Practising Cultural Geographies

Introduction: Essays in Honour of Rana P.B. Singh.- Rana Pratap Bahadur Singh, 'Rana-ji': Academic Contributions, Professional Career and Recognition.- Making of a Dweller Indian Cultural Geographer: In Conversation with Professor Rana P.B. Singh.- Theoretical Perspectives on Landscape Perception.- Sacredscapes vis-à-vis Faithscapes: Cultural Landscapes of Ayodhya, a Holy-Heritage City of India.- Char Landscapes of the Brahmaputra Riverine Tract, Assam: Elements of Evolution and Cultural Ecology .- Re-connecting Communities with Public Spaces: A Proposal for Rejuvenation of Sacred kunds in the Historic city of Varanasi.- The Priesthood of the Temple of Vi hoba in Pandharpur, Maharashtra .- Geographical Spread of Hindu Religion and Culture into the West.- Geographical Patterns of Indigenous Religious Belief Systems in North-East India: A Case Study .-Kautilya's Political Geography - Concepts and Ideas: An Example of Ancient Indian Geographical Thinking.- Genealogy and Its Role in Matrimony: A Study of Panji System of Mithila Region, Bihar (India).- The Two Faces of Bodhgaya.- Local Knowledge Education on School Students and Vernacular Landscape Identity Promoting: a case of Dongshan Town, Suzhou, China.- The Misings of Assam in the Midst of Tradition and Modernity: A Comparative Study of Selected Rural and Urban Areas.- Lumbini, Nepal: The Birthplace of Buddha and the Powerful Place of Pilgrimage in the World.- Pañcakroshi Yatra: Symbolic Manifestation of the Spatial to the Spiritual.- Cultural Tourism based Regional Development in Rajasthan, India.- Baul-Sufi Interface and Cultural Tourism: A Study in Northern Rarh of West Bengal, India.- Cultural Images of Kolkata: A Contemporary Perspective.- Situating Animals in the Aesthetics of a Global City: Stray Cattle and Dairy Farmers in Delhi, India.- Urban Sanitation in Indian Cities: Reflections from Varanasi.- Perspective on Agricultural Land Use Trajectory in the Peri-Urban Interface of a Developing Economy: A Case

(late) Ravi S. Singh (1971-2021) had earned PhD from Jai Prakash University at Chhapra (2000), and DLitt (2020) from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) - the first and the only one in BHU history of 75 years. His employment career started in 1996 as a Lecturer in Geography at Rang-Frah College at Changlang, Arunachal Pradesh, followed by a lectureship in Kisan P.G. College Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh in 2001. Ravi had returned to his alma mater and joined as a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Geography, BHU, on 29 October 2005 and was promoted to full Professor on 29 October 2011, and served there till his last breath on 21 April 2021. Of course, he was a trained social and cultural geographer, and had developed critical insights into several branches in geography and interdisciplinary discourses, which included Geographical Thought, Social and Cultural Geography, Geography Education, Peri-urban Geographies, and Qualitative Research Methods-all illustrated with his innovative research publications. Eight students earned their PhD degrees under his supervision (2013-2019). In a short span of only 25 years of his profound career, he had to his credit publishing two monographs, five edited books, and hundred research papers. Associated with many academic bodies of repute, he had been the Vice-President: Indian Society of Spatial Science, and the Secretary: The Indian Institute of Geographers. 
 Bharat Dahiya is a Director of Research Center for Sustainable Development and Innovation at the School of Global Studies, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. He is an Extraordinary Professor at the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, and a Distinguished Professor at Urban Youth Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He is also a Founding Board Member of the World Smart Cities Economic Development Commission--under the World Business AngelsInvestment Forum, based in Miami, USA. Trained as a