Kamal Taori – författare

The History of Buddhism spans from the 6th century BCE to the present, starting with the birth of the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama. This makes it one of the oldest religions practiced today. Throughout this period, the religion evolved as it encountered various countries and cultures, adding to its original Indian foundation Hellenistic as well as Central Asian, East Asian, and Southeast Asian cultural elements. For we can say shortly ''doctrine of Karman,'' meaning all the speculations concerned with action, and especially the dogma of the ripening of action. The doctrine of Karman is more than the belief in the reward of good actions and the punishment of bad ones, here below or in another life; such a belief is a very common one and has nothing specifically Indian. This book contains the fundamental and basic information of subject and the selection of contents makes it an appropriate book for the students.

With the industrial development in India accompanied by urbanisation and expansion of commerce, large towns and cities have grown, isolation of the villages have been broken and the country has now considerable experience in the field of modern business, industry and finance. However, the development which has taken place is partial and limited in terms of country''s needs and potentialities. But, for the community as a whole, the economic development has brought no significant improvement in standards of living and opportunities for employment and has to some extent accentuated the inequalities of income and wealth. The challenge of 21st century require total newness on all fronts. This book is an attempt to codify various experiences which can help and facilitate acceleration of smooth change. There are no permanent solutions because there can never be, but, some direction is proposed in this regard. While part one tackles various marketing issues, part two looks at the training attitude and part three examines some policy issues. The book is bound to be useful for planners and NGO''s as well as prove invaluable to research workers in the field of development planning.

Suicide is perhaps the most personal action of an individual, though many social factors play a significant role in the onset of suicidal behaviour, The present book on suicide is based on original research conducted on suicides in the Indian context, It has covered suicides committed and attempted 25 years before and 25 years after Independence in the Union Terri-torv of Delhi, The book presents a comparison of suicides and committed suicides in terms of socio demographic factors, causes that led to the act, the time, methods used, degree of isolation, the seasons and climatic factors influencing suicidal behaviour and so on. The book has also analysed the suicidal pact cases in terms of the above factors, An indepth analysis of 62 attempted suicide cases based on personal inter-view and psychological tests are presented in vivid detail. The book has also discussed the suicide rates in Delhi over the years and forecasts the possible trends in both attempted and committed suicides. The findings are discussed in the light of earlier studies and preventive measures to be taken by various agencies.

Medicinal plants are nature''s hidden and to a large extent unexplored treasure. Although they have been used as a source of safe and effective medicine since time immemorial, this potential resource has hardly been commercially tapped. India is endowed with about 8000 species of medicinal plants. According to a recent estimate of the Planning Commission, Government of India, the potential for plant-based crude drugs is about Rs. 400 billion. Globally, the demand for medicinal plants and their derivatives is growing at a rate of 7-15%. Medicinal plants continue to be an important therapeutic aid for alleviating ailments of humankind. Search for eternal health and longevity and to seek remedy to relieve pain and discomfort prompted the early man to explore his immediate natural surrounding and tried many plants, animal products and minerals and developed a variety of therapeutic agents. Over millenia that followed the effective agents amongst them were selected by the process of trial, error, empirical reasoning and even by experimentation. These efforts have gone in history by the name discovery of `medicine''. In many eastern cultures such as those of India, China and the Arab/Persian world this experience was systematically recorded and incorporated into regular system of medicine that refined and developed and became a part of the Material Medical of these countries. The ancient civilization of India, China, Greece, Arab and other countries of the world developed their systems of medicine independent of each other but all of them were predominantly plant based. This book may be able to provide a lucid discourse on the subject to the person seeking a brief information on the topics.