Smt. Pratibha Patil's splendid legacy in Indian politics is not simply an accident in Indian history but an unrelenting determination at her personal front as well as India's call of destiny for this diminutive but resolute woman. Her selfless service to the people of India in her more than fifty years in public life is an inspiration. And with an ideal blend of private and public sphere, she is a motivation for the women of India and beyond. Her initiatives, ideas and insights and policy briefings form the text of this book.

The mankind is faced with the overwhelming realm of health issues intertwined with the psychological manifestation. This book is a humble effort to compile and integrate a number of contemporary issues pertaining to health psychology. The exposition offers the latest perspective across the world on the research investigations dissecting health psychology. Psychologists, medical practitioners, medicinal chemists', researchers from humanities, therapists from all over the world have contributed monographs on the diverse issues concerning health and psychology. ...

A key challenge facing the overall women's rights scenario in any remote region like Northeast India is availability of trained lawyers in local courts to assist the aggrieved women to fight their rights violation cases or otherwise guard their interests in a dispute. Such legal services, embracing both individual access to justice and public interest law transcending individual needs, contribute to the rule of law, good governance, human rights, empowerment of the poor and poverty alleviation. The women's rights lawyers need special training and set of professional ...

The success of industrial agriculture and the green revolution in recent decades has been often masked by significant externalities, affecting natural resources and human health as well as agriculture itself. Environmental and health problems associated with agriculture have been increasingly well documented, but it is only recently that the scale of the costs has attracted the attention of planners and scientists. Increasing consciousness about conservation of environment as well as of health hazards caused by agrochemicals has brought a major shift in consumer ...

B.K.S. Iyengar is the founder of Iyengar Yoga and is considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He is the recipient of Padma Vibhushana-second highest civilian award in India. This book contains the distillation of thought born from his long standing sadhana.

This book is on the theme of Economic Engagement of India and US. It is the most recent work on India-US relations as the book opens up with arrival of President Trump in the White House and then brings up back the developments in India-US relationship under President Obama. It is a detailed analysis of the challenges faced at every stage during the course of the economic engagement in this relationship and as to how both the countries came out of tricky situations all the time. The book delivers extensive information about the investment regime in both ...

B.K.S. Iyengar is the founder of Iyengar Yoga and is considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He is the recipient of Padma Vibhushana-second highest civilian award in India. This is the fourth volume of the second part of the "Collected Works" of Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar. Each part comprises several volumes which are arranged according to the following scheme: Articles, Interviews, Question & answer Sessions etc.

Rajasthan's cuisine has been enriched by diversity of influences. Not much grows in the arid wasteland of the desert but this has not cramped the culinary style of those who dwell there. They have imaginartively created myriad delicacies from lentils, dairy produce and what little vegetables are locally available. The present edition contains a new section on the Cuisine of Kotah contributed by Maharao Brijraj Singh and Maharani Uttara Devi of Kotah. Highly respected gourmets in their own right, the authors of this section have added vignettes of the history ...

This book is a collection of selected papers presented at the International Conference on India-Canada Trade and FDI Bilateral Flows. The paper analyze the performance of the trade relations between the two countries as well as address varied issues related to human resource and sectors like education, energy and telecom. The book fulfills the objective of the Conference to identify the prospects and proactive strategies so as to enhance trade and foreign direct investment relations between India and Canada. It will be useful to both academics and policy-makers.

If you are a foodie, then you must possess one of Uma Aggarwal's cook books. They are filled with exquisite recipes that not only date back millennia, but also include some innovations that add a new dimension to Indian cooking.