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Chittorgarh remains replete with historic associations and holds a very special place in the hearts of Rajputs, as it was a bastion of the clan at a time when every other stronghold had succumbed to invasion. It is often called as the "Bhakti aur Shakti ki nagari" (land of devotion and strength). The first, Meera Bai, is the most famous female Hindu spiritual poet, whose compositions are still popular throughout North India. The saga of Rani Padmini and ...
Maj Gen M Z Kiani was officer in 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment under Britishers. He won Sword of Honour and Gold Medal for the most outstanding Cadet in 1935 from Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. But he left all to join I.N.A under Netaji. He was Chief of General Staff under General Mohan Singh of I.N.A. He chose to move over in Pakistan after Partition in 1947 and wrote this book from there. This was published after his death through Maj. Gen. Chand ...
This book tries to bring to public domain an analysis of the role of Planning commission when continuation of same is under stake and preparation of fasten the same has already been under process. At the time when government is talking about cooperative federalism and state participation, this book helps students to understand development strategy adopted by India and the methodology followed to implement the same. It is pertinent to study same before adopting ...
This book attempts to examine the important issues concerning human rights of the adopted girl child in India. Providing insight into the socio-economic status of adoptive couples, it presents a critical assessment of the procedure of adoption and the role of adoption agencies in completing the socio-legal formalities of adoption.
Exploring the psychological, social and legal factors related to the adoption of girl child in India, it tries to find out the ...
Can war be taught? Does its nature allow it to be taught? Are basic questions which all those engaged in the profession of wars have to ponder. With the exception of the common denominator: the man, no two wars have been the same. Inspite of its variable nature war schools have flourished. Foch then a lieutenant colonel discussed some theorms or principles of war in a series of lectures at the French Staff College in the early years of the present century. These ...
The Indian epic Ramayana contains the description of an aircraft known as "Pushpak Vimana" in which Lord Rama returned to his Kingdom at Ayodhya by travelling by air from Lanka, after winning the war and destroying the demon King Ravana. This may be a myth but a myth is a result of the human thought fossils because they teach us in allegories and symbols the story of cultures and civilisations that preceded ours. Apparently, the present day aviation is ...
Agrarian relations in Kerala have displayed a number of interesting features for a long time. Studies on how the institutional structure actually affects agrarian relations are relatively scarce in India. Agrarian relation not only refers to a pattern of relationship in which men are related to land merely by ownership of tenancy basis, but also it refers to the entire frame of work of relations in the historically designed land system with its subsequent changes ...
The present study is an in-depth, micro-level anthropological demographic study of a 'tribal group' namely the Chenchus, a fast transforming hunting and food gathering peoples inhabiting South India. Using ethnographic approach, the author describes the fertility bheaviour of the Chenchus by blending quantitative demographic information and qualitative socio-cultural information. The process of reproduction, conceptually conceived under four consecutive stages, ...
The book deals with the growth of theory and methods in archaeology and the reconstruction of neolithic life ways. It is an outcome of intensive field work in different eco-systems - coastal, inland and hill tracts of Visakhapatnam region on the East Coast of India.The survey for neolithic cultural evidence and analysis of the data is carried using advanced scientific techniques. Aerial photographs, earth resistivity survey, plane table survey, stereo binocular ...
The very term spiritualism evokes a sense of unity that can be visualised in sustaining the very existence of human beings on the planet earth. Man is, by no means an ideal creature. He needs to be defined and redefined. Spiritualism helps to understand that the only knowledge that is of any value is to know that all worldly knowledge and activity is deceptive. The compilation concentrates on giving a fairly comprehensive overview of technical terms of Sanskrit ...
The study analyses the portrayal of women by African-American women writers from a universalist perspective. They study shows that the complex nature of an African-American woman’s experience is highlighted satisfactorily through a universalist approach. A comparative analysis is made of the portrayal of women by two contemporary African-American women writers, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. The parallels and contrasts in their individual ...
This volume, Jaintia Hills: A Meghalaya Tribe—its Environment, Land and People is an important study of a tribal population in transition. They are on international border with Bangladesh. A trans-border culture is a two way traffic. Jaintia Hills, a part of the state of Meghalaya, have immense possibility of development. It has growing trans-border trade relations with neighbouring Bangladesh in respect of rich mineral resources, particularly of coal and lime ...