Karuppusamy (246 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardback. Condition: New. 'The Shudras echoes Dr Ambedkar's question in Who Were the Shudras? that he asked in 1946. More than 70 years later, Kancha Ilaiah and his team of authors revisit this issue to give Shudras a voice again' -CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT The Shudras: Vision for a New Path weaves together multiple dimensions of the predicament of India's productive castes - in the spiritual, social, political, economic, philosophical and historical spheres. It reformulates their current position as well as future pathways. It strives to provoke Shudras-including regional political party leaders-all over India to realize their unique historical role in fighting unequal caste structures. And it gives a call to resist Hindutva, in which they have no liberated, equal space with the Dwija castes. At a juncture when the Shudra castes are regionalized and the Dwijas have become 'national', the fifth volume of the Rethinking India series, in collaboration with the Samruddha Bharat Foundation, seeks to bring home the real picture of their marginalized status in all key structures of the nation. It posits that the emancipation and progress of the Shudras are vital to sustain Ambedkar's constitutional democracy and move towards socio-spiritual equality.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. The Shudras: Vision for a New Path weaves together multiple dimensions of the predicament of India's productive castes-in the spiritual, social, political, economic, philosophical and historical spheres. It reformulates their current position as well as future pathways. It strives to provoke Shudras-including regional political party leaders-all over India to realize their unique historical role in fighting unequal caste structures. And it gives a call to resist Hindutva, in which they have no liberated, equal space with the Dwija castes. At a juncture when the Shudra castes are regionalized and the Dwijas have become 'national', the fifth volume of the Rethinking India series, in collaboration with the Samruddha Bharat Foundation, seeks to bring home the real picture of their marginalized status in all key structures of the nation. It posits that the emancipation and progress of the Shudras are vital to sustain Ambedkar's constitutional democracy and move towards socio-spiritual equality.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788189233808.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789352220229.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - People say the age of kings is over, but the history of any land is truly the history of its rulers. There is no history without a king. We don't have to believe that the monarchy has ended just because we live in a democracy. Even today, kings still exist, only their appearance has changed. In our world, anyone who captures power becomes a king. Once that happens, something shifts inside them. Their thoughts and their feelings, their 'head' and their 'heart', switch places. Once a crown is put on, it never comes off. This is the story of one such family and the power they hold. …

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Medicinal Uses. 3. Molecular Phylogeny. 4. In Vitro Propagation. 5. Past and Present work. 6. Systematic enumeration. 7. Pioneer workers and contributors for Stapeliad Taxonomy. References. Index to Scientific Names. Caralluma has attracted the attention of general public because of its antiobesity activity and fascinating cacti growth with ornament flowers. If you search for Caralluma on the internet you get hundreds of websites for its antiobesity properties. Capsules of this plant are being sold in the west at exorbitant prices. It is a million dollar business. Because of this public has developed interest on this plant. This plant group is much attracted the gardeners, cacati lovers and horticulturists recently for its ornamental habit. Caralluma has been usually accepted to include about 120 species African, Asian and South East European distribution. The genus is now segregated into 17 genera by Plowes. Of these 4 genera, 16 species and 10 varieties occur in India. This genus is medicinally important as it shows diverse medicinal properties like Analgesic, anthelmintic, antiarthritic, antigastric ulcer, antihyperglycemic, anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, antirheumatic, antitumor, appetite suppressant, antiobesity, antioxidant, cytoprotective, Immunostimulating etc. The book includes about 199 pages of text, about 25 line drawings and 28 plates of colour photos. The book includes Introduction, Medicinal uses, Molecular taxonomy, In vitro propagation, Past and Present work, systematic enumeration, websites on Caralluma, References and Pioneer workers on Stapeliad taxonomy. The introductory chapter includes about the history of Caralluma. The following chapter includes medicinal uses and chemical constituents. All the information on the medicinal uses and research on medicinal properties of Caralluma is given in this chapter. Modern tools using molecular taxonomy is used in solving taxonomic problems. This aspect is dealt in chapter 3. Propagation of Caralluma through tissue culture is dealt in chapter 4. Past and present work on floristic of Caralluma in India and abroad is dealt with in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 deals with the systematic enumeration of all the taxa of Caralluma in India. It gives citation, detailed description, distribution of Caralluma in the world and India, nomenclatural notes and line drawings for identification. Websites about Caralluma, References, Contributors to the taxonomy of Caralluma are also given at the end. …

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