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Breasts, Hands and Faces : Gazing at Iran's Mediascape -- Red-Lights in Parks : a Social History of Park-E Razi -- Post-Revolutionary 'Prostitution' and its Discontents -- Naked Modesty and the Reformation of Statues in Post-Revolutionary Iran -- HIV/AIDS and the Problem of 'Taboos' Talking.

"India, especially coastal India, has a long history of shipbuilding and navigation dating back to the Indus Valley Civilization. Indian shipwrights and the labour force associated with various aspects of shipbuilding excelled in naval architecture. Their native wisdom was adopted by the Europeans engaged in shipbuilding in coastal India. Similarly some of the techniques of navigation followed by Indians were emulated by the European mariners. A comprehensive peep into the science of naval architecture and navigation is attempted in this work making a comparative study of Indian and Portuguese architecture and navigation. The volume discusses the importance of the timber grown in the monsoon-fed forests of the Malabar coast and its appreciation by the Portuguese shipwrights and theoreticians of naval architecture. The work shows that increase of the tonnage of ocean-going vessels and the appearance of hostile mariners from other quarters of Western Europe compelled the Portuguese to adopt enhanced technology in naval architecture and navigation. The fact that the use of canons for defence against intruders made the Portuguese vessels stronger than the Indian ships which, for centuries, were accustomed to considerably peaceful navigation is also brought out in this much anticipated volume."--Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I : Governance and Civil Service -- 1 - Governance and Public Service -- 2 - Constitutional Status of Civil Service in India -- 3 - Civil Service Values and Neutrality -- 4 - Importance of Social Security in Good Governance -- Part II: Civil Service Reform in India -- 5 - Accountability in Public Service -- 6 - Corruption in All India Services -- 7 - Institutional Reforms in Indian Civil Service -- 8 - Reinventing the Civil Servant -- Part III: Functioning of Service Commissions in SAARC Region -- 9 - Comparative Study of Service Commissions in SAARC Nations: Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Maldives -- Part IV: Case Studies -- 10 - The Right to Good Governance: Present Scenario and Future Lessons -- 11 - Indian Revenue Service: Reflections of a Woman Bureaucrat -- 12 - Indian Postal Service: A Rewarding 'Social Service' -- 13 - Functioning of Union Public Service Commission of India -- 14 - Pakistan: Federal Public Service Commission and Its Functions -- 15 - Functioning of Royal Bhutan Service Commission -- Bibliography -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Index.