Human Development

Signifies the value-added human development, which can't be achieved with the western materialistic approach of income and education, rather can be easily at our doorsteps through introspection of the inner desires, along with happiness and fulfillment. The author has emphasized the value of Verna system of ancient India, designed and classified to help individuals in fulfilling their different desires. About The Author:- Bharat Jhunjhunwala, is a scholar professor, eminent writer, economist, communist and political activist. Contents:- Preface • Acknowledgements • List of Contributors • Introduction • Gita on Renunciation and Enjoyment • Consumption and Human Development • Control of Senses • Relevance of Material Comforts • Self-Actualization: The Ultimate Goal of Human Development • Happines • Materialism in the Rigveda and Charvaka • Realization of the 'self-in-self' is the Key to Sustainable Development • The Rtional and the Spiritual • Body and Soul in Human Development • Food of the Mind • Indian Approach to Human Development • Emerging View of Human Development–Where the East and the West Meet • Reconciliation of Consumerism and Sustainable Development • Global Equity and Human Development • Yoga in Sanatana Tradition and its Relation with Human Values • Expansion of Consciousness • Role of the Market in the Health Sector • Smart and Good Governance–Our Cultural Heritage • Value and Character • The lanner Self • Role of Spiritual Education in Human Development • Rabindranath Tagore and Amartya Sen on Human Development • Moral and Spiritual Index of Human Development • Aesthetic Views of Swami Vivekananda • Oneness • Impact of Greek Philosophy and Christian Theology on Materialistic Concept of Human Development • Economic growth versus Employment • Social and Moral Role of Education • Poverty Index • Human Development Index (HID) in Madhya Pradesh: Reassessed • Human Welfare in Hindi Scriptures • Varna and Caste • Importance of Varna System in the 21st Century • Good and Bad in Varna System • Impact of Casteism • Impact of Csteism • Evolution and Function of Varna System • Caste Associations • Contradictions of 'Dalit' Literature • Santana Concept of Social Work • Livelihood of the Social Worker • Social Worker and Society • Social Worker and the State • Index. The Title 'Human Development written/authored/edited by R.K. Bhattacharya', published in the year 2003. The ISBN 9788178351070 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 312 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-