One lifetime. Two lives. Puzzling, isn’t it? For Vishal, this is reality. An energetic smart youngster with his life laid out before him, Vishal has dreams in his eyes. But a chance encounter after meeting a friend, while on the way back home, sets things running in a completely different stream. Vishal is lost, and is taken in by a kindhearted family. Someone intervenes and sends him away again into the world of uncertainties, and he lands up at the doorstep of a family. Does Vishal find his bearings in his present life? What does this new can of worms portend for him? To find out, follow Vishal on his journey as he solves the puzzling mysteries that confront him.
This is the story of a perennial stream. The water (students) keeps on flowing by forward but, the stream - the institutional life - remains the same. Thus, this is the story of every student, of every youth aspiring for high goals of life. Most of the events are from my own life and those of my erstwhile class-fellows, albeit attributed in the story to its characters.
This is the revised edition of the book with new chapters to incorporate the latest developments in the field.It contains appox. 200 problems from various competitive examinations (GATE, IES, IAS) have been included.The author does hope that with this, the utility of the book will be further enhanced.
The printing of the seventh edition of the book has provided the author with an opportunity to completely go through the text.Minor Additions and Improvements have been carried out,wherever needed.All the figure work has been redone on computer,with the result that all the figures are clear and sharp.The author is really thankful to M/s S.Chand & Company Ltd. for doing an excellent job in publishing the latest edition of the book.
The term "alkali soil"is employed to refer to soils that have a high exchangeable-sodium-percentage; and "saline soil" is used in connection with soils having a high value for the electrical conductivity of the saturation extract. This handbook was first issued in multilithed form in 1947, and it has been widely distributed in this country and abroad. The handbook is intended primarily as a practical guide for those who are confroted with soil, plant, and water problems involving salinity and alkali The first five chapters provide a basis for the evaluation and interpretaion of measure-ments The procedures and measuring methods given in chapters 6,7, and 8 are those with which the Laboratory has had experience, and they are believed to have general applicability in the diagnosis and improvement of saline and alkali soils. This handbook is the result of the combined efforts of the entire staff of the salinity Laboratry.
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