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The book contains a collection of 1,218 extracts selected out of a vast literature of Vinoba Bhave's speeches and writings mostly in Hindi. They give his ideas practically on all important issues having social and political implications. The collection is likely to be very useful to academicians, scholars and students of the thought of Vinoba Bhave and Gandhian thought.

India is rich in its oral tradition. Its antiquity defies historical inquiry. Indian folklore offers diversity in the forms of expression while retaining the unity of theme, i.e. Dharma., The forms may be changing periodically to suit the times. The purpose of these popular art forms has been the...

Polyandry in India is book edited and Authored by Manis Kumar and the contents of the books are Preface Acknowledgements Contributors Part I : INTRODUCTION Part II : POLYANDRY IN NORTH AND NORTH-WESTERN INDIA : 1. Polyandry in Ladakh/John. H. Crook 2. Persistence of Lahaul Polyandry and Decline/T.K....

In this book an effort has been made to present a complete picture of multidimensional status of Indian women, after considering and analysing their status regarding all the aspects of their life. It will certainly add knowledgement of the subject and will have significant contribution in the existing literature in this particular field of study.

The book examines the characteristics of family life of various religious and cultural groups in India and analyses the diversities and complexities of family patterns, practices and pathos that exist n India. It studies the interdisciplinary perspective to identity the extent of differences among different religious and cultural groups.

A relevant book that breaks many new grounds in the area of Value Education and deals with the problem of distortion of values in-depth from the perspective of the people at large.

This book about the contemporary history of direct and indirect US imperialist intervention in Asia. More specifically it focuses on the US military invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, US backing of Israel's invasion and colonial occupation of Palestine and Washington's support for the violent and repressive...

The study analyses the polices role in society, about its bad name and looks into the history of the institution, dating back to the ancient period, and is presented with research oriented approach and logical treatment achieving a totality. A valuable literature on police and an essential reading for all police personnel’s, bureaucrats, scholars and journalists.

The present study deals with the royal Mughal ladies in details and is concerned with their achievements and contributions which till today form a part of rich cultural heritage. It provides a detailed account of the life and contributions of the royal Mughal ladies from the times of Babar to Aurangzeb's, with special emphasis on the most prominent among them.

The Kashmir section of the northern boundary is the heart of India’s boundary dispute with China. That is because Ladakh, of which the contentious Aksai Chin is a significant part, and Gilgit that stretched to the Little and Taghdumbash Pamirs, are central to India’s economic, political and military...

This volume contains wide-ranging surveys of various aspects of the history of Awadh from its position as a province of the Mughal Empire to a successor state, a semi-colony under the Nawabi regime, the British annexation and the resistance in 1857. The manner of Mughal administration, the emergence...

Sixteen top-notch academicians, generals and young scholars were invited to discuss the topic ‘American Withdrawal from Afghanistan in December 2014: Post-withdrawal Puzzle of Policy Options for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan' post-American withdrawal from Afghanistan scenario after December 2014...

This book is a slightly revised version of the Thesis titled ‘Post Globalisation Politics of Language in Maharashtra' submitted to the University of Mumbai for Ph.D. The book details the trajectory of Language policy and Politics in Unified Maharashtra. It begins with introducing the concepts of...

The role of press in the development of political consciousness varies with the social classes to which it communicates the press as now constituted in India is geared to preserve the status-quo which is heavily weighted in favour of the owners of the means of production ; it protects their rights,...