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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Introduction. 1. Ecological security of the Himalayas. 2. Ancient communities of the Himalayas. 3. The survival economy and forest conflicts in Himalayas. 4. Rebellion as confrontation People's Ecological Movement in Kumaon and Garhwal over forest rights. 5. The Chipko Movement. 6. Chipko Social history of an Environmental Movement. 7. Development Project vis a vis ethno religious sentiments the Rathong Chu Imbroglio in Sikkim. 8. Background to political unrest in Nepal. 9. Security and political environment a Nepalese perspective. 10. Nepal Quest of elusive peace. 11. The roots and the emergence of the Maoists. 12. The end of Shangri La. 13. Tibetan legend. 14. Political economic and religious relations between Mongolia and Tibet. 15. Bhutan Political culture and national dilemma. 16. Ethnic stalemate and crisis of confidence. 17. Gender disparity in level of literacy a case of Uttaranchal. 18. The role of women in the Uttaranchal Regional Movement. 19. Women's empowerment types of marital relationship Polygyny Polyandry and divorce in Himachal Himalayas. Index. This book presents a panoramic overview of politics and women empowerment in the Himalayan region and North Eastern States Nepal Tibet Bhutan Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It brings into sharp contrast the fragile Himalayan ecology due to continuous seismic activities and movements in the plates tectonics and the increasing militarisation wars and armed conflicts in the hilly regions. The Chipko Movement launched initially by a few women brought into focus the mindless exploitation of the forest resources and the related issues. Unrest in Sikkim over Rathong Chu Hydel Project and Maoist emergence in Nepal show their peculiar political slant. Political economic and religious relations between Mongolia and Tibet had its own mutual effects. In Uttarakhand the women seemed powerful and influential due to their participation in Chipko and the agitation for the separate state. In actual fact they are very vulnerable due to prevailing polygamy polyandry and illiteracy. The book is indispensable for serious readers and research scholars. 392 pp. …

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Introduction. 1. Lost vision Art in the Himalayan region today. 2. The Himalayan tribes. 3. The Tribes of Nepal. 4. Himalayan polyandry. 5. Himachal arts and manufacturing. 6. Aspects of cultural ecology Sikkim. 7. Tradition as a factor in modernization a case study of Bhutan. 8. Art and painting Uttarakhand. 9. Myth history and man. 10. Pahari Painting Himachal and Jammu Kashmir. 11. Social culture of Kumaon Himalaya. 12. Social culture of Jammu and Kashmir. 13. Jagar Spirit possession seance in Kumaon. 14. Nepali Art. 15. Ladakhi Popular culture. Index. A number of factors are responsible for disappearance of different art forms from the Himalayan region. The main among them are social economical and ecological ones. The cultural invasion from outside is also one of them. During Mughal Sikh and Rajput periods the Himalayan art and culture was at its zenith. But during the British period it took a nosedive. The British were rather pragmatic and matter of factly. They wasted no efforts on vain and inane aesthetics even in the building activities. They raised buildings rather for public schools hospitals and other public utilities only. This volume describes the social constitution its polyandrous marriage systems and peculiar customs and rituals paintings sculptures and religious practices of Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Nepal Tibet and Bhutan. This book is a must read for the serious students of art culture sociology and anthropology. 362 pp.…

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Introduction. 1. Eco stress around Himalaya. 2. Himalaya's strain environment calls for quick action. 3. Himalayan expedition by a British Climber a review. 4. Himalaya its geology metereology and hydrology. 5. Constitutional provision to save Himalaya. 6. Effect of pilgrimage in Gangotri Gaumukh region. 7. Gangotri conservation project. 8. North eastern frontier region in Jeopardy. 9. Human interference into nature accelerates natural hazards. 10. Effect of environmental problems in Himalaya. 11. Threat to wildlife in Himalaya a region wise review. 12. Flora and fauna of Kumaon region. 13. Nepal's protected areas and their management. 14. Rich flora and fauna of Arunachal Pradesh. 15. Beautiful but little known species Red Panda on the brink of extinction. 16. Eastern Himalaya habitation of Salamanders.17. Trapping of beautiful butterflies in Darjeeling. 18. The Lloyd botanic garden its aesthetic and recreational value. 19. Changing process of conservation around the great Himalayan National Park. 20. Valley of the lost horizon. 21. Ecological disturbances and conservation of wildlife Garhwal Himalaya. 22. Jigme Dorji National Park largest protected area of Bhutan. 23. Global trade in wildlife. Index. Today environment and ecology are the buzzwords. The pace of development and modernisation has endangered the ecological balance of Himalaya. When the British brought railways in India in the late eighteenth century the Himalayan jungles were denuded of vast forests cover due to the demand for sleepers. When in early nineteenth century the Britishers attempted to curb wanton tree felling there arose resentment among the people of Garhwal and Kumaon in Uttarakhand. But in later times those very women folk took to Chipko movement to curb tree felling. The book gives a multitude of ill effects of tree felling ranging from soil erosion to causing floods in the plains and depositing silt. The shrinking of various Himalayan glaciers has also created alarm among the global ecologists and environmentalists. Denudation of forests also has been causing landslides and endangering the wildlife. Now the efforts are being made to avert the man made disaster. This book comes to grips with the magnitude of problem in the entire Himalayan region. 374 pp. …

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Introduction. 1. Himalayan forests. 2. The geology of the Himalaya. 3. Ethnobotany of eastern Himalaya. 4. Medicinal plants. 5. The lepcha medicobotany of Dzangu in the Sikkim Himalaya. 6. Ethnobotany of the Darjeeling Himalaya. 7. Bon medicine among Monpas in Western Arunachal Pradesh. 8. Healing practices amongst the Gaddi tribe of Himachal Pradesh. 9. Conservation and regeneration of endangered gymnospermic medicinal plants in Kumaun Himalaya. 10. Medicinal plants in the northwestern Himalaya a public involvement approach analysis. 11. Rural poultry farming a model for rapid generation of rural income and employment in the north east regions of India. 12. Improvement of rural hill economy through the eastern Himalayan flora. 13. The eastern Himalaya environmentalism and economic development. 14. The march of commercial forestry. 15. Industry and minerals. 16. Traditional methods of water management in the Central Himalayan agriculture. 17. Man and forests in the Darjeeling Himalaya reviewing settlement fuelwood equations. Index. Natural resources of Himalaya are immense in richness and variety. First and the foremost the forest cover at distinct altitudes serves the ecological and environmental balance in the region. The mountain ranges have the deciduous alpine scrubs birch for forests on the snow capped peaks to the tropical evergreen forests and Sal tree forests in Tarai and Bbabar. The nature of forests changes with the altitudes. The traditional ethnobotany is the source of medicine foodstuff in form of wild fruits barks leaves and flowers to the rural and tribal folks besides fodder for animals. The book deals with a wide variety of Himalayan vegetations. The book also deals with the ethnobotany of Sikkim Darjeeling Arunachal Pradesh Himachal and Uttarakhand in a great detail. Besides the water mineral industrial and commercial forestry resources of the mountainous regions have been discussed. The book contains wealth of information on the subject. 312 pp.…

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Introduction. 1. An introductory perspective on interpretation of social sciences. 2. The history of mankind. 3. Aggressive behaviour. 4. Races and their classification. 5. The individual and culture. 6. Development of communication. 7. The media revolution. 8. Manipulating attitudes and behaviour. 9. North American culture differentials. 10. Facts and fashions and the youth. 11. Cross cultural comparisons studies. 12. Systems of knowledge and beliefs. 13. Identity concept management and methodology. Index. Man and animals have biological needs to be met like food water and protection. But humans are unique as compared to the animals because of their ability to produce a second nature out of the first nature. While the geographical and physical settings determined the adoptive rationale of the earlier human society with advancement the humans have carved a second nature out of the first nature. Different cultural entities and civilisations prospered in succession. New discoveries and inventions broke fresh ground with each generation. This book is a detailed study of man in social anthropological and psychological perspectives. This is the study of man in his given natural geographical and social surroundings. In course of time however all these outside factors changed effecting the inside changes too. So here is a fascinating study since the stage of ape to the modern man. The book also deals with the different world races individual cultures and interface between cultures use of language as a means to educate and brain washing and different linguistic cultures. It serves as a research study to the discerning reader. 398 pp. …

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Introduction. 1. Folklore of Nepal. 2. Folk songs of Nepal. 3. Eight Kashmiri poems. 4. Medieval Kashmiri Literature (Shafi Shauq). 5. Medieval Dogri Literature. 6. Medieval Kashmiri Literature (Shafi Shauq). 7. Medieval Dogri Literature the spirits. 8. Medieval Nepali Literature. 9. Modern Dogri Literature (Shivanath). 10. Modern Kashmiri Literature. 11. Modern Kashmiri Fiction a selection. Index. This book presents a folk cultural and anthropological study of the Himalayan Folk Literature including Nepali Kashmiri and Dogri. The illiterate rural folks and tribals the world over have their own repertoire of oral literature including songs ballads tales epics and dramas peculiar to them. Yet it showed the levels of their wisdom and intellect wit and humour fiction and realism. Anthropologists during the British period noticed that some tribes were given to more fantasy whereas the other neighbouring tribes were rather realistic and were able to deal with crude realties of life. The oral literature served to entertain as well as to give moral education and wisdom. In their community a good story teller or singer commanded special respect. The myth and legends also meant to cherish religious and social values of their society. The book is a valuable treasure for the students of religion literature anthropology and folk culture. In later chapter it also charts the course of Kashmiri Dogri and Nepali Literature during the modern times separately. 400 pp. …

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Introduction. 1. Background paper on Himalayan ecology main issues and concerns. 2. History of Himalayan ecology. 3. The people and tribes in rural and urban ecosystems. 4. Characterization of socio economic factors in Western Himalaya perspectives and conservation implications. 5. Tibet and development a personal view. 6. Impact of man on the mountain ecosystem. 7. The ecology of Kumaon a paradise in peril. 8. Rural and urban settlements. 9. Himalayan paryavaran. 10. Development project vis a vis ethno religious sentiments the Rathong Chu Imbroglio in Sikkim. 11. Inter ethnic relations in Sikkim in historical perspective. Index. The Himalayan ecology and the ecosystems of the urban centres are in the spotlight today. An imbalance in the environment a resulted in glacial recessions cloud bursts and floods causing massive devastation. This has caused much concern amongst the ecologists and environmentalists. The forest cover is reducing not only in Indian side of Himalaya but in Bhutan and Nepal also. This book deals with the problems besetting the Himalayan river systems various mountain ranges major passes receding glaciers pastures and glacial lakes in regions like Pir Panjal Dhaula Dhar Siwalik Zanskar Ladakh and East Karakoram ranges. The book also discusses the people and tribes living in distinct ecosystems at various altitudes ranging from Tibet Nepal J and K to Kumaon. It also deals with the Himalaya's fragile ecosystem in active seismic zone. The book provides a comprehensive study of the subject to a serious student. 298 pp.…