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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
"The book deals with the status and job satisfaction of women library professionals of university libraries. The work is confined to the university libraries of Eastern India, where there are women library professionals working in universities. The states include West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur. A combination of questionnaries and personal interviews were adopted in this investigation for the purpose of data collection. Each of the ...
D. Suran Naidu has certainly put in a great deal of mental and physical effort to have produced such a detailed account of a major national party and its evolution at the village, town, district and state level. The Congress Party in Transition explains all the aberrations and deviations of the political experience in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. It also explains the reasons for the occasional hostile reception of the Congress Party by a backward ...
This study attempts an analysis of dynamics of the resurgence among the Sikhs in the early decades of the twentieth century. The resurgence comprises mainly the standardization of rehat and its assertion in the form of agitations, reconstruction of heroic traditions, promotion of Punjabi language and literature and establishment of educational institutions. The political manifestation of this resurgence lies in raising the banner of community’s grievances and ...
Religious History of Early Medieval Punjab is an entirely fascinating account of just such a moment in history where three of the world’s major religions vied with each other for supremacy in the Indian mind. A host of minor religions, sects and cults in addition have made Punjab of the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th centuries the ideal region for exactly this kind of exploratory work. Sukhninder Kaur’s tracing of the evolution, growth and decline of different ...
Delhi, the National Capital of India, is a nerve center for town planning ideas and activities. The successes and failures of its urban development implications. However, before assessing the end results, it is necessary to understand the complexity of urban development, which is an amalgam of political, historical, social and economic forces. Delhi provides an excellent case study in this respect. Delhi stands at a point in history where it can either take ...
Democratic and representative institutions were existing in ancient India. Many of the rules and procedure which were followed in Sabhas and Samitis were akin to the rules observed in modern day legislatures. The Parliamentary system as we understand it today, was first introduced in the country by the British. For the first time under the Government of India Act, 1919, a bicameral Central Legislature was established and in 1921 the Council of State was ...
Laos, which had an illustrious past, is a tiny landlocked State, sharing common borders with China, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam. It was considered important strategically during cold war years in pursuit of containment drive. The United States tried to prevent the spread of Communism in Laos too, which proved counterproductive. Laotians objected to the military intervention of the United States and fought bravely under the leadership of Pathet Lao. ...
Tribal Development Programmes and Administration in India are being increasingly scrutinized these days to help specially those who fall below the poverty line. There is a considerable diffusion of authority, inadequate control, lack of coordination and from the point of view of the tribals, difficulty in indentifying persons concerned with specific programems because of the growing complexity of the institutions. In addition, the development strategy of the ...