Kerala, 1956 to the present: India's miracle state

Raman, K. Ravi et al.

ISBN: 9781009521635, 1009521632

Kerala is different, but not in the way we think.' Economic change in this southern state has fascinated economists. Most studies focused on the state's unusual human development, asked how a poor and economically stagnant state could achieve high levels of education and healthcare and pointed to politics and government policy to answer the question. Little of that scholarship took history seri...

Afghan endgames: strategy and policy choices for America's longest war

Rothstein, HY et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9789382993025, 9382993029

Afghanistan after 2014: challenges, opportunities and options, ed. by Shrikant Paranjpe et al

ISBN: 9788187644972, 8187644974

The withdrawal of United States military forces from Afghanistan by December 2014 and the change of government after the recent presidential elections have led to concerns, across the world, regarding that country's political stability. This volume seeks to bring together several issues that are likely to be raised in the aftermath of the drawdown of American forces by the end of 2014.

Afghanistan and Central Asia in the new great game

Shams-ud-din et al.

ISBN: 9788170950974, 817095097X

Contents: (i) Afghanistan: social and political background. (ii) Red flag over Kabul. (iii) The aftermath. (iv) Strategic significance of Afghanistan in the new great game. (v) External power and the Afghan quagmire. (vi) The United Nations' special mission in Afghanistan. (vii) Pursuit of infinite justice.

Afghanistan beyond 2014

Roy, Arpita Basu

ISBN: 9788182748828, 8182748828

The Afghanistan crisis: issues and perspectives

Warikoo, K (ed.)

ISBN: 9788186505632, 8186505636

This book presents various perspectives on the Afghanistan crisis deliberating upon various issues ranging from ethno-politics, politics of access to Central Asian oil and gas, human rights, refugee situation, position of women, role and response of regional and extra-regional powers, rise of Taliban etc.

The Afghanistan crisis: problems and perspectives

ISBN: 9788187614074, 8187614072

The present volume has grown out of a seminar organised by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library to discuss the global situation arising out of the Afghanistan crisis.

Afghanistan post-2014: power configurations and evolving trajectories, ed. by Rajen Harshe et al.

ISBN: 9781138666917, 1138666912

This volume brings to fore ongoing tensions within the Afghan polity and its continued impact on Asian/world politics, beside discussing topical themes such as withdrawl of US troops and non-traditional security etc.

Afghanistan's regional dilemmas: South Asia and beyond, ed. by Harsh V. Pant

ISBN: 9788125063223, 8125063226

Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan and the United States

Jalalzai, Musa Khan

ISBN: 9789698761011, 9698761012

The book presents the combined efforts of several countries in the U.S. war on terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Citizenship in a caste polity, religion, languge and belonging in Goa

Fernandes, Jason Keith

ISBN: 9789352879946, 9352879945

Konkani was recognised only in the Devanagari script, one of two scripts used for the language in Goa, the other being the Roman script. Set against this historical background, this book studies the contestations around the demand that the Roman script also be officially recognised and given equal status.

Afghanistan: challenges and opportunities, 3 vols

Warikoo, K (ed.)

ISBN: 9798182742634, 8182742633

Vol.1: The crisis.;Vol.2: The challenge.;Vol.3: Drugs production and trafficking.;;Eminent area specialists and Afghanistan experts from India, Australia, Central Asian Republics, Pakistan, and United States have contributed to this compact set which provides deep insight into the situation in Afghanistan covering the past two and a half decades.

Afghanistan: from terror to freedom

Mukarji, Apratim

ISBN: 9788120725423, 8120725425

Examining the period since the advent of the Taleban in 1994, it covers the sudden and dramatic demise of the rapid fundamentalist regime, the role that al-Qaeda played in strengthening international terrorism from its base in Afghanistan and the desperate bid to destabilise the nascent Afghan state that has come into existence with international blessing on 22 December 2001.

Afghanistan: quest for survival

Awasthy, HK

ISBN: 9788184203523, 8184203527

Afghanistan: the challenge

Warikoo, K (ed.)

ISBN: 9788182742543, 8182742544

This book analyses the post-9/11 developments in Afghanistan, with particular reference to the rebuilding of Afghanistan, challenges to democratisation, peace and stability, problem of narcotics trafficking and resurgence of Taliban. Eminent area specialists and Afghanistan experts from India and the USA have contributed to this volume.

Africa beyond 2000: essays on Africa's political and economic development in the twenty-first century

Saxena, SC (b.1933)

ISBN: 9788187644248, 8187644249

Africa: economic and strategic issues

Saxena, SC

ISBN: 9788187644286, 8187644281

African American literature: politics of marginal space in the fiction of Gloria Naylor

Kumar, Anurag

ISBN: 9788126921461, 8126921463

Afro-Asia and contemporary politics

Sharma, Jagdish P

ISBN: 9788179750353, 8179750353

Afro-Asian conflicts: changing contours, costs and consequences

Shekhawat, Seema et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788177081831, 8177081837

This volume looks at some of the conflicts in Asia and Africa, commonly referred to as the third world, and their political and humanitarian dimensions.