Parvez Dewan's Jammu-Kashmir-
Parvez Dewan's Jammu-Kashmir-

Author: Parvez Dewan

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 9788170492009

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If Anyone Has The Ultimate Dossier On Ladakh, It Is Parvez Dewan, After Years Of Running About India'S Northern-Most Region, Administering And Adventuring His Way Around Its Desert Plains, Passes And Lakes. Along The Way, He Discovered That Kargil And Leh Had Large Buddha Sculpture Carved Into The Mountainside, And Noticed That The `World'S Purest Aryans,' The Drokpas, Weren'T Amused By Suggestions That There Was Mass Kissing At Their Festivals And Taught Himself Polo On The Endless Kargyak Plains - The Highest Inhabited Place, In The World. Parvez Started The Ladakh Festival, Threw Open To Tourists Seven Hitherto `Forbidden' Areas (But Got Bounced Back From Siachen), Developed An Admiration For The History, Culture And People Of The Pak Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan-Hunza Region, Introduced The Suru Valley And Goshan Murad Bagh To The International Media, And Waited For Weeks To Sight The Snow Leopard. He Was Luckier With The Wild Ass, Brahmini Ducks And Black Necked Cranes, Though.

Parvéz Dewân's Jammû, Kashmîr, and Ladâkh
Parvéz Dewân's Jammû, Kashmîr, and Ladâkh

Author: Parvez Dewan

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 752

ISBN-13:

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While Kashmîr And Ladakh Have Been Written About Extensively, There Has Never Been A Book On The History, Culture And Tourist Attractions Of The Vast Jammû Region. The Holy Shrine Of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji Alone, Draws Sixty Lakh (Six Million) Tourists A Year. Another Three Million Visit Shahdra Sharief. Two Of The World S Highest Mountains, Brahma And Brahma S Wife, Are In Jammû, And So Several Mountain-Top Lakes. Parvéz Dewân, Who Revived The World Famous Basohli School Of Miniature Paintings, And Helped Make Shiv Khori, Jammû S Third Biggest Tourist Attraction, Has Brought In His Expertise On Jammû To Fill The Gap. In This First-Of-Its-Kind Encyclopaedic Three-Volume Set On Jammu, Kashmir And Ladakh, One On Each Region, Parvez Dewan Shares In Detail, His Interest And Excitement In The Fabled Land That Has Been The Arena Of His Adult Life: An Up-To-Date Yet Timeless Guide To The Magical Trinity Of Jammu, Kashmir And Ladakh That Crowns The Sub-Continent Of India.

Parvez Dewan's Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh
Parvez Dewan's Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh

Author: Parvez Dewan

Publisher: Manas Publications

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9788170492153

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While Kashmir and Ladakh have been written about extensively, there has never been a book on the history, culture and tourist attractions of the vast Jammu region. The holy shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi ji alone draws sixty lakh (six million) tourists a year. Another three million visit Shahdra Sharief. Two of the world's highest mountains, Brahma and Brahma's Wife, are in Jammu, and so are several mountaintop lakes. Parvez Dewan, who revived the world famous Basohli School of Miniature Paintings and helped make Shiv Khori Jammu's third biggest tourist attraction, has brought in his expertise on Jammu to fill the gap.

Book Of Hanuman (PB)
Book Of Hanuman (PB)

Author: Parvez Dewan

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2009-07-20

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780143067597

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Hanuman is an outstanding scholar, a fearless warrior, and the ideal lieutenant: intelligent, totally committed to his master, selfless and humble. Born into the Vanar tribe, a clan of the upa-devatas (demi-deities), he represents the four best-known divine attributes akhand brahmacharya (lifelong celibacy), immense physical prowess, a command of the scriptures, and unquestioning dasya bhakti (worship by serving the Lord). While Hanuman is a positive force in the life of Ram, stepping in when his fortunes are at their lowest, Ram, with his enormous powers, helps his loyal follower realize his true potential. Ram thus becomes the goal, and Hanuman, the path to attaining the goal. The Book of Hanuman recounts the story of Hanuman as the greatest devotee the most obedient servant of Ram. The book is divided into two sections. The first section traces the story of Hanuman from his meeting with Ram at Lake Pampa till the time when Ram returns to his divine form, and the second details the attributes of Hanuman, his varied representations in Hindu iconography, and rituals and prayers associated with his worship. Drawing upon stories from Valmiki's Ramayana, Parvez Dewan weaves an engrossing narrative that captures the significance of Hanuman, perhaps the most accessible deity in the Hindu pantheon.

Written Forever
Written Forever

Author: Rukun Advani

Publisher: Hachette India

Published: 2014-05-22

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 9350097834

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The journal Civil Lines was conceived in the 1990s to publish the best new Indian writing in English. The first issue (1994) soon garnered a cult readership with works by writers like Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Ramachandra Guha and I. Allan Sealy. Claiming the magazine?s irregularity itself as a guarantee of quality, Civil Lines continued issues erratically. It encouraged a new wave of Indian English writers and laid the ground for, among others, Ruchir Joshi, Siddhartha Deb, Suketu Mehta, Amitava Kumar, and Manjula Padmanabhan, who went on to become established writers Ramachandra Guha?s first brilliant essay, a five-finger exercise in literary anthropology which appeared in the inaugural issue, and Amitav Ghosh?s reflective essay on the Indian practice of the short story as well as a wonderfully fluent translation of one of Tagore?s most famous tales, Kshudhita Pashan (The Hunger of Stones). This volume, edited by Rukun Advani (one of the four original editors), brings together the finest essays, stories, and poems in the first five issues of Civil Lines, all of which are now out of print and hard to come by. For anyone interested in the finest recent Indian writing in English, this is the book to possess.

Kalyana Mitra: Volume 12
Kalyana Mitra: Volume 12

Author: Prof. Katta Narasimha Reddy, Prof. E. Siva Nagi Reddy, Prof. K. Krishna Naik

Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers

Published: 2023-02-01

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13:

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Volume XII: Tourism Studies contains 34 articles on various aspects of Tourism contributed by scholars in Tourism Sector. The topics covered in this volume include forms of Tourism, like Agri, film, cultural, eco, health pilgrimage, rural, Tribal, Wildlife tourism, Tourism development, tourist destinations. Tourism as an Industry, Tourism and Hospitality, and Tourism and Handicrafts.The volume serves as a source book for students, Research scholars and Teachers of Tourism Studies. This volume also highlights the love and affection of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy enjoys in the intellectual world. The felicitation Volume is brought out in a series of 12 independent books covering a total of 460 articles. Every volume contains two sections. The first section contains the biographical sketch of Prof.P.Chenna Reddy, his achievements and contribution to archaeology, history and Society. The second section of each volume is subject specific, E.g., Volume-I on Archaeology, Volume II on Early and Medieval Indian History, Volume III on Modern Indian History, Volume IV on Epigraphy and Numismatics, Volume V on Art, Volume VI on Architecture, Volume VII on Religion and Philosophy, Volume VIII on Economy, Trade and Commerce, Volume IX on Literature, Volume X Tribalore and Folklore, Volume XI Contemporary India and Diaspora, Volume XII, Tourism .and contains as many as 460 articles and contributed by renowned scholars.

Kalyana Mitra: Volume 8
Kalyana Mitra: Volume 8

Author: Prof. Katta Narasimha Reddy

Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 451

ISBN-13:

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Volume VIII: Economy, Trade and Commerce: The Volume contains 31 articles contributed by scholars on Trade, Commerce and Economy. The articles include, Process of Urbanization, Buddhism and trade routes, Marine trade, epigraphical references to Trade, mercantile activities, commercial contacts with South Asian Countries, Trade and craft guilds, trade on Indian Ocean, role of ports in promoting trade and commerce, and Migrant trading Communities.The volume serves as a valuable source book for students, research scholars and teachers of trade, commerce and economy in historical context. This volume also highlights the love and affection of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy enjoys in the intellectual world. The felicitation Volume is brought out in a series of 12 independent books covering a total of 460 articles. Every volume contains two sections. The first section contains the biographical sketch of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy, his achievements and contribution to archaeology, history and Society. The second section of each volume is subject specific, E.g., Volume-I on Archaeology, Volume II on Early and Medieval Indian History, Volume III on Modern Indian History, Volume IV on Epigraphy and Numismatics, Volume V on Art, Volume VI on Architecture, Volume VII on Religion and Philosophy, Volume VIII on Economy, Trade and Commerce, Volume IX on Literature, Volume X Tribalore and Folklore, Volume XI Contemporary India and Diaspora, Volume XII, Tourism .and contains as many as 460 articles.

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

Author: Philippus Wester

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-01-04

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 3319922882

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This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is based on the collective knowledge of over 300 leading researchers, experts and policymakers, brought together by the Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) under the coordination of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). This assessment was conducted between 2013 and 2017 as the first of a series of monitoring and assessment reports, under the guidance of the HIMAP Steering Committee: Eklabya Sharma (ICIMOD), Atiq Raman (Bangladesh), Yuba Raj Khatiwada (Nepal), Linxiu Zhang (China), Surendra Pratap Singh (India), Tandong Yao (China) and David Molden (ICIMOD and Chair of the HIMAP SC). This First HKH Assessment Report consists of 16 chapters, which comprehensively assess the current state of knowledge of the HKH region, increase the understanding of various drivers of change and their impacts, address critical data gaps and develop a set of evidence-based and actionable policy solutions and recommendations. These are linked to nine mountain priorities for the mountains and people of the HKH consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals. This book is a must-read for policy makers, academics and students interested in this important region and an essentially important resource for contributors to global assessments such as the IPCC reports.