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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Though the process of state-formation and national in Nepal was started by King Printhibi Narayan Shah, it took about a century to settle down her international boundary at the present shape. From 1846 to 1951 the country was under the grips of hereditary rulers – the Ranas. Administration during their regime was personalized and the concept of public administration was almost unknown. Hence the evolution of the concept of public administration in modern sense ...
Devinder Singh’s Akali Politics in Punjab 1964-85 describes the socio-historical background to Akali Politics in the Post-Independence periods. A thorough analysis of the party’s ideology, organization and political strategy clarifies much of the confusion surrounding the political situation in India’s border state of Punjab. The seemingly on un ending splits within the Party, its coalitions with various other parties and the compulsions that apparently ...
The study of Colonialism remains a fascinating arena of historical scholarship not only because it has its bearings on the present day society that necessitates its reinterpretation but also the fact that there are certain areas which have not been covered at the regional level. Famine is one such phenomenon though studied at the all-India level, yet its nature and manifestation at the local level demands further analysis. In that sense this inquiry fills the ...
This small book (The IMF and its Credit Windows) is spread over 5 Chapters. Chapter 1 deals with IMF quotas, meaning and their uses, Chapter 2 deals with crdit facilities in general and Chapter 3 starts with the evolution of the IMF and two amendments, their effects and the role of Special Drawing rights in the International Monetary System. An effort has been made in Chapter 4 to present and bring out the minute details of each credit window and some useful ...
Ethnic Politics in Southeast Asia and Quest for Identity, is a case study of five important minority ethnic groups in the region, i.e. Timorese, Patani, Rohingyas, Moro and Hoas and it is an attempt towards objective understanding of ethnic disputes. Thus this study has analysed ethnic policies of Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines and their interaction with minority communities. Most of the publications on this issue have been written by ...
Administrative Reforms in Nepal is a thorough investigation of a little known aspect of a country which has remained largely cut-off from the rest of the world, sandwiched as it is between the two giants – China and India. Emerging from a medieval feudal system of government, Nepal is now poised for increasingly rapid change. Dr. M.P. Poudyal’s analysis of the Commission Approach to Administrative reform finds that, despite some very adverse features, ...
The basic aim of this research is to discover some of the patterns of State Politics during the decade which has been described as the ‘Politics of Scarcity’ cause by political instability. An attempt has been made to identify some of the factors responsible for this backwardness. The study provides a broad conceptual framework and review of literature on State Politics during the decade. An in depth analysis of issues like political geography, social ...
This book is based on Kautilya's Arthashastra. The object of this book is to give within a small compass all the important facts relating to the administrative system of Kautilya's Arthashastra. It is an addition to the existing literature concerning the subject under discussion. Our administrative development does not appear to be rooted in well-conceved administrative thought. The present work concentrates on one of the most contextual aspects of the ...