Members of the middle class in colonial Malabar left behind a copious amount of writings. These are to be found, among other places, in magazines, autobiographies and diaries. This book explores the social history of the middle class in the region during the British period on the basis of these writings in combination with archival sources. It delves into how they conceptualized domesticity, forged new friendships cutting across caste, and sometimes, even racial lines, and the new forms of...

Secure your VMware infrastructure against distrusted networks using VMware NSX. This book shows you why current security firewall architecture cannot protect against new threats to your network and how to build a secure architecture for your data center.Author Sreerjith Keeriyattil teaches you how micro-segmentation can be used to protect east-west traffic. Insight is provided into working with Service Composer and using NSX REST API to automate firewalls. You will analyze flow and...

A 30 Day Challenge to Wake Up Happy and Shake Up Your LifeIf you wake up feeling tired, distracted, or already behind, you’re not alone—this book is your reset button. Magical Mornings is a curated morning ritual that blends ancient wisdom with modern science—designed to help you feel calm, clear, and energized before the world even wakes up.Told through a soul-stirring conversation between Partha, a burnt-out professional, and Achyuta, a mystical mentor he meets in the sac...

The book focuses on a very important area of Smart Grids - cyber security. It deals in particular with the tools and techniques for cyber security analysis of the Smart Grid control systems. This includes the standards and guidelines, detailed vulnerability assessment framework, attack detection strategies, and attack mitigation methods. The book is divided into three parts. The smart grid cyber-physical system is discussed in the first part. The second part introduces the attacks in the g...

It is an initiative anthology which is providing platform to the writers whose inks are efforting to explore, by publishing their write-ups. You are going to feel every word jotted down by our authors because their writings are not just a meaningless abyss but flashes real glimpse of life . Allow us to take you on a journey of magical proses and poems , into a world of realism written by different writers. You will definitely get touched by their alchemy. Get ready to travel! The new orbit...

മനുഷ്യാവസ്ഥയുടെ നിശ്ശബ്ദവും നിഗൂഢവുമായ ധര്മ്മസങ്കടങ്ങളിഴപാകിയ കഥകള്. ആലീസ് ഇന് വണ്ടര്ലാന്റ്, ബുക്കാറാമിന്റെ മകന്, ഗുലാം ഹുസൈന്, മാര്കേസ്, നീലേശ്വരം ബേബി, പോസ്റ്റ്മാന്, സോലാപ്പൂര്, പുസ്തകശാല എന്നിങ്ങനെ ശ്രദ്ധേയങ്ങളായ എട്ടു കഥകളുടെ സമാഹാരം.

നദി കടന്നെത്തിയ പരദേശിയായ കാലമ്മൂപ്പന് ചാവുകരയുടെ കടിഞ്ഞാണ് കൈയിലേന്തി. ചാവുകരയിലെ മനുഷ്യരുടെയും തിര്യക്കുകളുടെയും സസ്യലതാദികളുടെയും വിധി അതോടെ ദൈവത്തിന്റെ കൈയിലായി. കാലമ്മൂപ്പന്റെ അനുവാദം കൂടാതെ ചാവുകരയില് ഒരു പൂവുപോലും വിരിഞ്ഞില്ല. തന്റെ ആഗമനത്തെ അറിയിക്കുവാനെന്നവണ്ണം അതിഭീകരമായ ഒരു വരള്ച്ച സൃഷ്ടിച്ച് ചാവുകരക്കാരെ ദൈവം പരിഭ്രാന്തരാക്കി... കാലമ്മൂപ്പനില്നിന്നും ചാവുകരക്കാരെ രക്ഷിക്കാന്വേണ്ടിയാണ് വിഷവൃക്ഷങ്ങള് കാവല്ക്കാരായ ഇരുള്മലയുടെ ഉച്ചിയിലേക്ക് ഒരു ദിവസം അനന്തന് കടന്നുചെന്നത്. മനുഷ്യാവ...

"The Iliad" is an epic by the ancient Greek poet Homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy.

Who Should Read This Book?This book speaks directly to a diverse audience; management professionals navigating changing workplaces, industry leaders steering organizations through digital transformation, academic leaders guiding educational institutions through technological shifts, ambitious students preparing for AI-integrated careers, and intellectually curious individuals seeking to understand the technological forces reshaping our world.More than a con...

Write clean, confident React tests that eliminate bugs before they reach users.Key Features● End-to-end React testing with Jest and React Testing Library. ● Hands-on coverage of hooks, async flows, Redux, routing, and CI. ● Modern testing strategies using Jest, RTL, MSW, and real scenarios.Book DescriptionUltimate React Testing with Jest uses Jest as the foundation to introduce prac...

This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on conservation tillage in agriculture.The first chapter reviews types of tillage and soil disturbance and how different soil management techniques affect the cropping cycle. The chapter also discusses how soil disturbance can be minimised during key farming operations.The second chapter describes the principles of Conservation Agriculture (CA), looking primarily at soil management. It also exam...

Write clean, confident React tests that eliminate bugs before they reach users. Key Features ● End-to-end React testing with Jest and React Testing Library. ● Hands-on coverage of hooks, async flows, Redux, routing, and CI. ● Modern testing strategies using Jest, RTL, MSW, and real scenarios. Book Description Ultimate React Testing with Jest uses Jest as the foundation to introduce practical, production-ready frontend testing that fits the pace of real engineering teams. The book begins by...