This is a comprehensive sociological study of the processes and problems of development induced displacement and its ramifications on the socio-economic, cultural, psychological, political, ecological and environmental aspects of the project-affected persons of two NTPC power projects. The book, besides identifying the impact of forced resettlement on the social structure, values, beliefs, customs and cultural existential condition, also analyses some specific ...
The Hindu festivals, fasts, rituals, holy baths and the observance of sacred days are part and parcel of great cultural heritage of India. They are deeply religious and social and a great source of spiritual and moral enrichment. They also lend zest, variety, color and grandeur to an otherwise insipid, routine, and care-worn day-to-day human existence. The Hindu festivals are more than what they appear to be. They are essentially a way of living and thinking.