Author: Shukla
Publisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788131301517
Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Study on the role and performance of four women chief ministers, Smt. Sheila Dikshit (Delhi), Smt. Rabari Devi (Bihar), Miss. Mayawati (U.P.), Miss. Dr. J. Jayalalitha (Tamil Nadu).
Women Chief Ministers in Contemporary India
Author: Shukla
Publisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788131301517
Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Study on the role and performance of four women chief ministers, Smt. Sheila Dikshit (Delhi), Smt. Rabari Devi (Bihar), Miss. Mayawati (U.P.), Miss. Dr. J. Jayalalitha (Tamil Nadu).
Publisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788131301517
Category : Heads of state
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Study on the role and performance of four women chief ministers, Smt. Sheila Dikshit (Delhi), Smt. Rabari Devi (Bihar), Miss. Mayawati (U.P.), Miss. Dr. J. Jayalalitha (Tamil Nadu).
'Sisters in the Struggle'
Author: Kalpana Hiralal
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000838145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
‘Sisters in the struggle’: Women of Indian Origin in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle 1900–1994 unveils an unchartered historical terrain, highlighting the contributions of Indian women towards non-racialism and equality and their experiences within diverse political parties; therefore, shifting the post-apartheid liberation stories which have been dominated by the journey of the ANC to other political organisations who collectively played a significant role in South Africa’s road to democracy. In this book, Hiralal presents a refreshing perspective of Indians, particularly women, as contributors and activists in the struggle. The book elucidates that the struggle against apartheid was a collective endeavour among the oppressed races and not a one-sided endeavour by the ANC. The book, thus, examines the participation of Indian women against apartheid and colonialism within gendered and political frameworks.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000838145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
‘Sisters in the struggle’: Women of Indian Origin in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle 1900–1994 unveils an unchartered historical terrain, highlighting the contributions of Indian women towards non-racialism and equality and their experiences within diverse political parties; therefore, shifting the post-apartheid liberation stories which have been dominated by the journey of the ANC to other political organisations who collectively played a significant role in South Africa’s road to democracy. In this book, Hiralal presents a refreshing perspective of Indians, particularly women, as contributors and activists in the struggle. The book elucidates that the struggle against apartheid was a collective endeavour among the oppressed races and not a one-sided endeavour by the ANC. The book, thus, examines the participation of Indian women against apartheid and colonialism within gendered and political frameworks.
Garner's Modern English Usage
Author: Bryan Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190491507
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2652
Book Description
With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic. GMEU is the liveliest and most compulsively readable reference work for writers of our time. It delights while providing instruction on skillful, persuasive, and vivid writing. Garner liberates English from two extremes: both from the hidebound "purists" who mistakenly believe that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The judgments here are backed up not just by a lifetime of study but also by an empirical grounding in the largest linguistic corpus ever available. In this fourth edition, Garner has made extensive use of corpus linguistics to include ratios of standard terms as compared against variants in modern print sources. No other resource provides as comprehensive, reliable, and empirical a guide to current English usage. For all concerned with writing and editing, GMEU will prove invaluable as a desk reference. Garner illustrates with actual examples, cited with chapter and verse, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are prone to, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. No matter how knowledgeable you may already be, you're sure to learn from every single page of this book.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190491507
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2652
Book Description
With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic. GMEU is the liveliest and most compulsively readable reference work for writers of our time. It delights while providing instruction on skillful, persuasive, and vivid writing. Garner liberates English from two extremes: both from the hidebound "purists" who mistakenly believe that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The judgments here are backed up not just by a lifetime of study but also by an empirical grounding in the largest linguistic corpus ever available. In this fourth edition, Garner has made extensive use of corpus linguistics to include ratios of standard terms as compared against variants in modern print sources. No other resource provides as comprehensive, reliable, and empirical a guide to current English usage. For all concerned with writing and editing, GMEU will prove invaluable as a desk reference. Garner illustrates with actual examples, cited with chapter and verse, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are prone to, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. No matter how knowledgeable you may already be, you're sure to learn from every single page of this book.
Garner's Modern English Usage
Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197599028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
The most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionary When Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. After four previous editions and over twenty years, our language has evolved in many ways, and the powerful tool of big data has revolutionized lexicography. This extensively revised new edition fully captures these changes, featuring a thousand new entries and over two hundred replacement entries, thoroughly updated usage data and ratios on word frequency based on the Google Ngram Viewer, a more balanced coverage of World Englishes, not just American and British, and the inclusion of gender-neutral language. However, one thing has not changed: in no sense is this a regular dictionary but a masterpiece of lexicography written with wit and personality by one of the preeminent authorities on the English language. To put it in David Foster Wallace's words, Garner's discussion of rhetoric and style still borders on genius. From the (lost) battle between self-deprecating and self-depreciating to the misuse of it's for its, from the variant spelling patty-cake taking over pat-a-cake in American English to the singular uses of they, Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary and the linguistic blunders to which modern writers and speakers are prone, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. His empirical approach liberates English from two extremes: from the purists who maintain that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The purpose of Garner's dictionary is to help writers, editors, and speakers use the language effectively. And it does so in a playful and persuasive way that will help you sound grammatical but relaxed, refined but natural, correct but unpedantic.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197599028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
The most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionary When Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. After four previous editions and over twenty years, our language has evolved in many ways, and the powerful tool of big data has revolutionized lexicography. This extensively revised new edition fully captures these changes, featuring a thousand new entries and over two hundred replacement entries, thoroughly updated usage data and ratios on word frequency based on the Google Ngram Viewer, a more balanced coverage of World Englishes, not just American and British, and the inclusion of gender-neutral language. However, one thing has not changed: in no sense is this a regular dictionary but a masterpiece of lexicography written with wit and personality by one of the preeminent authorities on the English language. To put it in David Foster Wallace's words, Garner's discussion of rhetoric and style still borders on genius. From the (lost) battle between self-deprecating and self-depreciating to the misuse of it's for its, from the variant spelling patty-cake taking over pat-a-cake in American English to the singular uses of they, Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary and the linguistic blunders to which modern writers and speakers are prone, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. His empirical approach liberates English from two extremes: from the purists who maintain that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The purpose of Garner's dictionary is to help writers, editors, and speakers use the language effectively. And it does so in a playful and persuasive way that will help you sound grammatical but relaxed, refined but natural, correct but unpedantic.
Globalization and the Transitional Cultures
Author: Debanjana Nag
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1836085869
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Nag debates the ideological and rational growth of globalization as a fuel of modernity and analyzes the perspectives of marginalized sections of society, alongside concepts of globalization, communication, and culture, to understand how communication plays an important role in the process of globalization for various cultural realms.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1836085869
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Nag debates the ideological and rational growth of globalization as a fuel of modernity and analyzes the perspectives of marginalized sections of society, alongside concepts of globalization, communication, and culture, to understand how communication plays an important role in the process of globalization for various cultural realms.
Women’s Empowerment and Microcredit Programmes in India
Author: Annabel Dulhunty
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000928713
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Women’s Empowerment and Microcredit Programs in India examines the value of microcredit-based self-help groups (SHGs) for women in India and provides an alternative model for women’s empowerment programming. The microcredit sector continues to boom globally - with private investors, governments and multilateral financial institutions all investing substantial amounts in self-help group programming. Nowhere is this more evident than in India, where the industry has further been deregulated in recent years. Much of the rationale for increased investment in microcredit is based on the idea that it improves ‘women’s empowerment’. But is this true? Researchers have fiercely debated the value of microcredit programs for women, with some arguing that it is exploitative, and others contending that it is empowering. This book provides new insights into women’s empowerment and microcredit programming, elaborating on the themes of power, dignity, mobility and solidarity. It takes a nuanced view of the complexities surrounding self-help group programming and women’s empowerment and argues that the model of microcredit self-help group programming is key to whether it helps or harms women. By focusing on the experiences and voices of microcredit self-help group members in West Bengal, India, this book elaborates on the idea of microcredit models existing on a continuum, from ‘smart economics’ to more holistic feminist versions of programming. It will be of interest to scholars in development studies, anthropology, sociology, gender studies and public policy and Asian Studies.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000928713
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Women’s Empowerment and Microcredit Programs in India examines the value of microcredit-based self-help groups (SHGs) for women in India and provides an alternative model for women’s empowerment programming. The microcredit sector continues to boom globally - with private investors, governments and multilateral financial institutions all investing substantial amounts in self-help group programming. Nowhere is this more evident than in India, where the industry has further been deregulated in recent years. Much of the rationale for increased investment in microcredit is based on the idea that it improves ‘women’s empowerment’. But is this true? Researchers have fiercely debated the value of microcredit programs for women, with some arguing that it is exploitative, and others contending that it is empowering. This book provides new insights into women’s empowerment and microcredit programming, elaborating on the themes of power, dignity, mobility and solidarity. It takes a nuanced view of the complexities surrounding self-help group programming and women’s empowerment and argues that the model of microcredit self-help group programming is key to whether it helps or harms women. By focusing on the experiences and voices of microcredit self-help group members in West Bengal, India, this book elaborates on the idea of microcredit models existing on a continuum, from ‘smart economics’ to more holistic feminist versions of programming. It will be of interest to scholars in development studies, anthropology, sociology, gender studies and public policy and Asian Studies.
India Express
Author: Daniel Lak
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780670082346
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
India Express Is A Fast-Paced Analysis Of India&Rsquo;S Potential Role As &Lsquo;Asia&Rsquo;S America&Rsquo;. Daniel Lak Has Covered The Region For Two Decades And Draws On His Detailed Knowledge Of The Country&Rsquo;S Lesser-Known Byways To Bring Together A Complex Canvas Of Interviews, Anecdotes, Statistics And History. From The Ghats Of Varanasi To The Campus Of Iit Kharagpur To A Polling Booth In Rural Bihar, Lak Argues That India&Rsquo;S Plural Democracy, Its Rule Of Law, Entrepreneurial Talent And Military Might Are Together Fashioning A Country That Is Globally Respected And Increasingly Influential. What Marks This Book Out From The Many Voices Proclaiming India&Rsquo;S Nascent Superpower Status Is Lak&Rsquo;S Clear-Sighted Grasp Of The Agents And Forces Of Change In The Country Today. Acknowledging India&Rsquo;S Uninterrupted Engagement With Democracy As Unique In The Region, The Author Points Out That The Growing Political Heft Of The Urban Middle Classes, Linked To A Historic Strengthening Of Liberal Institutions In The Country, Is Part Of A Process Whereby Key Blocs Of Voters Exchange Their Political Support For Government Patronage. Coalition Governments&Mdash;A Widely Accepted Sign Of Democratic Maturity&Mdash;Are Both A Testament To Indian Political Pragmatism And A De-Facto Devolution Of Central Authority In A Country That Has Struggled For Most Of Its Independent Existence With An Imbalance Of Power Among Centre, States And Communities.
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780670082346
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
India Express Is A Fast-Paced Analysis Of India&Rsquo;S Potential Role As &Lsquo;Asia&Rsquo;S America&Rsquo;. Daniel Lak Has Covered The Region For Two Decades And Draws On His Detailed Knowledge Of The Country&Rsquo;S Lesser-Known Byways To Bring Together A Complex Canvas Of Interviews, Anecdotes, Statistics And History. From The Ghats Of Varanasi To The Campus Of Iit Kharagpur To A Polling Booth In Rural Bihar, Lak Argues That India&Rsquo;S Plural Democracy, Its Rule Of Law, Entrepreneurial Talent And Military Might Are Together Fashioning A Country That Is Globally Respected And Increasingly Influential. What Marks This Book Out From The Many Voices Proclaiming India&Rsquo;S Nascent Superpower Status Is Lak&Rsquo;S Clear-Sighted Grasp Of The Agents And Forces Of Change In The Country Today. Acknowledging India&Rsquo;S Uninterrupted Engagement With Democracy As Unique In The Region, The Author Points Out That The Growing Political Heft Of The Urban Middle Classes, Linked To A Historic Strengthening Of Liberal Institutions In The Country, Is Part Of A Process Whereby Key Blocs Of Voters Exchange Their Political Support For Government Patronage. Coalition Governments&Mdash;A Widely Accepted Sign Of Democratic Maturity&Mdash;Are Both A Testament To Indian Political Pragmatism And A De-Facto Devolution Of Central Authority In A Country That Has Struggled For Most Of Its Independent Existence With An Imbalance Of Power Among Centre, States And Communities.
Development of Women in Modern India
Author: Shakuntala Mudgal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186867013
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186867013
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Educational Regimes in Contemporary India
Author: Radhika Chopra
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761933496
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The commonsense understanding of `education` rests on the assumption that it has a straightforward positive value. In practice education is profoundly ambiguous in its effects. By focusing on `educational regimes`--and thereby locating values in a broad political terrain encompassing global, national and local contexts--this collection of original essays addresses numerous crucial issues. These include: whether educational regimes relate to other facets of contemporary India society; the extent to which they facilitate the values and ideals enshrined in the Constitution and in policy goals; and the implications of the differential impact of educational regimes on different social groups in India.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761933496
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The commonsense understanding of `education` rests on the assumption that it has a straightforward positive value. In practice education is profoundly ambiguous in its effects. By focusing on `educational regimes`--and thereby locating values in a broad political terrain encompassing global, national and local contexts--this collection of original essays addresses numerous crucial issues. These include: whether educational regimes relate to other facets of contemporary India society; the extent to which they facilitate the values and ideals enshrined in the Constitution and in policy goals; and the implications of the differential impact of educational regimes on different social groups in India.
Contemporary Indian English
Author: Andreas Sedlatschek
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027290121
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Contemporary Indian English: Variation and Change offers the first comprehensive description of Indian English and its emerging regional standard in a corpus-linguistic framework. Drawing on a wealth of authentic spoken and written data from India (including the Kolhapur Corpus and the International Corpus of English), this book explores the dynamics of variation and change in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary Indian English. The aims are to document the extent of lexical and grammatical nativization at the beginning of the twenty-first century and compare contemporary Indian English to other varieties around the world (for example British and American English). The results are relevant to sociolinguists, variationists and lexicologists seeking to investigate ongoing language change in emerging standard varieties of English. With its strong empirical foundation and its comparative outlook, the book is also of interest to anyone looking for an introduction to the corpus-based description of varieties of English.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027290121
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Contemporary Indian English: Variation and Change offers the first comprehensive description of Indian English and its emerging regional standard in a corpus-linguistic framework. Drawing on a wealth of authentic spoken and written data from India (including the Kolhapur Corpus and the International Corpus of English), this book explores the dynamics of variation and change in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary Indian English. The aims are to document the extent of lexical and grammatical nativization at the beginning of the twenty-first century and compare contemporary Indian English to other varieties around the world (for example British and American English). The results are relevant to sociolinguists, variationists and lexicologists seeking to investigate ongoing language change in emerging standard varieties of English. With its strong empirical foundation and its comparative outlook, the book is also of interest to anyone looking for an introduction to the corpus-based description of varieties of English.