Self Help Groups as a tool for economic empowerment of people, from less privileged section of society, turned in a kind of Magic Wand. Success of Grameen Bank model developed by Mohammad Yunus, transformed people treated as untouchables by financial institutions in to bankable. Nations with sizeable portion of population from less privileged section, also adopt the same for their economic empowerment. The places which were remote and thus could have forced government agencies to take some time, found the helping hand of NGOs. Thus comparative evaluation of functioning of SHGs, enabled by...

The return to investors on money invested by them on government backed securities has bottomed as on date, forcing individuals to go for investing their savings in capital or money markets. The lack of awareness as to complex interplay of market forces in such markets, they also want to ensure that the money invested in capital Markets does not shrink in principle as well as in its future purchase power parity. The capital markets, where investors are faced with number of options, with their own set of goods and evil, i.e., they have the potential to make an individual King and the other...

In course of recent reproductive health research increasing concern over general health and morbidity status of women is given in India. However, there is paucity of evidence based research focused on various dimensions of RTI/STDs. Many epidemiological and biological studies support the hypothesis that STDs enhances HIV transmission. So it is necessary to detect the STIs at an early stage and have proper treatment to minimize the possibility of HIV infection. Although, sexually transmitted infections(STIs) control remain important prevention strategy for past few years, interventions at this...

Girish Karnad, an ambassador of Indian culture and theatrical heritage to the Western world, is one of those rarest creators who have devoted best of their creative personality in the writing of the plays and their productions. Karnads plays are outstanding as they embody the tradition of myth, history, legend, and folklores. Karnads rewriting and remaking of myths and folktales bear some strong intellectual, emotional, and archetypal angle. His journey from Yayati to Wedding Album holds a mirror to the very evolution of Indian theatre after Independence. His plays enable us to say...