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This book discusses Asia’s rapid pace of urbanization, with a particular focus on new spaces created by and for everyday religiosity. The essays in this volume – covering topics from the global metropolises of Singapore, Bangalore, Seoul, Beijing, and Hong Kong to the regional centers of Gwalior, Pune, Jahazpur, and sites like Wudang Mountain – examine in detail the spaces created by new or changing religious organizations that range in scope from neighborhood-based to consciously global. The definition of “spatial aspects” includes direct place-making projects such as the construction of new religious buildings – temples, halls and other meeting sites, as well as less tangible r...
This book examines how the BJP became the world’s largest political party. It goes beyond the usual narrative of the party’s Hindutva politics to explain how, under Narendra Modi, the party reshaped the Indian polity using its own brand of social engineering. According to the findings of this book, this reconstruction was cleverly powered by new caste coalitions, the claim of a new welfare state that focused on marginalised social groups and the making of a women-voter base. Based on data from three unique indices—the Mehta–Singh Social Index, which studies the caste composition of Indian political parties; the Narad Index, which calculates communication patterns across topics and au...
This book provides multiple frameworks and paradigms for social work education which integrates indigenous theories and cultural practices. It focuses on the need to diversify and reorient social work curriculum to include indigenous traditions of service, charity and volunteerism to help social work evolve as a profession in India. The volume analyzes the history of social work education in India and how the discipline has adapted and changed in the last 80 years. It emphasizes the need for the Indianization of social work curriculum so that it can be applied to the socio-cultural contours of a diverse Indian society. The book delineates strategies and methods derived from meditation, yoga,...
A BOOK THAT CAPTURES THE IMPACT OF THE RADIO SHOW MANN KI BAAT AMONG PEOPLE AND THE NATION. Igniting Collective Goodness: MannKiBaat@100 is a journey towards kindling the collective consciousness of the people. As the monthly radio broadcast by Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached its milestone 100th episode in April 2023, leaving an indelible mark on the airwaves and igniting a social revolution across India, this book invites readers to delve into the captivating conversations that have touched the lives of millions. The book encapsulates the spirit of this transformative programme, its impact and the visionary ideas it propounded, shaping the social fabric of India. It transcends politics...
This handbook addresses the issues and challenges of the delivery of social work education in the contemporary world. It provides an authoritative overview of the key debates, switching the lens away from a Western-centric focus to engage with a much broader audience in countries that are in the process of modernization and professionalization, alongside those where social work education is more developed. Chapters tackle major challenges with respect to curriculum, teaching, practice, and training in light of globalization, providing a thorough examination of the practice of social work in diverse contexts. This handbook presents a contribution to the process of knowledge exchange which is essential to global social work education. It brings together professional knowledge and lived experience, both universal and local, and aims to be an essential reference for social work educators, researchers, and students.
This book will help the young readers to change their attitude towards examinations. Will help them improve concentration, confidence, learn scientific study methods to study more in less time and effort, help them manage energy. time and sleep. It has an undercurrent of good moral values and good habits to build strong and good character of young students. It will help them to look beyond the academic examinations and see life itself as an exam. The content here is product of a series of workshops conducted for over 12 years for students of public exams to help them face it confidently. Its an proven work, many students have been benefited by it. It helps readers to be without stress before, during and after exams. It has the potential to transform the reader's life.
There are some of snaps showing my journey for some of the literary events I attended. These photographs are clicked with my own camera either by me or for me by my companion.
Beleaguered by mutual recrimination between rich and poor countries, squeezed by the zero-sum arithmetic of a shrinking global carbon budget, and overtaken by shifts in economic and hence bargaining power between these countries, international cooperation on climate change has floundered. In this book, the authors argue that any chance of progress on climate change must address each of these problems in a radically different way.
क्या ऐसी कोई विधि हो सकती है, जिसमें आंतरिक व सामाजिक दोनों स्तरों पर सफलता पाई जा सकती है? इसी विधि को लिपिबद्ध करने का विनम्र प्रयास है यह पुस्तक—गढें अपना जीवन। व्यक्तित्व विकास के समग्र आयामों को इसमें संकलित किया गया है। यह पुस्तक व्यक्तित्व के पूर्ण विकास की मार...