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It is did that a reporter is both eyes and ears of a news organization. As such a reporter must possess certain qualifications. The present book provides authoritative information on different aspects of News Reporting and Editing. Major topics, dealt are News Reporting Sources of News; Role, of Reporter; Principles of Editing journalistic Editing. Students and academics in the field of journalism and information science besides reporters, working journalists and editors will find this book most useful.

In spite of great advancement in science and technology, we have not been able to solve any human problems for good the problems of relationship and sorrow arising out of the fear of non-being, insecurity, anxiety and attachment. In the present world, human depravation has intolerably increased. Even the physical fear and insecurity abounds. In India, however, from time to time, great spiritual teachers have maintained that the main reason for this state of human beings lies in their ignorance of the true nature of their own self. Naturally, because it is only self-knowledge that reveals the ultimate inclusive truth, goodness and beauty of life and thus, assigns meaning and value to it. Human beings must find this meaning and value of life and be guided by it in living a sane and purposeful existence. This book explores the nature and the foundation of self-knowledge and shows how to approach the problem of attaining it. In this attempt, it makes frequent references to the upanishadic thoughts and the teachings of J. Krishnamurti. Every generation has to be reminded of this ancient wisdom.

Women Feed the World was the theme for the World Food Day, 1998 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. The theme was selected to pay tribute to women for their significant role in agriculture, fisheries and forestry, and their enormous contribution to household and national food security. Dovetailing the FAO theme with the situation in India, a national level discussion on Women and Food Security Role of Panchayats was organised. The book is a compilation of expert presentations at that Consultation. Women and Food Security: Role of Panchayats focuses on the key role of rural women in ensuring household food security, specially in times of crisis. Women''s involvement in harvesting, processing and marketing of food products; and their knowledge of local biodiversity and its relevance to small plots has been covered. Panchayats have significant role in development of rural India. As one-third of the elected members are women they have Constitutional responsibility to enact the provision of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act and empower rural women to attain Food Security in the households. This book will be useful to the policy-makers and those who are working in gender issues and panchayats.

This collection of sixteen articles and reports, drawn from the action projects carried out by the Rajiv Gandhi Chair for Panchayati Raj Studies, analyzes the raminifications and dimensions of decentralization of powers in Tamil Nadu, in the light of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act. Giving the detailed account of the context in which devolution of powers was thought of in India, it also discusses at length the practice of good governance in rural local bodies, the women representatives'' perspectives on governance, the problems faced by elected women representatives, new governing culture at the grassroots level, and the role of media in supporting grassroots democracy.

The book traces the origin and pace of development of philosophy in the Indian politics since the nineteenth century through the present time. It analyses the inter-relation and conflict between the two trends of philosophy in the operation of the Indian politics. It shows the rationalist ideal became a nascent phenomenon but idealist philosophy grew to overwhelm the modern rationalist thought in politics over time. It further emphasizers the subjectivism prevailed upon political life of Indian people. Objective idealism, idea of social democracy and class struggle also made some progress in the country. It had relationship with the rationality in the life of the native people and necessarily prepared the ground for exploring the objective reality of the existing order of the Indian society. Historically, this can be viewed as the precursor of advance of militant materialism in the Indian society and politics.

Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka used to be the two bastions of the Congress party. Even when several other states had rejected Congress rule, these two neighbouring states stood by the old political party which had won independence for the country. Ironically, at a time when the Congress party at the centre was consolidating its power, the people of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka were seeking alternatives and and voted decisively on 5 January 1983 for Telugu Desam and Janata-Kranti Ranga respectively. This shift is of great significance for the polity in India. How do we explain the voting behaviour of the two states comprising 51.2 million voters? Corruption and factionalism in the ruling Congress; erosion of its traditional support base among the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, minorities and backward classes; poor performance of the party when in power and the resulting hardship and struggle for the deprived sections of the society; the central leadership''s lack of respect for regional aspirations and the decline of prime minister Indira Gandhi''s charisma-these are>ume of the reasons advanced to explain why the people opted for parties other than the one that had ruled continuously for almost 35 years. The book analyses these and several other aspects of the 1983 election in their unique political setting. The Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society (CISRS) promotes study and research in the fields of religion and society. Of late it has been concerned with understanding the religious faith of the masses, with human rights and the rule of law, with economic and social justice for oppressed people. Its quarterly journal, Religion and Society, and the series of books and pamphlets it has published, have been widely acclaimed. The Institute celebrated its silver jubilee in 1983.

The nineteen papers in this volume, presented at two seminars held in Jadavpur University, Kolkata, examine the relationship between the state, on the one hand, and nationalism and democracy, on the other, in the light of globalization. They deliberate on ethnic resurgence, religious revival, tensions between the forces of nationalism and supranational integration, persistent refusal of certain states to fall in line with the ‘third wave'' of democracy, and dissolution of the infrastructure of welfarism resulting in the notions of nationalism and democracy increasingly being couched in anti-statist language. The contributors also address the problem of ‘democracy deficit'' which permeates contemporary international exchanges and institutions.

The primary objective of any distribution arrangement, is to move products from source to the ultimate consumer, at the most economic cost. To this end, this book can be conceived as a means for optimal distribution of refinery products at the least total cost to the national economy. There is a great paucity of studies relating to applications of management science techniques for managing public enterprises. In this book apart from linear programming, other management science techniques like goal programming, transportation model and queueing theory have been artfully exploited, to provide an insight into some of the distribution problems of the refinery products in India. These models can be easily extended to include other essential products, thus providing a basis for an optimizing exercise for the Indian public sector as a whole. To enhance the understand-ing of the subject matter by readers belonging to different disciplines, ihe approach adopted in this book is conceptual rather than mathematical. This is a work of paramount use to students and researchers in management and energy and also to specialists and decision makers in the government, industry, planning agencies and international organizations.

Energy Sector in India, during the last decade of this Millennium, has undergone major restructuring. Initial phase of energy sector reforms is now evolving a new pattern. The national priority is to provide access to energy services to the poor people in India. This calls for a focus on efficient use of traditional biomass and new renewables. The second challenge for the energy sector is consolidation of the reforms process and transferring benefits to the users in the shortest time. Adverse impact on environment due to use of energy sources is the third major challenge needing solution for industry, agriculture and domestic sectors. Utilization of information technology for quality energy services is the fourth major challenge. Geographic location of energy resources brings forth the need for regional cooperation in the South Asia, which forms the fifth major challenge. The book is an effort to present the status of energy production and energy supply to meet energy demand in the country; and options to counter the challenges of the energy sector in the next millennium. Some Views on the Book “This book is a good attempt to cover various aspects of the energy scenario at the micro, national and global levels.” K.C. Pant.Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India “The book itself provides a great deal of important information to get us started on the path to making energy accessible to all.” P.J.Adam, Chairman, World Energy Council

The nine chapter monograph delineates micro-empirico inquiry into the democratic socialization of students of school, college and University of Gaya town in the State of Bihar (India). This reveals an unavowed influence of situational factors on psychological predispositions required for democracy, The study centres round pre-adult democratic socialization and, in particular, it relates to democratic attitudes of students. The main theme of inquiry is students'' sense of political efficacy, tolerance of minority dissent and support for competitive party system which constitute operationally defined content of democratic orientation in this study. It is useful to the development of a scientific theory of democracy to discover how well Indian democratic system is operative in socializing the new generations in the values and institutions of democracy.

This book seeks to analyse the linkage between ethnic identity and national loyalty, with special reference to Tamil Nadu. It studies the political, social and cultural identity of Tamil people, as also the causes for the formation of their identity. Further examining the level of their loyalty towards central authority as well as towards regional ethnic group, it goes deep into the relationship between socio-political communication and the loyalty of the people towards the state or nation and ethnic group. The emerging changes between generations in national loyalty and ethnic group loyalty have also been focused upon.

Food security has been an important element in deciding on socio-economic development in the country. The World Food Summit, held in Rome in 1996, identified the need for improving food availability and nutrition in developing as well as the developed countries. The World Food Summit — Five Years Later (WFS-ry) Conference will be organised in Rome in June 2002 to take stock of changing trends and the possibility of attaining goals as identified at the World Food Summit. The preparatory process for WFS-/y/ started early in 2001 and the whole year was basically spent on the preparatory process. It is in this regard that the preparations in India at the NGO level were also focused on various issues relating to Food Security in the country. A Food and Nutrition Survey was carried and benchmarked against the survey conducted in 1992 to identify changes in food habits and nutrition level in the country. These results indicated a wide variation leading to obesity in one area and malnutrition in the other. It is concerning to note that in India in 2001 about 260 million people were below poverty line and about 180 million had some kind of malnutrition. The role of Panchayats in reaching out food to the poor in rural areas was considered an important element. This approach is ridden with various bottlenecks that need administrative, financial and social solutions. The Public Distribution System in the country has been serving the needs in amicable fashion. However, rising food stocks with the Food Corporation of India has caused concern. This book is a compilation of various papers discussed at national consultations in India and the NGOs/CSOs Regional Consultation for Asia Pacific Region during the year 2001.

Documentation of various facets of tribal social reality is very much essential before they are totally eclipsed by the rapid process of globalization of the world economy. While examining the current literature on tribal societies, we notice a curious absence of scientific studies based on intensive fieldwork among a large and important section of the world population. This ongoing series, Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies, tries to fill in this gap and thereby attempts to remove our ignorance about many aspects of tribal world. It has already brought out seven volumes, namely, (1) Structure and Process; (2) Developmental Issues: Transition and Change; (3) Social Concern; (4) Social Realities; (5) The Concept of Tribal Society; (6) Tribal Situation in India; and (7) Identity, Intervention and Ideology in Tribal India and Beyond. This volume, containing seventeen papers, addresses the key issues concerning structure and exchange in Tribal India and beyond. Analysing the different aspects of the Bali Jatra, the contributors deliberate on the buffalo sacrifice of the Konds, brotherhood and otherhood in Bastar, sister exchange in Middle India and the concept of society in Highland Orissa. They also present an elaborate discussion on village relations, the segmentary lineage system and the models of social life in tribal India. The issue of ''to be or not to be a tribe'' in India has also been addressed.

Islam, as a philosophy, a way of life and of course as a faith, has served like a lighthouse for the whole world. It has, as a force, influenced all civilizations. Be it education, social fabric or science, Islam has Left its impact in all the spheres. In fact, Islam is-basically a scientific and progressive religion. This series, unique in its presentation, is perhaps first of its kind, to take all the great events, developments and personalities in Islam, in its fold. All the significant aspects have been covered in these volumes. This multi-volume study is based on original(Holy Quran and Traditions) and other authentic sources: Arabic, Persian and Urdu books and manuscripts. for further comprehenion and comparative study, English books by Muslim scholars and as well as Western writers have also been consulted at length. The painstaking research and thorough study of thousands of pages by a team of scholars over a period of time, has resulted in an authentic, comprehensive, exhaustive, exclusive, gigantic and still interesting work, which is bound to fill a big vacuum in Islamic Studies. This voluminous work is based on authentic sources and material, available in libraries, institutes and some pnr.ate collections, as well. A r-h Bibliography; along with references is provided with each volume Lo prove the authenticity of the work and in order to guide the scholars and readers for further studies. This modest work should; rove to be of worth for those, who arc kind enough to peruse it and may desire to make use of it for their academic enrichment. Hopefully, these volumes would be able to satisfy the urge of all those who desire to know about real Islam and also to create a new awareness, regarding this religion, as a radical discipline, based on reason and opposed to fundamentalism and dogmatism. Though, a small effort yet its rational treatment and radical approach make it different from other works on the same or related subjects.

Islam, as a philosophy, a way of life and of course as a faith, has served like a lighthouse for the whole world. It has, as a force, influenced all civilizations. Be it education, social fabric or science, Islam has Left its impact in all the spheres. In fact, Islam is-basically a scientific and progressive religion. This series, unique in its presentation, is perhaps first of its kind, to take all the great events, developments and personalities in Islam, in its fold. All the significant aspects have been covered in these volumes. This multi-volume study is based on original(Holy Quran and Traditions) and other authentic sources: Arabic, Persian and Urdu books and manuscripts. for further comprehenion and comparative study, English books by Muslim scholars and as well as Western writers have also been consulted at length. The painstaking research and thorough study of thousands of pages by a team of scholars over a period of time, has resulted in an authentic, comprehensive, exhaustive, exclusive, gigantic and still interesting work, which is bound to fill a big vacuum in Islamic Studies. This voluminous work is based on authentic sources and material, available in libraries, institutes and some pnr.ate collections, as well. A r-h Bibliography; along with references is provided with each volume Lo prove the authenticity of the work and in order to guide the scholars and readers for further studies. This modest work should; rove to be of worth for those, who arc kind enough to peruse it and may desire to make use of it for their academic enrichment. Hopefully, these volumes would be able to satisfy the urge of all those who desire to know about real Islam and also to create a new awareness, regarding this religion, as a radical discipline, based on reason and opposed to fundamentalism and dogmatism. Though, a small effort yet its rational treatment and radical approach make it different from other works on the same or related subjects.

Islam, as a philosophy, a way of life and of course as a faith, has served like a lighthouse for the whole world. It has, as a force, influenced all civilizations. Be it education, social fabric or science, Islam has Left its impact in all the spheres. In fact, Islam is-basically a scientific and progressive religion. This series, unique in its presentation, is perhaps first of its kind, to take all the great events, developments and personalities in Islam, in its fold. All the significant aspects have been covered in these volumes. This multi-volume study is based on original(Holy Quran and Traditions) and other authentic sources: Arabic, Persian and Urdu books and manuscripts. for further comprehenion and comparative study, English books by Muslim scholars and as well as Western writers have also been consulted at length. The painstaking research and thorough study of thousands of pages by a team of scholars over a period of time, has resulted in an authentic, comprehensive, exhaustive, exclusive, gigantic and still interesting work, which is bound to fill a big vacuum in Islamic Studies. This voluminous work is based on authentic sources and material, available in libraries, institutes and some pnr.ate collections, as well. A r-h Bibliography; along with references is provided with each volume Lo prove the authenticity of the work and in order to guide the scholars and readers for further studies. This modest work should; rove to be of worth for those, who arc kind enough to peruse it and may desire to make use of it for their academic enrichment. Hopefully, these volumes would be able to satisfy the urge of all those who desire to know about real Islam and also to create a new awareness, regarding this religion, as a radical discipline, based on reason and opposed to fundamentalism and dogmatism. Though, a small effort yet its rational treatment and radical approach make it different from other works on the same or related subjects.

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