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The book is the outcome of an international seminar held by the Asiatic Society on the topic, biological and cultural diversity in Asia and the developmental consequences. Scholars from different parts of the world and India contributed papers for this volume. The UNESCO convention concerning the protection of world’s cultural and natural heritage has provided a new approach to the issue of sustainable development. India has already involved itself in the ...
The book is a homeage to Charles Darwin. It reassessed Darwin and his theory of evolution. Systematic synthesis of Darwinian concepts in the contemporary pwespective of research and innovations are the focal points of this book. The Asiatic Society had provided research materials to Darwin for his famous work on evolution. This volume includes works of the scientists who are continuing with Darwin's specimens in the Bird division of Natural History Museum of ...
This book reveals the so far unknown conditions of elderly women residing in rural and urban areas. The elderly santal women residing in a village in Burdwan District of West Bengal and elderly widows residing in the CMC ward 87 (Kalighat) of Kolkata are subjects of study. Several parametres such as socio-demography, economic condition, family life, health care and living condition, network and contact are taken into consideration. The study shows that change in ...