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He was my religious teacher. I should have been able to trust him. But he made me do unspeakable things…At seven years old, Nabila Sharma began her lessons at the mosque as every good Muslim girl does. But from the minute she looked up at her Imam, the man who held her spiritual future in his hands, she knew something was wrong....

The media forges a direct link between the public and emergency organizations and plays a very important role in disseminating vital information to the public before, during and after disasters....

Athurveda, Charak Sangita, Sushrut, Sanghita have given an excellent account of medicinal plants. A number of books on medicinal plants known as herbals were written by various herbalists (Fucus, Cordus, Lobel etc.). India was the leading country in the study of medicinal plants before sixteenth century. Withania somnifera L. (Dunal....

This book is based on a research that examines impact of global uncertainties on Indian economy and business environment. In present context, global economy requires increased attention to the issue of business competitiveness....

Ram Karan, a corrupt official in the Delhi school system, lives in one of the city\"s slums with his widowed daughter and his eight-year-old granddaughter. Bumbling, contradictory, sad, Ram is a man corroded by a guilty secret....

WINNER OF THE FOLIO PRIZE 2015 For eight-year-old Ajay and his older brother Birju, life in Dehli in the late 1970s follows a comfortable, predictable routine: bathing on the roof, queuing for milk, playing cricket in the street....

Watershed prioritization is the ranking of different critical sub watersheds according to the order in which they have to be taken up for the treatment by soil and water conservation measures. A particular sub watershed may get top priority due to various reasons but often the intensity of land degradation is taken as the basis....

Jharia coalfield in the State of Jharkhand is the prime coking coal reserve in the country. The coal field lies in the Damodar River Valley, and covers about 280 square km, but due to unscientific mining which resulted in severe land degradation....

Brave New World contains so much philosophy of note that it is unsurprising that Huxley’s integration of Buddhist elements might go unnoticed....

The Dissertation work entitled “Human Resource Management in Degree College Libraries of Lucknow: A study” helps to improve the library Human Resource Management. HRM is a major subsystem of the entire organisation as well as Libraries. Today the library and their information system are the complex organisation committed to serve the users demands....

Adolescence is a period of formative years, during which an individual faces changes and challenges in different aspects of development. This is usually a period that involves exploration of new social relations....

Cruciality of Human Capital formation is duly established by Botswana’s development experience. In the first phase Botswana achieved universal primary education which gave its economy a good start in terms of adaptable work force to primary and secondary sectors....

Climate change, a consequence of global warming has been a hot discussion topic in the recent days.Poor people around the world are among the most sufferers of the erratic climatic event. Climate change is also being proved as doldrums for making people more vulnerable to shocks and stresses more over burden on livelihood capitals i.e....

Nutritional data needed for holistic management of children with disabilities is inadequate in India. Based on informed consent, this work examined the nutrition profile and feeding difficulties of 242 children, 2-16 years, with various disabilities....