“…Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, a publication of Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, was started, in 2012 when the university authorities headed by the then Director-Cum Vice-Chancellor felt the need for creating a forum for documenting research conducted across the country and the globe in the form of a "medical journal" on the lines of the National Medical Journal of India (a publication of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi) and Mayo Clinic Proceedings (USA). The name of the journal was proposed as "Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research" to include both clinical, basic medical, and translational research into the publication scope of the journal. …”

“…The description of the new attempts by businesses to addresses sustainability and project management pertaining to Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi is an example in this category. Additions to the end-of-chapter exercises: Mini Projects and Net-wise Exercises have been updated Video Insights: This is a new feature introduced in this edition. …”

“…Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan is Director of the Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology (CSST) at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Diana Wueger is Faculty Associate for Research in the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School and a PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago…”

“…Drawing on oral traditions, especially as represented in traditional ballads, broadsides, and tale collections, the contributors consider fertile landscapes of the mind where utopias overflow with bliss and abundance, stereotyped national and ethnic caricatures define the lives of "others," nostalgia glorifies home and occupation, and idealized and mythological animals serve as cultural icons and guideposts to harmonious social life.Italian Canadian Luisa Del Giudice looks at the rich Italian variants of the traditional gastronomic utopia called Il Paese di Cuccagna, the Land of Cockaigne, "a mythic land of plenty where rivers run with 'milk and honey' (wine, beer, coffee, or rum), food falls like manna from heaven, work is banished, and no one ever grows old" and considers its persistence in immigrant worldview. From New Delhi, Sadhana Naithani examines the "preface-d space" that as India, colonial British authors imagined and passed on to readers in formulaic prefaces to collections of Indian folklore. …”