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Based on study of slums in India, the work dwells on the extent and depth of economic burden of ill-health, patterns of coping with illness including coping strategies and consequences of ill-health, that is, its impact on socio-economic life of slum-dwellers. Based on visits to slum-dwelling families in the city of Chandigarh, it covers a wide spectrum of issues that affect the life and health of the poor living in slums. The issues covered include nature of ...
India has a surface and ground water irrigation potential of nearly 100 million hectares, which has made it a country with the largest irrigated area in the world. This book deals with the policy and governance issues in relation to management as well as development of water resources in India. Taking a holistic approach, it makes a critical review of the state of the art concerning most of the important aspects of the water sector and comes forward with ...
The work is concerned with the story of development of India’s first spacecraft, Aryabhatta and the remote sensing and communication satellites subsequently developed and launched. The work is authored by U. R. Rao, Chairman, Governing Council of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, under whose guidance over 18 satellites have been designed and launched for providing communication, remote sensing and meteorological services. Referring to various ...
Food in India has a long and glorious tradition, having been influenced by climate and geography, history and politics, religion and ritual, social customs and relationships. Mukhwas is a singular and personal attempt at untangling the various strands of this rich food culture and exploring the current state of Indian cuisine. While keeping in mind that the best food in India is most likely to be had in someone’s home, Mukhwas also delves into the theory ...
The earliest stratum of Tamil literature - Ettuthogai,Pathuppattu and grammar Tolkappiyam is dated to theearly centuries of the Common Era. Widelycommented upon during the medieval period theclassical corpus was known among the commentatorsas Canror Ceyyul (poetry of the noble ones). This booktraces the history of classics during the modern periodwhen print technology started to proliferate in Tamilsociety during the nineteenth and early twentiethcentury.
The book is concerned with the peace process in Nepal which began in 2005 and studies the challenges to the Nepalese polity referring to the April 2008 constituent assembly elections which were held after two postponements. It discusses the political context of the elections, beginning with King Gyanendra’s takeover on February 1, 2005 that triggered sweeping changes. Presenting short biographies of political actors who were instrumental in the constituent ...
Emerging from an interdisciplinary conference at Osmania University, Hyderabad, the essays deal with the diaspora of Australasia and India in particular. They examine the ways in which administration in Australia, New Zealand, Pitcairn Island and India governed in colonial times, controlling and employing the information it collected to further its colonial imperial agenda. They deal with administration of Aborigines and control of convicts in the British ...