This two-set volume CCIS 2684 and CCIS 2685 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics, NCVPRIPG 2025 held in Jammu, India, during July 16–18, 2025.The 70 full papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 266 submissions. The papers cover topics in Active and Real Time Vision, Industrial Vision Systems, Motion and Video Analysis, Hardware for Graphics, Ima...

Digital image processing plays a crucial role in facilitating efficient storage, transmission, manipulation, and retrieval of images. Python, renowned for its open-source nature and strong community support, offers a user-friendly platform with extensive image processing capabilities through libraries such as computer vision and scikit-learn.This textbook serves as a practical guide to digital image processing using Python, presenting fundamental concepts, techniques, and algorithms...

This two-set volume CCIS 2684 and CCIS 2685 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics, NCVPRIPG 2025 held in Jammu, India, during July 16–18, 2025.The 70 full papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 266 submissions. The papers cover topics in Active and Real Time Vision, Industrial Vision Systems, Motion and Video Analysis, Hardware for Graphics, Ima...

For many years, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been working towards social reconstruction in India, which is then used by the Bharatiya Janata Party for political benefit. Contrary to popular understanding, the RSS has transformed to become more technologically savvy and socially inclusive, making the message of Hindu nationalism appealing to a large section of Indians. It has been actively mobilizing Dalits, tribals and other marginalized communities to assimilate them into the Hindu...

This book studies how the act of migration is a motivating constituent in the production of popular culture in both the homeland and the destination. It looks at the formations of cultures in the process of identity-making of approximately 200 million Indians scattered across the world, from colonial to contemporary times. The volume is an in-depth exploration of the flow of cultures and their interactions through a study of north Indian migrants who underwent two waves of emigration – fro...

This book is a detailed commentary on politics and political consciousness, participation, and mobilization among the Dalits in northern India. Based on extensive fieldwork at the village level in eastern Uttar Pradesh, it deals with Dalit social and political history in the state from 1950 to the present. Using alternative sources—stories and narratives alive in the oral tradition and 'collective memory' of the oppressed and marginalized Dalits—Narayan documents various social upheavals t...

This book provides a backdrop to the study of American literature. Surveying over four hundred years of American history, it analyses the milieu that determined and defined literary representation and expression, and was responsible for the creation of writers and, indeed, readers. It seeks to understand the historical, social and natural environment that prevailed in different periods of American history, and its impact on literature.

The classic stories in this choice selection are a few of the best known ones from the living traditions of Indian mythology. Evocatively and beautifully retold, these stories are enhanced and enriched in symbolic meaning and iconography by the magnificent colour, and black and white illustrations by painter Badri Narayan.

Lakshmi Lal recreates the absorbing story and the lyrical beauty of the original Sanskrit epic the Valmiki Ramayana. In rich and expressive language, she narrates the legend of Rama, the Ikshvaku prince, who embodies the ideals by which a man, a warrior and a king must live.

"One of the world's greatest spiritual leaders reflects on his commitments as a human being, a Buddhist monk, and the fourteenth Dalai Lama." — BooklistIn this elegant self-portrait, the world's most outspoken and influential spiritual leader recounts his epic and engaging life story. The Dalai Lama's most accessible and intimate book, My Spiritual Journey is an excellent introduction to the larger-than-life leader of Tibetan Buddhism—perfect for a...

Join Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh as he explores 5 essential mindfulness practices that offer a blueprint for healthy, compassionate living—no matter your spiritual path or background.The Five Mindfulness Trainings (also referred to as “Precepts”)—not to kill, steal, commit adultery, lie, or take intoxicants—are the basic statement of ethics and morality in Buddhism. Zen Master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh argues eloquently for their applicability in our daily ...

In this new edition of the best-selling Introduction to Buddhism, Peter Harvey provides a comprehensive introduction to the development of the Buddhist tradition in both Asia and the West. Extensively revised and fully updated, this new edition draws on recent scholarship in the field, exploring the tensions and continuities between the different forms of Buddhism. Harvey critiques and corrects some common misconceptions and mistranslations, and discusses key concepts that have often been ...