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Outgrowth of an international workshop on the subject of South Asian ethical practices held in Vancouver, Canada in September 2007.
This in-depth ethnography looks at the everyday lives of Muslim students in a girls’ madrasa in India. Highlighting the ambiguities between the students’ espousal of madrasa norms and everyday practice, Borker illustrates how young Muslim girls tactically invoke the virtues of safety, modesty, and piety learnt in the madrasa to reconfigure normative social expectations around marriage, education, and employment. Amongst the few ethnographies on girls’ madrasas in India, this volume focuses on unfolding of young women’s lives as they journey from their home to madrasa and beyond, and thereby problematizes the idealized and coherent notions of piety presented by anthropological literat...
“Papa - My Hero - An Auto Man” is a heartfelt memoir written by Mohammad Muzammil Hussain, chronicling the deeply emotional and inspiring journey of his father, Mohammad Hussain—a man of unwavering integrity, silent resilience, and unconditional love. This book is more than just a tribute; it’s a woven narrative of love, sacrifice, hardship, and legacy. From the early struggles of a young boy who faced loss, poverty, and injustice, to a father who quietly built a home filled with values, discipline, and hope—this story echoes the strength of character that shapes generations. Spanning through the author's own life, including his childhood, educational struggles, career challenges, ...
This book provides new evidence on teachers unions and their political activities across nations, and offers a foundation for a comparative politics of education.
The Internet has gone from an Internet of people to an Internet of Things (IoT). This has brought forth strong levels of complexity in handling interoperability that involves the integrating of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) into IoT. This book offers insights into the evolution, usage, challenges, and proposed countermeasures associated with the integration. Focusing on the integration of WSNs into IoT and shedding further light on the subtleties of such integration, this book aims to highlight the encountered problems and provide suitable solutions. It throws light on the various types of threats that can attack both WSNs and IoT along with the recent approaches to counter them. This book is designed to be the first choice of reference at research and development centers, academic institutions, university libraries, and any institution interested in the integration of WSNs into IoT. Undergraduate and postgraduate students, Ph.D. scholars, industry technologists, young entrepreneurs, and researchers working in the field of security and privacy in IoT are the primary audience of this book.
Contributed articles presented at the National Seminar on Recommendations of the Twelfth Finance Commission and their Implications for the State Finances, on 6th and 7th May 2005 at Giri Institute of Development Studies.