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The word 'ghar' has a whole host of different meanings, aside from its normal one of 'house'. For the people of Maharashtra the word may refer to family, the physical space of the house, the emotional ties and supports of its members, and even the locality or local community. The essays in this volume take this fertile ground as the starting point for an exploration of the social, emotional, and physical spaces in the state of Maharashtra. The ties of home, ...
One of the major objectives of Lal Bahaduir Shastri National Academic of Administration, Mussoorie, which imparts training to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, is not only to sensitize them towards the plight of rural people, but also to equip them with an in-depth understanding of rural issues. The IAS officer trainees are required to prepare a village study report as a part of their district assignments after conducting extensive questionnaire-based ...
In recent decades the South Asian subcontinent has seen an often contentious nationalistic and regionalistic splintering which sometimes leads to horrifyingly bloody consequences. In India the process of transforming conceptual and cultural regions into administrative and political units continues to this day, with ever-more-refined regional identities becoming the basis for carving up larger states into smaller ones. For centuries there have also been many ...