Spreading rural distress at the turn of the century. 2.

Women in agricultural production. 3.

Women in natural resource conservation and management. 4.

Women's access to livelihoods. 5.

Women's survival, nutrition, and healthcare. 6.

Gender gap index. Bibliography.

Index. "This book refutes the rising general perception that the gender gap in India is decreasing.

The argument is strengthened by calculating the gender gap index at two time periods and providing quantitative information along with information pertaining to numerous case studies. Selecting relevant welfare indicators and focusing on the neglected dimensions of gender equity, Bearing the Brunt : Impact of Rural Distress on Women discusses the gendered impact of rural economic distress with respect to employment, agricultural production, natural resource management and food security.

It shows that women are bearing the brunt of the increase in rural economic distress at the turn of the century, with spillover effects on their physical and social (less)

Conceptualisation of the problem. 2.

The evolution of an industrial sector in Sri Lanka the initial phase. 3.

Private industrial accumulation in Sri Lanka. 4.

The cyclical behaviour of industrial accumulation. 5.

The slow growth in industrial investment up to 1977: the disparate forces. 6.

Industrial accumulation and market forces. 7.

Concluding remarks. Appendices.

Bibliography. Index.

"Sri Lanka has been struggling to become an industrial nation over the last half century. State capital, domestic private capital and foreign capital have played different roles individually, each in their own way.

There was no collectivity among them for achieving the common national objective. In countries, which were successful in achieving their national objectives, the above tripod seems to have performed as an alliance in achieving the common goal.

Sri Lanka has every potential for industrial development. What it requires is the collective action of the above factors.

The non-economic elements become hostile to private (less)

1. Introduction.

2. Western impact and the Muslim responses.

3. The Muslim institute-foundation and objectives.

4. Ideological orientation.

5. Conclusion.

Glossary. Bibliography.

Index. "Contemporary Islamic response to the West is a valuable book written by Dr.

Abdul Majid Khan. He has very painstakingly, and with competence, investigated the problem a tricky one, indeed and evaluated the contributions of many leading Muslim thinkers to it.

He begins, naturally enough, with Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Iqbal and goes on through Maulana Maudoodi, Syed Qutb and Shariati to Dr. Kalim Siddiqui.

The views of all these thinkers are worth pondering because of the complexity of the problems involved in their political and ideological ramifications. If we believe in the perennial wisdom and practicality of the Islamic world-view and tenets of faith we should apply ourselves with firmness of conviction and lucidity of logic to see how best we can come to terms with the (less)

1. The international aspects of the needs of environmental assessment.

2. Environmental assessment in perspective.

3. EIA process.

4. Methodology.

5. Social impact assessment.

6. The urban environmental impact assessment.

7. EIA in developed countries and aid agencies.

8. EIA and international conventions.

9. Environmental Risk Assessments (EnRa).

10. Monitoring and mitigation.

11. Environmental assessment and cont-benefit analysis for sustainability assurance.

12. EIA reporting.

"The importance of environmental protection and conservation measures has been increasingly recognized during the past two decades. It is now generally accepted that economic development strategies must be compatible with environmental goals.

This requires the incorporation of environmental dimensions into the process of development. It is important to make choices and decisions that will eventually promote sound development by understanding the environment functions.

A increasing number of developing countries are accepting the principle of environmental screening of development projects at the planning stage and hence are looking for (less)

Principles of student assessment. 2.

Student motivation. 3.

Understanding student learning. 4.

Organizing teaching and learning. 5.

Teaching and learning in smaller groups. 6.

Teaching and learning for skills development. 7.

Supporting learning from experience. 8.

Lecturing for learning. 9.

Teaching portfolios. 10.

Reflective practice. 11.

Observation of teaching practice. 12.

The assessment of teaching. 13.

Supporting student learning. 14.

Quality and standards in teaching. 15.

Virtual space, real learning: an introduction to VLEs. 16.

Supervising projects. Index.

"Teaching is a highly professional activity. It is often said that good teachers are born.

This is true that every body does not have a bent of mind for teaching. But nowadays due to mass education, teachers have to be created and trained.

There was a time when some specific communities took to the teaching profession but nowadays teaching has ceased to be the preserve of the few. Similarly over the years, based on (less)

1. Introduction.

2. Historical survey of Jammu and Kashmir.

3. Scenario of global terrorism.

4. Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.

5. Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir.

6. Impact of terrorism on J&K Tourism.

7. Review of current situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Conclusion. Appendices: i.

Geneological tree of Dogra Rulers in Jammu and Kashmir. ii.

Rice varieties cultivated in J&K. iii.

Monuments in Srinagar and its vicinity. iv.

Route chart: Amarnath Ji Yatra. v.

Srinagar-Leh Route chart. vi.

Trekking routes in Ladakh region. vii.

Mountaineering in Ladakh region. viii.

Organisational chart of tourism. ix.

J&K feel good factor: tourism. 10.

Road to peace between India and Pakistan. 11.

PM's Kashmir visit. 12.

Questionnaire. Annexures.

Bibliography. Index.

"The bad impact of 9/11 factor on the international tourism didn't continue for long as the organizations, such as hotels, tour promoters etc., involved in promoting tourism adopted such conservation and booster measures and green practices (less)

Pawde, V.B.

Bhise and S.R.

Takle B B Pawde; V B Bhise and S R Takle Vedams Books 8183871396 Accountancy Audit Afghanistan AIDS Amitabh Bachchan Animal Science Poultry, Cattle Camel Cattle and Dairy Farming Poultry Zoological Survey of India Publication Anthropology and Sociology Anthropological Survey of India Publications Architecture Vastu Arts of India Archaeology Mohenjodaro/Harappa/Indus Valley Civilization Art History Buddhist Art Mandalas Painting Pahari Rock Art Sculpture Textiles Art Astrology Palmistry Astronomy Ayurveda Bangladesh Bhutan Biographies and Memoirs Botanical Sciences Agronomy Algae Aromatic Plants Bamboo Biodiversity Botanical Survey of India Publications Ethnobotany/Medicinal Plants Floras of India Forestry Fungi/Mosses Herbs Horticulture Grape Mango Mushrooms Jatropha Mangroves Orchids Organic Farming Plant Science Teak Buddhism Central Asian Studies Children Christianity Cinema/Films Cricket Cuisine Dalits Dance and Performing Arts Bharatanatyam Kathak Kathakali Theatre Demography Dictionaries/Glossaries Ecology/Environment Economics/Dev Studies Education Distance Education English Literature Indian Fiction Entomology Geography Climatology Geological (less)

Not only that, now you can train your children out of problem behaviours—watching too much TV, not doing homework on time, disobeying parents in public, using foul language, not eating properly and much more. Peppered with relevant examples and keen insight, it is the perfect guide to create a superior learning environment for our child.

Now parents, teachers, principals as well as children themselves don’t need to look far. Just follow the magic mantra, The 10 Laws of Learning and experience the difference.

Author Biography:Steven Rudolph is an American educationist, researcher, TV personality and public speaker based in India. As Educational Director of Jiva Institute and founder of Jiva Public School, he has developed many innovative learning materials for children and created products and services (less)

The approaches suggested in the book are practical and capable of being adopted in any situation. Many of these children have tremendous intellectual potential, which could be developed to the advantage of the nation, if early and timely interventions are available.

Moreover, the teachers have to be sensitized to the problem. They have to adopt a positive attitude and use effective strategies to cope with problems faced by learning disabled children.

This book is a guide, both for teachers and parents. Parents interact with these children more than teachers do.

Therefore, if parents can be sensitized, more than half of the battle will be won. Learning disabilities constitute a major problem and coping with (less)

Not only that, now you can train your children out of problem behaviours--watching too much TV, not doing homework on time, disobeying parents in public, using foul language, not eating properly and much more. Peppered with relevant examples and keen insight, it is the perfect guide to create a superior learning environment for our child.

Now parents, teachers, principals as well as children themselves don't need to look far. Just follow the magic mantra, The 10 Laws of Learning and experience the difference (less)

1. Introduction.

2. Aconitum balfourii (bruhl) muk.

3. Aconitum heterophyllum Linn.

4. Allium species.

5. Angelica glauca edgew.

6. Carum carvi Linn.

7. Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D.

Don) Soo. 8.

Hedychium spicatum Smith. 9.

Jurinea dolomiaca Boiss. Syn.

Jurinea macrocephala (Royle) Clarke. 10.

Megacarpaea polyandra Benth. 11.

Nardostachys jatamansi DC. 12.

Onosma sp. and Arnebia benthamii.

13. Paris polyphylla Smith.

14. Picrohiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth.

15. Podophyllum hexandrum Royle.

16. Polygonum rumicifolium Royle ex Bab.

Syn. Aconogonum rumicifolium (Royle ex Bab.

) Hara. 17.

Polygonatum spp. 18.

Rheum emodi Wall. ex Meissn.

19. Rheum moorcroftianum Royle.

20. Saussurea costus (Falc.

) Lipsch. 21.

Swertia Chirayita (Roxb. ex Flem.

) Karsten. References.

Annexures. From the foreword: "Publication of Agrotechniques of High Altitude Medicinal Plants by HAPPRC fulfills a long pending demand which had remained unmet for nearly a decade now.

It only shows how much work still remain to be done when we realize that out of (less)

Biodiversity--the concepts, measurements and the status/S. Sundaramoorthy, Harish, Dinesh K.

Agrawal and Manohar Singh Suthar. 2.

Biodiversity of mangrove ecosystems of Orissa and its conservation with special reference to Bhitarakanika National Park/P.K.

Dash, Santilata Sahoo, Deepak K. Sahoo and Pratyush P.

Mohapatra. 3.

Biodiversity crisis management--need of the hour/M. Vijaya Koteswari.

4. Biodiversity of tropical deciduous forest of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve/Lalji Singh, Dhiraj Kumar Yadav and B.

S. Thakur.

5. Mayurbhanj--the biodiversity granaries of Orissa/Kambaska Kumar Behera and Santilata Sahoo.

6. Diversity of Grass flora of West Bengal with special reference to their utility/S.

Mitra and Sobhan K. Mukherjee.

7. Diversity of aquatic and wet land plants of West Dinajpur District, West Bengal/S.

Mitra and Sobhan K. Mukherjee.

8. Trees and shrubs of Koch Bihar District, West Bengal/S.

Bandyopadhyay and Sobhan K. Mukherjee.

9. The Palms of West Bengal/T.

Bhuinya and Sobhan K. Mukherjee.

10. Comparative tree community analysis of two old-growth tropical (less)

Introduction. 2.

Religious mythology. 3.

The concept of Tantra. 4.

Philosophy of the Tantra and Sadhana. 5.

Evolution of the Tantras. 6.

Concept of Sakti and Saktism. 7.

Tantric culture of Buddhism and its tenets. 8.

Siddhi, Siddha and the Natha cult. 9.

Influence of Tantra in art. Bibliography.

Glossary. Index.

"With its roots (perhaps) in the prehistoric times, Tantra is a unique, highly complex spiritual tradition of India. Which is hard to define and still harder to be grasped by the non-initiated--largely because of its occult and mysteriously ritualistic elements, often accompanied by equally mysterious mantras, yantras, kriyas and even sexual practices.

As a religious philosophy, this esoteric cult of Sakti: the female principle, seeks to discover the source of cosmic power within the human body through intensely specialized yogic activity. And, like yoga, it transcends religious boundaries.

Introducing this non-Vedic, esoteric cult in an altogether fresh perspective, the book looks (less)