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Author : Braja Bihārī Kumāra
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8170226910
Author : Gaurav Bhattarai
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030999742
Nepal has a non-neutral history. As an imperial and expansionist power in the Himalayas from the days of its unification in 1769 AD to the Anglo-Nepal war of 1815, Nepal never remained neutral. Also, during the period of Colonialism in South Asia, and particularly after losing the war with the British in 1816, Nepal never exercised the policy of neutrality. Rather, Nepal was raiding Tibet; assisting British India in Sepoy Mutiny; and stood by Britain in the two world wars. Besides, Nepal militarily backed independent India in 1948 over Hyderabad question. But why Nepal suddenly had to take a refuge in neutrality after the political change of 1950? Was it because of Nepal’s internal politics, or an attempt to cope with new arrangements in regional security? Nepal’s fascination with neutrality was so swifter and inadvertent that Kathmandu, hitherto, has never initiated any policy debates over the all-weather choice. Power elites in Nepal still misperceive neutrality as non-alignment. The aim of the book, however, is not only limited to distinguishing neutrality with non-alignment in the Nepali context but weighs Nepal’s claim to neutrality through the Indian and Chinese perceptions to underline the presence of ambiguity and uncertainty in Nepal’s claim to neutrality. Illustrating Nepal’s attempt to neutrality as a mere survival strategy, this study is less hopeful about Nepal’s foreign policy institutions abandoning their Cold War worldview by embracing the strategy of sustenance in today’s interdependent and globalized world. Because, as the book suggests, power elites in Kathmandu are customarily lured by the ephemeral yet sporadic geopolitical ambitions, either through discourses or deeds.
Author : Air Commodore Jasjit Singh
Publisher : KW Publishers Pvt Ltd
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789385714832
Just think: the last combat aircraft designed by the 74-year old HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) with its expansive infrastructure was in the 1950s – and it was an excellent aircraft. Thirty years later an ad-hoc, interim institution called ADA (Aeronautics Development Agency) was set to design the LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) under the DRDO management. Thirty years later the aircraft has yet to enter service although the Indian Air Force has ordered 40 aircraft knowing they do not meet the qualitative requirements set in the early 1980s, leave alone the 21st century! Even the primary trainer for rookie pilots has just begun to be imported. Obviously something is wrong for a long time; and obviously it is a systemic problem. This volume sets out to historically examine and present a balanced understatement of the facts. Some of the leading experts in the profession of aerospace identify the problems. The reader is left to form his judgment and what appears an obvious solution. The Air Force is the most concerned stakeholder in the quality and quantity of military aircraft; but it seems to have been left on the sidelines in the process of to be criticised as being against indigenisation. We recognise that India is way behind the developed countries — and China now, in design and development of military aviation. We don’t have to go far to find the way ahead. Ninety-five percent of the Indian Navy’s warships and submarines are designed and manufactured in the country (tough many systems inside, like its missiles, may be acquired from the best in the world). The reason is starkly so simple that South Block itself does not notice it! Naval Head Quarters contain within its organisation under the leadership and the Chief of Naval Staff, the Directorate of Naval Design as well as the Controller of Warship Production besides the other supporting organisations like WESEE etc. Hence when the indigenous INS Delhi sailed out in the 1990s, the international community began to look at Indian Navy with new respect. Why can’t similar system be established for the Army and the Air Force? Read the volume to ask your questions and mull over possible solutions.
Author : Asha Sarangi,Sudha Pai
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000084078
The volume analyses the complex historical and political context for the processes of state formation in independent India. It provides both a conceptual and empirical framework for an understanding of Indian democracy through the perspective of reorganisation of states. Following the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1956, the territorial boundaries of the states were redrawn. However, within a decade, the geo-linguistic and cultural-ideological criteria could not be considered satisfactory for the future division of states. With the formation of three new states (Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand) and the demand for Telangana statehood not accepted as yet, new dimensions and perspectives about state formation as a critical political practice have surfaced yet again in contemporary India. The book addresses a number of significant themes related to states reorganisation and its effects — questions of underdevelopment, size, political participation, governance, cultural identities — and also analyses the demand for smaller states. It focuses on different states, their historical and contemporary trajectory leading to the demand for territorial remapping and thus recognising specific political and cultural resources, and identities in the regions and sub-regions of states in India. The book will be useful for those studying politics, history, sociology, comparative politics and South Asian Studies.
Author : Naorem Sanajaoba
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 8170992710
Author : Shailendra Kumar Agnihotri,B. Datta-Ray
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : India, Northeastern
ISBN : 8180691659
The Papers In This Volume Addresses Various Issues Pertaining To Security And Development In North East India. Taking Stock Of Security Scenario, Both Internal And External, They Trace The Reasons For Militancy And Insurgency And Examine Their Adverse Impact An Economic And Industrial Development Of North East India.
Author : Anu Kapur
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429614217
This book is the first of its kind to chart the terrain of contemporary India’s many place names. It explores different ‘place connections’, investigates how places are named and renamed, and looks at the forces that are remaking the future place name map of India. Lucid and accessible, this book explores the bonds between names, places and people through a unique amalgamation of toponomy, history, mythology and political studies within a geographical expression. This volume addresses questions on the status and value of place names, their interpretation and classification. It brings to the fore the connections between place names and the cultural, geographical and historical significations they are associated with. This will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of geography, law, politics, history and sociology, and will also be of interest to policy-makers, administrators and the reader interested in India.
Author : Ben Pestell,Pietra Palazzolo,Leon Burnett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134862566
Ever since Odysseus heard tales of his own exploits being retold among strangers, audiences and readers have been alive to the complications and questions arising from the translation of myth. How are myths taken and carried over into new languages, new civilizations, or new media? An international group of scholars is gathered in this volume to present diverse but connected case studies which address the artistic and political implications of the changing condition of myth – this most primal and malleable of forms. ‘Translation’ is treated broadly to encompass not only literary translation, but also the transfer of myth across cultures and epochs. In an age when the spiritual world is in crisis, Translating Myth constitutes a timely exploration of myth’s endurance, and represents a consolidation of the status of myth studies as a discipline in its own right.
Author : Sachchidananda
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 8170220408
Author : Biloris Lyndem,Utpal Kumar De
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 8180690636
Papers In The Volume Seek To Explore The Status Of Education In Northeast India And Its Role In The Development Of The Region. Address Issues Relating To Elementary, Secondary, Higher Education, Adult Education, Distance Education And Women Education-Analyses The Reasons For Failure To Achieve The Targets, The Role Of Voluntary Agencies. Useful For Development Agencies And Researchers.
Author : Sudhanshu Bhushan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000379839
This book presents the state-specific dimensions of the governance of higher education in Bihar, India, based on a real-case perspective. It discusses the policies of the center and state governments, and their implications on the state's higher education system. It addresses the issues and challenges faced by the higher education sector from the point of view of multiple stakeholders at center, state, university and college levels, while examining influential power centers. The volume focuses on select universities in the state and looks at how they manage policies, schemes and regulations. It deals with key themes such as the role of state and regulatory bodies such as the University Grants Commission; the balance of power; resource scarcity; the inadequacy of top-down governance models; governance failure; and the autonomy of universities. It explores the conflict between the politics and economics of governance and efficiency; the promotion and recruitment of senior office-bearers and teachers; the privatization of colleges; and financing, admission and examination systems. Through an in-depth study using empirical unit-level data from the All-India Survey of Higher Education, examples and theoretical frameworks, the book analyzes the reasons for the underperformance of the governance system of higher education in Bihar. It also offers suggestions and policy recommendations to help improve its planning and management via participative and responsible governance and informed institutional leadership. This book will be of interest to students, teachers and researchers of education, higher education, economics, governance and public administration, and development studies. It will also be useful to educationists and experts, education administrators, policymakers, bureaucrats and the governing bodies of higher education institutions.
Author : Braj Bihari Kumar,Braja Bihārī Kumāra
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Naga (South Asian people)
ISBN : 8180691926
Author : B.B. Kumar (ed.)
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8180692248
Contributed articles presented at the two seminars on same theme at Delhi in 2001 and in Gauhati in 2003 moderated by Astha Bharati and C-NES.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015081911664
Author : Paul Kennedy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141983837
Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural 'sons of the waves', he suggests instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth. In doing so, he contributes significantly to the centuries-long debate between 'continental' and 'maritime' schools of strategy over Britain's policy in times of war. Setting British naval history within a framework of national, international, economic, political and strategic considerations, he offers a fresh approach to one of the central questions in British history. A new introduction extends his analysis into the twenty-first century and reflects on current American and Chinese ambitions for naval mastery. 'Excellent and stimulating' Correlli Barnett 'The first scholar to have set the sweep of British Naval history against the background of economic history' Michael Howard, Sunday Times 'By far the best study that has ever been done on the subject ... a sparkling and apt quotation on practically every page' Daniel A. Baugh, International History Review 'The best single-volume study of Britain and her naval past now available to us' Jon Sumida, Journal of Modern History
