Gyan Publishing House imprint: 206 books
by Lella Karunyakara
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2002
The present work is based on interdisciplinary approach for identifying the content and nature of the modernisation process occurred in Buddhism. The study rightly identifies the features of post-modernisation in the understanding of Ambedkar and Dalai Lama about Buddhism. The study touched the fringes...
Tilak and Gandhi
Perspectives on Religion and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2001
This book seeks to examine and explain the curious and important nexus between religion and politics in the light of the political philosophies of Tilak and Gandhi. It was Tilak and then Gandhi who stirred the masses and brought in a new awareness that pushed the society forward. No wonder, Tilak...
Heritage of Harmony
An Insight into Medieval India
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2002
Most of the historical works written on Medieval India depict it as an era of dark ages, replete with oppression, atrocities, injustices, forcible conversion, and destruction of holy places. According to such works, there were constant wars between the rulers either to spread or to protect their respective religions.
by H. A. Barari
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2007
The book reveals the heard of cultural and spiritual heritage of Haryana: the history of its existence to prehistoric times and its role in the subsequent stages of the visual civilization, Indus valley civilization and the vedic civilization of the Aryans that flourished around Haryana sacred river...
History of Kas'mira (Kashmir)
Aryans, Naga’s, Evolution, Rulers, Religious Beliefs/ Worship and Goddesses of Kas’mira (Kashmir)
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
This book on Kashmir titled History of Kas\\'mira (Kashmir) is his ten years research and writing effort, which covers many facets of Kas\\'mira (Kashmir) Aryans, Naga\\'s, Evolution, Rulers from Ancient times, Religious Beliefs/Worship, Religious Era\\'s, Aberrations in Kalhan\\'s Rajatarangiri and...
by Ravindra Dr Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2007
In this book, more than a dozen articles, by universally renowned writer and scholar Dr. Ravindra Kuamr are included. Although most of the articles are based on welfaristic philosophies of Buddhism and Gandhism, but the rest, especially on morality and non-violence are also important and worth giving...
Global Dimensions of Indo-Nepal Political Relations
Post Independence
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Global Dimensions of Indo-Nepal Political Relations: Post Independence gives an analytical account of India's relations with Nepal in reference to world powers from the days of colonisation to globalisation. It covers a wide array of political aspects including policy formulation, implementation and...
by Joseph Benjamin
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Eight nations of South Asia are strategically located, where the Human Rights are brazenly violated. It needs probing analysis in a comprehensive manner. The ironical fact juts out like a sore thumb, that these nations, which have abysmal record, are ironically enough signatories of UN Charter on...
Tribes and Analogous Peoples in India
Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
The concepts of " Tribe" and " Tribal identity" in Indian context are very complex and contested.The politics of inclusion in and exclusion from 'Scheduled Tribe ' list adds to the din at regional and national levels. The claims as well as preferences of tribes to the attributes...
by G.P. Singh
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
This book deals with various facets of cultures and civilization of north-east India. It contains valuable information about the pre-historic megalithic cultures of the hill tribes, the genesis and growth of tribal culture, their exposure to civilization Aryanisation and Sanskritization, especially in...
Women in the Ramkathas
Silent Voices and Untold Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Women in the Ramakathas attempts to focus on the unfavourable conditions of women in the various renderings of the Rama legends, originating from Valmiki Ramayana. Through 2000 years of Indian literary tradition and folklore, these have been moulded and reshaped, according to the beliefs and understanding...
Caste and Democracy in India
A Perspective from Below
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
This book makes two claims about Jati (caste) and democracy in India. First, Social Scientists have only partially understood the realities embedded in the institution of Jati. Second, this partial understanding has propagated a distorted picture of the relationship between Jati and democracy. To...
Untouchability and the Law
The Ground Reality
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2000
This study is an attempt at explaining the social structure of India with reference to untouchability.The work objectively aims at the enlightenment of the readers regarding the spirit of laws and their use and misuse and their politicization. It also, attempts, modestly, to show, how to stop the...
Durable Inequalities
Contextualising Caste-Exclusion, Marginalisation and Reservation in India’s North-East
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Durable Inequalities in India's North-east, is the first work on contextualization of casteexclusion, migration and reservation policy. Despitethe constitutional safeguards,most of the Dalits facing violence and injustices, particularly in rural areasof India and this is also the case with India's...