Economics

This book argues that the current financial turmoil signals a crisis in globalization that will directly challenge the free market economic model. The author shows that the housing bubbles in the West were deliberately created to mask the damage inflicted by companies shifting production abroad in an attempt to boost profits.

This book is an attempt to explore ways to strengthen India economically, politically and spiritually and make it one of the most powerful and flourishing nations in the world in the coming decades. Giving vital facts and figures garnered through intense research, the work points out how and why India lags behind in rural development, population control, reform of education, water management, disaster management, power generation, tourism, environmental issues, and presents insightful and thought-provoking suggestions on how the situation can be remedied.

The book traces Goldman Sachs's meteoric rise from a marginal dealer with fewer employees. Even throughout the recent financial crisis, Goldman Sachs has remained a formidable company. The book examines the story of how Goldman Sachs took itself to the very top.

This is book full of insights that make an important contribution to understanding that the politics of food is not a narrow matter of shopping ethical or otherwise. It involves the urgent study of globalization and social justice, and the politics of modern capitalism itself.

The goals of this book and the collaborative process underlying its preparation are to develop concrete actions that strengthen India's innovation environment, enhance productivity growth, and reduce poverty. This volume covers a vast array of areas ranging from India's broad economic and institutional regime with a priority on promoting stronger competition among enterprises to unleash innovation to more specific areas.

Global Warming

Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change / Philander, S. George, ed. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008 (Reference) (3 volume set)

The encyclopedia provides a primarily nonscientific resource to understanding the complexities of climate change. These three volumes include more than 750 articles that explore major topics related to global warming and climate change ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole and thematically from social effects to scientific causes.

History

The book explores how Churchill's intense rapport with this country resulted in no less than the liberation of Europe and the preservation of European democracy and freedom. It also set the stage for the ongoing alliance that has survived into the twenty-first century.

The book is a profound, multi-layered, and historical analysis of the nature and role of the Pakistan Army in the country's polity as well as its turbulent relationship with the United States. The author examines the army and Pakistan in both peace and war.

Law

The book is a comprehensive commentary on laws relating to taxation of trusts & NGOs. Extensive commentaries on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) including the procedure of registration, prior permission and filing of return. Various controversies and database issues have also been discussed.

 

Literature

Bhagat Singh spent the last two years of his life in jail, awaiting execution. During this time he and his comrades fought one of the most celebrated court battles in the annals of national liberation struggles, and used the court as a vehicle for the propagation of their revolutionary message. All this is well-known. What is not so well-known is that Bhagat Singh wrote four books in jail. Although they were smuggled out, they were destroyed and are lost forever. What survived was a notebook that the young martyr kept in jail, full of notes and jottings from what he was reading. The Notebook is richly annotated and the annotations have been revised and updated for this edition.

This volume contains more than 12, 000 famous quotations, arranged alphabetically. It is unique in its focus on American quotations and its thorough coverage of items not only from literary and historical source but also from popular culture, sports, computers, politics, law, and the social sciences.

Management

This book proposes a new look at the complex world and characteristics of Indian business leadership. It is based on author's personal interaction and research on some on India's leading businessmen and businesswomen. The book explores this complex subject and its dynamics in today's challenging global business environment.

This book is a sustained argument against managerial conceit and complacency. The author reminds us that when the going gets too good, the wise business leader starts worrying. This how-not-to guide is the ultimate cautionary business bible for anyone who wants to avoid the pitfalls on the path to success.
 

Transforming capitalism: business leadership to improve the world for everyone / Maira, Arun. New Delhi: Nimby Books, 2008

The book provides a collection of thought-pieces and stories to facilitate the dialogue between business and civil society that has become imperative. It is a field-book to assist business managers on their journey to discover their new role and develop the new management concepts they need.

Political Science

Descent into chaos: how the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia / Rashid, Ahmed. --London: Allen Lane, 2008

The author brings into clear focus the regional issues of Central Asia .Seven years after 9/11, despite the thousands of lives and billions of dollars that have been spent in the region, it is in chaos. Pakistan, unstable and armed with nuclear weapons, has become terrorism central. The Taliban is resurging and re-conquering land, and al Qaeda is stronger than ever. And at the heart of these calamities is the United States' refusal to accept its responsibility for statecraft and nation building and its utter failure to understand the region. The author blistering critique of American policy is also a warning and an impassioned call to correct our failed strategies. There is no more urgent global task.

In search of a future: the story of Kashmir / Devadas, David. --New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2007

The book reveals a wealth of startling new information about the strategies, internal workings, disputes, excesses and failures of Kashmir's militant movement as well as the government of India and Pakistan, their armed forces and intelligence agencies. Nearly a decade of painstaking research through interviews conducted with primary players, including prime ministers, governors, generals, militant commanders and secessionist and mainstream politicians, has produced this tremendous work of contemporary history.

The author bringing together comparative literature and global states. What is contained in a state has become ever more plural while the boundaries of a state have become ever more fluid. In a world of migration and shifting allegiances caused by cultural, economic, military and climatic change-the state is a more provisional place and its inhabitants, more stateless.

Sociology

The book reveal the lives of eleven ordinary Indians utterly different in class, occupation, language, and regional identity yet sharing the same hopes, fears, and life challenges common to us all. The volume challenges the crude monolithic stereotypes of Islam so often heard today.
 

Space Sciences

The book commemorates humankind's victory over gravitation, opening the doors to the space age. The essays in the book illustrate the varied trajectories that the major space agencies have taken to attain these objectives.

Sustainable development

Rajasthan, the largest state in India, started its quest for development with several handicaps and a few advantages. Nearly two-third of its are is arid or semi-arid, with low and irregular rainfall characterized with extremes of climate. Transforming such a state to a modern, egalitarian and democratic state, and to place it on a path of sustainable development is not easy. Essays in this volume address this task in all its complexities
 

New books added to Authors’ Corner (For Reference Only)

Heritage and environment: an Indian diary.--Mumbai: Urban Design Research Institute, 2007

This book is author's personal account of his involvement with the heritage movement in India. Focusing on the intrinsic link between heritage conservation and the environment. The author describes how Bombay Environment Action Group (BEAG) activities were extended around the country wherever and whenever the need arouse. Their pioneering efforts have, in fact, influenced heritage conservation and legislation policies throughout India.
Chainani, Shyam (A-2248)

The book is a compilation of articles on Hindi language written by various scholars. The book discusses the different facets of Hindi language and its impact in the global village
Mishra, Devendra (A-2537)

New books added to Delhi Documenta (For Reference Only)

The book presents data and evidence on a wide range of social and economic indicators to show how eviction and resettlement have eroded the rights and undermined the livelihoods of resettled families, leaving them in a state of permanent poverty from which escape seems unlikely if not impossible.

 

New Electronic Document added

the necessary flexibility to assist parliaments in their most important responsibilities: making laws, overseeing the executive and communicating with citizens. The Report offers to parliaments an authoritative baseline so that they can conduct their own assessment on the use of ICT in their daily work, draw lessons from the different practices presented therein, and see how they can improve their processes. It also provides civil society, business and the academia with a useful instrument to evaluate the complexities of using ICT in such a multifaceted institution as parliament.

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