Author: John McLeod
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This one-volume thematic encyclopedia examines life in contemporary India, with topical sections focusing on geography, history, government and politics, economy, social classes and ethnicity, religion, food, etiquette, literature and drama, and more. Modern Indian, an addition to the Understanding Modern Nations series, is an in-depth and interdisciplinary encyclopedia. While many books on life in India exist today, this volume is unique as a concise, accessible overview of multiple aspects of Indian society and history. It will be a useful background or supplemental text for anyone interested in modern Indian life and culture. Individual chapters address all aspects of life in 21st-century India, from geography and history to economy and religion to etiquette and sports. Each chapter begins with an overview, followed by entries on, for example, major political parties or literary works. Each overview and entry is self-contained and accompanied by an up-to-date Further Reading list.
Modern India
Author: John McLeod
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This one-volume thematic encyclopedia examines life in contemporary India, with topical sections focusing on geography, history, government and politics, economy, social classes and ethnicity, religion, food, etiquette, literature and drama, and more. Modern Indian, an addition to the Understanding Modern Nations series, is an in-depth and interdisciplinary encyclopedia. While many books on life in India exist today, this volume is unique as a concise, accessible overview of multiple aspects of Indian society and history. It will be a useful background or supplemental text for anyone interested in modern Indian life and culture. Individual chapters address all aspects of life in 21st-century India, from geography and history to economy and religion to etiquette and sports. Each chapter begins with an overview, followed by entries on, for example, major political parties or literary works. Each overview and entry is self-contained and accompanied by an up-to-date Further Reading list.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This one-volume thematic encyclopedia examines life in contemporary India, with topical sections focusing on geography, history, government and politics, economy, social classes and ethnicity, religion, food, etiquette, literature and drama, and more. Modern Indian, an addition to the Understanding Modern Nations series, is an in-depth and interdisciplinary encyclopedia. While many books on life in India exist today, this volume is unique as a concise, accessible overview of multiple aspects of Indian society and history. It will be a useful background or supplemental text for anyone interested in modern Indian life and culture. Individual chapters address all aspects of life in 21st-century India, from geography and history to economy and religion to etiquette and sports. Each chapter begins with an overview, followed by entries on, for example, major political parties or literary works. Each overview and entry is self-contained and accompanied by an up-to-date Further Reading list.
In Search of Livelihood
Author: Yashwant Govind Joshi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dalits
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Migration studies have been a domain of sociologists, economists and geographers alike. However, interdisciplinary studies are few. Based on the empirical data covering 1498 households from 100 sample villages, this interdisciplinary study analyses the quantum, nature and direction of seasonal labour migration from Chhattisgarh, together with its effects on the society in general and the family of the migrants in particular. Seasonal labour out-migration is today a regional character of the area, involving nearly a million population which, barring few southern states, moves nearly to all parts of the country. The labour migration form this area can not be categorized as development migration, based on maximization of the profit, but is a part of household survival strategy of the marginal farmers and land-less workers who are unable to find work locally from December to June. Nevertheless migrating out for work has become an essential component of household economy for a large section of poor population and therefore it is necessary to change the attitude of, both the media and administration towards migration which is erroneous called as palayan . The study is quite comprehensive and analytical. The recommendations are based on grass-root realties, necessitating the role of the state to act as facilitator to enable the workers to have a better deal and to reduce the problems faced by them. Besides providing deep insight into this phenomena in the present context, the study will be useful to various agencies involved in regional planning and human resource development.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dalits
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Migration studies have been a domain of sociologists, economists and geographers alike. However, interdisciplinary studies are few. Based on the empirical data covering 1498 households from 100 sample villages, this interdisciplinary study analyses the quantum, nature and direction of seasonal labour migration from Chhattisgarh, together with its effects on the society in general and the family of the migrants in particular. Seasonal labour out-migration is today a regional character of the area, involving nearly a million population which, barring few southern states, moves nearly to all parts of the country. The labour migration form this area can not be categorized as development migration, based on maximization of the profit, but is a part of household survival strategy of the marginal farmers and land-less workers who are unable to find work locally from December to June. Nevertheless migrating out for work has become an essential component of household economy for a large section of poor population and therefore it is necessary to change the attitude of, both the media and administration towards migration which is erroneous called as palayan . The study is quite comprehensive and analytical. The recommendations are based on grass-root realties, necessitating the role of the state to act as facilitator to enable the workers to have a better deal and to reduce the problems faced by them. Besides providing deep insight into this phenomena in the present context, the study will be useful to various agencies involved in regional planning and human resource development.
The Tribes and Castes of Bengal
Author: Sir Herbert Hope Risley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropometry
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropometry
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Facts on File Yearbook, 1991
Author: Facts On File, Incorporated
Publisher: Facts on File
ISBN: 9780816027576
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
Book Description
Weekly news digests cover all of the year's major events and report on such areas as science, sports, medicine, religion, plays, and prominent personalities.
Publisher: Facts on File
ISBN: 9780816027576
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
Book Description
Weekly news digests cover all of the year's major events and report on such areas as science, sports, medicine, religion, plays, and prominent personalities.
The Experience of Hinduism
Author: Maxine Berntsen
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780887066627
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This book presents multi-faceted images of religious experience in the Marathi-speaking region of India. In addition to Irawati Karve's classic, "On the Road," about her pilgrimage to Pandharpur, there are three essays by Karve that appear in English for the first time. Here is possession by gods and ghosts, an actual sermon by an inspired saint in the traditional bhajan style, and an autobiographical account of the religious nationalism of the militant R.S.S. These are engaging, true-to-life accounts of the lives of individual Hindus. Essays and imaginative literature, a poem, and a short story interplay the ideas, concepts, personalities, practices, rituals, and deities of Hinduism in a surprisingly coherent manner.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780887066627
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This book presents multi-faceted images of religious experience in the Marathi-speaking region of India. In addition to Irawati Karve's classic, "On the Road," about her pilgrimage to Pandharpur, there are three essays by Karve that appear in English for the first time. Here is possession by gods and ghosts, an actual sermon by an inspired saint in the traditional bhajan style, and an autobiographical account of the religious nationalism of the militant R.S.S. These are engaging, true-to-life accounts of the lives of individual Hindus. Essays and imaginative literature, a poem, and a short story interplay the ideas, concepts, personalities, practices, rituals, and deities of Hinduism in a surprisingly coherent manner.
Digest of Education Statistics
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.
Hindu-Muslim Syncretic Shrines and Communities
Author: J. J. Roy Burman
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170998396
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Study with reference to Marathwada, India.
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170998396
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Study with reference to Marathwada, India.
Abrahamic Faiths, Ethnicity, and Ethnic Conflicts
Author: Paul Peachey
Publisher: CRVP
ISBN: 9781565181045
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"This study of religions is concerned with the tension which can be generated from these sources and the resources which religions bring to their resolution. Especially it looks to the common Abrahamic roots of the three "religions of the book": Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Throughout it looks for the complex dialects of unity in diversity, and diversity in unity."
Publisher: CRVP
ISBN: 9781565181045
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"This study of religions is concerned with the tension which can be generated from these sources and the resources which religions bring to their resolution. Especially it looks to the common Abrahamic roots of the three "religions of the book": Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Throughout it looks for the complex dialects of unity in diversity, and diversity in unity."
The Republic of India
Author: Alan Gledhill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
International Handbook of Victimology
Author: Shlomo Giora Shoham
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420085484
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
In the nearly four decades since the First International Symposium on Victimology convened in Jerusalem in 1973, some concepts and themes have continued to hold a prominent place in the literature, while new ones have also emerged. Exploring enduring topics such as conceptions of victimhood, secondary and hidden victimization, and social services f
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420085484
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
In the nearly four decades since the First International Symposium on Victimology convened in Jerusalem in 1973, some concepts and themes have continued to hold a prominent place in the literature, while new ones have also emerged. Exploring enduring topics such as conceptions of victimhood, secondary and hidden victimization, and social services f