The compilation of research conducted by esteemed scientists and educators from diverse specializations forms the basis of this book. These individuals have voluntarily contributed their work in the form of articles to address various aspects of food security and livelihood in different states and throughout the country.

The current relevance of this publication lies in the fact that food security and livelihood are pressing issues facing the nation, and it demonstrates the application of quantitative methods for estimating demand and supply gaps.

The book also addresses the strategies for conserving food resources through proper processing and enhancing livelihood options through value addition. Additionally, it provides a comprehensive examination of nutritional demand-supply gaps, malnutrition, and related concerns. This publication is expected to serve as a valuable reference for researchers, planners, and public representatives, aiding in the understanding of the conceptual framework of livelihood and food security, as well as the development of practical policies for achieving food security through the attainment of livelihood security at both macro and micro levels.

1. Imagining and imaging India: Random reflections on Field notes on Democracy: listening to rasshoppers by C.R. Visweswara Rao. 2. Theme of Loneliness in Vikram Seth’s The Golden Gate by S. Krishna Sarma. 3. Subaltern subjectivity and resistance: Dalit social history in post-colonial Indian fiction in English by Mittapalli Rajeshwar. 4. Fifty Turbulent Years of Independent India in Gita Mehta’s Snames and Ladders by J. Yellaiah and K.V. Ramana Chjary. 5. Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence! The Court is in Session: A conflict between innocence and Cruelty by P. Obula Reddy and Hussainvali Shaik. 6. Into the lap of eternity on the Ganga Ghat by B. Parvathi. 7. Social and sexual conflicts in Ismat Chughtai’s The Crooked Line by C.L.L. Jayaprada and D. Suvarna Suni. 8. The period of renaissance in Telugu literature by Madhuranthakam Narendra. 9. Yogic realism: the Indian story tradition by K. Suma Kirana. 10. History as fiction in Chaman Nahal’s The Triumph of the Tricolour by G. Chenna Reddy. 11. Mulkraj Anand’s untouchable: a reflection of Dalit consciousness by T. Pratap Reddy. 12. Interculturation in Bhabani Bhattacharya’s A Dream in Hawaii by R. Poli Reddy. 13. Race, class and gender as postcolonial constructs: the triple identity of African American women in Toni Morrison’s Sula by Hari Prasanna. 14. Black feminist consciousness: Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place by T. Jeevan Kumar. 15. Thomas Pynchon: the post modern novelist by G.V. Sudhakar. 16. The Ironic mode as a textural principle in T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock and Sweeney among The Nightingales by V. Gopal Reddy. 17. Margaret Drabble and women’s world by V.V.N. Rajendra Prasad and M. Durga Bhavani. 18. Othello: a feminist and post colonial reading by N. Ramadevi. 19. Antigone and Joan: individual versus institution by T. Viswanadha Rao. 20. The game of art and the game of life: a study of Luigi Pirandello by R. Saraswathi. 21. Identity, subjectivity and voice: a reading of Austin Clarke’s The Polished Hoe by Vijayasree. 22. Reconciliation an equipment for living: a study of Flora Nwapa’s fiction by K. Nirupa Rani and J. Lalitha Sridevi. 23. Post-colonial consciousness in V.S. Naipaul’s the The Mimic Men by V.R. Badiger. 24. K.S. Maniam: finding a center and appropriating Language in Malaysian context by N. Usha. 25. Dilemmas of the double hyphenated: Arnold Harrichand/Harrichand Itwaru’s Unreturning Indira. II. Literary theory and English Language Teaching: 26. Dreams and their relations by K. Narayana Chandran. 27. Gaps and leaps: literary translation as a mediating means of inter/cross cultural and linguistic communication: a case study by Ch. A. Rajendra Prasad. 28. New historicism: a Greenblattian model by P. Suneetha. 29. Using authentic materials for instruction at secondary level in Government schools by G. Damodar and T. Sarath Babu. 30. Soft skills through Indian narrative tradition for curricular development by Sumita Roy. 31. Teaching English at higher level: a paradigm shift by P. Padma. 32. Conversation: a social skill by Y. Somalatha. 33. Teaching English using technology by V. Swarnalatha.