The intimidating Vaishnavi pushes a buffalo, her cruel mother-in-law and husband over the edge of a ravine and spends the rest of her life punishing herself, wandering from place to place, homeless and penniless. In this collection of sketches of ordinary women with extraordinary pasts, we read of women whose lives have been changed because of men, women who now survive on the fringes of society or outside it.

Compassionate without ever straying into sentimentality, Shivani’s histories of the formidable women whose lives she chronicled strike a chord in our hearts even today, forty years after they were first written. A (less)

Bonus: The Impact of Sun Signs. 1.

Aries: Annual Forecast. The Aries Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 2.

Taurus: Annual Forecast. The Taurus Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 3.

Gemini: Annual Forecast. The Gemini Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 4.

Cancer: Annual Forecast. The Cancer Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 5.

Leo: Annual Forecast. The Leo Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 6.

Virgo: Annual Forecast. The Virgo Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 7.

Libra: Annual Forecast. The Libra Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 8.

Scorpio: Annual Forecast. The Scorpio Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 9.

Sagittarius: Annual Forecast. The Sagittarius Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 10.

Capricorn: Annual Forecast. The Capricorn Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 11.

Aquarius: Annual Forecast. The Aquarius Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. 12.

Pisces: Annual Forecast. The Pisces Individuality.

Monthly and Date-wise Predictions. Examining the principal areas of life such (less)

Military law: introduction. 2.

Offences and punishments. 3.

Actions against military offender. 4.

Summary punishments. 5.

Court martial. 6.

Complaints and petitions. 7.

Court of inquiry. 8.

Armed Forced Tribunal. 9.

Indian Penal Code. 10.

Criminal Procedure code. 11.

Indian Evidence At. 12.

Aid to civil power. 13.

The right to information. 14.

Laws of armed conflict and Geneva conventions. 15.

Military contingents in peacekeeping. Bibliography.

Index. This handbook has been written with an aim to serve as a ready reference for the officers of the Indian Army who would like to know something about their legal rights and responsibilities.

It covers important definitions, rights and privileges, conditions of service, jurisdiction, military crimes, court of inquiry, administrative action, grievance redress, summary punishments, court martial process, and jurisdiction and power of the armed forces tribunal. It includes provisions contained in the Indian Penal Code, the Code of criminal procedure and the Indian Evidence (less)

1. Court martial process: a historical perspective.

2. An outline of court martial process.

3. Research methodology.

4. Socio-intellectual profile of respondents.

5. Pre-trial custody.

6. Investigation of charges.

7. Trial by court martial.

8. Efficacy of court martial process.

9. Epilogous summation and suggestions.

Interview schedule. Bibliography.

Index. The prospective reader of a book like the present one needs no introduction to court martial.

He also knows well how widely varied comments this military institution draws from different people, be those knowledgeable or unknowing lay individuals. This primarily is due to certain attitudes they might have developed towards court martial process for some reasons or the other.

This book is the end product of a first ever empirical study of such attitudes, undertaken by its author for the award of a doctoral degree of Ph D by University of Delhi. It presents to the reader scientifically analysed and logically interpreted data, (less)

1. Introduction.

2. Shalini: Shattered Dreams.

3. Akhil: Of Dogs and Chains.

4. Mohini and Naresh: Together Yet Alone.

5. Neeti: When Power Games End in Burning.

6. Gagan: The Tyranny of Perceived Optionlessness.

7. Jasmeet and Tarampal: When Inadequacy Kills.

Conclusions. Index.

Broken Mirrors offers a compelling insight into the sub-text of the ‘dowry deaths’ in India. Based on interviews conducted over a year of intensive fieldwork in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, the book takes the reader right into the intimate worlds of not just the complainants but also the defendants.

The case studies each presented in a unique and fresh manner examine issues of power struggle, marital expectations, values, roles and financial expectations within a patriarchal structure as the root cause of most of the problems related to marriage. They illustrate that the legal framework of India is also partly responsible for marital violence, and suggest that (less)

The impact of global warming: more catastrophic than thought ever. 2.

The electronic wastes management technology: the saviour to mankind. 3.

Economic upliftment through solid waste management. 4.

Chemical farming V/s organic farming. 5.

Beneficial and quick management of organic wastes through vermicomposting. 6.

Prospects of organic vegetable production in Northeast India. 7.

Problems and prospects of vermicomposting in India. 8.

Renewable alternatives to petroleum fuels. Index.

In this book the author has selected important topics like global warming, e-wastes management, solid waste management, organic farming, vermicomposting and alternatives to fossil fuels. Lot of information and data are included for the benefit of science and engineering students as well as research scholars working on these lines.

Hope this book will be useful to them as reference book and will be a priced collection for their own library. All the topics are debatable, some say in favour while other say against of it (less)

The wonderland of the east. 2.

The Aryas. 3.

The sources of our knowledge. 4.

The Vedas. 5.

The Rig Veda : the older Gods. 6.

The Rig -Veda : the storm myth the sun and dawn myth. 7.

The Rig Veda : Lesser and later Gods story myths. 8.

The Rig Veda: early history appendix to chapter 8: The story of the flood in India : the Matsya Avatar. 9.

The Rig Veda : early culture. 10.

The Rig Veda : sacrifice. 11.

The Rig Veda :L Cosmogony philosophy retrospect. Bibliography.

The present volume, as originally planned, was to have included the post Vedic or Brahmanic period, and to have borne the title of Story of Vedic and Brahmanic India. The overwhelming mass of material, however, made it impossible to keep to the original plan, except at the cost of lucidity, completeness, interesting detail, and all the dualities that go to (less)

Introduction. 2.

Historical account of legal Profession and the tradition of impartial administration of justice. 3.

High traditions and present status of the the legal profession. 4.

High traditions and the image of judiciary. 5.

State of Professional ethics in administration of justice and bench bar relations. 6.

Professional and other misconducts of advocates. 7.

Ill health of the judiciary and unbecoming behaviour of judges. 8.

Mechanism for maintaining accountability of bench and bar in India. 9.

Conclusions. Bibliography.

Index. "The book relates to the present scenario of the components part of the administration of justice the advocates and the judges.

The concern and apprehension about the impartiality Independence and social relevance of administration of justice is becoming more and more compelling. The judicial efforts to keep secrecy and public interest in transparency the urge for quick justice and lawyers hurdles put by way of strike misconduct on part of advocates and (less)

Introduction. Situating the Adivasi in Colonial India/Biswamoy Pati.

I: ‘Modern Science’, Classification Strategies, Questions Of Identity And Patriarchy: 1. Of Apes And Ancestors: Evolutionary Science And Colonial Ethnography/Meena Radhakrishna.

2. Colonial Constructions Of The ‘Tribe’ In India: The Case Of Chotanagpur/Vinita Damodaran.

3. Rethinking Adivasi Identity: The Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act (1908) And Its Aftermath Among The Hos Of Singhbhum/Sanjukta Dasgupta.

4. Adivasis, Gender And The ‘Evil Eye’: The Construction(S) Of Witches In Colonial Chotanagpur/Shashank S.

Sinha. Ii: Assertion And Resistance: 5.

Visibility Through Resistance: The Malangis And Salt Making In Eighteenth Century Bengal/Meena Bhargava. 6.

From Dispute To ‘Disturbance’: The ‘Gond Disturbances’ In Late Nineteenth Century Bonai (Orissa)/Uwe Skoda. 7.

Coolie Strikes Back: Collective Protest And Action In The Colonial Tea Plantations Of Assam, 1880–1920/Nitin Varma. 8.

Unravelling The Forms Of ‘Adivasi’ Organisation And Resistance In Colonial India/Archana Prasad. 9.

Survival As Resistance: Tribals In Colonial Orissa/Biswamoy (less)

History, Literature, and Identity discusses issues like conscious conceptualization of a new dispensation, processes of community formation, social transformation and politicization leading to the emergence of a new political order. It brings out the cumulative implications of these processes on the evolution of Sikh identity.

Interpretation of the Sikh past arising from J.S.

Grewal’s lifelong engagement with history and historiography is also built into this study. Written by one of the foremost scholars of Sikh history, the book highlights the intricate connections between literature and historical processes.

Lucidly written and illustrated with rare paintings and photographs, (less)

Foundation of Sikhism and the Sikh Community: 1. The Life of Guru Nanak.

2. The Faith of Guru Nanak.

3. Evolution and Transformation of the Sikh Panth.

4. The Khalsa Rahit and Doctrines.

II. Identity and Social Order: 5.

The Early Sikh Identity. 6.

The Khalsa Identity. 7.

Equality, Caste and Gender. III.

Interpreting the Singh Sabha Movement: 8. Ham Hindu Nahin.

9. The Issue of Martydrom.

IV. The Sacred Texts: 10.

The Kartarpur Pothi. 11.

The Guru Granth and the Dasam Granth. V.

Methodology for Religious/Studies: 12. The Historical Method and Sikh Studies.

Index. Sikh studies in recent decades have been marked by a prolonged controversy involving most of the basic issues related to the Sikh tradition: the life of Guru Nanak and the Janamsakhis, the teachings of Guru Nank, the nature of his faith, and his status in the history of religion, evolution of the Sikh community and its (less)

1. Defence procurement procedure.

2. Defence procurement process in India.

3. Defence offsets.

4. India's Defence offset policy.

5. India's Defence offset policy: prospects and concerns.

Annexures. World over, the spurt in military expenditure is driven by the global war on terrorism and the need for ensuring safety of the national borders.

This increase in expenditure is sustainable in the long run if the defence industry becomes one of the primary sources of income, employment generation and contributor to the national exchequer. Globally, the concept of offsets has been successfully utilized to promote the domestic defence industry towards this end.

It has been shown that it can play a critical and definitive role in bringing about a sea change in the development of sustainable, in house, military capability. The defence industry in India is poised to grow rapidly.

This growth is driven by the modernization and upgradation plans of the three services, (less)

Introduction. 2.

Nanotechnology applications for food. 3.

Nanotechnology in agriculture. 4.

Nanotechnology can provide a second green revolution in India. 5.

Bio-nanotechnology will help India’s food security. 6.

Nano-agriculture in developing countries. 7.

Nanotechnology and food industry. 8.

Anticipated applications of nanotechnology in agriculture. 9.

A tiny revolution in food and agriculture. 10.

Agricultural biotechnology: a bountiful harvest. 11.

Nanoscale science and engineering for agriculture and food systems. 12.

Relationship of nanotechnology to science and engineering in agriculture and food systems. 13.

Functional materials in food nanotechnology. 14.

Potential applications of nanotechnology on food. 15.

Nanotechnology-the new threat to food. 16.

Precision agriculture. 17.

Industrial agriculture. 18.

Potential changes in agriculture sector. 19.

Sustainable agriculture. 20.

Nano green. 21.

Genetically modified food. Bibliography.

Index. Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize the agricultural and food industry with new tools for the molecular treatment of diseases, rapid disease detection, enhancing the ability of plants (less)

Individual in society and state: an introduction. 2.

Approach to understanding human rights. 3.

Human rights: worldview of the United Nations. 4.

Protection of human rights: views and opinions. 5.

Jurisdiction and sanctions: question of morality. 6.

Rights of man and spirit of law. 7.

Global initiatives in promotion of human rights. 8.

Justice and human rights: two critical issues. 9.

Movement against state Tyranny: profile of Amnesty International. "The growing awareness of the need to protect preserve and promote human rights is reflected in the induction of the subject into the curriculum of undergraduate students around the world.

In India too, the University Grants Commission has recommended the inclusion of a specific paper on human rights in schools and colleges. With a view to provide comprehensive introductory readings in various vital aspects of the subject the present publication is a meticulous effort to bring together materials that form the very foundations (less)

Nature of administrative law. 2.

Emergence of global administrative law. 3.

Faces of global administrative law. 4.

US administrative law. 5.

European administrative law. 6.

Indian administrative services regulations, 1955. 7.

The administrative tribunals act, 1985. 8.

Power, privileges and immunities of parliamentarians. 9.

Liability of administration in tort. 10.

Superior judiciary in India. Bibliography.

Index. "Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government.

Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda. Administrative law is considered a branch of public law.

It deals with the decision-making of administrative units of government that are part of a national regulatory scheme in such areas as police law, international trade, manufacturing, the environment, taxation, broadcasting, immigration and transport. Administrative law expanded greatly during the twentieth century.

This book covers all aspects and dimensions in the light of latest developments in (less)

Introduction. 2.

School of information management. 3.

Computerised information retrieval system: role of minimal level cataloguing. 4.

Multi-lingual cataloguing: culture, practical and systems. 5.

Catalogue changes and web 2.0 functionality: new directions for serials.

6. Development of CONSER cataloging policies for remote access computer file serials.

7. Cataloging Internet Resources: the public access computer systems.

8. Applying the user-centred paradigm to cataloging standards in theory and practice.

9. Library code of practice.

10. Manuscripts and the library.

11. AACR2 and catalogue production technology.

12. The future of cataloging: a survey of trends and issues.

13. Descriptive cataloging: theory and practice.

14. Retrieval quality of library and information services.

16. Availability of electronic resources at NIT libraries in India.

Bibliography. Index.

Modern descriptive cataloguing theory and practice has developed over the past 150 years as means of organizing information for retrieval in libraries. Library catalogues typically consist of a collection of bibliographic records (less)