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“kirit patel”

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  • Shape of an Apostrophe

    'Wonderful, powerful and very moving' Marian Keyes

    by Uttama Kirit Patel ...
    'Patel has embraced her inner Jane Austen for this tale, which tackles the social mores of the wider Indian diaspora**' Crack**'A darkly funny tale about the Indian diaspora' Avni Doshi, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Burnt SugarLina never wanted children, but now there are two lines on the test. Where does she go from here?Lina Solank... ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India

    Progress, Challenges and Opportunities

    Edited by Alan Diduck, Kirit Patel, Aruna Kumar Malik ...
    This interdisciplinary collection examines social equity and environmental justice in India. It assesses the effectiveness of environmental policies and institutions in rendering justice for marginalized communities while ensuring protection of the environment. It also analyses the influence of the neoliberal state and its political economies on the development and outcomes of these policies and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    A Heartfelt and Romantic Novel of Modern India

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  • Small and Medium Enterprises in India

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    by Satyaki Roy ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
    Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If growth has largely failed to be inclusive so far, and if employing a work force in increasing ... Read more

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  • MGNREGA and Women Empowerment

    by Annita Ranjan ...
    A lot has changed in Indian social and economic planning since the introduction of the grand rural employment guarantee scheme, now known as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA). The act has been implemented, suffered setbacks, established land-marks, drawn criticism, and collected accolades in all these years. But most significantly it has profoundly changed the character of ... Read more

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  • Burnt Sugar

    A Novel

    by Avni Doshi ...
    Shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, a searing literary debut novel set in India about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal“I would be lying if I say my mother’s misery has never given me pleasure," says Antara, Tara’s now-adult daughter.This is a love story and a story about betrayal—not between lovers but between a mother and a daughter. . . . In her youth, Tara was wild. She ... Read more

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  • The New Bihar

    by Nicholas Stern ...
    Well-known economists and policy makers look at the Bihar model of development and discuss the challenges ahead During the 1990s, Bihar's development failed to benefit from the acceleration in India's economic growth, principally because of a steep decline in the already low standards of governance. this changed dramatically after November 2005, when The Nitish Kumar government came to power. ... Read more

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  • Intemperance

    A Novel

    by Sonora Jha ...
    In this follow-up to the critically-acclaimed The Laughter—winner of the Washington State Book Award—a middle-aged woman starts a firestorm when she holds a contest, based on an ancient Indian ritual, in which men must compete to win her affections.A woman who has left two husbands announces she will celebrate her 55th birthday by holding a swayamvar. Drawn from an ancient custom in her Indian ... Read more

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  • Industrialising Rural India

    Land, policy and resistance

    Edited by Patrik Oskarsson, Kenneth Nielsen ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    Rapid industrialisation is promoted by many as the most feasible way of rejuvenating the Indian economy, and as a way of generating employment on a large scale. At the same time, the transfer of land from rural communities and indigenous groups for industrial parks, mining, or Special Economic Zones has emerged as perhaps the most explosive issue in India over the past decade. Industrialising ... Read more

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  • Are SDGs a Myth?

    Industrial Development and Water Pollution in India

    by Neeru Bansal, R. Parthasarathy ...
    Series series Towards Sustainable Futures
    This book discusses the continued emphasis on development gains in India’s national policies and its quest to meet sustainable development goals. It offers an analysis of the laws and infrastructure for environment protection in the country and their ineffectiveness in dealing with the water pollution which has had dire consequences on India’s ecological landscape.The book, while highlighting the ... Read more

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    She had given up on love and agreed to be wed. What will she do when love finds her again?Esha Arora is the last person anyone would have expected to acquiesce to an arranged marriage. Outspoken, opinionated and forward-thinking, she has made her thoughts on these archaic institutions known to anyone who'd lend her an ear. To her traditional family's surprise and joy, however, when a good rishta ... Read more

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  • Water Security, Conflict and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia

    Flows across Boundaries

    Edited by Vishal Narain, Dik Roth ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book explores the implications of urbanization in South Asia for water (in-) security in the peri-urban spaces of Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune in India, and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The book looks into specifically peri-urban water security issues in a context of rapid urbanization and social-environmental changes, including ... Read more

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