Born in Southern India to a conservative family of modest means, it wasn't long before Revathi noticed she wasn't comfortable participating in life as a man. This realisation set her on a long and winding search for survival and for a life on her terms. From the supportive yet strict—and at times exploitative—hijra communities to non-profit spaces rife with other forms of discrimination, Revathi made a name for herself as a fearless advocate for sexual minorities and Dalit rights. In an in...

When Revathi’s powerful memoir, The Truth About Me, first appeared in 2011, it caused a sensation. Readers learned of Revathi’s childhood unease with her male body, her escape from her birth family to a house of hijras (the South Asian generic term for transgender people), and her eventual transition to being the woman she always knew she was. This new book charts her remarkable journey from relative obscurity to becoming India’s leading spokesperson for transgender rights and an in...

This book explores the physical phenomena underlying the optical responses of nanoscale systems and uses this knowledge to explain their behavior, which is very different to what is encountered on the macroscopic scale. In the first three chapters, the authors discuss important aspects of wave optics on surfaces and at small scales, such as the optical interference near surfaces, the physical origin of the index of refraction, and how imaging optical fields can be used to enhance resolutio...

The Smile Syrup is a mirror book in which the readers could see themselves validating their attitudes with their children. It gives a clear insight about how the everyday conversations with children shapes their personality and how to convey things in an appealing way so that children listen actively to understand the world better.

This book is a collection of seven stories based on the history of 26 letters of the English alphabet. The appearance of the letters of the English alphabet has evolved over the centuries, as they travelled across many countries.The Roman alphabet was copied from the Etruscan alphabet, which in turn, was copied from the Greek alphabet. The letters of the English alphabet came from the Roman alphabet, which only had 23 letters. The remaining three letters W, V and W were only added ...

Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference - Virginia SatirEmpty mind is devil’s workshop, with emptying, it is filled with more thoughtsTo change the world is not in our control, but to change within is only in our hands.Presuppositions are mostly our own imaginations; they are temporary and keep changing.There is no right or wrong, it is only our own perceptions; the world does not know the diff...

This book is intended to support the students of undergraduate engineering in the related fields of Electronics and Communication Engineering as well as Telecommunication Engineering courses for practicing laboratory experiments. It gives relevant information on the basic understanding of circuit configurations and connectivity of BJT and FET Amplifiers and Study of frequency response. It presents the design and test of analog circuits using OPAMPs, understand the feedback configurations o...

This book attempts to generate awareness among primary level teachers on what to teach and how to do it. The book pays attention to activity based learning. It is aimed to train teachers in the four language components: teaching handwriting, teaching nursery rhymes, techniques of storytelling and developing oral communication skills. This book is prepared for the teachers of vernacular medium elementary schools. For non English speaking countries, it is an excellent handbook.

A story of friendship between a big bear and a small cat. Friendship,kindness, sharing, patience and tolerance are conveyed through these six stories. Ideal for children who enjoy simple, sweet and easy to read stories.

Leverage the power of machine learning on mobiles and build intelligent mobile applications with easeKey FeaturesBuild smart mobile applications for Android and iOS devicesUse popular machine learning toolkits such as Core ML and TensorFlow LiteExplore cloud services for machine learning that can be used in mobile appsBook DescriptionMachine learning presents an entirely unique opportunity in software development. It allows s...

Life is a cycle of good and evil. No matter how much we fight it, change is inevitable. Joy and sorrow, light and darknessthese are complementary. The darkest night is followed by a radiant dawn, but then again arrives the night with another glorious morning following in its wake. Human existence goes on in this way, especially for Anjali Vardhan. In her arranged marriage, young Anjali finds happiness with a husband who strives to do good in the world. Despite all the goodness they achieve...

This CCIS post conference volume constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Internet of Things, ICIoT 2023, in Chennai, India, during April 26–28, 2023.The 9 full papers and 2 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions.They are grouped into the following topics: knowledge exchange, fostering collaboration, and inspiring new ideas that drive the future of IoT.