A.K. Sinha
27 books
This book offers a comprehensive account of various aspects of the teachings of English as a second/foreign language in India and abroad. It explains how the knowledge of English is a must in a globalized world. India needs English to communicate internally across linguistically organized states. English is essential for higher studies in science, technology and even humanities and social studies. It is imperative to recognize the centrality of English ‘in ...
Teaching English to the children of elementary schools is a challenging task, specially when English is going to be not only a subject with its own contents, but also the medium through which at least one other subject is to be taught from class III (or so) in all non-English medium schools in India. It demands close attention to the skills of listening and speaking so that students could interact in the class. The book pays special attention to the ways of ...
Throws light on Whittaker's five kingdom system and beyond, economic importance of fungi and recent developments in fungal taxonomy (AFTOL ):
• Includes a chapter on plant parasitic nematodes discussing briefly their life cycle, common symptoms and control measures.
• Pedagogically enriched with close to 1000 coloured diagrams and images as well as engaging chapter-end exercises.
Contents: I. Division Mycota: 1. The Fungi: General Characters and ...
This is a critical study of the traditional and indigenous system of medicine known as Ayurveda. It is concerned with the fundamentals of Ayurveda, especially the Ayurvedic literature—Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita, concept of health and disease, practice of Ayurveda through the ages and its prevalence and relevance today. It dwells on the urban infrastructure in Ayurveda today, that is, the health care facilities and services in dispensaries, health ...
The most ethnographic studies on the pilgrimage focus in the sacred places rather than pilgrimage itself. The present study takes into account both these dimensions. The history of Shri Mata Mansa Devi temple is as old as other famous Shakti Sthals of India. The detail of these Shakti Sthals is given in Shiva Purana. The data on various aspects relating to socio-cultural, psychological, economics and religious dimension of the pilgrims are given in this book. ...
Papers presented at the 19th Session of the U.P. History Congress, held at Allahabad during 18-19 October 2008.
The volume contains 94 articles covering a wide range of study in the historical and cultural past of India and beyond. The person and personality of Prof. Om Prakash is very clearly reflected through the articles of the first Felicitation part that is full of blessings, appreciation, respect and honour on a personal level from the teachers, friends, colleagues and students in their reminiscences. Then comes the academic part of the volume consisting of seven ...
The book brings out many tangential points between ancient Indian and Greek cultures with a view to tracing the common path through which all human cultures begin journey to achieve their identity and individuality. The interaction between nature, world, man, value and culture is very interestingly presented to reflect the process through which man, originally a natural being is transformed in a cultural being and then becomes an Indian or Greek in a historical ...
Air, water and soil constitute the environment, Stupendous increase in population coupled with reckless industrialisation have threatened the natural balance. The need to conserve environment while maintaining the pace of development was deliberated upon at SAARC countries conference held at a small but developing place rae-Bareli. This book contains full texts of the papers presented by research scholars, scientists, environmentalists, educators and persons ...
The Present book entitled "Earth Resources" and Environmental Issues" is the out put of a national seminar "Earth Resources, Industrial Development and Environmental Issues" held under the auspices of "Association of Geoenvironmentalists (AGE)" and Environmental Geology Lab, Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, at Jaipur w.e.f. March 20 to 22nd, 1995. This books contains very thought provoking and practical inputs ...
Progress in any discipline of knowledge rests upon the unrestful minds of students and scholars of that branch of study. Conferences are the meeting grounds where new ideas, approaches, methods and perspectives take shape. Sharing of the ideas and recent researches is the motive of this publication, Dimensions in Indian History, which comprises of the select papers presented at the fourteenth Session of the Uttar Pradesh History Congress. The volume begins with ...
This work is the result of research carried out for the eventful decade of 1975-85 in Assam on firearms crimes including firearms legislation. The author has noted serious shortcomings in official firearms crimes statistics of India in general and of Assam in particular. It has been suggested that certain reformulation for an official crime statistics should, however, be replenished with survey methods of various types. Sentencing severity along cannot be a prime ...
The book make an attempt to analyse some important issues of ancient Indian society and polity with a reference to ancient Indian value system. With an ethical approach towards historical studies, the book adopts a new line of investigation that establishes the primacy of value in the reconstruction of the past, for in the last analysis history stand to be nothing more than the study of value and culture, a process of value-seeking.
Panchayati Raj was in existence during the Vedic period in ancient India and worked well as the people carried out their personal and official duties based on dharma. After Independence, the Government of India, under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi, was committed to set up Panchayati Raj system to provide real swaraj to the people of rural areas. The dream of decentralization of power in order to empower people at the grassroot level, particularly, to enable ...