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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 ...
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 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 ...
Development and Social Change in Rural India offers a clear insight into changing rural society as a result of the modernizing impact of community development programmes in East U.P. The author has collected his data from two villages in the Manihari Block of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh. The book begins with a survey of the theoretical literature on the concept of social change and goes on to show how the villagers have been adopting and accepting modern ...
This book contains eight papers submitted for the sessions devoted to the sociology of Work and Organizations of the International Sociological Society (established 1893) held in Rome (Italy) on 12-16 June 1989. The editor acted as the organizer/coordinator for the sessions.
This study is an appraisal and analysis of the contemporary problems and diplomacy of South-East Asia and India and their impact on intra-regional politics and cooperation. It traces the factors responsible for the failure of the policy of “containmenr†of communism in Indo-China. It analyses the consequences that may follow from the conclusion of military alliances. It traces the significance of the non-aligned movement in south-East Asia and its ...
Though the NLF had been led by the Communists, but it had a nationalist agenda. When the US indulged in bombing, strafing and shooting indiscriminately to annihilate Communism in Vietnam, the NLF fought bravely. Despite initial reverses, Vietnam became victorious in driving out the Americans and in unifying the two parts of Vietnam. The present study has analysed those developments in depth and says the Vietnamese are staunch nationalists. The NLF became ...
Party Politics in the Nehru Era throws light on much of what has gone on behind the scenes in the congress Party in Delhi. The personalities involved, the factional feuds and the issues and controversies of post-Independence politics in Delhi reveal the nature of the politics of the Congress during that period. Dr. Yogesh Puri’s study of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee is of great value as it represents almost archetypically the politics of the congress ...
Dr. Virinder Singh’s erudite analysis of the working of diarchy in the Punjab in the 20s and 30s reveals the truth of the matter. The British Government’s ostensible move towards responsible self-government by Indians was in tact, Singh demonstrates, a ploy to divide Hindu, Muslim and Sikh along communal lines, thereby perpetuating its hold over its colony. The writer’s extensive biographical material on both the Indian and British Personages involved in ...
Contribution to Industrial Sociology This book brings together in one volume various essays published by the author (often in collaboration with friends and colleagues). The have all appeared earlier in various journals. These deal with topics such trade unionism, workers’ participation in management, and the impact of technology on society.
Gill’s investigation of the Spatial Patterns of two neighbouring towns in the Punjab, Goraya and Nurmahal, has tremendous potential for sociologists, geographers and townplanners. His research into the historical backgrounds and development of the two towns, one a manufacturing center and the other a trading town, demonstrates how the caste class, and geographical elements combine together to segregate human beings and the economic activities from one another. ...