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Bingsha Shatabdi
Established in 1956, Bingsha Shatabdi follows two different trends in publication, It brings out direct translations from various European languages like French, Dutch, German into Bangla. It deals with both contemporary and classical literature. Its second goal is to publish collections of essays in Bangla and English, and its area of concentration is Social Science And Ancient Indian Civilization and Culture.
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September 2002Aufruhr
Eine Liebesgeschichte
by Shashi Tharoor, Anke Kreutzer
Shashi Tharoor wurde 1956 in London geboren, er studierte in Bombay, Kalkutta, Delhi Geschichte und in den USA Jura. Seit 1978 arbeitet er für die UNO. Von 1989 bis 1996 war er verantwortlich für friedenserhaltene Maßnahmen im ehemaligen Jugoslawien, von 1997 bis 1998 Assistent von Kofi Annan, der ihn Ende Mai 2002 zum Leiter der Abteilung (mit mehr als 700 Mitarbeitern) für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit ernannt hat. Shashi Tharoor ist Autor zahlreicher Artikel, Kurzgeschichten und politischer Kommentare. Für seine schriftstellerische Arbeit hat er mehrere Auszeichnungen erhalten, u.a. den "Commenwealth Writers Prize".
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April 2000Indien
Zwischen Mythos und Moderne. Aus dem Englischen von Max Looser
by Shashi Tharoor, Max Looser
Shashi Tharoor wurde 1956 in London geboren, er studierte in Bombay, Kalkutta, Delhi Geschichte und in den USA Jura. Seit 1978 arbeitet er für die UNO. Von 1989 bis 1996 war er verantwortlich für friedenserhaltene Maßnahmen im ehemaligen Jugoslawien, von 1997 bis 1998 Assistent von Kofi Annan, der ihn Ende Mai 2002 zum Leiter der Abteilung (mit mehr als 700 Mitarbeitern) für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit ernannt hat. Shashi Tharoor ist Autor zahlreicher Artikel, Kurzgeschichten und politischer Kommentare. Für seine schriftstellerische Arbeit hat er mehrere Auszeichnungen erhalten, u.a. den "Commenwealth Writers Prize".
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February 2005Eine kleine Geschichte Indiens
by Shashi Tharoor, Max Looser
»Indien ist nur ein geographischer Ausdruck, es ist so wenig Land wie der Äquator«, sagte Winston Churchill über diesen riesigen Subkontinent. Shashi Tharoor unternimmt, wie er selber sagt, dennoch den Versuch, sich diesem Land zu nähern, in dem achtzehn Hauptsprachen und zweiundzwanzigtausend Dialekte gesprochen werden, das über eine Milliarde Einwohner unterschiedlichster ethnischer Herkunft hat, in dem die Mehrzahl der Menschen ihre Nahrung mühselig dem Boden abringt, während einige wenige raffiniertere Software entwickeln als woanders auf der Welt. Genauso informativ wie leidenschaftlich schreibt er über das Indien nach der Unabhängigkeit, über den heutigen pluralistischen Staat, »in dem man nichts für selbstverständlich halten darf«.
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March 2006Die Erfindung Indiens
Das Leben des Pandit Nehru
by Shashi Tharoor, Peter Knecht
Jawaharlal Nehru wurde 1889 in einer wohlhabenden und einflußreichen indischen Familie geboren. Seine Biographie schien klar vorgezeichnet: Jurastudium in England (Oxford) und dann Anwaltsberuf in Indien. Doch nach der Rückkehr aus England 1916 begegnet der bis dahin unauffällige Student dem charismatischen Mahatma Gandhi, dessen politische Einsichten und dessen Religiosität ihn faszinierten. Menschenwürde, Selbstbestimmung, Demokratie wurden die Ideale, für die Nehru, dem man den Titel "Pandit" ("Gelehrter") gab, fortan einstand. Shashi Tharoor erzählt den Werdegang Nehrus, das enge Vertrauensverhältnis zum Vater, Studium, Ehe und Geburt der Tochter Indira Gandhi, die Freundschaft zu Lord und Lady Mountbatten, die politische Arbeit als Präsident des Indischen Nationalkongresses und als erster Premierminister des Landes. Er schildert die Praktiken der Kolonialmacht, die doppelte Moral, mit der sie für die Verteidigung der Demokratie in den Zweiten Weltkrieg zog. Nehru und Gandhi gelang es, Millionen von Menschen zu bewegen und die Politik des Landes für Jahrzehnte zu bestimmen. Zusammen führten sie den gewaltlosen Kampf für Indiens Unabhängigkeit, einen Kampf, der erst 1947 gewonnen wurde. Doch weder Nehru noch Gandhi konnten die Spaltung des Landes in Indien und Pakistan verhindern: auch ein Preis der Unabhängigkeit. Vor dem Hintergrund der Auseinandersetzungen, die heute in Indien zwischen Hindus und Moslems stattfinden, stellt Tharoor die Frage, was aus Nehrus Vermächtnis geworden ist.
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September 2006Bollywood
Roman
by Shashi Tharoor, Peter Knecht
Seine Laufbahn scheint klar vorgezeichnet zu sein. Doch der junge Ashok Banjara, Sohn des Ministers für Textilproduktion, entzieht sich dem Lebensplan, den seine Eltern für ihn entworfen haben. Anstatt nach dem Besuch der Elite-Universität wie sein Vater die politische Laufbahn einzuschlagen, versucht er, seinen Traum vom großen Leinwandstar zu verwirklichen. Und tatsächlich: Während sich eine solche Idee normalerweise schnell erledigt, eröffnet sich Ashok trotz seiner offenkundigen Talentlosigkeit eine Traumkarriere als Bollywood- Star. Ashok dreht einen Erfolgsfilm nach dem anderen, und immer spielt er den jungen, aufrechten Kämpfer für das Gute. Dem Kinopublikum, das zwischen Rolle und Person nicht unterscheidet, gilt er als moralische Instanz. Sein Privatleben sieht hingegen weniger glänzend aus. Seine Frau, die Schauspielerin Maya, die für die ganze Nation das Ideal der Reinheit und Unschuld verkörpert, leidet unter den zahllosen Affären Ashoks, dessen größte Sorge darin besteht, sein Schwarzgeld sicher auf einem Schweizer Nummernkonto zu verwahren. Aus einer Laune heraus steigt er in die Politik ein, kandidiert für einen Parlamentssitz. Doch als er in einen Parteispendenskandal verwickelt wird, ist sein positives Image dahin. Er taugt gerade noch für eine Rolle in einem religiösen Monumentalfilm, in dem es um die Zerstörung der Welt durch den göttlichen Willen geht. Bei den Dreharbeiten kommt es, wie im Film selbst, zu einer Brandkatastrophe, und plötzlich steht Ashok wieder im Rampenlicht. Vom Aufstieg und Fall eines Filmhelden mit großen Ambitionen und zweifelhafter Moral erzählt Shashi Tharoor in diesem tragikomischen Roman über das Showgeschäft: Alles ist inszeniert, Drehbuch und Wirklichkeit gehen nahtlos ineinander über. Eine groteske Maskerade von Verführung und Intrige zwischen Macht und Privilegien, Politik und Medien – die Mega-Filmindustrie Bombays (»Bollywood«) als Metapher für die moderne Gesellschaft.
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September 2006Zwischen den Welten
Geschichten aus dem modernen Indien
by Cornelia Zetzsche
Sie sind Hindus, Moslems, Parsen, Christen oder Juden, gehören zur höchsten Kaste der Brahmanen oder zu den Unberührbaren. Sie kommen aus allen Teilen Indiens, leben in Delhi, Kalkutta, Bombay, Bangalore, Mysore, Ahmedabad und anderswo, sind Pendler zwischen den Welten wie Vikram Chandra oder Expatriates wie Shashi Tharoor. Sie erzählen von Brahmanen und Muslimen, von Benares und Bombay, schildern das Leben in den Städten und auf dem Land, berichten von Emigranten und von Zurückgekehrten. Es geht um Hochzeits- und Beerdigungsrituale, um Straßen- und Büroszenen, Arbeitskämpfe und Religionskonflikte, um den Unabhängigkeitstag, die Teilung Indiens oder um ein Leben zwischen den Kulturen. Oft ist von der Einsamkeit im Milliardenland die Rede, und immer wieder steht die Familie als Spiegel der Gesellschaft im literarischen Fokus. Über 50 Autoren und Autorinnen, vielfach mit den höchsten Literaturpreisen Indiens ausgezeichnet, sind in diesem Band mit Erzählungen, Romanauszügen und Gedichten aus elf Landessprachen vertreten. K. Satchidanandan, Lyriker und Präsident der Sahitya-Literaturakademie, schrieb das Vorwort zu dieser Anthologie. Kurzporträts charakterisieren die Autoren und skizzieren den Kontext ihrer Arbeit im literarischen Leben und im indischen Alltag.
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December 2023Key Questions in Clinical Farm Animal Medicine, Volume 1
Principles of Disease Examination, Diagnosis and Management
by Tanmoy Rana, Kanchan Arya, Sonam Bhatt, Ranbir Singh Jatav, Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumar, Vaishali Kumre, Vipin Maurya, Shashi Pradhan, K.S. Prasanna, Aditya Pratap, Sunil Punia, Neha Rao, Mitali Singh, S.Sivaraman, L. Sowmiya, D.Sumathi, S. Yogespriya, Jigyasa Rana
Providing well over 1,500 questions to test your knowledge of clinical farm animal medicine, the book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction to the topic before providing relevant multiple-choice questions. Covering clinical veterinary medicine for common livestock species, this book includes questions about: - clinical examination; - electrolyte balance and fluid therapy; - diseases by body system, including respiratory, endocrine, cardiovascular, nervous, digestive and musculoskeletal. Including a full chapter introducing general concepts of clinical disease, this self-test resource for students provides a convenient and useful current source of information to anyone interested in learning, revising and assessing their knowledge.
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Agriculture & farmingSeptember 2022Frost
Stress Mitigation in Subtropical Fruit Orchards
by Shashi Kumar Sharma
Subtropical regions are the areas experiencing hot summer and cold or frosty winters. Such regions lie between the temperate and tropical latitudes on the south and north of the equator. Under the NW sub-Himalayan conditions and in the adjoining plains, frost is a serious threat, especially for fruit crop cultivation. The cultivation of evergreen subtropical plants always remains under the threat of frost damage. Agricultural research has made significant advances in crop production practices but the technology for effective frost protection is still lacking. Scientists worldwide are working with enthusiasm, tenacity and dedication to keep up with this threat. This book is a collection of information developed by the author and by others across the globe on the management of frosty situations. It is an initiative for developing understanding amongst the masses about frost, frost-induced freezing and options which can be explored for mitigating its ill effects. Besides giving an overview of frost and its impact on subtropical fruit plantations, this book is an attempt to convey a simplified version of the information on orchard energy balance, mechanism of damage to plant tissues and biomolecular aspects of plant defence. Keeping growers perspectives in mind, the practical aspects and elaborations derived from open field studies have been duly considered while describing the frost sensitivity of crops, damage symptoms, frost prediction, delineation of frost-prone areas, and frost impact mitigation. The book is therefore a comprehensive narrative of theoretical and practical aspects of frost and its impact mitigation.
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Geography & the EnvironmentNovember 2007Thinking Inside the Box
A Reader in Interiors for the 21st Century
by Edward Hollis, John Gigli, Frazer Hay, Andrew Milligan, Alex Milton and Drew Plunkett
Interiors is a slippery discipline. Among all designed artefacts, interiors themselves are uniquely ephemeral and hard to define. The practice of interiors is relatively unregulated. The history of interiors is patchy and contested. The theoretical basis of interiors is largely unexplored in comparison to those of other disciplines. How, therefore, might we speculate about the role, validity and purpose of interiors in the 21st century?Thinking Inside the Box is a reader designed to help students, academics, thinkers and practitioners of interiors do just that. Thinking Inside the Box is a collection of essays by prominent thinkers in the field of interiors, from Mark Taylor, co-author of ‘Intimus’ to Shashi Caan, the practitioner, and former head of interiors at Parsons, the new School of Design in New York. They address themes ranging from cushions, curtains, and feminism to the relationship between the interior and the enclave in the contemporary age of terror; from the regulation of the profession of interiors to the representation of the interior on the page and in history. View book on Libri website
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Agriculture & farmingAugust 2015Nanotechnology in Agriculture
by K.S.Subramanian, K. Gunasekaran, N. Natarajan, C.R. Chinnamuthu, A. Lakshmanan & S .K. Rajkishore
The word nano agriculture refers to the infusion of nanotechnology concepts and principles in agricultural sciences so as to develop processes and products that precisely deliver inputs and promote productivity without associated environmental harm. Nano Agriculture is quite appropriate in India in the context of changing scenarios in agricultural production systems which in the verge of transformation towards precision agriculture.
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Agriculture & farmingJuly 2015Agriculture Bioinformatics
by R. Keshavachandran & S. Raji Radhakrishnan
Biotechnological tools supplement various conventional approaches in conservation, characterization and utilization for increasing production and productivity of agricultural and horticultural crops. The emerging field of bioinformatics is an integrated field arising from merging of biology and informatics. It is a conglomeration of various new frontiers of science like genomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc. The rich warehouse of proteome and genome information nearly doubling every year has significant implications and applications in various areas of science including agriculture, horticulture, forestry and food science. Cheminformatics is specialized to a range of problems in the field of chemistry. Chemical pesticide reduction is possible by adopting cheminformatics methods to identify naturally occurring chemical compounds in crops which act against pests. Bioinformatics has transformed the discipline of life science from a purely lab based science to an information science as well. The present book Agriculture Bioinformatics is a compilation of 17 information packed s authored by working scientists in the respective discipline. In addition to the theoretical information, practical and applied aspects to boost productivity and quality of crops are given.
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Agriculture & farmingJune 2014Food and Nutritonal Security By Sustainable Agriculture
Methods To Attain and Sustain
by Bijesh Kumar Mishra, Sunl Kumar & Jagesh Kumar Tiwari
This book contains s written by young enthusiastic scientists, teachers and researchers who are involved in research, teaching and extension of modern scientific agricultural principles and practices in different parts of India. Attempts have been made to cover various aspects of modern agriculture viz. genetic improvement of crop plants, modern methods in plant breeding, seed science, ground water resources management, integrated farming systems, horticultural crops, biological control for sustainable agriculture, underutilized fruit plants health enhancing foods, role of enzymes in food processing, bioinformatics and molecular diagnostics etc., but still many facets lingering due to vast nature of agriculture itself. The major aim of this book is to provide glimpse of important arena to enhance food and nutritional security in a sustainable way.
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PhysiologyOctober 2011Physio-Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Vegetable Crops
by M.K. Rana
This book is aimed at providing systematic information on nutritional importance of vegetables in human nutrition, physiology, post-harvest technology, biochemistry and biotechnology of vegetables at a single source. The book contains very concise and precise information on physio-biochemical and biotechnological aspects of vegetable crops and also covers areas like resistance against diseases and herbicides and tolerance against drought and salinity and the physical aspects of quality, i.e., shape, size, texture, colour, tenderness, etc. It also contains the information on best possible solutions of problems faced by the students, scientists, growers and trade. The information given in this book is truly based on scientific records of scientists working on vegetables in various institutes. The book on physio-biochemical and biotechnological aspects of vegetable crops compiled for the students of postgraduate and postdoctoral programs is one such attempt to make them learn and understand the subject more precisely and motivate them o improve their knowledge in the field of physio-biochemistry and biotechnology of vegetables crops to meet the future needs. In addition, this book may be user-friendly to others who have the concern to expand their knowledge in the field of physio-biochemistry and biotechnology of vegetable crops and wish to fetch more remuneration from vegetable crops.
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Agronomy & crop productionJune 2021Potato: Science and Technology in Sub-Tropics
by Anand Kumar Singh,Swarup Kumar Chakrabarti, Brajesh Singh,Jagdev Sharma & Vijay Kumar Dua
This book in its 20 chapters elaborates the latest scientific knowledge and technological achievements for development of potato in sub-tropics and also suggests the future strategies for likely adoption. It is our sincere belief that it would act as a compendium of potato research in the country and similar regions and researchers, students and other stakeholders will benefit from the compiled information in a big way.
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Waste managementJune 2011Food Processing Waste Management
Treatment and Utilization Technology
by V.K. Joshi & Satish Sharma
Food Processing Waste Management : Treatment and Utilization Technologies is a reference-cum-text book written in crisp and scientifically authentic language for teachers, scientists, researchers, students, industry managers, as well as all those who have a stake in food processing wastes management and utilization. It presents the latest information on the problems of wastes generated from various food industries. The contents have been divided into 14 s namely; Food Processing Industrial Wastes– Present Scenario, Impact of Food Industrial Waste on Environment, Grain Processing Wastes Management, Waste Utilization – Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industry, Milk and Dairy Wastes Management, Meat Processing Wastes Management, Fish Processing Wastes Management, Spices and Condiments Industrial Wastes Management, Sugar and Jaggery Industrial Wastes Management, Fruit Kernel and Oilseed Processing Wastes Management, Utilization of Waste from Food Fermentation Industry, Food Processing Waste Treatment Technology, Hospitality Industry Wastes Management and Future Wastes Management – Nanotechnology. All the segments of Food Industry have been dealt with separately by specialists with respect to their wastes management technology. Special emphasis has been laid on the potential methods of utilization of the wastes for recovery of useful products and a supplementary means of checking pollution by their profitable utilization and disposal. The profitable utilization of the food industrial wastes would not only fetch extra profits to the industry but would also reduce the pollution load in the environment. The special feature of the book is that it covers different developments made right from the basic technologies generated for wastes management to the recent advancements and future areas of research to be done on the subject. Under undergraduate and post-graduate degree or diploma programmes of food science, food technology and postharvest Technology, fermentation technology, waste management as a subject is taught in almost all the agricultural universities in India as well as abroad .The book is expected to be very useful to the students of these disciplines. It is hoped that the treatise would be of immense value to all and would certainly open an insight into food waste management technology in the fast growing food processing industry.
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GardeningOctober 2017Basics of Horticulture
3rd Revised and Enlarged Edition
by K.V. Peter
The present revised edition has 16 chapters including 10 appendices. 42 scientists from seven Institutes, States Agricultural Universities and 2 organizations have contributed to the 3rd revised edition. A village market has now all kinds of vegetables, fruits, tubers and ornamentals which vouch for progress in the science and art of horticulture. Many educated youth are taking up Horticulture as a profession. Basic sciences like physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology, bioinformatics and economics are adding to the understanding of horticultural crops. New To 3rd Edition: 1. 5 chapters of floriculture and landscaping 2. Information on newly released varieties of all horticulture crops 3. Colour photographs 4. Updated data and references
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Agriculture & farmingJuly 2019Climate Change and Agriculture
Causes,Impacts and Interventation
by GSLHV Prasada Rao, VUM Rao & DVS Rao
Natural change in climate is slow and takes millions of years; and it is known to have made our planet hospitable to live. The climate change is not limited to one country or a continent. It is occurring across the globe as evident from droughts in Texas and flooding along the Missouri River in the United States and along the Red River in Canada. Climate change drives many stressors and interacts with many non-climatic stressors which make it difficult to forecast outcomes in any general way other than existing threats to agriculture. Agroforestry increases a high level of diversity within agricultural lands which supports numerous ecological and production services that bring resilience to the impact of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Climate change risk management is difficult in annual cropping systems due to increasing uncertainty of inter-annual variability in rainfall and temperature. Mixing of woody trees with crops, forage and livestock operations provides greater resilience to the inter-annual variability through crop diversification and increased resource use efficiency. Deep rooted trees allow better access to nutrients and water during droughts and when appropriately integrated into annual cropping systems and extract from different resource pools that would otherwise be lost from systems. Agroforestry increases soil porosity, reduces runoff and increases soil cover, which improve water infiltration and reduces moisture stress in low rainfall years. During periods of excessive soil moisture, tree based systems keep soils aerated by pumping out excess water and offer an economic return. The book contains 36 chapters mainly on agroforestry practices found in India and its role in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Global warmingMarch 2017Climate Change and Agroforestry
Adaptation, Mitigation and Livelihood Security
by C.B.Pandey, Mahesh Kumar Gaur & R.K.Goyal
Natural change in climate is slow and takes millions of years; and it is known to have made our planet hospitable to live. The climate change is not limited to one country or a continent. It is occurring across the globe as evident from droughts in Texas and flooding along the Missouri River in the United States and along the Red River in Canada. Climate change drives many stressors and interacts with many non-climatic stressors which make it difficult to forecast outcomes in any general way other than existing threats to agriculture. Agroforestry increases a high level of diversity within agricultural lands which supports numerous ecological and production services that bring resilience to the impact of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Climate change risk management is difficult in annual cropping systems due to increasing uncertainty of inter-annual variability in rainfall and temperature. Mixing of woody trees with crops, forage and livestock operations provides greater resilience to the inter-annual variability through crop diversification and increased resource use efficiency. Deep rooted trees allow better access to nutrients and water during droughts and when appropriately integrated into annual cropping systems and extract from different resource pools that would otherwise be lost from systems. Agroforestry increases soil porosity, reduces runoff and increases soil cover, which improve water infiltration and reduces moisture stress in low rainfall years. During periods of excessive soil moisture, tree based systems keep soils aerated by pumping out excess water and offer an economic return. The book contains 36 chapters mainly on agroforestry practices found in India and its role in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Agriculture & farmingMay 2016Climate Change and Plantations in The Humid Tropics
by GSHLV Prasada Rao & C.S.Gopakumar
Weather and climate play an important role in plantation crops production. While climate determines the adaptability of a particular crop in a region, weather determines the yield attributes of the crop. The global warming and climate change impacts on plantation crops are evident in the form of extreme weather events like floods, droughts, cold and heat waves and strong cyclonic winds, the frequency of which is likely to be more and more in the ensuing decades as noticed year after year around the globe in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015. It is now a topic of concern and the plantations economy is in a threat in the ensuing decades due to climate variability. Decline in monsoon rainfall with number of rainy days, increasing ambient air temperatures (both day maximum and night minimum), decline in groundwater table, decline in wetland area and surface water resources, increasing number of forest fires and decline in forest area, increasing events of landslides during both the monsoon seasons, indiscriminate sand mining from river beds and unscientific land filling are the important climate change related issues in the Humid Tropics.
