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Many of us go about in the world like rudderless ships, drifting with the tides of time, not able to steer our ship in right direction, not Knowing even the destination, not knowing even the destination. The goal that Gurus and saints set for man is very difficult, but not impossible to achieve. They call upon man-an image of imperfection-to improve so as become God-like. Isn’t it a tall order, considering the lowly nature that man often dispays? ‘ ...
This book explores new horizons of diaspora formulation as Tibetan diaspora has opened new perspectives for a diaspora to articulate identity and politicize the issue at the international level. It has underlined the rubrics of consolidation and mobilization of a diaspora in hostland. The art of diasporism becomes most evident and sharp if a diaspora is situated in the motherland of religion. In this context, the formation of government-in-exile by Tibetan ...
Meaningful participation of people in absence of democracy is not possible. In India Panchayati Raj Institutions have been revitalized to this end. The 73ed amendment of the Constitution has been proclaimed to be an effective instrument in this regard. How far the constitutional status granted Panchayati Raj Institution of various provisions regarding reservation of seats for different classes of society, have been effective and successful in ensuring effective ...
In this work, based on the original sources, various facets of the British paramountcy in operation in the Princely States have been examined and analysed with special reference to the Kapurthala State. It has been sought to be established that during the period 1858-1947 there was an ever-increasing intervention of the Imperial Government in the internal affairs of the States which was conspicuously evident in the matters of succession, coinage, opium trade, ...
The nature of country’s nationalism is in the main the outcome of interaction between a country’s history and tradition and the demands of social change and modernization. But in the long run, it becomes important as to which of the two variables of tradition and modernity influence more, in what degree and to what extent. For example, in modern India, socialism and secularism characterize our nation building efforts. But ...
Documents, apart from other forms of evidence, are the major basis for the construction of historical account of any specific space and time. Fortunately for the scholars of modern Indian history there is abundance of written evidence. But the access to all source material remains a difficult hurdle due to a number of circumstances. The political sensitivity remains a major check on the retrieving of documents. Udham Singh’s case was one such example. The ...
The treatises entered herein, which delve into the deeper aspects of Man's esoteric experiences are indeed brand new and may appear at first glance to be even revolutionary in nature. Never in the history of Religious evolution have such insights been revealed to the World's people. For perhaps the first time, actual spiritual progress can be scientifically measured, for as one advances along this path, the degree of spiritual growth can finally be calibrated ...
The monograph presents ample sources on the life and times of Guru Hargobind. As paucity of material usually leads to the embarrassment of historians and writers, resultantly very little work has been done on the subject. The present research having been based on the acknowledged conventional sources, portrays the Sixth Guru in Sikh tradition notwithstanding thorough historical scrutiny. It meticulously reveals how Guru Hargobind revolutionalised the minds of his ...
The book is a collection of author's well-researched and well-documented articles published in the leading journals and newspapers. It covers a wide range of subjects on Sikh religion and history. The object of the book is two-fold, first, to project a correct image of Sikhism and its ideals and institutions, and, second, to rebut distortions and misrepresentations of Sikh ideology and tradition. Sikhism occupies a unique place among the higher religions of the ...
The main aim of any source book is to offer available source materials on any particular subject at one place. The present endeavour in bringing out the inaccessible rare papers and other selected writings by the earliest western writers on the Sikh religion, in the form of this volume is inspired by the same concern. The source book promises to fill the long awaited gap of information for the interested scholars and general readers for further studies in the ...
This book enquires into the existence of relationship between religion and work in Iran. This study was conducted in one of the ancient cities of Iran which is very famous for carpet weaving. For the study the author did field work for four months in the year 1999 in the city of Kashan and nearby villages to interview and abserve the craft production. As a matter of fact, it comes to the conclusion that there is a constructive relationship between carpet ...
It is generally viewed that a country like Bangladesh which is weak, poor and heavily dependent upon the assistance of the international institutions and major powers of the world can not have any thing significant in its foreign policy which can be studied. The reality is contrary to the common perception. Foreign Policy of all the Least Developed Countries including Bangladesh is more important for their policy makers than any domestic policy. Policy ...
Many studies on economic development of different countries of world have appeared in past and are still appearing. However, Comparative Studies of economic development of different countries of the world are still have and scarce. Dr. Singh’s study is perhaps the first full length study of such nature which attempts to present different dimensions of economic development of India and Brazil in a comparative frame work. The book divide into altogether nine ...
In Nepal, dependence on renewable resources is considerable. A sound long-term strategy is needed for managing these judiciously in order to prevent their non-reversible degradation. This alone will ensure a minimum standard of living on a sustainable basis for our growing population. For sustainable development, this book adopts two major approaches: for setting right the backlog of past ecological ‘sins’, and a preventive approach to insulate the country ...
Reeta Tremblay’s selection of the three historically significant areas of agricultural policy, Industrialisation and economy, to examine issues of state autonomy is highly relevant and most revealing. The apparently diverse state actions of attempted collective farming, the erection of the Bokaro Steel Pant and devaluation of the rupee, when set against the background of national and international powerplay make history an entirely new and fascinating study. ...
Managements of working Capital attempts to examine the various aspects of working capital management in the context of selected manufacturing public enterprises. It is based on the study of nine enterprises over a period of ten years. The major issues investigated in this study are as follows: What type of working capital policy has been followed by the selected enterprises? Are they following a conservative, aggressive or moderate working capital policy?, What ...
In the recent past, the developing countries have been increasingly realizing the bi-directionality of the human resource development and the quality of life. Education is a key element in the development and utilization of human resources and also has a long-term bearing on the trajectory of development. In the Indian context, inspite of significant developments during the last three decades, the educational scenario is characterized by many inadequacies. The ...
The uprising of 1857 administered a violent shaking to the British rule in India. As its aftermath, there was a veering round to the view that the safety of the British rule was enhanced and not decreased by the maintenance of the Native Royalities. The view that the Native Stats had served as "break-waters to the storm" also proved weighty.
The British Government abjured the desire of territorial extension. It renounced the doctrine of lapse and ...
This book is intended to reveal the actual process underlying fertility researches have focused on exploring the relationship between explanatory variables viz. caste, education, occupation, income, family structure etc. and fertility, but how and through what process do these variables operate affect fertility decisions is yet to be deciphered. The present study tries to explain the relationship between the explanatory variables and fertility with the help of ...
Behind the urchins who beg at crossroads in the cities of India and behind the pre-teen children who serve at wayside restaraunts lies a story of callous neglect, extreme poverty, broken families and social indifference. Dr Sharda’s investigation of the legal, economic and social status of the Indian child reveals the wide gap between the Constitutional provisions and safeguards laid down for the protection, welfare and education of children and the ...