Authors:S. Rukmini Abstract: English being the global language, any academic research writing to gain bigger audience has to be in English. To address the needs of the recent trends in the field of science and technology. In the globalized world, writing in English has become imperative. For academic research, writing is a concrete and demonstrative activity that can if conducted effectively and with self-awareness, leads to improvements in teaching, research, collaborative learning and scholarly dialogue. Academic research writing is a genre of writing that emphasizes the combination of personal insights and secondary material gathered through focused research and investigation of a particular topic. To achieve successive academic writing one needs to understand the nature of formal writing and the genre of research writing. Whether it is the writing of a research paper or thesis/dissertation this particular genre of writing demands certain characteristic features such as abstract/synopsis, and the whole process involved in academic research writing. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of academic research writing, the steps involved in the whole process of academic writing like Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing and Proofreading and also provides a detailed description of the characteristic features of a good abstract and thesis from a structural and language perspective.
Authors:Nirmal Sharma Abstract: To solve the problems of modern life, one has to search out the causes of distress. In technology based society, people are chasing materialistic leisure. Now-a-days we have made our life hyper-competitive which has taken its toll on everyone not only physically and emotionally but also spiritually. In modern time, people are living with inner turmoil and the crisis of spirit which begins to flicker the bright light of life in the winds of an out of balance life style. No one has time to sit and think about real life, that is mega living. To enlighten our life, we have to work on every facet of life. In this book, Robin Sharma introduces the valuable knowledge of East which can help people enrich their lives. Further he has suggested seven basic virtues, seven personal responsibilities and spiritual enlightenment which all are required for radiant living. The application of this wisdom on daily basis may bring change mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. It will enhance the mind, cultivating the body and nourishing the soul.
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