L S Ramaiah
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English came to India with the East India Company in the seventeenth century. Lord Wellesley consolidated the rule of the East India Company around 1820 with his victories over the Marathas and Tipu Sultan. Hence the times were propitiate for the introduction of English language in India in education and administration. The two landmarks for the English Language Teaching in India were the famous Minute on Indian Education (1835) by Thomas Babington Macaulay and ...
This book is a collection of articles written during a period of last few years. These are a mixed bunch providing the trends in the fields of public, academic and special libraries. In tune with the motto, ‘information to all’ that there should be ‘right to information to all’. Democratic governments have an obligation to see that information is provided to all with out any discrimination at all levels of society. Access to information should be ...
This book is a collection of articles written by the author over a period of time. The images and perceptions of the author emerged out of his experience in the LIS profession for the last three decades. He is one of the senior professional, with a wide experience of participating in a number of national and regional seminars. He has dealt with the problems which are real and specific in the public and academic libraries. The articles deal with a variety of ...
The book mainly deals with the brief history of the World Trade Center and its fall on the 9th September, 2001 from the terrorists' attacks. the fall of 110 stories of 411 metres high towers, second in height only to the SEARS Towers in Chicago, was built at the cost of $750 millions in 1968-1973. The terrorists have also attacked the Pentagon, the military Head-Quarters of the US and crashed in pennsylvania. All these attacks spread fear and chaos in the U. S. ...
English is a window to the world today. Approximately 700 million people speak English as their mother tongue and in 33 countries 300 million people use it as a second language. In 56 countries 100 million people us it as a foreign language. English played the role of the common language between the British rulers and their Indian subjects as its being the official language of the Raj. It is still recognized as an associate official language. Indian writing in ...
Human past is splendid and full of wonders. The past is known by records, archives, books, and other library materials which constitute the Documentary sources. There are also other things like the monuments, buildings, art objects, and other artifacts. All these constitute the human heritage. They need conservation and preservation. Librarians, archivists, curators, chemists, and archaeologist World over are concerned with the problems of conservation and ...