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The long-awaited English translation of the popular Punjabi novel Katha Kaho Urvashi by Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novelist and distinguished academic Dalip Kaur Tiwana, Tell the Tale, Urvashi is the tragic intergenerational saga of a landed Sikh family in late 20th-century Punjab.
Devinder, his three sisters and their widowed, deeply religious mother form a close-knit family. Devinder’s special bond with his eldest sister Kuldeep is challenged by his ...
This book presents extensive and updated information about the current developments towards the abatement of methane and other greenhouse gases originated from livestock. Greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide contributed by livestock are of woridwide concem as these are responsible for global warming as well as animal productivity. Significant efforts have been made by the researcher in different part of the world to understand ...
This book deals with the urges and aspirations of some ethnic communities to acquire, through socio-political movements, some measure of control over societal resources like political power, economic endowment and social status. Their goals vary from total independence to degrees of autonomy within the constitutional federal framework. Some movements have arrived at their consummation: the Mizo settling for a state when they had aimed at independence and the ...
This four-volume study is the outcome of a project undertaken by the ICSSR under the overall leadership of (Late) Prof. S.C. Dube. The study examined the implications of alternative strategies of tribal development so that an informed public opinion could be created to provide necessary inputs into decision making at various levels. The major research areas that have been addressed by the study are : paradigm of tribal development, system of tribal ...
Though most of the academic trends started in western work of sports, yet Punjabi University, Patiala has took the lead in introducing “Psycho-social Aspects of Sports†as a separate subject for postgraduate student I physical education. Hence the need was felt to have a text book covering the whole syllabus for the convenience of the students. Present book is the outcome of my teaching and interactions with athletes and experts of Sports Authority of India, ...
The book contains rich and thought provoking articles by eminent educationalists, social scientists, anthropologists, social research and NGO's.