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Owning Land, Being Women

Inheritance and Subjecthood in India

By: Amrita Mondal

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Owning Land, Being Women

Inheritance and Subjecthood in India

By: Amrita Mondal

Owning Land, Being Women enquires into the processes that establish inheritance as a unique form of property relation in law and society. It focuses on India, examining the legislative processes that led to the 2005 amendment of the Hindu Succession Act 1956, along with several interconnected welfare policies. Scholars have understood these Acts as a response to growing concerns about women’s property rights in developing countries. In re-reading these Acts and exploring the wider nexus of Indian society in which the legislation was drafted, this study considers how questions of family structure and property rights contribute to the creation of legal subjects and demonstrates the significance of the politico-economic context of rights formulation. On the basis of an ethnography of a village in West Bengal, this book brings the moral axis of inheritance into sharp focus, elucidating the interwoven dynamics of bequest, distribution of family wealth and reciprocity of care work that are integral to the logic of inheritance. It explains why inheritance rights based on the notion of individual property rights are inadequate to account for practices of inheritance. Mondal shows that inheritance includes normative structures of affective attachment and expectations, i.e., evaluatively-charged imaginaries of the future that coordinate present practices. These insights pose questions of the dominant resource-based conceptualisation of inherited property in the debate on women’s empowerment. In doing so, this work opens up a line of investigation that brings feminist rights discourse into conversation with ethics, enriching the liberal theory of gender justice.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110690497

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Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India

By: Amrita Basu

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Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India

By: Amrita Basu

This book is a pioneering study of when and why Hindu Nationalists have engaged in discrimination and violence against minorities in contemporary India. Amrita Basu asks why the incidence and severity of violence differs significantly across Indian states, within states, and through time. Contrary to many predictions, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has neither consistently engaged in anti-minority violence nor been compelled by the centrifugal pressures of democracy to become a centrist party. Rather, the national BJP has alternated between moderation and militancy. Hindu nationalist violence has been conjunctural, determined by relations among its own party, social movement organization, and state governments, and on the character of opposition states, parties and movements. This study accords particular importance to the role of social movements in precipitating anti-minority violence. It calls for a broader understanding of social movements and a greater appreciation of their relationship to political parties.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316300188

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Two Faces of Protest

Contrasting Modes of Women's Activism in India

By: Amrita Basu

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Two Faces of Protest

Contrasting Modes of Women's Activism in India

By: Amrita Basu

Drawing on case studies of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal and Shramik Sangathana in Maharashtra, this ground-breaking new work examines Indian women's political activism. Investigating institutional change at the state level and protest at the village level, Amrita Basu traces the paths of two kinds of political activism among these women. With insights gleaned from extensive interviews with activists, government officials, and ordinary men and women, she finds that militancy has been fueled by pronounced sexual and class cleavages combined with potentially rancorous ethnic division. Thorough in its fieldwork, incisive in its political analysis, Two Faces of Protest offers a richly textured and sensitive view of women's political activism in the Third World. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

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0520338154

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9780520338159

Maths Mastery

A Parent's Guide to Helping your Child Score 100/100 in Maths

By: Amrita Agarwal

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Maths Mastery

A Parent's Guide to Helping your Child Score 100/100 in Maths

By: Amrita Agarwal

Every parent desires their child's success in school, but what if you could do more than simply hope for good grades? In the captivating pages of 'Maths Mastery,' you'll uncover the hidden potential within your child and learn the secrets to leading them to a perfect 100/100 score. No longer will you feel powerless when assisting your child with maths homework. With 'Maths Mastery' by your side, guiding your child to academic success becomes effortless. This book offers simple strategies and useful tips that transform the daunting world of maths into an engaging journey. Say goodbye to confusion and frustration as you break down complex concepts, making maths understandable for both you and your child. Now is the time to embark on this transformative journey. Open the book and begin today.

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Notion Press

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9798893632743

Healthcare Facilities in Developing Countries

A Case Study of Mau, India

By: Amrita Dwivedi,Arvind Kumar Singh,Karam veer Yadav

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Healthcare Facilities in Developing Countries

A Case Study of Mau, India

By: Amrita Dwivedi,Arvind Kumar Singh,Karam veer Yadav

Beginning with an overview of the distribution and utilization of healthcare facilities in developing countries, this book presents an in-depth investigation of the role they play in Mau district, India. It analyses primary data collected through a sample survey of 680 households selected from 31 villages and two urban centres of Mau district. It then moves on to discuss the conceptual and theoretical framework of healthcare facilities, throwing light on the variation in their availability, accessibility and affordability. The book then considers the distribution of healthcare facilities, focusing on their spatio-temporal change and rural-urban variations, before moving on to addressing the relationship between the socio-economic characteristics of inhabitants and their utilization pattern of healthcare facilities in the area studied.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527541622

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Women's Movements in the Global Era

The Power of Local Feminisms

By: Amrita Basu

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Women's Movements in the Global Era

The Power of Local Feminisms

By: Amrita Basu

This book provides a path-breaking study of the genesis, growth, gains, and dilemmas of women's movements in countries throughout the world. Its focus is on the global South, where women's movements have engaged in complex negotiations with national and international forces. It challenges widely held assumptions about the Western origins and character of local feminisms. The authors locate women's movements within the terrain from which they emerged by exploring their relationships with the state, civil society, and other social movements. This fully revised second edition contains six new chapters by leading scholars of women and gender studies, on both individual countries and on several major regions of the world? Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Maghreb. This balanced coverage enables readers to identify regional patterns and also learn from in-depth case studies. Women's Movements in the Global Era is essential reading for anyone interested in the global scope and implications of feminism.

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Routledge

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042997518X

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9780429975189

Sdn And Nfv: A New Dimension To Virtualization

By: Brij B Gupta,Amrita Dahiya,Elhadj Benkhelifa

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Sdn And Nfv: A New Dimension To Virtualization

By: Brij B Gupta,Amrita Dahiya,Elhadj Benkhelifa

Software-defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) are two technology trends that have revolutionized network management, particularly in highly distributed networks that are used in public, private, or hybrid cloud services. SDN and NFV technologies, when combined, simplify the deployment of network resources, lower capital and operating expenses, and offer greater network flexibility. The increasing usage of NFV is one of the primary factors that make SDN adoption attractive. The integration of these two technologies; SDN and NFV, offer a complementary service, with NFV delivering many of the real services controlled in an SDN. While SDN is focused on the control plane, NFV optimizes the actual network services that manage the data flows. Devices such as routers, firewalls, and VPN terminators are replaced with virtual devices that run on commodity hardware in NFV physical networking. This resembles the 'as-a-service' typical model of cloud services in many aspects. These virtual devices can be accessed on-demand by communication, network, or data center providers.This book illustrates the fundamentals and evolution of SDN and NFV and highlights how these two technologies can be integrated to solve traditional networking problems. In addition, it will focus on the utilization of SDN and NFV to enhance network security, which will open ways to integrate them with current technologies such as IoT, edge computing and blockchain, SDN-based network programmability, and current network orchestration technologies. The basics of SDN and NFV and associated issues, challenges, technological advancements along with advantages and risks of shifting networking paradigm towards SDN are also discussed. Detailed exercises within the book and corresponding solutions are available online as accompanying supplementary material.

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World Scientific

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9811255997

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9789811255991

International Trade and Developing Countries

Bargaining Coalitions in the GATT & WTO

By: Amrita Narlikar

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International Trade and Developing Countries

Bargaining Coalitions in the GATT & WTO

By: Amrita Narlikar

This book analyzes the much-needed and vastly under-studied subject of bargaining coalitions of developing countries in the GATT and WTO. This is an extremely important contribution to the field.

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Taylor & Francis

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0415375355

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9780415375351

Young Mental Health

Mindscape Series

By: Amrita Tripathi,Meera Alva

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Young Mental Health

Mindscape Series

By: Amrita Tripathi,Meera Alva

How do we talk about Mental Health? Are we having the sometimes-difficult conversations that we need to with our children? And why is all this more relevant than ever in India? Read Young Mental Health to find out. Co-authored by Amrita Tripathi and Meera Haran Alva, and featuring a foreword and key interview with leading child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Amit Sen, the book relies on interviews, lived experience and story-telling through comics to share a unique insight into what it means to be an adolescent or young adult in India today, the kinds of pressure and stressors they face and how to start approaching some serious – even life-saving – conversations.

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Simon and Schuster

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938679747X

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The Social and Legal Regulation of Domestic Violence in The Kesarwani Community

Kolkata, India and Beyond

By: Amrita Mukhopadhyay

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The Social and Legal Regulation of Domestic Violence in The Kesarwani Community

Kolkata, India and Beyond

By: Amrita Mukhopadhyay

This book examines the social and legal regulation of domestic violence (DV) within the Kesarwani business community following the enactment of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005. It analyses the existence of the formal law in Kolkata and the relevance of the law in the familial lives of the Kesarwani community. The book offers a new conceptualisation of examining the relationship between formal law and social life. It provides a deep insight into how living with violence becomes a way of living and how the disposition to familial violence exists with social advantage and privilege. Explaining the functioning of the formal DV framework in non-legal terms as it exists on the paper, the book shows the ways in which this one law sought to democratise the family unit and overhaul the legal process in favour of DV victims in India. Most of all it hopes to show through the Kolkata study that caste and class, social structures that regulate and define social life globally, must remain critical to discussions of the social and legal regulation of DV in Kolkata, India or anywhere in the world. The book uses ethnography as a research methodology and traverses different locations in the Kesarwani community, and outside the community in Kolkata, to examine the relevance of the formal law in the lives of Kesarwani women. While the study is in India (and in a non-western context), the theme of the study – the social and legal regulation - remains relevant to contemporary debates on the efficacy of formal law in addressing coercive control in the western world. Notably, the book makes the formal domestic violence law legible for non-legal professionals by explaining the formal legal framework of domestic violence envisaged in the PWDVA. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of law, criminal justice, sociology, anthropology, women’s studies, and political science. It will also appeal to social service providers and practitioners working in the area of domestic violence, legal regulation, social control of women, gender, caste, class and family business.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000643743

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9781000643749

WOMEN SECURITY & GOVERNANCE

By: DR. AMRITA BANERJEE

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WOMEN SECURITY & GOVERNANCE

By: DR. AMRITA BANERJEE

This book contains twenty-four Best Paper Award-winning articles presented in the IIHSG International Conference 2022 on Human Security and Governance organised by Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security & Governance, Delhi, India in collaboration with Amity Institute of Liberal Arts, Amity University Mumbai; Centre for Conflict Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, USA, Security Women, United Kingdom; Department of International Relations; Central University of Jharkhand, India; Department of Defence & Strategic Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India and Department of International Relations, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Total 537 human security experts presented paper in this virtual event from every corner of the globe like Italy, Poland, Nigeria, Philippines, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Pakistan, UK, USA, Bangladesh, Canada and so on. Best articles written by them is added in this volume. In this Conference, there are some articles, which can be brought under the theme of Women Security and Governance. So, we clubbed that in this edited volume. This book, Women Security & Governance tries to address various contemporary security issues in global arena through gendered lenses – like Gender-Water Security Linkages, Property Rights for Hindu Women, Cyber Crimes against Women in India, the Plight of Women During the Conflicts, Gender Security in Domestic Sphere, the Plight of Girl Child Soldiers, Challenges of Human Security in Mongolia, Drone Warfare and Human Security, Rethinking the War on Terror & Global Anti-Terror Initiatives, State-led Anarchy and Human Security in South Asia, Gandhian Ideas on Terrorism as a Threat to Human Security, Human Security and Contributions of Indian Space Programme, Human Security and Sustainable Governance, Engendered Environmental Peacebuilding in Tibet, Northeast India and Bangladesh, Gender Security and Law, and Minority Protection from a Human Security Perspective. I hope that this collection of essays can become a benchmark for the future as well as spur new research agendas and projects that will put the region into a much-needed conversation on the recent trends of women security and the modalities of tackling it by different types of governance.

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INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE OF HUMAN SECURITY & GOVERNANCE

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8195515959

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9788195515950

Real stories of dealing with Depression

Mindscape series

By: Amrita Tripathi,Arpita Anand

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Real stories of dealing with Depression

Mindscape series

By: Amrita Tripathi,Arpita Anand

Depression in urban India is something we are learning to talk about. But are we really having the conversations we need to? How will we defeat the stigma associated with mental illness in India without being completely open about some of our darkest times? And when we will learn that we are truly Not Alone in our struggle? Many have walked this path, and many have learned how to heal… though there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Ten brave first-person contributors share portions of their journey towards healing, stories that will resonate, move you and fill you with hope. Hear from mental health experts as well to find the answers to several questions: How do you know if you’re depressed? Who should you seek out for help? And what should you say to people who claim that you should just shake off the blues?

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Simon and Schuster

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9386797453

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9789386797452

Poverty Narratives and Power Paradoxes in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond

By: Amrita Narlikar

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Poverty Narratives and Power Paradoxes in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond

By: Amrita Narlikar

In this work, Amrita Narlikar argues that, contrary to common assumption, modern-day politics displays a surprising paradox: poverty - and the powerlessness with which it is associated - has emerged as a political tool and a formidable weapon in international negotiation. The success of poverty narratives, however, means that their use has not been limited to the neediest. Focusing on behaviours and outcomes in a particularly polarising area of bargaining - international trade - and illustrating wider applications of the argument, Narlikar shows how these narratives have been effectively used. Yet, she also sheds light on how indiscriminate overuse and misuse increasingly run the risk of adverse consequences for the system at large, and devastating repercussions for the weakest members of society. Narlikar advances a theory of agency and empowerment by focusing on the life-cycles of narratives, and concludes by offering policy-relevant insights on how to construct winning and sustainable narratives.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108244238

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9781108244237

Global Depopulation and Redistribution by 2050 A.D.

By: Prithvish Nag,Amrita Paul

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Global Depopulation and Redistribution by 2050 A.D.

By: Prithvish Nag,Amrita Paul

Until recently, the world has been preoccupied with over-population, pressure on resources, alarming growth rates, fertility and unemployment. Issues like reduction in population growth rate, increasing longevity, the greying population, reducing fertility rates and overall depopulation have not been considered seriously. Depopulation has led to redistribution. Further, the world economy forces women to choose between career and child. COVID-19 has further aggravated the situation. It appears that population processes are smooth with no major upheavals. But, if we delve deeper, we will find undercurrents happening concurrently which contribute towards population composition. These undercurrents have been swift and cannot be captured by decadal censuses. Hence, one has to depend on alternative sources. Surprisingly, the electronic media has become quite sensitive to population issues. In this book, an attempt has been made to understand these issues differently.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1036402193

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9781036402198

Healthcare in Post-Independence India

Kolkata and the Crisis of Private Healthcare Services

By: Amrita Bagchi

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Healthcare in Post-Independence India

Kolkata and the Crisis of Private Healthcare Services

By: Amrita Bagchi

This book analyses the development of private healthcare in post-Independence Kolkata, India, and the rapid expansion of private nursing homes and hospitals from a historical and sociological perspective. It offers an examination of the changing pattern of the entire health care sector, which over recent decades has transformed itself to a profit-making commodity. The book explores the complexities of the health care services in Kolkata with special emphasis on the emergence, growth, role and the changing pattern of private health care organisations and the decline or degeneration of the services of public hospitals. Post-1947 India experienced the implementation of new developments in public health services, amongst others vertical programmes, primary health centers, family planning welfare programmes and community health volunteers. Examining the challenges in establishing a comprehensive health service system and the process of market forces in health care, the author investigates its linkages with policies of the welfare state. This book will be of interest to academics in the field of medical sociology, history of medicine and health and development studies and South Asian Studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000647455

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Age of Anxiety: How to Cope

How to Cope

By: Amrita Tripathi,Kamna Chhibber

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Age of Anxiety: How to Cope

How to Cope

By: Amrita Tripathi,Kamna Chhibber

‘What does it mean when someone says they have Anxiety?’ ‘I’m stressed and nervous all the time, do I have Anxiety?’ ‘Will I ever get better?’ These are some of the questions we want to answer in this book. Is this the Age of Anxiety? Well, how could it not be – when so many millions of us feel that persistent combination of heart palpitations, impending doom, dread, even lack of control, as one of our contributors describes it. The question is, what can we do about it? Through this book we will learn how to distinguish between anxiety as 'an attack of the nerves' or something that will come and go, and Anxiety as a disorder, which will need treatment, including possibly therapy or medication. The conversations are even more pertinent given the global Covid-19 pandemic, prolonged periods of social isolation and an increased focus on mental health and wellness. We learn from coping with Anxiety Disorders, sharing their journey to healing, explaining exactly what would have helped them along the way, as they seek to bust common myths and misconceptions.

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Simon and Schuster

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8195057179

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9788195057177

TOBACCO & PUBLIC HEALTH

Tobacco and Community Well-being: A Worldwide Health Crisis

By: DR. SANDIP KUMAR SINHA, DR. RANABIR PAL, DR. AMRITA GHOSH, DR. RISHABH KUMAR RANA

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TOBACCO & PUBLIC HEALTH

Tobacco and Community Well-being: A Worldwide Health Crisis

By: DR. SANDIP KUMAR SINHA, DR. RANABIR PAL, DR. AMRITA GHOSH, DR. RISHABH KUMAR RANA

This book is widely encircling the several characteristics of tobacco control with particular reference to global scenario. Globally the evidences on widespread tobacco habits, health hazards and environmental hazards are mainly due to tobacco use, passive smoking and its impact. The economics of tobacco, worldwide legislation to control tobacco, the tobacco cessation services and the way ahead for effective tobacco control are elaborately present in this book. Consuming any types of tobacco products (smoking and smokeless) troubles nearly each and every organ in the body and intensificify the risk of heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, liver disease, immune dysfunctions, inflammations, and many types of cancer. Nicotine present in tobacco product is highly addictive and tobacco use is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, over 20 different types or subtypes of cancer, and many other debilitating health conditions. Tobacco is a leading preventable cause of death, killing nearly 6 million people worldwide each year. It is one of the primary causes of death and disease in India and accounts for nearly 1.35 million deaths every year. In terms of consuming and producing tobacco products, India is also the second largest country globally. Whereas more than 16 million of adults in the USA have a disease caused by smoking cigarettes, and smoking-related illnesses lead to half a million deaths each year. It was observed that most tobacco-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, which are often targets of intensive tobacco industry interference and marketing. Tobacco contains nicotine can also be lethal for non-smokers. Second-hand smoke exposure has also been concerned in adverse health effects, causing 1.2 million deaths per year. Approximately half of all children breathe air polluted by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and 65 000 children die each year due to illnesses related to second-hand smoke.

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Shashwat Publication

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9360878138

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Owning Land, Being Women

Inheritance and Subjecthood in India

By: Amrita Mondal

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Inheritance and Subjecthood in India

By: Amrita Mondal

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What Did I Ever See in Him?

The Modern Women's Guide to a Perfect Love Life

By: Amrita Sharma

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What Did I Ever See in Him?

The Modern Women's Guide to a Perfect Love Life

By: Amrita Sharma

Ruskin Bond wrote his first short story, ‘Untouchable’, at the age of sixteen in 1950. Since then he has written over a hundred stories, including the classics ‘A Face in the Dark’, ‘The Kitemaker’, ‘The Tunnel’ and ‘Time Stops at Shamli’. Two of his autobiographical works, ‘Life with Father’ and ‘My Father’s Last Letter’, are also included in this selection. Filled with characteristic warmth, gentle humour and keen observations on daily life, this collection brings together some of the fi nest short fiction by one of India’s best-loved authors.

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