Asian irrigation in transition: responding to challenges

Shivakoti, Ganesh P et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788178294971, 8178294974

This collection of twenty one essays contains informed views on what the 21st century will require of irrigation policies, institutions and governance.

Asian medical systems: a comparative study

Leslie, Charles

The work contains three great traditions of medical science in history, sociology, anthropology, public health, pharmacology, epidemiology, cosmopolitan medicine, and philosophy. (F/C)

Disaster resilience: social work perspectives,

ISBN: 9789355295682, 9355295685

This books aims to explore the various dimensions of post-disaster problems caused by disaster and how to tackle the problems by building resilience to this rapid change. The whole book is meant to provide comprehensive views of various disaster occurrences and resilience, which are reflected by the authors.

Assam valley: beliefs and customs of the Assamese Hindus

Thomson, R.C. Muirhead

ISBN: 9788182904439, 8182904439

Assam: land and people; tr. by Pradip Acharya

Hazarika, Bhupen

This book provides an overview of the Assam, its geography, the Brahmaputra, forests, tea, flowers, oil, gas, language and culture. It weaves a thread of continuity to depict the harmonious life of Assam.

Atlantic Gandhi: the Mahatma overseas

Natarajan, Nalini

ISBN: 9788132109686, 8132109686

Atlas of the sustainability of food security in India, research team: Swarna S. Vepa et al

ISBN: 9788188355020, 818835502X

Atomic Mumbai: living with the radiance of a thousand suns

Kaur, Raminder

ISBN: 9780415655934, 0415655935

Offers an insightful historical and ethnographic accounts of how nuclear issues are represented in popular culture, print media, films, documentaries, comics, driven by perceptions of those based in the city of Mumbai, a prime site of nuclear establishments in India since the mid-1940s.

Atrocities against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes

Narwani, G S

ISBN: 9788131603628, 8131603628

The audacity of pleasure: sexualities, literature and cinema in India

Bose, Brinda

ISBN: 9789383968220, 9383968222

Auroville dream & reality: an anthology, ed. and introd. by Akash Kapur

ISBN: 9780143442530, 0143442538

Auroville has a reputation as a cosmopolitan, spiritual township, but it remains an enigma to outside observers. This collection of fiction, essays, poetry and drama capture something of the dreams, hopes, disappointments and sheer hard work that make up this complex, layered and constantly evolving place.

Autonomous district council and tribal welfare

Sarkar, Sukanta et al.

ISBN: 9789351280439, 9351280438

Ayush in public health, 2 vols., by R.K. Mutatkar

ISBN: 9789351252283, 9351252280

Volume 1: Traditional healthcare system (ISBN 9789351252283);Volume 2: A handbook for research and training (ISBN 9789351252306)

Baba Saheb B.R. Ambedkar, Justice K. Ramaswamy and Rohith Vemula: a study in the national perspective, foreword by Mahendra P. Singh

Prasad, Anirudh et al.

ISBN: 9789351282785, 9351282783

Backward classes and social justice

Makwana, M H et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9788131604069, 8131604063

Baigas: the hunter gatherers of Central India

Gautam, Rajesh K

ISBN: 9789350180396, 9350180391

This book provides deep insight into the various socio-cultural aspects of the Baiga, a primitive tribe of Central India.

The Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir: navigating through nomadism, foreword by Shereen Ratnagar

Sharma, Anita

ISBN: 9788189738488, 8189738488

This book presents this nomadic community, through an ethnography of their social association, regional language, folklore and material culture, normative beliefs and indigenous knowledge.

The bal panchayat: celebrating children's participation, text compl. by Shalini Saran

ISBN: 9788185399768, 818539976X

Brings to light the inspiring story of the Bal Panchayat, an organization with the help of NGOs by a group of children living in resettlement colonies, how it has inspired children in other parts of the country and proved that children's participation is integral to their development.

Banaras in transition (1738-95): a socio-economic study

Mishra, Kamala Prasad

ISBN: 9788121502894, 8121502896

Banaras: Urban forms and cultural histories

Dodson, Michael S (ed.)

ISBN: 9780415693776, 0415693772

Based on original research and with a fascinating collection of archival and contemporary photographs, this volume is a unique analysis of Banaras in recent times, with its urban and cultural components examined in their many facets. Drawing upon archaeology, literature, history, and architecture, the articles examine the diverse and vast urban identities, in and offer the British colonial period.