Showing all 8 books
This book contains folk perception of environment. It is an exploratory exposition of the folk wisdom and knowledge expressed in the classification and categorization of the natural resources. The folk defined in this book as the communities residing in the countryside who are usually introduced as the Santar and the Kol. They claim that they are the autochthones. They classify the plant and animal species with their science, knowledge and wisdom. Thus folk ...
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 ...
Saving Investment Behaviour of Rich Farmers present a new explanation for agricultural backwardness. A new source of income, hitherto almost absent and unobserved in the rural areas, has come up as an important source of income. This is the income of the rural people from their employment in the service sector which is rapidly expanding in rural areas because of various developmental and welfare activities of the government. Partial stoppage of the old channels ...
In spite of all the attention that has been given to development from all quarters, it just can not be taken as a panacea. This is particularly so in the case of development of tribals. But there could have been better prospect for tribal development in India because of more opportunities for community participation in the tribal sphere. After all, sustenance of human development depends a lot on community participation. The present exercise based on a study ...
Museums are the repositories of the cultural and natural heritages of any nation. With the establishment of the Asiatic Society in Kolkata in 1784, the germination of Indian museum movement happened. Indian museums have come a long way from being the abode of Muses (Greek Goddess of different branches of knowledge) to a lively socio-cultural organization with the promise of serving society. However, this book, entitled "History of Indian Museums", ...
Man as an important biotic component of the ecosystem depends on his environment for sustenance. Various human activities resulted into many changes in the quality of air, water and land. These changes in turn have produced detrimental effects on the whole ecosystem. This book contains articles that discuss the causes and effects of such environmental changes. Human concern about the environment at the international level got a concrete ...
Wildlife Conservation in India as well as in the world is under tremendous constraints. Some of the species on earth are rapidly approaching decimation and as a result these are endangered. Unfortunately, prior to Independence of India in 1947 no adequate attention towards protecting animals from decimation and extermination was given. Practical solutions to this problem are yet to be evolved to protect threatened wildlife from total ...