This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers—all whose lives reflect changes...

Summarises advances in cultivation practices to close yield gaps, including more efficient irrigation and nutrition techniques;Discusses innovative methods of ‘climate-smart’ cultivation such as integrated crop management and the system of rice intensification (SRI);Reviews the latest research on insect pests, weeds and integrated pest management

CheeseDosa: The Book! is a collection of true personal short stories by Aditya Surendran.These tales effortlessly hop from modern day to life growing up as a nerd in a New Jersey suburb during the 1990s.From Asian immigrant parenting to heartbreak, from mental health to pizza arbitrage, from identity & belonging to a fart story that may leave you in tears; there's something for everyone in this book.

Miriam is young, attractive and unhappily married. Taking a break from her job as internal security officer at the palace of the Maldivian president, she comes to Trivandrum to write a novel. Honey Kumar is a police officer on a punishment transfer from Delhi to Trivandrum for a spectacular act of graft. When Miriam refuses to comply with Honey Kumar's demands for sexual favours in return for extending her visa, he fabricates an espionage charge against her and arrests her. Before long, Mi...

‘C.P. Surendran bears witness to…what James Agee memorably described as “the cruel radiance of what is”. Anyone who looks directly at that “cruel radiance” is very likely to be wounded; for the poet is not only a pilgrim in a dangerous landscape but also a trespasser in secluded zones, psychic, cultural or political, that would prefer to guard their mysteries. As in Greek mythology, the guardian of such a sanctuary, usually a serpent or a dragon, inflicts a wound on the trespasser who has ...

Carbon quantum dots with tailored heterogeneous atoms have emerged as a cutting-edge class of nanomaterials distinguished by their tunable electronic structures and versatile chemical functionalities. By introducing heteroatoms such as nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus, into the carbon lattice, researchers can precisely modulate the surface states and bandgap of carbon quantum dots, thereby enhancing their optical and electrical performance. This atomic-level engineering not only deepens the ...

Between 2012 and 2014, the authors of this book met regularly on weekends to discuss the entrepreneurship scene in India and Kerala in particular. We swapped stories of the budding entrepreneurs, their struggles and successes. We worried about the disappointments, cheered the excitements and patiently waited for the turnarounds of the young men and women who had taken the plunge into the exhilarating environment of entrepreneurship. Over the course of several months, from what we saw first...

The popularity of Android mobile phones has caused more cybercriminals to create malware applications that carry out various malicious activities. The attacks, which escalated after the COVID-19 pandemic, proved there is great importance in protecting Android mobile devices from malware attacks. Intelligent Mobile Malware Detection will teach users how to develop intelligent Android malware detection mechanisms by using various graph and stochastic models. The book begins ...

There has been an enormous increase in information relating to microRNA (miRNA) and its strategic role in numerous diseases. This book reviews the emerging role of microRNAs in cerebral ischemia, providing comprehensive details of the links between this small RNA molecule and ischemic stroke, the more prevalent of the two main types of stroke. The chapters address questions relating to microRNA’s function in various pathological features of stroke, like oxidative stress, excitotoxicity and...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management. It uses natural predators, pest-resistant plants, and other methods to preserve a healthy environment in an effort to decrease reliance on harmful pesticides. Featuring forty chapters written by leading experts, this textbook covers a broad and comprehensive range of topics in integrated pest management, focused primarily on theory and concepts. It is complemented by two award winnin...

One small idea can ignite a revolution just as a single matchstick can start a fire.One such idea-putting employees first and customers second-sparked a revolution at HCL Technologies, the IT services giant.In this candid and personal account, Vineet Nayar-HCLT’s celebrated CEO-recounts how he defied the conventional wisdom that companies must put customers first, then turned the hierarchical pyramid upside down by making management accountable to the employees, and not the...

Something for everyone no matter how big or small your project.Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved. "Project Management - 101 Tips and Tools for Success" will help you to become a more successful and enlightened person.Built into the book is the ability to navigate your preferred direction. At the end of each Tip you can move to the next Tip in numerical or random order. Or, you can move around the Tips using the "See Tip" pointer.Whichever cho...