Toru Dutt, from the very beginning of her life, was under the influence of music and art. She was born in a well-educated family, already in deep love with literature. She was influenced by both the west and the east, the deep influence of Indian culture on her poetry, becomes obvious from the beginning sonnets of ‘Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan’ her another remarkable collection of poems A sheaf Gleaned In French Fields which consists of the original translations of the French poems which reflects the influence of the west.

The enduring relevance of growth and progress of a society for addressing present and future challenges can best be assessed through human development approach. More than half a century of planned development and an accelerated GDP growth in India has not been accompanied by a commensurate increase in the employment, eradication of poverty, disparities and deprivation. There has been a steady growth in the population but a lot is still left to be desired on ensuring health care and education for masses. In order to evaluate the state of human development in the country this article tries to assess the three basic parameters of human development, i.e., economic attainment or well being, education and health, in some detail.

Soil salinity is one of the most severe factors limiting growth and physiological response in cowpea plants. In the present study, the effect of rhizobacterium strains BR2 and BR3 on the growth of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) varieties-Pusa Sukomal and RC101-tolerance to 0, 25, 50, and 75 mM concentrations of NaCl salinity was evaluated. The rate of growth, in general, was high in plants irrigated with 25 mM NaCl saline water as compared to control, and thereafter, the growth reduced with increase in salinity concentrations. The results revealed that treating the seeds with rhizobacteria accompanied by NaCl salinity increased growth parameters of the cowpea plant as compared to the seeds irrigated with sodium chloride alone. Treatment with rhizobacteria mitigated the harmful effect of NaCl, and the growth was significantly better than the plants growing in saline water without rhizobacterium inoculation. The overall performance of Pusa Sukomal with BR3 strain was found to be better than the other combinations tested. Flowering in field plants started within 45 days of sowing, and the seeds in plants irrigated with saline water, in the presence of rhizobacterium, were found to be healthy as compared to control seeds. Seed protein profile was analyzed by SDS PAGE gel studies.

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