R.K. Tandon
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Botany is a branch of Biology which involves the study of plants. It is one of the oldest sciences in the world, with recorded examples of botanical, research and exploitation dating back thousands of years. Humans interact with and use plants in a wide variety of ways, making it unsurprising that they have dedicated a great deal of energy to learning more about them, with the earliest attempts focused on finding plants which were safe to eat, while ...
The book contains 25 Chapters. The first two Chapters are devoted to the life and contributions of Professor Dakshini and the remaining 23 cover diverse topics on biodiversity, taxonomy, and ecology contributed by well known specialists in these fields. Taxonomic diversity, importance and relationships between taxonomy and biodiversity, and the need for biodiversity conservation have been evaluated. Detailed studies on Dipsacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Piperaceae ...
For almost two decades women's organisations spoke for all Indian women. They demanded the trappings of 'modern life' education, health care, framework of a social feminist ideology that constructed women as socially and psychologically different from men. They acknowledged India's special, problems, especially child marriage, purdah and the oppression of widows, and agreed that these practices made reform doubly hard. Over the next two decades women became ...
The position assigned to women during the period of Brahmanas is significant in that the need of women for religious and social welfare first began to take a clear shape. Women had significant part to role whenever ceremonies took place for bringing about a birth of a son or for conferring blessing on the progeny. Most of the women today are caught in the throes of traditionalistic orientation and seek refuge in the historical symbolism of 'motherhood'. The great ...
With increased urbanisation and the growth of new professions associated with colonial domination, work was increasingly separated from home. Women also experienced increased opportunities for the expression of their individuality. Although women in earlier times were certainly not an undifferentiated group, we do not have sufficient records to go beyond generalisations about their lives. Formal education and particularly the development of publications intended ...
Directory and Handbook of Children by collecting data from different sources and compiling them at one place for use of policy makers, planners and administrators. It is hoped that the publication would be found useful by voluntary organisations, government departments, professionals and all those working in the field of social welfare and development, particularly welfare and development of children.
"The status of woman refers to the position women are granted as individuals in the social structure, defined by their designated rights and obligations. We shall try and explore the status in terms of a role, or the pattern or behaviour expected of the occupant of the status--the woman. The diverse roles she performs in society, as stated earlier, are those of a daughter, a wife, a mother and a career woman. In order to have a global picture of women's ...
Homoeopathic Guide to Family Health rapidly became a kind of `Doctor at Home` to thousands of families. It also converted many to the discipline of homoeopathy. This book is unique in that it is specially written to help the laymen in his moment of misery. This book covers, in simple language, almost every illness possible. Its aim is to give you medical advice at home, 24 hours of the day. Homoeopathy is today`s fastest spreading healing system. It is non toxic, ...