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Sanchi rediscovered: a journey through time Bipin Ghosal 1875-1930 / Ghosal, Susheila, com., ed.
New Delhi: Magnum Books, 2006 (Reference) |
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This
book belongs to the realm of manuscript archaeology. It is
pleasant surprise to know that Sanchi was discovered in 1818
by General Taylor, eight years after the discovery of Harappa
by Charles Masson in 1826, and 101 years before the location
of Mohenjodaro. The most attractive and distinctive feature of
Sanchi monuments are the four gateways in the four cardinal
directions of the Great Stupa. The author has brought out many
little known facts about Sanchi.
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Upstairs
downstairs / Hasanovic, Aisha, ed. --Victoria: Images
Publishing, 2006 (Reference) |
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This
book showcases a collection of recently designed stairs by
notable architects such as Foster and Partners, Moshe Safdie,
Jestico and many others. With the full-colour photographs,
plans, and details. This book takes a detailed look at an
incredible range of stairs and reveals how they can provide
more than just the transition from one level to another: they
may also be the focal point in a home, a decorative feature in
a public building, or a practical circulation space in an
office block.
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Astronomy |
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The Night sky: discovering the universe from alpha centaury to quasars / Sparrow, Giles, ed.
London: Amber Books, 2006 (Reference) |
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The
book explains the origin and nature of the many different
astronomical bodies that can be seen with a telescope, and
gives the reader a wealth of information which will increase
many times the enjoyment experienced when observing the
heavens. This book also covers a wide range of subjects, from
the theory of the Big Bang and the awesome power of a
supernova to the nature of interstellar space and the
formation of white dwarfs.
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Coinage
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Tribal coins of ancient India / Handa, Devendra. --New Delhi: Aryan Book International, 2007 (Reference)
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This
book, based on a study of various published and unpublished
hoards and stray finds of coins in institutional and private
collections is the first Indian publication on the tribal
coins containing the largest number of illustrations bringing
to light many new coins and offering new interpretations.
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Economics |
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Policy matters: economic and social policies to sustain equitable development / Ocampo, Jose Antonio, ed. Hyderabad: Orient Longman, 2007 |
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The
chapters in this volume address disparate problems in
achieving the UN Development Agenda, from the complex effects
of trade and financial liberalization to the realities of
development aid, itself a central pillar of the MDGs. The
unifying theme is one of economic and social integration, and
an emphasis on long-term strategic investments in education,
health and infrastructure.
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History
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India:
the next decade / Malhoutra, Manmohan, ed.--New Delhi:
Academic Foundation, 2006 (Reference)
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The
story of a rising India has surprised the world but also
captured its imagination. It is said that no other democracy
has ever achieved levels of sustained economic growth
comparable to India's over the last two decades. Exploring
India's growing global importance and its domestic and
external challenges, this unique volume examines the
complexities of India's political, economic, and social
evolution in the coming decade. Combining lively discussions
with background essays contributed by a galaxy of prominent
individuals from different sphere of life.-distinguished
scholars, policymakers, economists, corporate leaders,
journalists, educationists and film-makers - the book offers
compelling insights into the democracy, economy, and society
of an emerging power.
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Law |
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Regulations nurture illegality: counterproductive regulations of Delhi / Kaushik, P. D.
New Delhi: Bookwell, 2007 (Reference)
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This
book is showcasing regulations in Delhi, which are antiquated
and cumbersome. Besides, the rules entrust wide discretionary
powers with government functionaries, which paves way for
rent-seeking and arbitrary decisions. This book makes a strong
case in favour of regulatory reforms, which is the need of the
hour.
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Management
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Managing
change and transition--Boston: Harvard Business School Press,
2003
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Dealing with change and
crisis is difficult in many business environments. The book
offers comprehensive advice and tools for controlling stress
levels and sharing information during transition. This
includes recognizing the need for organizational change,
executing the different approaches to change and staying
competitive through turbulent change etc.
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Managing
creativity and innovation--Boston: Harvard Business School
Press, 2003 |
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Innovation
is undisputed catalyst for company growth, yet many managers
across industries fail to create a climate that encourages and
rewards innovation. The book explores the manager's role in
sparking organizational creativity and offers insight into
what managers and leaders must do to increase successful
innovation.
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Marketer's
toolkit: the 10 strategies you need to succeed--Boston:
Harvard Business School Press, 2006
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This
hands -on guide covers the essential topics and tools every
business person needs to understand and utilize in order to
win and keep customers. By exploring fundamental concepts like
aligning business and marketing strategy and cutting-edge
ideas in the areas of branding, differentiation, pricing, and
Internet marketing. |
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Painting
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Landscapes
/ Buchan, Jack. --London: Bounty, 2004 (Reference)
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The
initial chapters provide an interesting history of landscape
painting and show how it has evolved over the centuries. This
is followed by helpful guidance on getting started, from
choosing subject through to perspective and photographic
reference. The main part of the book uses clear step- by -step
instructions to demonstrate how to paint a varied range of
natural landscapes. Each chapter concentrates on a specific
medium and features two projects of contrasting styles,
showing the medium's versatilities as well as providing basic
advice on equipment and techniques.
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Performing
Arts
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Millennium
glimpses of Indian performing arts / Banerjee, Utpal K. --Gurgaon:
Shurbhi Publications, 2007 (Reference)
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The
present volume attempts to provide some exciting glimpses in
the happening scene in the current decade. Some aesthetes and
experts, with substantial knowledge of their domains have
offered an uncluttered insight into their own areas.
Thereafter, each performing art-scene is taken up and
illustrations are offered so that the common art-lover and
art-enthusiast can pick up enough acquaintance with the area
of one's interest and appreciate what is going around. This
book looks at not merely at the scene, but also behind the
scene.
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Political
Science
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Local
governance in developing countries / Shah, Anwar, ed.
--Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 2006
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This
important new series aims to advance those objectives by
disseminating conceptual guidance and lessons from practices
and by facilitating learning from each others' experiences on
ideas and practices that promote responsive, responsible, and
accountable public governance in developing countries. This
series represents a response to several independent
evaluations in recent years that have argued that development
practitioners and policy makers dealing with public sector
reforms in developing countries.
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The
Second Partition: Fault-lines in India's democracy / Patwant
Singh. Australia: Hay House India, 2007
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This
book is a bold critique of post-Independence India. At a time
when the nation is at a crossroads, this volume is an
invaluable and necessary wake-up call for its leadership and
its citizens. The author casts a keen and unflinching look at
the underbelly of this new economic tiger. From poverty and
unemployment, to communalism, homelessness and the oppression
of women, he closely examines the grave problems that threaten
India today, and the reasons behind them - misgovernment,
power politics, corruption and obsessive militarisation. There
is the first India, which comprises the powerful politicians
and bureaucrats, as well as the affluent upper and middle
classes, and second India, which makes up the rest of the
population - hungry, sick, homeless.
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Organizations |
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Management of non-governmental development organizations
/ Lewis, David. --London: Routledge, 2007 |
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This
new edition of a highly successful textbook explores the
activities, relationships and internal structure of the NGO.
The author develops a composite approach to NGO management
that makes it possible to analyse the distinctive, complex
challenges these organizations face.
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| Happiness:
a guide to develop life's most important skill / Ricard,
Matthieu.—New York: Little Brown, 2003 |
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In
this groundbreaking book, author makes a passionate case for
happiness as a goal that deserves at least as much energy as
any other in our lives. This book is an eloquent and
stimulating guide to a happier life. The author reveals the
keys to happiness with a clarity, a wisdom, a beautiful
spirit, and a sense of calm that are themselves the proof of
the program for clearer living he outlines with such radiant
simplicity.
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The Last Brahmin: life and reflections of a modern-day Sanskrit pandit / Sarma, Rani Siva Sankara.
Ranikhet: Permanent black, 2007 |
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The
book emphasizes the enormity of the tasks involved in finding
alternatives to that tradition today. It grapples with the
enigma of the Brahmin tradition - its spread over long time
periods, its forms and transformations, its implications for
India's Hindus and the larger world. From the core of the
surviving realms of the Brahmin tradition, this work recounts
a tale of living on in difficult and adversarial conditions
for the sake of learning, scholarship, and the rigours of
pedagogical bonding. |
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Knowledge and society: situating sociology and social anthropology / Oommen, T. K.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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This
collection of essays emphasizes the importance of
contextualization in the production and dissemination of
knowledge, and discusses the controversy regarding data
collection techniques among sociologists and social
anthropologists. It argues that there is an organic
relationship between the nature the themes studied and the
methods invoked; the nature and characteristics of the
universe studied and the methods employed; and that no method
is inherently superior or inferior but they are contextually
relevant or irrelevant.
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| Travel |
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| India's
unending journey: finding balance in a time of change / Tully,
Mark.—London, Rider, 2007
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This
book is about living with uncertainty of certainty, about
accepting the limits to what we can know, and being willing to
question our beliefs. This uncertainty doesn't just apply to
religious beliefs or, indeed, beliefs hostile to religion. In
this thoughtful and remarkable book, he shares the formative
experiences of his British Raj upbringing, his public school
years and early vocation as a priest. Through interviews and
anecdotes, he embarks on a journey that investigates the many
faces of India, from the untouchables of Uttar Pradesh to the
skyscrapes of Gurgaon, from the religious riots of Ayodhya to
the calm of a university campus. And he contrasts his findings
with our lives in the West, especially in Britain and Ireland,
as individuals, as members of communities, as citizens of our
countries, and as people of the globe.
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Supply & Management
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Keeping the water flowing: understanding the role of institutions, incentives, economics and entrepreneurship in ensuring access and optimising utilisation of water / Mitra, Barun, ed.
New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2007 |
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The
wettest spot on earth has no drinking water! Cherrapunji, in
northeast India, epitomizes the contradictions of the water
scenario on the blue planet. The contributors in this volume
analyse the incentive structure of water supply systems.
Through a range of case studies from different countries, the
authors showcase the wide range of grassroots endeavours to
tackle the water situation by the people. The author explains
the phenomenon of de facto water markets already functioning
in many parts of the planet. |
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Managing water resources: policies, institutions, and technologies / Reddy, V. Ratna, ed.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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The
essays are organized under three sub themes-irrigation water,
drinking water and sanitation, and gender and decentralization
in water management. They address the problem of water
resource management from the perspectives of policies,
institutions, and technologies and emphasize the need to have
a multifaceted policy approach for an accelerated growth plan.
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