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Of all the countries of the ancient world, it was India that attracted the utmost attention of ancient Greeks and Romans. The classical accounts of India is the best of all foreign accounts of ancient India that have come down to us.
This is a pioneering work in the field of the study of Greek and Roman accounts of ancient India. In this work, the author has brought to light the facts discovered by the classical writers regarding geography and ethnography of ...
The Basel Mission, a Swizz/German Protestant Christian missionary organization established in Basel, in Switzerland, started its work in India, in the districts of Malabar and South Canara of the erstwhile Madras Presidency from 1834. During the period ending up with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the Mission initiated a number of economic activities which eventually culminated in the establishment of large modern industries in the lines of modern ...
This book is a study of the role of local television stations in Kargil (India), which investigates whether the success of local media in Kargil is a result of fulfilling the needs and desires of the local community, using the methods of content analysis, interviews, and surveys. Kargili local television stations have adopted global media technologies for disseminating their programs, but at the same time have changed some of the television conventions to meet ...
The volume contains twenty articles contributed by the participants at the Indian Anthropology Congress: 2016 under the auspices of Indian National Confederation and Academy and Anthropologists, organised by the Department of Anthropology, Assam University, Diphu Campus, Diphu, in association with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal, during February 21–23, 2016.
Contents: Introduction. Part I: Culture and Society. 1. Multi-ethnic Movements in ...
The inspiring collection of research articles accommodated in the present compilation includes eighteen contributions by eminent anthropologists focusing on various contemporary concerns relating to the status of women, gender and ethnicity, identity dynamics, cultural heritages, ethnoarchaeological aspects, the impact of Christianity, traditional village institutions, elderly health care perceptions, changes in tribal folklore, altitudinal stress among varied ...
Gandhiji was the architect of social transformation in India. His dreams were to give autonomy (Decentralization) to our villages. He advocated his noble theory of “Hind Swaraj’. He suggested that India must do away with basic necessities of life. It is also said that when the first draft of India’s constitution was referred to him, he tore it off that it did not contain anything about Gram Swaraj and social Transformation in Indian Social ...
South Asia-State, Society and Development is a landmark volume combining engaged and informed discourse with sharp academic precision. It is a work of principled scholarship which provides varied perspectives on South Asia's political, governance and development situation. The beauty of the compendium lies in capturing unique experiences of teaching a group of local and SAARC students at Kashmir university during (2013-2016) and making a bold statement about ...
Importance of teaching leadership skills in the Foundation Phase provides vital insights for teachers who are faced daily with the demanding task of teaching learners. Teachers required making appropriate time in the classroom to develop different leadership skills on learners. It is very important to develop this book because teachers need to know that it is crucial to develop leadership skills in all subjects so that learners will show the area where he or she ...
This work is a socio-linguistic study of a locally devised language called Arabi-Malayalam of Mappila Muslims of Kerala, which is on the verge of extinction. Besides covering many interesting linguistic issues, this work documents a vast array of oral and written traditions in this language. There are a number of rituals, life-cycle events and performative occasions in which the oral literary tradition in Arabi-Malayalam finds its expression. One of the major ...
Globalisation, social justice and sustainable development are obstinately interconnected: the relationship is intuitively straight forward, yet somewhat complex. Most recently serious divergence is noticed and experienced in the expected juxtaposition between the three very important components sweeping the world in their wave and the actual reality which is transfiguring and hence attracted the attention worldwide due to the emergent tribulations. At such a time ...
The world’s energy sector knows a complicated and fragile environment. Energy demand is increasing rapidly because of growth in the developing countries. It is largely met by fossil fuels: oil, natural gas and coal, but also by hydraulic and nuclear power and more and more by solar and wind.
The use of all these forms of energy now gives rise to controversy. Fossil fuels of course contribute to CO2 emissions and climate change. The development of shale gas, ...
Since the nineteenth century, the Eastern and North Eastern part of India has drawn the attention of the anthropologists from different parts of the globe In this concise, affordable anthology, thirty-eight scholars have made use of their expertise knowledge in their respective subject domain to write lucid and thoroughly insightful chapters on contemporary anthropological studies dealing with varied anthropological dimensions; covering various tribes and castes ...
The present book critically observes the status of women in Central Asia after 1990's. The effects of Soviet legacy in the present context are also analyzed at extent. In contemporary transition period they are facing many problems including revival of religion, new democratic political order, capitalist economic system and traditional social system. These new changes have both negative and positive effects over the lives of women also. A modest attempt has been ...
Human Rights Regime encompasses all aspects of human development, not only in terms of per capita income but also in terms of enhancing equity (including gender dimensions), enabling greater voice and participation (including youth), confronting environmental pressures and demographic changes reducing vulnerabilities and building resilience for sustained progress. Human Development Report 2015 has taken it up further by focusing the human rights discourse on ...
This book highlights the importance of Financial Inclusion Growth and Governance, inalienably linked to each other and integral to fostering financial stability. Rapid Financial Inclusion will lead India to a trajectory of exponential economic growth with Equity allowing India to take its rightful place in the comity of nations and to take a leadership role in South and South East Asia and the world.
This is a collection of speeches and writings of the author ...
This volume contains wide-ranging surveys of various aspects of the history of Awadh from its position as a province of the Mughal Empire to a successor state, a semi-colony under the Nawabi regime, the British annexation and the resistance in 1857. The study explores the manner of Mughal administration, the emergence of the class of t'alluqdars, the Company's constant pressure on the Nawabi regime, the cultural and agrarian milieu of a religious establishment, ...
Focus of this book is not on tree planting as one may mistake but on generating abundant organic raw materials to be used in cottage, village, mini and micro enterprises. It is basically a guide for village entrepreneurs, social workers and multinationals which have to spend in India two percent of their net profit on public welfare and social activities. Gautama Budha said, TO BE A GOOD BUDDHIST ONE SHOULD PLANT SEVERAL TREES IN ONE'S LIFE TIME. This book tells ...
Climate change has emerged as a major challenge to our agriculture, indeed to the management of our economy as a whole. The immediate problems that our farmers face relate to intra-seasonal variability of rainfall, extreme events and unseasonal rains. These aberrations cause heavy losses to our crops every year. There is therefore an urgent necessity for us to devise appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies for gearing up our efforts to evolve climate ...
The present work is a valuable addition in the field of peace education as it draws attention of peace education enthusiasts who believe in necessity of this education in life, and have a keen desire to work for it. Further, this important and timely work by Dr. Ravindra Kumar, a veteran peace-educator and a pacesetter of global standing, it is hoped, will help people associated with the process of education, especially teachers, professors and peace-educators to ...
Disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. The term is used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment mental illness, and various types of chronic disease. Disability is a global problem. They are found more or less in every country. Physical or mental disability is a silent crisis that ...
The current treatise presents a collection of sixteen research articles offered by eminent social scientists to acquaint a extensive book lovers with the vast horizon of contemporary anthropological researches on varied ethnic groups living in diverse habitat of North East India. Under one cover, the present volume features with abundance of unique materials and wide-ranging analysis which is extremely stimulus, useful and surely serve the interest of ...