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Book review: the free voice: on democracy, culture and the nation by Ravish Kumar
No full textThe Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation, journalist Ravish Kumar presents an incisive critique of the contemporary state of affairs in India today. This must-read book acts as a mirror and a siren, reflecting the complex social realities of the country and warning citizens of the dire consequences of the erosion of democratic values, recommends Aishwarya Bhuta
Bollywood cinema: A critical genealogy
Get PDF"Bollywood" has finally made it to the Oxford English Dictionary. The 2005 edition defines it as: "a name for the Indian popular film industry, based in Bombay. Origin 1970s. Blend of Bombay and Hollywood." The incorporation of the word in the OED acknowledges the strength of a film industry which, with the coming of sound in 1931, has produced some 9,000 films. (This must not be confused with the output of Indian cinema generally, which would be four times more). What is less evident from the OED definition is the way in which the word has acquired its current meaning and has displaced its earlier descriptors (Bombay Cinema, Indian Popular Cinema, Hindi Cinema), functioning, perhaps even horrifyingly, as an "empty signifier" (Prasad) that may be variously used for a reading of popular Indian cinema. The triumph of the term (over the others) is nothing less than spectacular and indicates, furthermore, the growing global sweep of this cinema not just as cinema qua cinema but as cinema qua social effects and national cultural coding. Although Indian film producers in particular, and pockets of Indian spectators generally, continue to feel uneasy with it (the vernacular press came around to using "Bollywood" only reluctantly), its ascendancy has been such that Bombay Dreams (the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical) and the homegrown Merchants of Bollywood both become signifiers of a cultural logic which transcends cinema and is a global marker of Indian modernity. As the Melbourne (March 2006) closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games showed, Bollywood will be the cultural practice through which Indian national culture will be projected when the games are held in Delhi in 2010. International games (the Olympics, World Cup Soccer, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and so on) are often expressions of a nation's own emerging modernity. For India that modernity, in the realm of culture, is increasingly being interpellated by Bollywood
sj-jpg-4-tdo-10.1177_00494755231218773 - Supplemental material for Abdominal wall calcification in a peritoneal dialysis patient
No full textSupplemental material, sj-jpg-4-tdo-10.1177_00494755231218773 for Abdominal wall calcification in a peritoneal dialysis patient by M. Gurupriya, G. Anuhya, Mathini Sundarmurthy, Aishwarya P Lakshmi, R. Ram and V Siva Kumar in Tropical Doctor</p
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No full textSupplemental material, sj-jpg-2-tdo-10.1177_00494755231218773 for Abdominal wall calcification in a peritoneal dialysis patient by M. Gurupriya, G. Anuhya, Mathini Sundarmurthy, Aishwarya P Lakshmi, R. Ram and V Siva Kumar in Tropical Doctor</p
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No full textSupplemental material, sj-jpg-3-tdo-10.1177_00494755231218773 for Abdominal wall calcification in a peritoneal dialysis patient by M. Gurupriya, G. Anuhya, Mathini Sundarmurthy, Aishwarya P Lakshmi, R. Ram and V Siva Kumar in Tropical Doctor</p
Bibliographics for the 983 eprints in the live archives of E-LIS : trends and status report up to 7th July 2004, based on author-self-archiving metadata
Get PDFThe priority for ideas and philosophy related to "Network Theory" have been traced back and documented by Braun(2004),and credit goes to Karinthy(1929).The IT has empowered to realise it, as the most practical phenomena and it is no more a humour. The OAI (Open Archives Initiatives)and ACIS (Academic Contributor Information System)are progressive in the direction ,which may lead to realise the "Collective Genius" at global level. Focus of present study is on Author-Self-Archiving (A-S-A)Metadata of the 983 Eprints in the Live Archives of the E-LIS (EPrints of Library and Information Science),which were approved till 7th July 2004.The A-S-A Metadata was used for librametric analysis. Self-explanatory bibliographics are illustrated.The highlights include: Conference papers (34%); highest approval, June 2004 (28%); published archives (76%);not refereed (52%); not in public domain (60%); highest self-archiving-author (De Robbio, Antonella).The Nos. of EPrints having single JITA domain specifications were: Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information(27); Information use and sociology of information(80);Users,literacy and reading(13);Libraries as physical collections(30);Publishing and legal issues(57);Management(13);Industry, profession and education(36);Information sources, supports, channels(113) ; Information treatment for information services, Information functions and techniques (101); Technical services libraries, archives and museums(25); Housing technologies(1); Information technology and library technology(92); and Inter-domainery (395) i.e. having specifications of two or more than two JITA classes
A Unified Shell model for Buoyancy-Driven Turbulence
No full textWe construct a unified shell model for stably stratified and convective turbulence. Shell model simulation of stably stratified flow in turbulent regime exhibit Bolgiano-Obukhbov (BO) scaling in which the kinetic energy spectrum varies as . However, simulation of convective turbulence shows Kolmogorov's spectrum. These results are consistent with the direct numerical simulations of Kumar {\em et al.} [Phys. Rev. E {\bf 90}, 023016 (2014)]. We also observe a dual scaling ( and ) for a limited range of parameters in stably stratified flow
An Analysis of Zero-Waste Design Technique and its implementation in Garment Creation
No full textT.Vidya*, S. M. Udaya Krithika, C. Rajesh Kumar& Aishwarya Dharshini M
Story of the Story-Teller: A Conversation with Ramendra Kumar
Get PDFRamendra Kumar (Ramen) is an award-winning writer, storyteller and inspirational speaker with 42 books to his name. Ramen’s writings have been published by many of the leading publishers in the county and translated into 30 languages. They have found a place in several textbooks and anthologies. He has written across all genres ranging from picture books to adult fiction, satire, poetry, travelogues, biographies and on issues related to parenting and relationships. He has been invited to literary festivals held in Denmark, Greece, Sharjah, Sri Lanka as well Indian events including the prestigious Jaipur Litfest to conduct storytelling sessions and creative writing workshops. He has also been empanelled by Pearson India Education Services as well as several schools to conduct workshops. He was nominated as a Jury Member for the Best Children’s Author Category of The Times of India’s ‘Women AutHer’ Awards 2020. Many of his stories have been showcased by popular audio streaming, apps both within and outside the country, such as Spotify, Gaatha, Talking Stories Radio – London et al.
An Engineer & an MBA, Ramen was serving as the General Manager (Corporate Communications), SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant, when he took Voluntary Retirement to pursue his passion, in August 2020. To know more about the writer, you can visit his website www.ramendra.in & his page on Wikipedia. Dr. Sagar Kumar Sharma interviews the author and unfolds the pages of his life.
 
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