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Public Service DeliveryIndia is hailed as the world's largest democracy but there is something curious in the fact that public service delivery continues to be poor, despite country's strong democratic tradition. This paradox is inescapable. The case in point unarguably is, India's highest percentage of under-six underweight and anaemic children in the world.
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Revisiting Hill-Valley Connection in Northeast IndiaNortheast India is a vibrant region in all aspects of its manifestation - social, cultural, political and topographical. If this has not been appreciated in many parts of India, it is due to the cultural disconnect created by the British colonial narratives, much of which has been uncritically appropriated by the so-called of contributions from Read More
Federal Fiscal Relations in IndiaFederal fiscal management, in particular the sharing and distribution of financial and economic powers among different layers of a government, has been a challenging issue for a long time across the world and particularly in India.
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Synergising Educational Concerns and Social NeedsThe book is an anthology of papers based on various ideas and deliberations shared during a Seminar-cum-National Dialogue around the themes Education, Skill and Employment and Access, Equality and Quality in Higher Education amongst teacher educators, policy planners and academic administrators, representing various apex organisations and univerRead More
Lord Shiva In India & AbroadLord Siva is the most captivating and enigmatic pan-Hindu delty. He is not just a part of the Hindu Trinity, which includes Brahma and Vishnu, but Is also revered as 'Mahadev', the Great Lord.
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Fifty years of Indian Council of Social Science ResearchThe book endeavours to inform about the history, activities and the people associated with promoting and strengthening all facets of ICSSR, its twenty-four research institute and six regional centres.
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Gender, Power Relations and Child birthGender, Power Relations and Childbirth: Negotiations with Cultural and Biomedical Discourses explores different ways in which women from a resettlement colony mobilize knowledge, resources and support systems in negotiating patriarchal control of their pregnant and birthing bodies. It analyses the way women use plural and often contradictory disRead More
Rise of the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives, Dimensions and ChallengesA new concept of `Indo-Pacific` has entered into the geopolitical discourse and the lexicon of International Relations. There is no unanimity of views on the definition of the emerging concept of Indo-Pacific. Yet, Indo-Pacific region as a new geopolitical concept appears to have come to stay. Three major developments have taken place in recent Read More
ग्रामीण समुदाय में जनसँख्या नियंत्रण एवं नियोजनप्रस्तुत शोध 'ग्रामीण समुदाय में जनसंख्या नियंत्रण एवं नियोजन (वाराणसी जनपद के हरहुआ विकासखंड पर आधारित एक समाजशास्रीय अध्ययन हRead More
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