“pallavi kumbla”

This work of selected poems seeks to explore and understand the emotions of its author, Pallavi Kumbla, a college student. These poems document intense moments in her newly independent life and seek to provide an understanding of her route to finding out who she really is.... More

India and China share a 3500-km border and have interacted with each other for over 2000 years. It is remarkable then that their people know so little of each other: what they think, how they live, their language, customs and philosophy.Or even their cuisine. Pallavi Aiyar was very much the av... More

My life was like a jigsaw puzzle with a vital piece missing from it and something had inspired me to think that I could find that missing piece again. Based on this hope, I made the decision to go on this journey. A Nameless Place is the story of a British Indian girl, Laxmi Gupta, who is desperatel... More

China is at an historical point where tradition and modernity, communism and capitalism, chaos and control, freedom and dissent, amongst other dualities rub up against each other on a daily basis. In order to remain in power through this period of fundamental and far-reaching transformations, the Ch... More

The reductive and essentialist Western view of the Islamic Orient in the nineteenth century exerted a powerful influence on British travelers to the East. However, the experience of travel in the Orient made some polular travel writers-James Morier, Alexander Kinglake, Richard Burton, and Gertrude B... More

“Green” or “sustainable” buildings use key resources like energy, water, materials and land more efficiently than buildings that are just built to code. With more natural light and better air quality, green buildings typically contribute to improved health, comfort and productivity for the o... More

Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. There are a variety of factors that can influence a person’s level of job satisfaction. Some of these factors include the level of pay and benefits, the perceived fairness of the promotion system within a company, the qua... More

The present publication provides a forum for a comprehensiv ediscussion of the nature of relationship between higher education and working life. Detailing three perspectives, namely those of society, higher education and the world of work, the book provides an in-depth coverage of issues and challen... More