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Architecture |
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Architecture in Japan / Jodidio, Philip. --Koln: Taschen,
2006 (Reference) |
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The
book describes the culture of contemporary and modern
architecture in Japan. This is a part of TASCHEN’s new World
architecture series which brings unique perspective and
highlighting architectural trends of the country. |
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Architecture in Switzerland / Jodidio, Philip. –Koln: Taschen,
2006 (Reference) |
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The
book describes the culture of contemporary and modern
architecture in Switzerland. This is a part of TASCHEN’s new
World architecture series which brings unique perspective and
highlighting architectural trends of the country. |
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Energy-efficient architecture: basics for planning and
construction / Gonzalo, Roberto. Basel: Birkhauser, 2006
(Reference) |
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This is a book for anyone faced with the challenges of
climate-conscious, “integrated” building design in the context
of the new energy conservation act. |
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City
Planning |
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Master plan for Delhi-2021 / Delhi Development Authority.
Delhi: DDA, 2007 (Reference) |
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Master Plan for Delhi –2021 is prepared by Delhi Development
Authority (DDA). The Vision 2021 is to make Delhi a global
metropolis and a world-class city, where all the people would be
engaged in productive work with a better quality of life, living
in a sustainable environment. The Master Plan incorporates
several innovations for the development of the National Capital |
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Culture & Heritage |
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A
Guide to UNESCO world heritage sites in India / Khanna, A. K.
New Delhi: Confederation of UNESCO clubs and associations of
India |
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This book describes the rich cultural and National heritage of
our country. Through the text and pictures in this publication
it is intended to promote awareness about UNESCO World Heritage
sites in India which speaks volumes about the architectural and
technological skill of our artisans and artists of the by gone
eras, reflects in these monument. |
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Economics |
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Globalization and uneven development: Neocolonialism,
multinational corporations, space and society / Sebastian,
Thomas.
Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2007 |
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The
book examines the subtle mechanisms of globalization and its
effects, namely, adding wealth and prosperity to few while
misery and devastation to societies in Asian, Latin American and
African countries and especially India. The book shows that
globalization perpetuates and worsen the already existing uneven
development in the world. |
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India's economy: a journey in time and space / Kapila, Raj, ed.
New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2006 |
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This volume includes contributions by some of the most
distinguished economists/experts and provides rare insights into
India’s development journey through time and space – the
successes and failures, and the new challenges emerging from
integration with the world economy. |
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Geography |
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Geographica: the complete illustrated atlas of the
world
Australia: Konemann, 2004 (Reference) |
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This is an authoritative, comprehensive and fully illustrated
reference guide to the world. With maps, photographs,
illustrations and text, Geographica will carry readers on a
journey from outer space and earth’s place in the universe to
the nations and cities, towns and even villages on the
furthermost parts of the globe. |
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History |
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Demystifying Kashmir / Behera, Navnita Chadha.
Delhi: Pearson
Education, 2007 |
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This remarkable book traces the history of Kashmir from
pre-partition India to the situation today. It provides a
comprehensive analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of the
conflict and the local, bilateral, and international dynamics of
the key players involved |
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Partition and the South Indian diaspora: extending the
subcontinent / Ghosh, Papiya. -- New
Delhi: Routledge, 2007
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This significant book seeks to widen partition studies by
looking at an unwritten strand of the sub continental partition
diaspora that folded into the South Asian diaspora in a
staggered sort of way, and by detailing how partition persists
in the lives of its migrants and minorities in the increasingly
transnational context |
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International Relations |
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India's security dilemmas: Pakistan and Bangladesh / Banerjee,
Sashanka S.
London: Anthem Press, 2006 |
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The
book traces the rise of militant Islam in India’s two
neighboring countries and its implications for India and the
Asian subcontinent. The assessment of the threat to India from
across her borders is based not merely on an academic study of
classical and contemporary Islamic literature, but also on the
author’s field experience, his empirical knowledge and extensive
travel through the Islamic world. |
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Literature |
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The Inheritance of loss / Desai, Kiran. --London: Penguin, 2006
(Reference) |
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The
book’s twin strands straddle across continents, mapping the
contours of the ethno-racial and historical relationships
between people from different cultures and backgrounds. But
primarily it’s about love, longing and losses – the collapse of
human beings’ faith in each other and its reclamation. |
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Management |
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Winning: the answers, confronting 74 of the toughest questions
in business today / Jack Welch and Suzy Welch. --New Delhi:
HarperCollins, 2006 |
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The
book deals with issues of management principles and practices,
leadership, global competition, careers, winning and losing etc.
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Migration |
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Global South Asians: introducing the modern diaspora / Brown,
Judith M.
New
Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2007 |
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This book is the story of 9million people of South Asian descent
who had left India, Bangladesh or Pakistan by the end of
twentieth century and settled in different parts of the world,
forming a diverse and significant modern diaspora. This is the
story of their painful experiences in the diaspora. |
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Philosophy |
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Everyday greatness: inspiration for a meaningful life / Hatch,
David K., comp.
Delhi: Pearson Power, 2007 |
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This book has to do with character and contribution, not
notoriety, wealth, fame, prestige, or position. Everyday
greatness says more about who a person is than what a person
has; more about small and simple deeds that about grandiose
accomplishments. |
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Politics |
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India's political parties / DeSouza, Peter Ronald, ed. --New
Delhi: Sage, 2006 |
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This volume is the sixth in the series of essential readings in
Indian government and politics focusing on political parties in
India. It introduces the reader extensive and varied landscape
of parties by bringing together seminar articles, new studies on
national and regional parties and specific commentaries on
important aspects of parties and the party system in India.
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Representing India: ethnic diversity and the governance of
public institutions / Jayal, Niraja Gopal. --New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2006 |
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This book on India is part of a multi-country study examining
how ethnic diversity is represented in public institutions. It
provides a broad-brush account of cultural diversity in India;
the contentions over identity; the institutions devised to
manage and negotiate diversity; and the patterns of
representation in public institutions. |
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Sciences |
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Science in India: past and present / Subbarayappa, B. V., ed.
Mumbai: Nehru Centre, 2007 |
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This compilation provides the history of the development of
science and technology in India encompasses a wide spectrum and
critically evaluate the various facets of the development of
science and technology in India. |
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Social Sciences |
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Visualizing Indian women: 1875-1947 / Karlekar, Malavika, ed.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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This book is a collection of 300 such rare photographs depicting
women’s lives during the period 1875-1947, gleaned from archives
as well as private collections. |
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Terrorism |
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13
December: a reader: the strange case of the attack on the Indian
Parliament
New
Delhi: Penguin Books, 2006 |
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The
reader brings together fifteen essays by lawyers, academics,
journalists and writers who have looked closely at the available
facts and raise serious questions about the investigations and
the trial, they show how there is hardly a single piece of
evidence that stands up to scrutiny and emphasize the urgent
need for an impartial transparent inquiry into the Parliament
attack and its aftermath. |
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