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Women in Indian Socitey

 

Author’s :- Neera Desai & Usha Thakkar

Publisher:- National Book Trust

Cost:- Rs 60/-

About Author:-

• Neera Desai, presently Distinguished fellow, Center for Women’s Development Studies, Delhi, is a renowned scholar of Women’s Studies and has been one of the pioneers of research on issues of feminism, gender dimensions in the family, women’s movement and education. Formerly Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, She was founder Director of Research Center for Women’s Studies. Her major works include, Women in Modern India, Two Decades of Women’s Movement, Women and Society (co-author) etc.
• Usha Thakkar, Honorary Director, Institute of Research on Gandhian Thought and Rural Development, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Mumbai did her post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago and Cornell University (on Fullbright Fellowship) and at York University on WID Fellowship from the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Formerly Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, she has presented papers on women’s issues in national and international conferences and has contributed in many prestigious journals. Her publications include Kautilya’s Arthashastra (co-author), Women and Men Voters (co-author), Pushpanjali Essays in Honor of Dr. Usha Mehta (co-editor) etc.

About Book:-

The present book, ‘Women in Indian society’, is an attempt to paint a picture of the changing perceptions of the status and role of women at the threshold of the new millennium. In a country with a history spanning 5000 years, a multiplicity of languages, customs and cultural practices, a hierarchy based on caste and class, and varieties of religions and sects, it is not easy to draw all these different threads together and weave them into a pattern. In this exercise our aim is very modest.

Confined to women and women related issues, the book makes a concerted effort to present the status of Indian women against the ever-changing social, economic, political and academic backgrounds. Tracing the history of the women’s major issues and actions theorem since the 19th century, the book provides an insight into the complex nature of work contributed by women, their educational status, their contribution in organized and unorganized sectors, their political participation, legal status, their position in the family and the outside world, and some of the emergent issues. Specially published on the occasion of ‘Women’s Empowerment year, 2001’, the book is a worthy contribution in the field of gender and social studies.

 By Lokender (Class X)

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’s STONE’

 

Author – J. K. Rowling

Publisher – Scholastic Press

Year Published – 1999

Readability Age Range – 9 and up

Harry potter and the sorcere’s stone is my favourite story book. I would like to say that even after having read it before and seeing the movie three times , it is still just as good as it was the first time, I read it. I think i’ll never feel bored if i read it many more times as it is very adventurous and interesting book to read. This book is written by a famous writer J.K.Rowling . There are nearly about 7-8 series/parts of this novel . The novel is divided into 8 parts . This one is the first part of the book. In the story , there are many characters from teachers to Students . Harry Potter , Ron Wesley and Hermione , Professor Dumbledore and Hagrid are my favourites. Harry , Ron and Hermione are best friends who are selected for the Hogwarts school ( wizard’s school ) . They are very brave , intelligent and hardworking students . In this story , they have to save the socerer’s stone from the’ Voldemort’ ; the villain . They have to cross many levels of games to reach at stone before the Voldemort . Ron and Hermione sacrifice themselves. Harry Potter faces the Voldemort alone . He finally saved the stone . The story is full of bravery and courage. I wanna say that everyone should read this famous novel .

Thank you !                                      

By Kumkum Yadav (XI A)

National Librarian's Day

Ranganathan was educated at the Hindu High School in Shiyali, at Madras Christian College (where he took B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics in 1913 and 1916), and at Teachers College, Saidapet. In 1917 he joined the faculty of Government College, Mangalore. He subsequently taught at Government College, Coimbatore, in 1920 and at Presidency College, University of Madras, in 1921–23. In 1924 he was appointed first librarian of the University of Madras, and in order to fit himself for the post he traveled to England to study at University College, London. He took up the job at Madras in earnest in 1925 and held it until 1944. From 1945 to 1947 he served as librarian and as professor of library science at Hindu University in Vārānasi (Banaras), and from 1947 to 1954 he taught at the University of Delhi. During 1954–57 he was engaged in research and writing in Zürich. He returned to India in the latter year and served as visiting professor at Vikram University, Ujjain, until 1959. In 1962 he founded and became head of the Documentation Research and Training Centre in Bangalore, with which he remained associated for the rest of his life, and in 1965 he was honoured by the Indian government with the title of national research professor in library science.

Ranganathan’s chief technical contributions to library science were in classification and indexing theory. His Colon Classification (1933) introduced a system that is widely used in research libraries around the world and that has affected the evolution of such older systems as the Dewey Decimal Classification. Later he devised the technique of “chain indexing” for deriving subject-index entries. Other works of his included Classified Catalogue Code (1934), Prolegomena to Library Classification (1937), Theory of the Library Catalogue (1938), Elements of Library Classification (1945), Classification and International Documentation (1948), Classification and Communication (1951), and Headings and Canons (1955). His Five Laws of Library Science (1931) was widely accepted as a definitive statement of the ideal of library service. He also drafted plans for a national and several state library systems, founded and edited several journals, and was active in numerous professional associations.