Women in ancient India: myriad voices

ISBN: 9789387800335, 9387800334

Contents: (i) Women in Vedic Literature; (ii) Women in Epic and Puranas; (iii) Women in Classical Sanskrit Literature; (iv) Women in Narrative Literature.

People, law and justice: a casebook of public interest litigation, 2 Vols., preface by S.P. Sathe

Ahuja, Sangeeta et al.

Perspectives on cultural change and development, focus on the Philippiness

Zamora, Mario D

Perspectives on development communication

Nair, K Sadanandan (1943- ) et al (ed.)

Women and development: contemporary essays

Banik, Milan

ISBN: 9789394569454, 9394569456

The book provides a well grounded note of various issues of women's live in Indian patriarchal social setup. It is a compilation of eleven essays, some are published and others are a fresh, which focused on women's status from the perspective of disparity in education, in land and political rights to their transition to modernity and empowerment.

Women and culture,

ISBN: 9789391952457, 9391952453

This book reviews the status of women's education which transforms the development of society and also the idea of woman being dependent and confined to the four boundaries of the walls is now changing with the influence of education, technology and connectivity for the blooming of women entrepreneurs with the light of FDI (Foreign Direct Investments).

Politics of corruption : the goddess that failed

Sahai, Shashi B

ISBN: 9788121204897, 8121204895

Contents: (i) Anatomy of corruption (ii) From corruption of politics: the East India Company Buccaneers (iii) To politics of corruption (iv) Electoral corruption : egg of hen ? (v) Criminalisation of politics (vi) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (vii) The social spain off (viii) The way out endless tunnel ?

The position of women in Hindu law, 2 vols., Calcutta, 1912

Mitter, Dwarka Nath

ISBN: 9788130704166, 8130704161

The position of women in Indian life, London, 1911

Mitra, SM (ed.)

ISBN: 9788130700946, 8130700948

Starting from what became later a popular debate in gender studies about women's participation in public life, the Maharani of Baroda not only traces the history of women's roles in ancient and medieval times, but also highlights the manner in which women could regain self respect in Indian society.

Kanyashree: women empowerment and beyond,

ISBN: 9789394569096, 939456909X

Power elite in Indian society: study of the Shekhawati region in Rajasthan

Sharma, Rajendra

Privileging the privileged: gender in Indian advertising

Schaffter, Sharada J

ISBN: 9788185002361, 8185002363

In her perceptive and critical analysis of more than 2500 advertisements, Sharada Schaffter focuses on some of the techniques used by advertisers to demonstrate her observation that media treatment of women works to the advantage of men at the expense of the well-being and dignity of women.

Problems & prospects of industrial development in a metropolitan city

Saigal, Omesh et al (ed.)

ISBN: 9788170995340, 8170995345

Profile of rural Himalayas

Naswa, Sumedha

An acount of the social, cultural and economic life of a village Harbanswala in Dehradun district of Uttar Pradesh.

Punjab 1999: political and socio-economic developments

Singh, Mohinder (ed.)

ISBN: 9788186565766, 8186565760

Provides the gist of most of the important events during 1998 and this volume would be of help to those interested in Punjab in general and scholars working on Punjab studies in particular.

A question of community: religious groups and colonial law

Shodhan, Amrita

ISBN: 9788185604435, 8185604436

Taking two famous and popular legal trials in Bombay, the Aga Khan Case and the Maharaj Libel Case, the author shows that the court worked with a notion of group membership as religious community where experts, westernized Indians or British scholars, elicited the truth.

Recasting women: essays on colonial history, ed. by Kumkum Sangari et al

ISBN: 9789384757731, 938475773X

In this landmark collection on colonial history, Kumkum Sangari and Sudesh Vaid bring together some of India's leading historians and feminist theorists to examine the impact of patriarchy on women's daily lives during the colonial period, specifically in relation to caste and class.

Roots of riots: essays in community psychology

Om Prakash, S (ed.)

ISBN: 9788173911903, 8173911908

It provides insight into the causation and mechanism of riots and also suggests possible measures for containing and managing riots.

Royalty in transition: the changing face of the Rajput women in Rajasthan

Rathore, Sharad

ISBN: 9788129116925, 8129116928

The present work is a study of the basic social institutions of upper-class Rajput society. An attempt has been made to study Rajput social institutions in the nineteenth century, the effects of the various factors of change, and the final emergence of the society in its present context, with a changed perspective. The main emphasis of the work is to highlight the changes in Rajput society whic...

Rural development through community television

Pokharapurkar, Raja (1946- )

ISBN: 9788170224501, 8170224500

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