Spanning a millennium from the 4th to the 14th century, this book explores the dynamic role of the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata in shaping the political and socio-cultural landscape of the Deccan. Drawing on a wealth of epigraphic evidence, especially royal praśastis (eulogies), it reveals how ruling dynasties like the Kadambas and Hoysaḷas strategically appropriated epic motifs, heroes, and narratives to craft ideologies of kingship and divine legitimacy. Far from being confined to the re...

Manju is a collection of 20 illustrated short stories, based on the fun yet meaningful events from the evocative life of Manju Sharma. Perfect for both- reading alone or in the group, these stories bring out the cultural beauty of rural India, and its all-encompassing values. These stories follow the life journey of Manju, giving a glimpse of life in various Indian states (Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana) and abroad (USA). The moral of each story is encapsulated through couplet...

The city of Mumbai goes past, cold, impersonal, self-absorbed. A killer waits in the shadows, anticipating his prey. Mia Santos is a successful author, feminist and Chief Editor of the Mumbai chapter an international feminist magazine. Someone is raping and killing the women she works with, one by one, and carving out the initials A.B onto their foreheads. The media gives him the moniker 'The Alphabet Killer' Mia's getting taunted and tormented by someone who claims to be the killer. She's...

About the BookWhat happens when you come across someone who looks exactly like you?Would you pass it off as a big coincidence? Or would you chase to explore more as to why and how could this happen?And what if you learned that there isn't just one other look-alike walking the earth, but 7 of them and that you are destined to be a part of something bigger?Sapta Chakra explores Dr. Ishir Saraswat’s journey, who is a professor of Religion and s...

This book analyses the various security threats in cloud computing. A host-based IDS (HIDS) using signature verification is developed and implemented for the concerned security issues. Further, owing to the vulnerability of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in cloud computing, a network based IDS (NIDS) is developed and implemented against such attacks. The performance of these IDS is verified in the Cloud scenario as well against the standard data set. Finally, a simple data st...

Nanosensors in Healthcare Diagnostics examines the role of nanosensors in clinical microbiology, point-of-care sensing, clinical diagnostics, and therapy.This book addresses the concept of nanosensors and their utilization in healthcare diagnostics, and therapy. It covers the principles and mechanisms involved in nanosensor-based diagnostics platforms. It also discusses various approaches and techniques used in the preparation of nanosensors as well as the biomedical application of nanosen...

This book presents research on volatiles produced by microbes and plants along with their biotechnological implications for sustainable agriculture. A greater understanding of how plants and microbes live together and benefit each other can provide new strategies to improve plant productivity, while at the same time helping to protect the environment and maintain global biodiversity. To date, the use of chemicals to enhance plant growth or induced resistance in plants has been limited due ...