangalore
Jadavpur
University, West
Bengal.
Jamila Milia
Islamia, New
Delhi (For Media)
JNU, New Delhi
(The Oxford of
India)
Mudra Institute of
Communication
Research,
Hyderabad
Mudra Institute of
Communications,
Ahmadbad
National School
of Drama, New
Delhi
NIAS- National
Institute of
Advanced
Studies,
Bangalore
 Tata Institute of
Social Sciences,
Mumbai
University of
Hyderabad

Newpapers &
Periodicals- My pick

http://www.tehelk
a.com/
Deccan Herald
The Times of
India
The Hindu
(India's oldest,
Left Leaning,
more subaltern)
Live Mint (Has
Right Wing
Leanings)

Humanities & Social

Science Publishers

Aakar Books,
Delhi
Anthem Press
Ashgate
Bahri
Publications
Books for
Change
Cambridge
University Press,
India
Continuum Books
International
Journal of
Dravidian
Linguistics
ISBN book
Search Tool
Katha
Linguistics
Society of India
Macmillan India
Manohar
Mapin
Marg
Motilal
Banarasidass
Navayana
NBT - National
Book Trust, India
Orient Blackswan
Pearson
Longman
Penguin India
PHI India
Publishers
Director (Global)
Rawat
Research India
Publications
Roli Books
Routledge
Sage India
Sahitya Adademi
Seagull
Vedam Books
Wiley India
Yoda Press
Zubaan

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