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The role of presentation and personality in interactions has been debated, downplayed, or enhanced but never ignored. As women mark their presence in the workspace, the interplay of feminism, presentation, and personality will only strengthen from its previous baseline. The urban Indian woman is exposed to, experiences, and responds to style and fashion stimuli through her transition and transformation as she goes through various life stages. As India moves from developing towards developed status, the role of women in the workforce is noteworthy. The 8.57 MN (Censusindia.gov.in, n.d.)(For details, refer to Table 1-1) married working women in urban areas form a sizeable consumer cohort with discretionary income and promise high sales potential. Working women represent 21.79% of the total labour force (The World Bank, n.d.), but the number of women in higher education is growing, comprising 53% of undergraduate, 69.6% of M.Phil., and 41.8% of PhD degrees (Catalyst.org, 2019; MHRD, 2019). Thus, The study assumes importance as gender representation in the workforce increases; this cohort will substantially contribute to fashion and lifestyle sales. Interviews related to married working women''s dress decisions are expected to reveal narratives on disposable income, materialism, success in the workplace, and desire for style and fashion. These may help her feel confident about her style, succeed and move forward in the workplace. Desire and free choice have been conditions of thriving fashion systems (Blumer, 1969; Miller, McIntyre, & Mantrala, 1993; Sproles, 1974; Vannini, 2007). Fashion agency and fashion desire of young women drive fashion pursuit, acquisition, and consumption.

One cannot be an expert in Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Systems without a proper understanding of the preliminary visual concepts being covered in this book. It is a COMPENDIUM of the intermediate level books in the Visual Mathematics Series. They cover topics of - Elementary (introductory solved visual problems) - Pre-algebra - Geometry - AlgebraThis book intends to test the mathematical concepts taught in intermediate school with an emphasis on the visual skills. The problems are based on middle school curriculum but they are meant to be challenging, and meant for visual learners and high achievers. The use of diagrams and color coding scheme allows enhancing the description of the problems presented in this book and to lead the problem solver towards the solution.The problems presented in this book are in FULL COLOR and they create a visual dimension to the underlying mathematical concepts. It intends to appeal to both sides of the brain - the left and the right. It requires understanding the problem presented in a visual manner, but requires solving the problems using a combination of visual insight and mathematical discipline.This book provides a wide variety of problems, albeit a very limited number of each type. The main goal is to maintain the student''s interest. The first eighteen pages include solved examples of visual math problems and should provide the necessary background. Many of the problems in the Pre-Algebra section will remind you of logic based grid puzzles, but the problems in this book have a variety of graph as well as grid representations. The problems in the Geometry section require thinking in relative terms and many of the problems have a certain artistic flavor. The algebra section is also about geometry problems that require algebraic problem solving.

Novel tells the story of Jemubhai Popatlal Patel, a judge living out a disenchanted retirement in Kalimpong, a hill station in the Himalayan foothills, and his relationship with his granddaughter Sai.

This book is part of the visual mathematics series. All the problems are represented in a visual manner and in full color. The topics covered include addition-subtraction and multiplication-division facts. But these problems are presented as distributed or interconnected grid problems. The book has been divided into three sections. The first section provides solved examples for a small set of problems. The next section includes addition-multiplication problems that require deduction and reasoning skills. The third section includes the same class of problems as the earlier section, but are meant to be more difficult. Sections two and three require using ideas about inverse relations. Problems described as addition (multiplication) require subtraction (division) when one of the operands is unknown while the result is known.This book has been developed as a result of feedback for earlier books in the Visual Mathematics Series, suggesting an entry level book to introduce the visual problem sets. The problems in the book are designed based on the Elementary and Pre-Algebra book, but the problems have been simplified a little to focus on addition-multiplication facts, while introducing reasoning problems of medium difficulty. It also has problems designed around multiple arithmetic series, with various pictorial representations.This book is suggested for students in fourth grade. The problems in this book are of medium to medium-high difficulty and they should be suitable for all students, in addition to visual learners.

This book is part of the visual mathematics series. All the problems are represented in a visual manner and in full color. The topics covered include addition-subtraction and multiplication-division facts. But these problems are presented as distributed or interconnected grid problems. The book has been divided into three sections. The first section provides solved examples for a small set of problems. The second section largely does not include any problems based on deduction. The third section includes the same class of problems as the earlier section, but includes some cases that require deduction. It also requires using ideas about inverse relations. Problems described as addition (multiplication) require subtraction (division) when one of the operands is unknown while the result is known. As a result, they are meant to be a little more difficult set of problems.This book has been developed as a result of feedback for earlier books in the Visual Mathematics Series, suggesting an entry level book to introduce the visual problem sets. The problems in the book are designed based on the Elementary and Pre-Algebra book, but the problems have been largely simplified to focus on addition-multiplication facts, with a minimum of reasoning problems. They have been designed to use a variety of pictorial representations (with descriptions). The book also has problems designed around multiple arithmetic series. These problems are designed to illustrate special properties of fixed-distance number series. Finally, this book is suggested for students in third grade. The math problems in this book are of medium difficulty and they should be suitable for all students, in addition to visual learners.

The problems in this book are based on addition circuits. However, the problems are designed to be about deducing values rather than simple addition. The same problems from an earlier grade addition book have been presented as deduction problems. The deduction skills require a higher level of thinking and hence introduced at the fifth grade. The circuit interconnections also introduce a further level of difficulty. The difficulty arises from a need for non-serial computation and a notion of the correct order of operations.Visual skills are highly desired in the fields of science and engineering. Similar networks are normally used in computer chips for parallel addition, subtraction, comparisons, and other logic operations using an appropriate operator at each node. The problems in this book use the addition operator. All the addition circuits can also be described as algebraic expressions based on the order of evaluation, and can be an additional exercise for self study.For each circuit based problem, a subset of the intermediate values are provided. Each intermediate value is generated based on addition of all its inputs. In this book many of the input and intermediate values are not known. The goal is to find all the unknown values using deduction. It is also possible to experiment with known inputs for the same circuit to find clues to solve the problem.

This book is all about addition. These problems are suggested for students in the second grade. All the problems are presented in a visual manner, using interconnected circuits. These circuits introduce notions of adding in series as well as parallel. The problems also require ability to order the sequence of additions among the circuit nodes. Such problems can help develop visual and spatial skills.The problems in this book use the addition operator and are more elaborate and difficult than the ones for first grade. Many of the problems are circuit representations for generating algebraic functions such as [n!], n^2, n^3, 2^n, and so on. It develops a curiosity in the student to experiment with other similar graphs on their own. Visual skills are highly desired in the fields of science and engineering. The books in the Visual Mathematics Series are geared to help build the foundations for a career in science, engineering, and mathematics. Similar networks are used in semiconductor chips for parallel operations using logic gates. The addition problems have a simple format. A set of pre-determined input values are provided for each problem. The goal is to find intermediate values based on addition of the inputs. The final result is provided in the problem itself. A few solved examples are provided in the beginning for illustration purposes. Solutions are provided for all problems at the end of the book.

This book is all about addition. These problems are suggested for students in the first grade. All the problems are presented in a visual manner, using circuit interconnections. They are suitable for all students, in addition to the visual learner. The problems are based on number placements on cells that form a network of nodes. Such problems should help develop visual skills.Visual skills are highly desired in the fields of science and engineering. The books in the Visual Mathematics Series are geared to help build the foundations for a career in science, engineering, and mathematics. Similar circuits are normally used in computer chips for parallel addition, subtraction, comparisons, and other logic operations using an appropriate operator at each node. The problems in this book use the addition operator, and are based on concepts of associativity, commutativity, and distributivity. Circuits of each type are repeated few times with different input values to familiarize with multiples for numbers upto 20.The addition problems have a simple format. A set of pre-determined input values are provided for each problem. The intermediate values generated based on addition of the inputs are not shown. The final result is provided in the problem itself. A few solved examples are provided in the beginning for illustration purposes. Solutions are provided for all problems at the end of the book.

In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas lives an embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace. But this is far from easy with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter Sai, who comes to live with him and his chatty cook. When Sai arrives on the doorstep, the judge''s cook watches over her distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant to another.

De menselijke drukte die een luie dromer in India probeert te ontvluchten door in een boom te gaan wonen, achtervolgt hem ook daar als hij voor een wijze gehouden wordt.

Ved foten av fjellet Mount Kanchenjunga i Himalaya, lever en bitter gammel dommer. Han har ingen andre ønsker enn å trekke seg tilbake i fred. Dette skal imidlertid vise seg å ikke bli særlig lett når hans foreldreløse granddatter ankommer. Samtidig ankommer sønnen til kokken hans, på flukt fra immigrasjonsmyndighetene. Kiran Desai er født i India i 1971, og er utdannet i India, England og i USA. Hun har tidligere skrevet boken "Guruen i guavalunden", som fikk svært gode omtaler. Desai ble tildelt Booker-prisen for "Tapets barn".

Et øde sted ved Nepals grænse bor en menneskefjendsk dommer sammen med sin datterdatter og deres kok. Deres stille hverdag består af minder, datterdatterens forelskelse og kokkens tanker om sin søn, der lever i Amerika som illegal immigrant. Der opstår politiske uroligheder i området, som betyder drastiske omvæltninger