Isha Books
211 books
Appended with an extended list of references for further reading, this book is an updated, comprehensive and highly informative reading source on Indian poverty. It deliberates upon the various facets of Indian poverty, analyses debates on methods of its measurement and more importantly focuses on the role of agriculture and rural development in poverty alleviation in India. It also covers in detail the gender aspects of Indian poverty and argues that poverty in ...
Discovering Himalaya is an informative anthology of over 30 descriptive essays, analytical articles, review papers and absorbing travelogues that portray the beauty and characteristic features of Himalayan ecosystem -- its glaciers, rivers, river basins, watershed etc., and also highlight the issues, problems and challenges related to their conservation and management. Not only that, their importance and role as an eco-tourism attraction has also been discussed ...
This book, Women?s Movement in India provides an introduction to issues related to women?s movement with focus on Indian women and its complete mapping. A critical overview of role of women in contemporary India is also given. This book attempts firstly towards understanding the relevance of sexism and sexual tights and secondly towards understanding major issues related to feminism, eco-feminism, globalization and women?s movements. An overview of history of ...
Women,Culture and Media provides an overview of issues related to women, culture and media with focus on contemporary women and gender, culture, communication and media studies. A critical overview of feminity it psychology and feminism is also given. This book attempts firstly towards understanding the relevance of sexism, gender gap and gender it apartheid and secondly towards understanding major issues related to gender sociology role and equality.
In 1876, Melvil Dewey published his research findings in Dewey Decimal System which totally changed the face of library throughout the world. Prior of the Dewey Decimal system, libraries used haphazard and unscientific ways to shelve the books in a library. Relative location and relative index are two new features in the new classification scheme by Dewey. Previously, books in libraries were numbered according to their locations on the shelves. In other words ...
With special reference to Uttar Pradesh, India.
The Encyclopaedia has been well-weaved into six volumes having deep bearing on several phases of tourism. It is now one of the fastest growing sectors of the economies of may countries. It is indeed interesting to note that several studies connected with tourism and aviation suggested that the focus of travel and tourism is gradually but deliberately shifting from Europe and North America to East/South Asia and the Pacific. Volume 1lays emphasis on concept and ...
Today, beyond the range of any previous global epidemic, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), has reached the proportions of a pandemic, having infected millions and promising to infect millions more. In many developing countries the HIV/AIDS epidemic is spreading rapidly. The present book focuses on the association between drug use and HIV infection and addresses the challenges that professionals ...
Biotechnology is a broad term associated with many complex processes involving organisms and technology. They are basically related to food and agriculture. Biotechnology finds use in improvement of nutrition value of various kinds of foods to enhance the quality of human life. This work on the subject relates to benefits of biotechnology in providing food security, alleviation of poverty and agricultural and rural development. The work also focuses on framework ...
Information and communication technology is a major factor in shaping the new global economy and producing rapid changes in society. Teacher education institutions may either assume a leadership role in the transformation of education or be left behind in the swirl of rapid technological change. For education to reap the full benefits of ICT in learning, it is essential that preservice and inservice teachers are able to effectively use these new tools for ...
While many aspects in the development and ageing of the human being are genetically programmed, environmental factors are now recognized as highly significant in the manifestation of human characteristics. Nutrition is one of these influential pieces of lifestyle that impact the developmental process at every stage from conception to death. Attention to this detail can make a tremendous difference in the overall quality of life. This book is designed to meet the ...
This book deals with impact of media in bringing about social changes. The topics dealt with include media relations, participatory communication, communication strategies to control HIV/AIDS, current trends in communications, media and gender development, media and violence, etc. Stress is also given on how communication can be used in prevention of crimes and social changes taking place in Arabic World under impact of media. This work will find its utility in ...
Knitted in three volumes, the author has eulogised social work as the best means of promoting social change, improving human relationship, empowering and liberating neglected strata of society and ensuring equality and dignity irrespective of caste, creed or sex. The book highlights social work being done by thousands of government agencies and NGOs in India and abroad with stress on protection of basic human rights, equality before law and placement of ...
The present publication is an up-to-date, authentic and comprehensive dictionary of astronomy, which recognizes that astronomy is a field in its own right, with its own language, and that terms and their definitions are important for professionals and students of astronomy. It aims to provide clear, concise, and correct definitions and descriptions of the terms used in astronomy. The terminology of all the branches of astronomy are included in this work. This ...
Children are the building-blocks of a nation. If they are provided the right kind of development, they contribute to the nation’s growth in a big way, when they grow old. This set in three volumes is focused on this subject and takes into account the various factors that influence a child’s development. Volume are deals with the emotional and behavioural aspect of a child’s personality and takes up the issues of child psychology and possibilities of child ...
This two-volume work discuss the implications of global environmental change and its adverse consequence. Further, it looks for solutions so that development can be achieved at a sustained level while minimising its adverse impact on humanity. First volume deals with the climate changes and causes and consequences of ozone layer depletion. Second volume deals with wide ranging aspects of climate's impact on health, sustainable development etc. Preservation of ...