Kalinga Publications
66 books
Pakistan is confronted with the crisis of national identity ever since its inception as an independent state in 1947. The major communities of Pakistan have been asserting for their identity and autonomy, there by questioning the very contours of the Pakistani state: The two nation theory. The Mohajir community though supported the idea of Pakistan, have been struggling for their identity and status. Why do they feel isolated? Why is that the major ethno-cultural ...
There are thirty African countries who are member of La Francophonie. African continent has the largest number of French speaking people totaling over 150 millions. This region also has around half a dozen exclusive Francophone regional organizations which have their own currency and institutions. India despite having a strong Indo-African relations, has little bilateral and multilateral interactions with most these francophone countries and regional entities. ...
India-Nepal relations have been a subject of high significance for both the countries. The treaties and agreements concluded between the two countries from time to time clearly shows the mutuality of interests and need for cooperation and intimacy between the two countries. The present book is a collection of various treaties, agreements and understandings concluded between India and Nepal since the days of East India company. The book is divided into three ...
India has historical and multi dimensional relations with Africa. However, barring a few exceptions, the closer interactions of India with African countries remained confined to Anglophone Africa, most of whom are coastal states or hinterlands of the Indian Ocean. Over two dozen Francophone states, most of whom are in Western and Central Africa remained out of Indian policy priorities. Divergence in colonial experience, language, distances etc. are acting as ...
The present book deals with the entire spectrum of the problem of environmental degradation in general, and burning problem of environmental hazardous due to non-seriousness of the policy planners in India in particular. Author has taken the Sardar Sarovar Project as an instance for classifying policy errors which has delayed implementation of the project. The book has emphasised both the role of NGOs in creating environmental consciousness as well as quest for ...
This book is about the most wanted man of the world today, Osama Bin Laden. The American President George W. Bush wants him alive or dead. The Americans think, he is behind the destruction of World Trade Centre in New York and the American defence establishment building in Washington D.C. on 11 September, 2001. The Muslims all over the world say Laden is innocent till such time authentic proofs are not furnished against him. Whether he is the real culprit or not ...
The semantic content of an art like music (sruti and layam) is multidimensional. Totality of perceptions (perhaps infinite) can actualise all the meaningful possibility implicit in a branch like ‘Layam’. ‘Layam’ in this context is treated as a sub-discipline of concert-music, devotional music, (congregations like bajans) drama and dance. The aim of the study is to clarify certain parameters of the art of percussion. Percussion-art had cultivated aesthetic ...
This work contains ten chapters having deep hearing on the nearly and recent history of Afghanistan. The Taliban government based at Kabul was the main target on account of its political ideology which gave shelter to terrorism advocated by Osama Bin Laden who happened to target some of the important installations in some regions of U.S.A. The socio-economic and physical loss suffered on 11, September 2001 by USA was indeed immense and after seeking goodwill and ...
’Bangladesh – Us relations: from cooperation to partnership’ is an effort to analyze the evolution and development of political, economic, military, technological and cultural relations between Bangladesh and the US with special emphasis on the post liberal period. It throws light on the US South Asia policy, and the western leaning of East Pakistan’s leadership before the inception of Bangladesh as an independent nation. The US, on the other hand, had ...
South Asian immigrants to the United States and Canada have already established a distinct identity for themselves. Their positive contributions to the enrichment of American and Canadian societies have been well recognized. The summative essay in the book clearly delineates not only the positive contributions made by these affluent immigrants but also identifies some of the unforeseen challenges faced by them in a multicultural environment with a predominance of ...
This book entitled "India, Germany and European Union : Partners in progress and prosperity", is a brilliant collection of articles and research papers on contemporary Indian, German and European affairs. India, Germany and European union are traditionally three entities who have enjoyed closed and cordial relations for quite some time now, both in areas of technological as well as economic co-operation. The modern times have heralded the emergence and ...
The institution of the Indian state governorship has attracted the scholarly attention of Indian and international scholars. Political Behavior of Indian State Governors: A Study of the Role of Governor in Orissa contains subtle but telling differences from other books about the Indian state governorship. It is the first major analytical work on the political behavior of the Indian state governors. This study provides a unique exploration and behavior analysis of ...
The international system has been passing through a phase of profound turbulence and flux since the end of the cold war. The inescapable reality of globalization has induced consequences hard to explain or predict. India has also borne the burnt of these global changes. The international systemic determinants of the Indian foreign policy prevailing until the 1980s stand altered today. India is faced with momentous challenges and opportunities at the dawn of the ...
On May 11 and 13 1998, India conducted a total of five underground nuclear tests in the Pokharan range of Rajasthan, breaking 24 years of self imposed moratorium on nuclear testing. Pakistan followed with five tests on 28 May 1998 in Chhagai Hills of Baluchistan, and an additional test on 30 May. The Indian tests surprised the world and particularly the US intelligence and policy community. Although the Indian Government claimed concern about the deteriorating ...