It is a truism to say that the index of the civilization is the status of its women. The honour and manhood of the state also rests on its capacity to shield and protect its women particularly the weak and the vulnerable. The Indian widow has for long been a metaphor for the humility and capacity for self sacrifice to inspire the Indian fighting for the freedom of his country thanks to Mahatma Gandhi.
This book as the title implies, covers three of the most important issues in development namely gender, food security and rural livelihoods. Finding enough to eat still remains a major concern for at least a third of the Indian population despite high levels of growth and substantial investment in rural development.
The waves of liberalization and globalization in the Indian economy since the early 1990s have thrown up new challenges for labour. With the advent of new forms of production organizations, necessitated by the integration of markets, there have been drastic alterations in technologies used and processes handled by small enterprises in the country.
The updated and improvised new estimates on global poverty released by a World Bank study last August have opened up a new debate on the impact of these estimates on the poverty profiles of developing countries.
War and violence are usually considered taboo subjects for children, a task left only for the brave author. David Grossman’s stories are set around seemingly insoluble Israeli-Palestine conflict.
It has to be accepted that by and large, learning Mathematics is not one of the favourite activities among the young. This phenomenon is universal and found in varying degrees in different countries and different cultures.