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Research and development in the field of advanced materials has become an interdisciplinary activity, necessitating synergy among materials scientists, metallurgists, design engineers and technologists. Tailoring the structure at the nano or even molecular level can be explored as a successful approach to materials processing when the homogeneity and the structural information of a small-volume element can be scaled up to macroscopic (component) dimensions. ...
Papers presented at the Workshop on Western India and the Indian Ocean, held at Heidelberg in 1999.
This book is located within the contemporary discourse of human geography, ecology and the cultural landscape. These essays amend earlier anthropocentric perspectives on the conquest of nature, by placing people in symbiosis with their environment. By doing so, they seek to ensure a common future for both. In the face of global transformation and the hegemony of technology, several of these studies focus on the survival of different communities in the remoter ...
The practice of yoga has in the past century spread far from its source, and the exercises of Hatha Yoga are now taught in thousands of yoga schools all across the world. This book presents the reader with a simple introduction to the basic exercises of yoga, how to do them simply and safely, and how they benefit both body and mind. It gives valuable hints about the lifestyle to adopt for longevity and good health, and as well as a view of Hatha Yoga in the ...
For nearly thirty years from 1940, the Gemini Studios of Madras (Chennai) was the most influential film-producing organisation of India and its founder, the brilliant multi-faceted entrepreneur S.S. Vasan lent substance and quality to the rather fragile and unpredictable movie business. The Gemini emblem of two small boys with bugles was true to Vasan’s slogan for the Studios, ‘when the bugles blow, there is a great show,’ Gemini films entertained millions ...
The Bundelkhand cultural region straddles several districts of southern Uttar Pradesh and northern Madhya Pradesh in the Indian Union. In the pre-Independence period the Uttar Pradesh districts formed British Bundelkhand while the Madhya Pradesh districts comprised the native states. The present account deals with the social structure and history of the native states of Bundelkhand. The theme of this book is the evolution, patterning and socio-cultural ...
Western Medicine and Public Health in Colonial Bombay maps a crucial area in the medical history of India, otherwise marked by competing claims of dominance by, and submission to, a colonial regime. Mridula Ramanna has researched the impact of Western medical thinking and practices on the early institutions of rest and cure in mid-nineteenth-century Bombay. Among the major themes she addresses here are: British medical reformist policies and the Indian reactions ...
Cinema has never been saved by writers. We may have more of them now than ever before, but at the same time there are more and stronger shoulders now to shrug them off. No. Words are not enough. Words need the backing of action, or there is no revolution. And the only action that counts is that which a film maker calls into play by snapping out his words of command in his own particular field of battle. If his victory, and of many others like him, restore even a ...
The essays in this volume bring together a rich and scholarly collection of thought and new work linked by a commitment to the preservation and promotion of secularism and Democracy in South Asia. The contributors come from different disciplines and ideological persuasions—political scientist, the sociologist, the historian, the literary critic, and the area specialist. Sudhir Chandra’s and Sikata Banerjee’s essays in Part I deal with nationalist thought ...
Inventing Global Ecology is many things in one: the story of an American researcher’s experiences in India and his country; a fascinating survey of biodiversity conservation (whose fortunes in India have been mixed); a thoroughly researched and documented study of the policies, prospects, and pragmatics of ecological and ethical decisions that ought to determine our future. It casts the U.S. in roles seldom seen—as partner and proprietor of global ...
India has generally been credited with maintaining the constitutional regime established since independence. In this successful political experiment, the procedural values of democracy, free and fair elections, judicial integrity and activism and paradigm-shifts in politics and the economy with a reasonable degree of consensus, stand out as major areas of relative achievements. Elections have become particularly more frequent since 1989. There have been four Lok ...
Pawan and Naveen decide to cross the awe-inspiring mountains. They are accompanied By Tiger, a dog adopted en-route. But are the mountains safe? Will they be able to brave the cold? Will the trek be successful?
This volume brings together a rich collection of new work on the cultural interface of literature and gender, ranging from essays on medieval and Renaissance Europe to nineteenth-century politics and literature, women’s education in Bengal, the involvement of women in twentieth-century political movements, and representations in modern Indian film. The contributors are some of the most distinguished scholars of out time, working in Europe and in India. The ...
Archaeology has become implicated in the Ayodhya controversy. It has been claimed that archaeological evidence provides irrefutable proof of the existence of a Rama temple at the site of the Babri Masjid, and the destruction of this temple by Babur. The author uses standard archaeological procedures to question the claim. He examines the structural and artifactual evidence and analyses the stratigraphic information of B.B. Lal’s excavations. Exploring possible ...
Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics provides a detailed historical account of the VHP, one of the leading organisations in the Hindutva movement. It focuses on the VHP’s transformation from a loosely knit body of Hindus aimed at preserving and promoting Hindu dharma, into a mass organisation actively involved in mobilising the urban middle classes, service professionals and religious leaders for the creation and promotion of a strong ...
This book includes ten tales of supernatural encounters, of affectionate and gentle ghosts, of spirits in search of love and play and are as much enjoyable to read as they are tantalizingly spooky and gripping. Stories of ghosts and mystery. Stories of the Unknown and the uncanny but as real as life. Stories quite believable and, yet, eerie and unfathomable that disturb and linger in the mind. Read about what Nagaraja Nadar did and didn't do to drive away ...
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 freed historians and social scientists from the compulsions of a cold-war-proscribed worldview; simultaneously, it allowed those whose perceptions had been subsumed under this narrative to assert their interpretation of world history. In addressing the neglected issues of space, border and statelessness in international politics, this collection of essays contributes a much-needed ‘view from the South’. From a discussion on ...
The collection of papers raises methodological issues and questions concerning the traditional nature of anthropology, and addresses current issues and debates in sociology and social anthropology. As a discipline social anthropology grew out of the colonial interaction between western colonisers and the colonised 'others'. Increasingly, social anthropologists especially from the once colonised world have questioned the appropriateness of a discipline that ...
Crocodile Fever is about the wildlife and people of New Guinea as seen by a 'croc man' and his wife. A naturalist's dream, the island still hides many mysteries in her vast swamp forests, sinuous rivers and craggy young mountains. Rom Whitaker was invited by the United Nations and World Wide Fund for Nature to do crocodile surveys deep inland in New Guinea and to help set up village crocodile farms. Rom and Zai spent two years in Papua New Guinea and Rom then ...
A set of 2 illustrated books by well-known writers of Children literature. The set includes following titles: 1. The Bulbul's Ruby Nose-Ring by Shanta Rameshwar Rao: Read about how the clever Bulbul outwits the Old Crows; Chandi the cow's new baby; lost Ramu; Mother Mouse's harvest fest; and the very special magician, Jaboo Jadoowala, in this collection of 5 charming stories. 2. The Princess of Light by Hema Pande: Brighten up with the lustrous ...
This book traces the life of M N Roy from his early years, to the Russian Revolution of 1917 which deeply drew him to Marxism and led him to found the first Communist Party outside Russia in Mexico in 1919. It takes us through his deep involvement with Marxism, and his subsequent disillusionment with Lenin and the autocratic nationalist and colonial aspects of Marxist thought, to his belief in democracy and commitment to a scientific, humanist and moral kind of ...
Ayurveda, with its base in medicinal plants and its origins in ancient Indian history, is recognised as one of the major systems of alternative and complementary medicine. Of particular significance has been the fact that the therapeutic values cited in the ancient texts and the oral tradition have been subject to continuous interpretation and consolidation by scholars in the field. The concerns of medical botany, horticulture and the industry associated with ...
This work may be described as an authorized version of certain of the Sacred Hymns of the Sikh Scriptures. It is the fruit of the joint labours of the most distinguished contemporary Sikh theologians and scholars who worked under the direction of the late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, noted Indian philosopher and statesman. The contents comprise selections mainly from the Adi Granth, generally regarded as the greatest work of Punjabee and Hindi Literature, of which the ...