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This volume captures the essence of India's transition from Looking East to Acting East in the context of the (NER) and the opportunities and the limitations that it brings with it. A paradigm shift in policy making in consultation with the people of NER and not through the prism of security concerns could make the `North-East to be the gateway to South-East Asia'.
The chapters in this volume will give an overview of India's Act East Policy from economic and ...
Who is Dalit? Who is Christ for Dalit? This book tries to answer these two pertinent questions. Dalit, etymologically, is a condition of brokenness and strive for wholeness. Thus, the term Dalit gives a wider prospect to see the people who are broken and motivated to be whole from their indefinable oppressions. In this broken experience, the early Christian community/church, who was broken by the rod of Grecian cultural hegemony, Roman imperial regime and Jewish ...
Cast has been a major defining characteristic of India society. It has its origin in early India and finds mention in Hindu scriptures. There have been efforts by the likes of Gautam Budha, Kabir, Ambedkar who have challenged and opposed this social system. Despite the change in the patterns of society the caste rigidities have not been done away with till today. This is a system of structural hierarchy which needs to be annihilated. During freedom movement the ...
Digital media offers many opportunities for civic and cultural participation. This technology is not equally easy for everyone to use. Often, people with disabilities require accommodation, assistive technologies, or other forms of aid to make digital media accessible for them, but are unable to obtain them.
Restricted Access investigates digital media accessibility—the processes by which media is made usable by people with specific needs—and argues ...
543 Lok Sabha seats. More than 4,000 state constituencies. Over 800 million voters. The world’s largest democracy.
From the time of its inception, democracy in India has been dubbed ‘miraculous’ by the world’s media, and its elections as a spectacular exercise in human management.
In Ballot, Rasheed Kidwai takes us through his pick of seminal elections that have shaped Indian democracy both at the centre and in select states. Highlighting ...
The book on AIDS Education to College Students is an action research. The book covers in detail about HIV/AIDs: Concept, over view of the epidemic, India's and Andhra Pradesh's response, historical perspective, knowledge, attitudes, practices of women and girls on HIV/AIDs, Role of family, society, Govt. and NGOs in prevention and control of HIV/AIDs. As part of action research KAP assessment tools, TOT manual and a Multimedia manual were developed. This book is ...
Today's era is knowledge era and it is powered by ICT as its growth engine. The application of ICT has transformed the shape of the organizations and made them more efficient. The ICT percolation has been one of major initiatives of the government and all out efforts are taken to improve the reach of people to use the ICT. The enabling elements of the government and lacunas need to be highlighted so that these can be tackled. The basic idea of its application ...
Education of an Ambassador is the story of how a former ambassador, who was called upon to make an effort to fashion a 'Higher Education 2.0' for Kerala, ended up educating himself on the hindrances to heralding changes in the system. The resistance to change came in the form of ideological battles, turf wars, bureaucratic lethargy and sheer indifference. The author recounts his experiments with reform passionately and explains his frustrations vividly, but ...
Essentials of Educational Psychology is intended for the students of education of B.A; M.A; B.Ed; and M.Ed; Courses. It covers the topics which have been prescribed in the syllabus of different Indian universities, particularly University of Jammu. The author attempted to present the standard and the latest subject matter in a lucid style and in simple language for the proper understanding of the students. It is hoped that the book will serve the interest and ...
This book boasts of presenting IAS aspirants with maximum number of case studies presented at one place in this Paper till date. The right way to answer case-study questions are also given so as to facilitate the UPSC candidates to the maximum for scoring best possible marks in this rather difficult paper. Various appendices are given to acquaint UPSC candidates with primary sources of information on this theme, such as, Right to Public Services Legislation in ...
The economy uncertain, education in decline, cities under siege, crime and poverty spiraling upward, international relations roiling: we look to leaders for solutions, and when they don’t deliver, we simply add their failure to our list of woes. In doing do, we do them and ourselves a grave disservice. We are indeed facing an unprecedented crisis of leadership, Ronald Heifetz avows, but it stems as much from our demands and expectations as from any ...
This book aims to providing valuable suggestion for better planning and organization of the school television system in general and meaningful utilization of educational television programmes for the schooling education. It also reports an experimental study of the effect of ETV exposure on achievement in different subjects. The experimental study indicated that the ETV exposure increases achievement and it further improves when the teacher provides post ...
Colonialism in India primarily delineates the process of the British occupation of India and its long-term impact on the various aspects of our national life. For a better understanding of the issues involved, it starts with introductory essays on some of the theoretical concepts like capitalism, colonialism, neo-imperialism, post-colonialism and nationalism. It is based on the authors’s life-long engagement both in terms of research and teaching. It marks ...