India Need Revolution is a book for Every Indian who wants better and beautiful India. People from other countries can also buy and learn a lot from this book but this book is clearly focused on the... More > problem and solution of India and Society.< Less
India has made major advances in science and technology in the last five decades -- from nuclear plants to the software revolution-- which have provided the foundation of its economic development.... More > One of these advances was in offshore oil technology. This book provides an exciting account of how India obtained and mastered offshore oil technology.It gives an insider’s account of the discovery and development of India’s biggest offshore oil field, Bombay High, and of the strategies and efforts that made it possible to increase the country’s oil self-sufficiency from 30 % to 70 % in a short span of ten years. Another facsinating project was the rural electricfication of Vietnam.The book provides insights on a number of issues including the creation and development of complex offshore technology, on leadership and management in the oil industry, and on innovative ways to develop energy infrastructure – many of which have contemporary relevance and application< Less
India has made major advances in science and technology in the last five decades -- from nuclear plants to the software revolution-- which have provided the foundation of its economic development.... More > One of these advances was in offshore oil technology. This book provides an exciting account of how India obtained and mastered offshore oil technology.It gives an insider’s account of the discovery and development of India’s biggest offshore oil field, Bombay High, and of the strategies and efforts that made it possible to increase the country’s oil self-sufficiency from 30 % to 70 % in a short span of ten years. Another facsinating project was the rural electricfication of Vietnam.The book provides insights on a number of issues including the creation and development of complex offshore technology, on leadership and management in the oil industry, and on innovative ways to develop energy infrastructure – many of which have contemporary relevance and application< Less
India has made major advances in science and technology in the last five decades -- from nuclear plants to the software revolution-- which have provided the foundation of its economic development.... More > One of these advances was in offshore oil technology. This book provides an exciting account of how India obtained and mastered offshore oil technology.It gives an insider’s account of the discovery and development of India’s biggest offshore oil field, Bombay High, and of the strategies and efforts that made it possible to increase the country’s oil self-sufficiency from 30 % to 70 % in a short span of ten years. Another facsinating project was the rural electricfication of Vietnam.The book provides insights on a number of issues including the creation and development of complex offshore technology, on leadership and management in the oil industry, and on innovative ways to develop energy infrastructure – many of which have contemporary relevance and application< Less
The writings contained in this book were previously posted on kasamaproject.org.
In 2009 they were published as separate pamphlets, and are now collected here in one volume.
The writings contained in this book were previously posted on kasamaproject.org.
In 2009 they were published as separate pamphlets, and are now collected here in one volume.
Baila was a Jewish Canadian, raised in Montreal and Toronto. A child of the 20's, her journey is one of feminist evolution in the days when the transition from sexpot to whole woman was uncharted... More > territory. Early on, she validates herself only through the eyes of men - the sexual object par excellence. The road to self-discovery and independence takes her through marriage and motherhood, crack-ups and divorce, a hot love affair with a well-known political activist in the struggle for Quebec independence, visits to Cuba's revolution, a career in forensic psychiatry in Montreal and in France, an adventure with a spiritual cult in New York, and a wondrous trip to India. Baila's chronological story is interspersed with letters to Leo, her psychiatrist and her one true friend up until, and after, his death. Baila passed away on February 22, 2013. She was 88 years old.< Less
Don Minehart traces his life from Midwestern boyhood through serving in the US Army Air Force in WWII, earning a degree in agricultural engineering from South Dakota State College, and beginning a... More > family and public service career in rural South Dakota. A two-year stint as an agricultural advisor in India led to 25 years of work in India, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Syria, China, the Philippines, Sudan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Afghanistan, helping to create the infrastructure used to transform traditional agriculture in what’s been called the “Green Revolution.”< Less
Don Minehart traces his life from Midwestern boyhood through serving in the US Army Air Force in WWII, earning a degree in agricultural engineering from South Dakota State College, and beginning a... More > family and public service career in rural South Dakota. A two-year stint as an agricultural advisor in India led to 25 years of work in India, Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Syria, China, the Philippines, Sudan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Afghanistan, helping to create the infrastructure used to transform traditional agriculture in what’s been called the “Green Revolution.”< Less
In this autobiographical, historical and analytical perspective on Pakistan, Najm takes a closer look at the judicial revolution in Pakistan. Pakistani Judiciary becomes the reader’s navigator... More > through meandering paths of Pakistan’s internal battles for institutional growth. This is also a diplomat’s view of the socio-historical evolution of Pakistan. His outlook combines an insider’s insights and limitations with an extensive historical and cultural learning process that includes living, working and pursuing academic interests abroad. He also unravels fundamental contradictions that militate against emergence of equitable educational opportunities in Pakistan. He meets thus a general reader, a policy maker, legal community abroad and at home, democracy advocates, the Diaspora, the students and analysts on their turf.
Born in Multan, Pakistan, Najm is currently a candidate for MA in Law and Diplomacy, at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.< Less
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