Inter-India Publications
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Based on the transaction of an international symposium on Pilgrimage, sponsored by the XIth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Science, held at Vancouver, Canada in 1983, the present volume throws light on the different dimensions of pilgrimage at both micro and macro levels. How social anthropologists and sociologists look at pilgrimage as a subject in itself?, how pilgrimage is a binding force, inspite of vast differences and disparity ...
The post-independence period has been witnessing tremendous political mobilization from all fronts. One of the important fronts is the students who are subjected t intensive and persistent mobilization by the different political groups. The political action has been changing its course differently. Group clashes, killings, heavy expenditure on elections etc. have become a part of the whole process. Even 50 years after independence, we are witnessing divisive ...
This four-volume study is the outcome of a project undertaken by the ICSSR under the overall leadership of (Late) Prof. S.C. Dube. The study examined the implications of alternative strategies of tribal development so that an informed public opinion could be created to provide necessary inputs into decision making at various levels. The major research areas that have been addressed by the study are : paradigm of tribal development, system of tribal ...
For centuries Muslims have been living in the midst of Hindus and other communities and over time have become an inseparable part of the Indian society. However, the Muslim community of India has become an object of curiosity and "expert" comments are very often made on the state of Muslim society on the basis of impressions which have no scientific validity whatsoever. Evaluations, in all honesty, should be rooted in the authenticity of data on the ...
History of Indian anthropology was never given due importance by our anthropologies. It neither formed a part of the teaching curriculum nor a subject of research. Vidyarthi first reviewed in detail the developments after the introduction of anthropology as an academic discipline in an Indian University in 1920. Although some scholars made brief attempts, no one has discussed the pre-1920 history in detail. The author in this book has endeavoured to present the ...
Published under UGC Special Assistance Programme, this volume, containing 110 abstracts of theses on different topics of management and allied areas, provides a glimpse of research work done by various scholars on the subject in the last five decades. The first chapter on general management in Public sector and large private sector units also includes research abstracts on impact of Government agencies in tribal villages. The second chapter on industrial ...
Sitakant Mahapatra’s position as a postmodern Indian writer needs no introduction. However, the directions his poetry and prose have taken in response to the complex postmodern condition in India have yet to receive a sustained critical assessment. In the Indian experience, modernism had a shape and color different from those in Europe and color different from those in Europe and the United States, its impact tempered both by the softer and slower landing of ...
Teaching Economics Through Project Method is intended to reinforce the Teaching-Learning activity in a classroom by Economics Teacher by assigning students projects in Economics. By this assignment, the students can understand the basic principles of Economics. Economics is a beginner’s subject at the Secondary and Senior Secondary stage. The projects have been selected based upon the current syllabus of Secondary and Senior Secondary classes prescribed by the ...
This study intends to evaluate the real socio-economic needs of the tribals. The programmes of tribal development require financial resources, a major part of which is supposed to be contributed by the financial institutions. The suitability of the provision of institutional credit for the socio-economic development of tribals has therefore been addressed while planning this study. A massive field survey carried out in an overwhelming tribal dominated region has ...
Noting down the day-to-day events that struck the authors’s mind way back some 50 years ago and giving them the shape in a book form is a reflection of his strong desire to present to the readers and book lovers his thoughts, impressions, comments on people, places and books, actions and reactions etc. This volume contains his notings spanning over a period of 35 years from 1964 to 1999 and mentions about the places and countries he visited during this period. ...
This volume contains eight articles on health, forest development and environment in three sections. The first article in Section 1 covers socio-cultural dimensions of health, relation between environment and health, interaction of traditional and modern health care systems and tribal medicine. The second article emphasizes the need to develop traditional knowledge and wisdom instead of replacing it. The third article examines development of medical anthropology ...
This book brings together contributions of distinguished scholars from different social sciences looking at different aspects of the phenomenon of ageing in the context of India. It represents a tryly multidisciplinary approach to the phenomenon of ageing and its nature. The various papers in this book provide a review of literature, identify the trends and gaps in gerontological research in the country as also suggest areas of concern for further research. The ...
This work is an attempt to present an account of North Indian Games, Sports, festivals and other pastimes from the time of the first invasion of Mahmud off Ghazni to the advent of the Mughals under Babar in 1526 A.D. The writers of Medieval Indian History specify two aspects of social life, razm or warfare and bazm or social pleasure. The whole work has been divided into five chapters with a conclusion. The author has made an intensive study of the period of ...