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Women Novelist from North East India: A study of Jahnavi Barua’s Rebirth and Undertow
Get PDFThe writings from North East India have captured much popularity in contemporary times. The writings with their varied themes of multi-ethnic and multi-lingual cultures have raised curiosity and attracted readers from all over the country and abroad. In the emerging writings from North East India, women novelists have contributed a lot to enrich the literature from different aspects. The women novelists like Easterine Kire, Temsula Ao, Mitra Phukan, Jahnavi Barua, Mamang Dai, and others have enriched the literature of the region with their contributions. The novels produced by these women novelists carry different concerns like love for nature, myth, tradition, culture, conflict, violence, and silenced voices, etc., which are true to the region. This paper attempts to focus on the different themes of Jahnavi Barua’s novels Rebirth and Undertow
Extracurricular Activities In The Broader Personal Development: Reflections From Youth In Public Secondary Schools
Get PDFThis study examined extracurricular activities in the broader personal development: Reflections from Youth in Public Secondary Schools. Specifically, the study examined the contribution of extracurricular in the areas of leadership, sexual reproductive health, and good academic performance in public secondary schools in Muheza and Korogwe districts in the Tanga region, Tanzania. The study was qualitative which adopted the interpretive paradigm. Data were collected through focused group discussions from 160 secondary school students who experienced extracurricular activities in their school environment. Grounded theory methodology was used to analyze the data collected. The study findings revealed that extracurricular contribute to leadership as it builds youth with leadership skills, teach youth to volunteer, and inform youth that leadership is about having agenda. Additionally, the study exposed that extra-curricular activities are important in educating the youth on sexual reproductive health as they learn about their bodies, hygiene at puberty age, being unastonished by the biological changes but also extracurricular help youth to manage risk sexual behavior. With regards to good academic performance, the study revealed that extracurricular are for academic benefits, as it aspires to academic discussion and has minimized students\u27 truancy. The study concludes that Extracurricular influences secondary school youth\u27s development as it exposes them to environments translating into real situations affecting their wellbeing. Through extracurricular students can explore their environment, encouraging innovations and building creativity with very minimal resources. Additionally, extracurricular activities have proved to have a positive behavior outcomes such as academic performance in the school-age stage and occupational status and income in adulthood. The study suggests that the government should translate extracurricular activities from documents to actions and give equal weight to both classroom and non-classroom activities. The extracurricular activities balance the existing gap between soft and hard skills. That extracurricular helps youth to address challenges they face in their daily life. Extracurricular found to be of interest to students because it all connected to people’s character and it is widely applicable to most areas. While hard skills help an individual to enter a job market, soft skills guarantee job opportunities and further career growth
The Ancient Concept of the Temple: A Symbolic Study
Get PDFThe temple is the holy place away from the distracted mind, where the human mind gets new consciousness and inspiration, that is why the temple has been designated with the words Devalaya, Devayatan, Devkul, Devgriha, Devdham and Devlok etc. The temple looks like an architectural structure when viewed from a distance. But if we study the temple carefully, we find that the temple is a combination of various symbols. Behind the construction of each part of the temple, there is some esoteric intention. Different parts of the temple represent the whole story of human life. If there are four ashrams in it, then the story of immortality and rebirth is also included. The temple has its own religiosity, but it also has a combination of various mystical experiences. The temple has been compared to the human body and its various parts have been equated with the different parts of the temple. The whole universe is contained in the temple. It is the entire creation in itself. The ancient Indian Vedic tradition defines the entire creation with the metaphor of Purusha. In the Vastu texts, it has been given the name of Vastu Purusha and the temple has been called the image of Purusha. Since the temple is the entire universe in itself and it is integrated with the human body, therefore the human body is a moving universe
Feminist Sensibilities In The Post-Independence Indian English Fiction
Get PDFThe paper focuses on Feminism as a broad socio-political movement especially advocating women\u27s welfare in society. Deriving upon this philosophy many women writers, thinkers, and critics have formulated a school of thought that searches for such instances in the literature. The main task of the feminist literary critics seems to stand guard against the curbing patriarchal norms which have been inhered perpetually. The marginalization of women, their predicament, struggle for identity, finding their own space, and celebration of the female body is the chief subjects of the trend. The study of feminist theories begins in the 18th century and continues today. Feminist theories try to identify such biases and then negotiate them by sensitizing readers to their existence. 
Kamala Das: The Image Of Feminine Sensibility In Indian English Poetry
Get PDFOne of the most well-known feminists of the postcolonial era was Kamala Das. The poetry of Kamala Das is essentially feminist poetry. The focus of this poem is Kamala Das as a woman—as a wife, a mother, and a sexual companion for many men besides her husband. The poems in which Kamala Das describes the personality and disposition of her husband are those in which her feminine sensibility comes through most strongly and eloquently. One of her poems, The Old Playhouse, is infused with a feminine sensibility. Her husband\u27s approach to making love to her infuriated her feminine sensibilities. Thus, only a strong woman would express her disgust at a husband who only wants to satisfy his lust. The feminine sensibility of Kamala Das forces her to characterize her husband in The Sunshine Cat as a self-centered, cowardly man who did not love her adequately. She claims that her husband had been treating her like a prisoner who had nothing except a yellow cat (or a ray of sunshine) for companionship. Her poems are distinctly feminine due to the common female themes and even the images and symbols she uses. Both the subject matter and the tone of her poetry are feminine. Indeed, in her poetry, she skilfully combines feisty female protest with endearing feminine feelings
The Discrepancy Between the Grassroots Media in Malaysia and Korea
Get PDFThe term “citizen journalism” refers to grass-roots media. The focus of this essay is mostly on the similarities and differences between Malaysian and Korean media. A crucial component of grassroots media is the ability of individuals to express their political beliefs in a democratic online environment. This article discusses how grassroots media has made it feasible for individuals to take part in politics with the aid of contemporary internet networks and digital technologies. Because of how widely the internet is used, journalism at the grassroots level has developed into a rare method of news delivery and collection. Political parties and their social media specialists\u27 sharing of official campaign materials is just one aspect of grassroots journalism. Additionally, it concerns the dissemination and sharing of Facebook material that users share with their friends and family
Reconstructing Identities: Black American Poets of Harlem Renaissance
Get PDFAmerican literature’s 400-year history has been shaped by the rise of black writers who have often written rich and vibrant literary forms to complement American literature and culture. The goal of this paper is to present how African American literature attempted to rebuild their identities, during the Harlem Renaissance, primarily to end the negative stereotypes of black people. This was an era of unparalleled artistic achievement focused on the Harlem section of New York City by black American writers, musicians, and artists. Poets such as Langston Hughes, Claude Mc Kay, and Countee Cullen have been the most influential poets of the Harlem Renaissance period and their poetry has tried to articulate authentically the African American experience. The key purpose is to discuss how these new groups of black writers have taken a step forward to shift the deeply prejudicial image of blacks that has touched every heart. 
Exemplary Characters with Extreme Extirpation in ‘The Mahabharata’
Get PDFThis particular article deals with the epic characters with exceptional sentiments that laid a path to their last breath. Individually, personally they were very powerful with exceptional qualities that kept them in such supreme level of their kind but their gratitude, attitude pulled them down to the earth. In spite of knowing their uniqueness; knowingly or unknowingly; willingly or unwillingly; fortunately or unfortunately, they died pathetically for the mercy or gratitude which they possessed on their dependents. Unable to express their own feelings, they met their end pathetically. The researcher would like to list out Bishma, Karna, Gandhari, Kundhi and Amba from the great epic ‘Mahabarata’. The above mentioned characters were exceptionally talented as individuals. Somehow or other they had to derail themselves for their dependents. Because of gratitude, they totally lost either their happiness or their bright future irrecoverably
Influence of Buddhism On Feminism in the Modern Society
Get PDFThe woman has overcome many problems, obstacles, and barriers to become an important member of society. In the past, women had no rights at all; they were isolated, neglected, and abused by men. With the emergence of feminism, the profile and image of women have changed completely and from a doll in the hands of a man, she has become a queen, president, artist, and teacher. This article examines the wishes, dreams, and ability of women to change their position in society not only as daughters, wives, or mothers but as normal citizens with regular rights and duties. Feminist efforts have been effective in many ways and have brought about a tremendous change in the position and role of women. They succeeded in removing the majority, if not all stereotypical images and giving them more importance in society by giving it political, social, and economic rights
COVID -19 and its effect on Marketing of Solar Water Heater
Get PDFScience, Technology, Inventions, innovations – these are some words which defines the progress and the development of human race. Energy sources like oil, coal and natural gas which humans are using for past many decades are economically feasible but their direct and indirect environmental consequences cannot be unseen. A new thing has emerged 2019 – 20 that we are not able to understand and not able to find the 100% cure is COVID -19. The whole world is in lockdown mode for last one year. Even though the activities have started post lockdown period, the installation and maintenance activities are not back to the track mainly because of the high dependency on exports from China for solar cells and solar modules. The ban on export activities have impacted the world. Researchers are predicting that SARS-CoV-2 can spread by water and aerosols also after taking reference from Amoy Garden case during SARS-CoV in 2003 and some of them have found the water samples positive for COVID-19 tests. As it is evident from the literature that some viruses are susceptible to high temperature, the same behavior was observed for corona virus so the Integrated Collector Storage (ICS) present in solar water heater system can be used for water heating. It is significant that by increasing the water temperature could reduce the disinfection time.