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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Indian history experience various kinds of changes in the social status of Hindu women during the five centuries of Muslim regime-right from the reign of Qutb-ud-din Aibak, the real founder of the Turkish dominion in India to that of Aurangzenb, the last of the Great Moghuls (1206-1707 A.D.). Dr. (Mrs.) Kamala Gupta has given a detailed authentic account of the varied facets of social status of Hindu women in Medieval India especially the Northern India. Her ...
The book is an outcome of several years of painstaking research work done by the author on orthopaedically handicapped population. Every physical disability is gripped with some sort of psychological disturbances. These psychological disturbances may cause personality deviations. In spite of the fact that persons with disability possess more or less similar abilities as the able bodied, they are faced with a number of psychological problems in real life ...
In the present era of technological development, there exists a wider knowledge gap specially in relation to rural women which needs to be filled up through systematic efforts. Communication through training has been adjudged as an effective instrument for this purpose. To ensure correct application of appropriate technology the rural women need to be constantly trained to acquire new need-based skills for use in their own situations. The better the communication ...
They Sing Life is an anthology of the oral poetry of selected primitive tribes of Eastern India. That region has a concentration of tribal communities with a rich mosaic of ethnic culture. Te translator-editor calls this poetry song-poems, whose two other dimensions are dance numbers and ritual performances. They have been arranged primarily around life-cycle rituals and the seasonal agricultural practices. The translations achieve such clear simplicity and ...