This book attempts to understand, the holy river Ganga's journey of Bihar and the steps taken by "Raaj & Samaaj" in direction of restoring the incessant flow of it by recognising the problems. Ganga or any other river, pond or any other traditional water body, the issue of their cleanliness and health is linked to our intention. On this criterion of intention, we can see our righteousness and our reverence for them tightly. The fruits of servi...
This book examines the inclusive development experiences and impacts of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). It discusses the theoretical assumptions underlying the inclusive development of employment guarantee scheme (EGS), and draws conclusions based on robust data and real-world experiences with the MGNREGS - which has attracted global attention as India's most ambitious, rights-based development initiati...
We make decisions, but decisions make our life."All of us need to make decisions that may be major or minor. One good decision can work wonders and dramatically change our lives forever. Similarly, one bad decision can prove disastrous and make life horrible. So ultimately, our life is a sum total of the decisions we make. This highlights the fact that decision making is the most important thing we do throughout our lives. If the decision maki...
Wilful. Heartbroken. Bullheaded. Humbled. Confused.Sartaj, an amateur boxer and a regular engineer from Haryana, is a conflicted man trying to navigate a gentler and more modern version of himself down south in India's Silicon Valley. His 20s are riddled with sex, money, liquor and even love.From terrifying nightmares to weird voices in his head, his bizarre experiences make him question his religious and empirical beliefs. At 30, in his searc...
Chandu, a village boy from Bihar has witnessed mass murder in the name of naxalism and Ranveer Sena, during his childhood. After 20 years, he still gripples with left verses right debates in JNU. Chandu loves Priya, daughter of an officer in home ministry. PRIYA, born with silver-spoon in lutyens delhi is a born thinker. She is inclined towards left-wing movement for other reasons. For Priya, leftism means freedom. Freedom to do what she wants...
In one of the fastest growing economies, India, the living condition of the residents is degrading in inner-city areas. An effective approach to revamping these areas is needed, lest there could be serious repercussions. This work is an exploration of such approaches in the context of ¿smart¿ cities. Its purpose is to identify and apply a suitable approach to revamp the living conditions and improve the quality of life in the inner-city areas....
Pollutants are increasing day by day in the environment due to human interference. Thus, it has become necessary to find solutions to clean up these hazardous pollutants to improve human, animal, and plant health. Microbial Biotechnology in Environmental Monitoring and Cleanup is a critical scholarly resource that examines the toxic hazardous substances and their impact on the environment. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as ...
HIV infection, a global pandemic, causes profound immunodeficiency. As CD4 cell count declines, the patient is at higher risk of developing a variety of Opportunistic diseases (OI's) including infections and neoplasms. Factors like Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS), failure of ART, ART resistance and drug compliance have further modified the course of this disease. However, patients at different stages of their Anti Retroviral...
The whole idea of food packaging originated to protect the foods from environmental elements and contain them. However, with the change in consumer demands and technological innovations, food packaging has evidenced a great deal of extensions to its original functions and new packaging materials are constantly being added to the existing list. This book covers almost every aspect of food packaging - from basic to advanced research. An attempt ...
Kaum eines der großen asiatischen Länder ist wie Indien hin- und hergerissen zwischen den vermeintlichen Segnungen des Westens und traditionsbewusstem Beharrungswillen. Pankaj Mishra kommt aus diesem Zauberreich - er liebt sein Land und kennt die ganze Welt. Seit über zehn Jahren schreibt er für internationale Zeitungen und Zeitschriften über die kulturelle und politische Aura des Subkontinents. Hier beschreibt er in vier autobiographischen Ka...
The wave-wave interaction founds in several fields of nature, especially, in Physical Sciences. There are several theories for wave-wave interaction in physics, in deep-water wave propagation, in nonlinear pulse propagation in fibers and in the Heisenberg model of magnetics. In plasma physics, the modulational instability (MI) of the mono chromatic Langmuir waves can be described by the models of wave-wave interaction. Non Linear Schrodinger e...
Forage includes plant species directly or indirectly consumed by animals. The book carries information on all theoretical and practical aspects of conservation and utilization of forages as silage, hay and haylage.
As India is urbanizing, the lifestyles of people are changing drastically. Due to heavy influx of people into urban areas, the erstwhile characteristics of Indian neighborhoods are changing. Migration to urban areas is inevitable in India, and thus the neighborhoods in the Indian cities have to adapt to the challenges that are associated with urbanization. In a simple sense, as India prepares herself to develop 'smart' cities, the neighborhood...