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 ...
Water is source of life on earth. It also causes diseases if not managed in the right way. Water resource management and sanitation is a major health issue. Issue related with water and sanitation are examined in depth in this book. Community development, issues like sources of food supply, management of irrigation water, hygiene promotion programmes role of government and NGOs, UNICEF related implication etc, form the core of subject matter of this work. The ...
This set in two volumes tracks down dalit history, their marginalisation, welfare measures and awakening of dalits. Besides, the work also suggests ways and means to bring dalits into mainstream society. First volume traces the social history of dalits, their ethnicity and racial conflicts, their exclusion from mainstream society land laws relating to dalits. Second volume deals with social disabilities of dalits, their rights, educational and welfare programmes ...
The book, a its title suggests, deals with management related policy-issues of NGOs. NGOs today have a great importance and carry huge responsibilities in the global society. Their role in sustainable development of society is crucial. Today good governance needs support of NGOs. Different NGOs have different mission and their management challenges need different kind of approach. Another issue of significance attached with functioning of NGOs is related to ...
The present study focuses on the South Asia – an emerging region in the world. Editor has encompassed three gigantic facets of environment, security and tourism in the region. Volume 1. The editor has overlaid devastating dangers eclipsing the health of mankind by man-made environmental problems arising out of global warming, generation and nakedness of wastes with depletion of water and oxygen sources. Volume 2. South Asia is highly insecure with menacing ...
Corporate sector today is accountable for its actions with regard to environmental issues. Corporates can no more afford to be negligent towards the environment; rather they have to contribute to its development alongside achieving their economic growth. Policies and acts are in place to provide guidance to the corporate sector. As environment is a global issue and it is not possible to view it in isolated situation, any environmental policy has to be global in ...
This work in two volumes provides the readers with some extraordinary details about medicinal plants not commonly available. The herbal medicines that are well-known around the world, their geographical distrution, botanical features, chemical constituents, medicinal use, posology, pharmacology adverse reactions of such medicines etc. are given in detail. A comparison of traditional medicine with modern western medicine makes an interesting reading. The utility ...
Protection of intellectual property has always been a different task as it is not a thing that can be kept in a closet for protection. These have been the legal safeguards like patents, trademarks and copyrights but with technological advances, it has become more and more difficult to protect IPRs. In this era of information technology, internet has become a huge information outlet and also a favourite tool for IPR invaders. More means are being discovered by ...
This two-volume work on child counseling and education deals with several aspects of child’s problems and psychology. First volume concentrates on subjects like child and sexual counseling, counseling of adolescents, therapeutical outcomes of counseling, failure of counseling etc. Volume two focuses in education of child. It includes innovative practices in the field of education, challenges and benefits of girl education, improvements in school facilities and ...
NGOs are voluntary social work organization who render help to government and society for improvement of quality of life of people and also animals. From education to health to environment…..and to poverty alleviation, the scope of NGOs operational areas touch every part of life. The NGOs have very less authority in decision-making, they drive their strength on the basis of their actions in right direction; they find governmental support in ...