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Microfinance or more specifically microcredit through self-help groups is one of the important instruments for bringing improvement in livelihood for the people who do not have any collateral to be eligible for formal credit. Its role in rural development has been studied in many developing countries and accepted by the scholars. Evidences are also present on how microfinance has empowered people, especially poor women in the society. But the spread of ...
The question of the Homeland of the Indo-European (IE) or “Aryan” language family is, as riddles in the otherwise prosaic field of historical linguistics go, of unusual importance. It pits essentially two theories against one another. Either ancestral Proto-Indo-European (PIE), mother of most Indian and European languages, was spoken in Northwestern India, some 6000 years ago. This was the dominant view for some forty years after the close kinship ...
Akka Mahadevi is one of the foremost feminist and spiritual icons of Indian history. Her powerful vachanas, written in twelfth-century Karnataka, trace a radical journey. Unlike other women bhaktas, Mahadevi worked within the female body, not around it – eventually walking naked, ‘breast to breast with the cosmos’, and moving beyond all binaries, including male–female, devotee–God. Steered by her own inner experiences, Mahadevi cut ...
This catalogue presents the Mittal Museum's Holdings of drawings from Rajasthan, which are among the finest of their kind in the world. The collection was formed with the superub eye and discriminating taste of Jagdish Mittal and his wife, Kamla. As trained artists they were quick to recognise the immediacy vand graphic inventiveness of these drawings, as well as their capacity to reveal the entire creative process. The text by Andrew Topsfield, one of the ...
The economy, the society, the culture and many other aspects of our daily life and livelihood are integrally connected with the river-ecology of Bengal. But it is unfortunate that many, if not most, of the people of the State are at best indifferent, and at the worst, grossly negligent about the condition of the rivers. As a matter of fact, the rivers are in decay due to a host of factors like sedimentation, deforestation in catchment area, indiscriminate ...
This book brings forth the general account of Indian economy in the first century of the British rule. It presents the current interpretations of the eighteenth century history, nature of tribute, drain of wealth from India to England, and the scope and problems of historical demography.
It discusses at length the condition of Indian economy before the British conquests, agrarian rights in late Mughal India, traditional agricultural practices in India, ...
The Legend Madhubala lives on? Madhubala ? the very name conjures up vivid images of a love goddess possessing bewitching beauty, dazzling radiance, subtle sensuality, and, above all, a tantalizing screen presence. Her 'reel life' histrionic performances held (and continue to hold) audiences/viewers entranced. Her talent was phenomenal, and she could literally glide through a movie, whatever be the role. She could convey an impressive array of ...
Encyclopaedia Indica is a monumental work by reputed authors which highlights all aspects of Indian history and culture. This provides elaborate discussion of science, history, philosophy and religion, art and architecture, rural wonders and urban glories, social, economic and political history starting from Indus Valley civilization to present time in a logical and chronological order. Volumes 11-20 are devoted to Vedic Language and Literature, four Vedas, ...
The Arts of Mughal Indians Studies in Honour of Robert Skelton celebrates the career of one of the great scholar-curators of Indian Art. This volume of essays by 26 of his friends and colleagues focuses on the arts of the Mughal period, and includes new work on paintings of the Mughal and regional courts, as well as their decorative arts and architectural decoration. Robert Skelton's work has been inspirational in all these areas. The volume also includes ...
Taj Mahal, the world's best known tomb and also one of the most eclectic creations of man, encapsulates a timeless love story of a great emperor and his beautiful wife. When a grieving Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal emperor built this icon of white luminous marble as a tribute to his departed wife Mumtaz Mahal, it was more than just art and architecture; it was a great eulogy to sublime love. Everyone who visits the Taj, takes away his or her impressions and ...