134 research outputs found
Who I Am – Feminism Revisited: An Overview
Get PDFWho I Am – Feminism Revisited: An Overview Author / Authors : Puja Chakraberty Page no.1 - 8 Discipline : English literature/Gender Studies/ Cultural studies Script/language : English (Roman) Category : Research paper Keywords: feminism, invincible, significance, rebirth, new woman, development, tribute, daredevil
Who I Am – Feminism Revisited: An Overview
No full textWho I Am – Feminism Revisited: An Overview Author / Authors : Puja Chakraberty Page no.1 - 8 Discipline : English literature/Gender Studies/ Cultural studies Script/language : English (Roman) Category : Research paper Keywords: feminism, invincible, significance, rebirth, new woman, development, tribute, daredevil
STRATEGY OF PUJA MANDALA ASSOCIATION IN BUILDING RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IN PUJA MANDALA NUSA DUA BALI
Get PDFBali is famous for its unique, interesting and diverse art and culture factors. Balinese culture is also in line with the implementation of religious tatwa, especially Hinduism, Therefore Puja Mandala was built in the Bali area where Puja Mandala built 5 different houses of worship with different religious teachings, but its socio-cultural adaptation is also developing well, In addition to the main function with its own uniqueness, Puja Mandala has become an attraction for various elements and Multi Functions. Worship Function, cultural development center, center for developing moderation of religious harmony, Spiritual Cultural Tourism Object, is also no less interesting as a center for developing Studies.
This study aims to understand the Paguyuban's strategy in building religious tolerance at Puja Mandala and the factors that support the occurrence of this tolerance model. The researcher uses the Grounded Research method and a Sociological approach that refers to facts and analysis to explain how the concept and model of tolerance exist in Puja Mandala and the factors that support it.
Shows That in the Paguyuban's strategy in building religious tolerance at Puja Mandala is included in dynamic tolerance, because the harmony in it is truly active, shows togetherness, and produces cooperation for common goals. Starting from cooperation in environmental order, security and to joint social services, this is a model of tolerance in Puja Mandala. As for supporting strategies that support this tolerance are business support to obtain Government Support, Support from Religious Figures, and Community Support as well as the personality of each congregation who is good at socializing and easy to get along with others, an educational environment in the form of direction from the leaders of each congregation who always teach and remind their congregations to live in harmony and good coordination and communication between religious communities.
The author hopes that there will be writing on sustainability research in this research because there are still many shortcomings in wiriting this research regarding The Puja Mandala Association’s Strategy in building religious tolerance in Puja Mandala Nusa Dua Bal
Live-streaming the goddess in the times of COVID-19: A digital ethnography of diasporic Durga Puja festivals in pandemic Britain
Get PDFCopyright © 2022 The Author. Diasporic Durga Puja festivals in contemporary Britain have emerged as focal points in the religious lives of Hindu Bengalis. However, the public health measures introduced because of the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to host in-person indoor Durga Puja festivals in Britain in the autumn of 2020. In response, many UK-based Durga Puja organisers staged small-scale ritual worship of the goddess in private, and then livestreamed it to their members through social media. Based on participant observation of these festival livestreams and remote interviews with Durga Puja organisers from across Britain, in this article I demonstrate that far from being a rupture, these blended Durga Puja festivals mark a development in existing templates of mediatisation of religious practices and are part of the wider continuum of adaptations that characterise diasporic lived religion. I also reflect on how internal hierarchies within the diaspora played out vis-à-vis blended Pujas amidst the pandemic.Economic and Social Research Council (UK) Postdoctoral Fellowship (ESRC Grant Ref: ES/V011952/1)
The Festivals of Urban Oraon: An Anthropological Study
Get PDFThe present paper navigates that the ‘Urban Oraon’ celebrates two types of festival i.e. Ideal type and Modern type. Hence ‘Ideal type’ refers the traditional festivals Oraons and the festivals which are borrowed from larger society that is termed as ‘Modern type”. The traditional or ideal type festivals are Kharian, Dangri, Veloafari, Sahrul, Sohrai, Murgipaithya, Maghe basi and Karam. The Modern festival refers the worship of DurgaPuja, Kali Puja, Jagadhatri Puja, Lakshmi Puja, Sitala and Sarawasti. The traditional five categories of Oraon festival on functional basis are not worshiped by the present studied people. The present study shows that the festivals of Urban Oraon may be classified into three categories i.e. 1) Family 2) Clan and 3) Community wise. The study also intends to focus the changes and modification of festivals of ‘Urban Oraon”. Keywords: Urban Oraon, festival, Cultural continuity, cultural fertility
Meine Puja in Deutschland : Ritualdynamik am Beispiel der Aneignungsprozesse in der materiellen Kultur eines Hindu-Rituals nach einer Migration
No full textRituale geben Menschen Stabilität und Kraft im täglichen Leben. Durch eine Migration können sich Modifikationen in der Performanz und Materialität der Rituale ergeben. Die Bachelorarbeit befasst sich mit diesen Veränderungen am Beispiel der Materialität des Hindu Rituals Puja. Das Ziel der Arbeit ist die Betrachtung, inwiefern aufgrund einer Migration Aneignungsprozesse in der Materialität stattfinden und diese ein Beispiel für Ritualdynamik sein können. Basierend auf den Ergebnissen eines in 2021/22 durch die Verfasserin durchgeführten Projekts im Rhein-Main Gebiet wird beschrieben, welche Gaben von den Gläubigen benutzt werden, welche Beschaffungsprozesse durchlaufen werden und welche Bedeutung eventuelle Veränderungen für die Gläubigen haben. Hierzu werden die Hypothesen erstellt und bestätigt, dass ein Aneignungsprozess und somit ein ritualdynamischer Prozess stattfindet und die Puja, aufgrund ihrer Flexibilität, ein geeignetes Ritual zur zukünftigen Untersuchung von Ritualdynamik darstellt.
Zunächst legt die Autorin den ethnologischen Ritualbegriff unter anderem über die Ritualtypen von Ronald L. Grimes dar und erörtert die Theorien der ritual studies. Des Weiteren wird der Forschungsstand des Themenbereichs der Ritualdynamik anhand der Ergebnisse und Theorien des Sonderforschungsbereichs 619 (SFB 619) in Heidelberg (2002-2013) erläutert. Darauffolgend werden nach einer kurzen Vorstellung des Hindu-Glaubens und den Grundlagen der Puja die Erkenntnisse aus dem Forschungsprojekt dargelegt. Anhand der Ergebnisse aus Interviews, teilnehmenden und passiven Beobachtungen und einer Umfrage mithilfe eines Fragebogens wird die Veränderung bei der Materialität des Rituals am Beispiel der angebotenen Speisen (naivedya) und dem Wasser des heiligen Flusses Ganges (gangagel) beschrieben. Die Flexibilität des Rituals wird anhand von Bespielen durch Informanten veranschaulicht. Abschließend werden die Hypothesen bearbeitet und ein Ausblick in die Zukunft des Themas aus Sicht der Verfasserin gegeben.Rituals provide stability and strength to people in their daily lives. Modifications in performance or the materiality of daily rituals can occur after a migration. The bachelor thesis deals with these changes using the example of the materiality of the Hindu ritual Puja. The aim of the work is to consider the extent to which appropriation processes take place in materiality as a result of migration and whether these can be an example of ritual dynamics. Based on the results of a project conducted by the author in 2021/22 in the Rhine-Main area, it is described which materials are being used by the believers, which procurement processes are conducted and which significance any changes might have for the believers. The hypotheses are created and proven, that an appropriation process and thus a ritual-dynamic process takes place and that the Puja, due to its flexibility, represents a suitable ritual for the future research in ritual dynamics.
First, the author presents the ethnological concept of ritual, including the ritual types by Ronald L. Grimes and the theories of ritual studies are discussed. Furthermore, the state of research in the field of ritual dynamics is explained using the results and theories of the Sonderforschungsbereich 619 (SFB 619) in Heidelberg (2002-2013). After a brief presentation of the Hindu faith and the basics of the Puja, the findings from the project are presented. Based on the results of interviews, inactive and participating observations, and a survey by way of written questionnaire, the author describes the change in the materiality of the ritual using the example of the food offered (naivedya) and the usage of the water of the holy river Ganges (gangagel). The flexibility of the ritual is outlined using examples illustrated by Informants. Finally, the hypotheses are examined and an outlook into the future of the topic from the author's point of view is given
Retinal vasculitis: An update with our experience
No full textRetinal vasculitis is a sight-threatening inflammatory condition affecting the retinal vessels. It can occur due to several etiologies and spectrum of other ocular inflammatory conditions. It can occur as an isolated idiopathic condition, as a complication of infective or neoplastic disorders, or in association with systemic inflammatory disease. The various known etiologies have been discussed here with their characteristic features. Etiological diagnosis of retinal vasculitis can be challenging. Clinical examination, tailored laboratory investigations and multimodal imaging with fundus photography, fundus autofluorescence, fundus fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT), OCT angiography, B scan ultrasonography and in recent years widefield fundus fluorescein angiogram, imaging aids in the early diagnosis, monitoring and provides newer insights about these diseases. Newer treatment modalities and therapies such as immunomodulators and biologics have been added to the armamentarium against these sight-threatening conditions. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents and laser photocoagulation are particularly beneficial to arrest the neovascularization process. The diagnosis of vasculitis may uncover an unknown underlying systemic cause. Early, effective, and prompt management can be vision saving and can minimize comorbidities. We feel that there is a necessity to update our knowledge on existing and newer trends in diagnosis, investigations, and management of retinal vasculitis. This review focuses on some of the basic concepts related to retinal vasculitis with an update
Role of Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase-1 and Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase-2 in Adipocyte Lipid Metabolism
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Learning Outcomes in Elementary Education in Rural India: An Inter-state Comparison.
Get PDFAn investigation is done on learning outcomes among children of different states of India at elementary level. Here 24 major states of India are considered. The exercise is done on the basis of different ASER report from 2010 onwards whose informationis rural specific.Learning outcome index of the students of each state are here calculated both at standard III and standard V level. It is observed that in most of the states, the learning achievement of the children at elementary level is deteriorating but not rapidly. It has also come out that higher literacy among parents;availability of some school related factors like Mid-day Meal, proper drinking water,sanitation and playground facilitycan play a positive role to improve the learning achievement of the rural Indian children at elementary leve
Ambition and Competition among Hindu Bengali Elites in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Calcutta
No full textIn eighteenth- and nineteenth-century urban colonial Calcutta, Hindu Bengali gentry celebrated numerous festivals at home, including Rathajatra, Doljatra, Jagaddhatri Puja, and Kali Puja, and even marked the birthdays and weddings of their pets with grandeur. Durga Puja, held in autumn, stood out as the most elaborate and significant. It provided affluent Bengali families with a chance to display opulence by hosting lavish gatherings and inviting prominent Europeans to their newly built mansions. Competition among them was fierce to showcase their wealth and status. For many of these families, Durga Puja was not just a personal celebration but also a means of cultivating relationships with British and other European residents who held positions of authority or influence, by which they sought to elevate their social standing and prosperity.
Upon initial publication, the Journal of Festive Studies included an incorrect affiliation for the author of this article, Monolina Bhattacharyya. We sincerely apologize for our mistake. The issue was addressed on January 2, 2025
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