481 research outputs found
Ensuring quality in classroom assessments
Get PDFHow can teachers make classroom-based assessments more valid, reliable, and fair? Shilpi Banerjee shares some guiding principles to help teachers design quality classroom-based assessments and use their results effectively
The Dynamics of Repatriation in Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s Secret Daughter
Get PDFThis paper seeks to explore the impact of adoption, repatriation and relief on the lives of three women in Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s novel Secret Daughter (2010). The author has set for herself the difficult task of writing about these issues for two audiences, namely, the Western and the Indian. She does not theorise but seeks out common humanitarian aspects and protective concerns. Her approach is gendered and the three women play out major decision-making roles despite the vast differences in their ages and backgrounds. The repatriation of all three is voluntary and they maintain creative connections which are mutually fulfilling. The challenges inherent in their context refine their sensibilities rather than demotivate them. The restructuring is commensurate with the sacrifices made by all three and does not cause disappointments or loss of self-esteem
DIASPORIC SENSIBILITIES AND CULTURAL CONFLICT IN CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI'S ARRANGED MARRIAGE
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The research article critiques the short stories authored by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about middle-class Bengali Indian women who migrate to America, imagining it as a place for perfect happiness and a land of promise. Exploring these short stories aims to focus on how Divakaruni creates ephemeral, terse images of women caught between the old and new world, how women deal with cross-cultural sexual interactions and relationships, and how women struggle to attain self-worth and independence denied to them by their own narrow-minded culture. Women in these stories are grappling to forge their own identities. The attempt is to find and fuse a viable identity within the mainstream U.S. culture. 'Arranged Marriage' is a stunningly beautiful and poignant collection that portrays the possibility of change and starting afresh. Independence is a mixed blessing and an opportunity for self-realisation for Indian-born women starting new lives in America. It is like striking an equilibrium between old, cherished beliefs and astonishing newly discovered desires and understanding the feelings and turmoil the conflict brings. Women's struggle in 'Arranged Marriage' is dual; firstly, they struggle for their own identity as an individual free from any patriarchal identity. Secondly, they grapple for an identity that is neither Indian nor American. The standard line of thought that runs through the collection is that every now and then, the native flavour peeps through the lives of immigrants, leaving them with sudden pangs of nostalgia. The pull of the motherland keeps these unfortunate immigrants divided between the two worlds and cultures
British Colonial Institutions and Economic Development in India
Get PDFWe explore the impact of British colonial institutions on the economic development of India. In some regions, the British colonial government assigned property rights in land and taxes to landlords whereas in others it assigned them directly to cultivators or non-landlords. Although Banerjee and Iyer (2005) find that agricultural productivity of non-landlord areas diverged and out-performed relative to landlord areas after 1965 with the advent of the Green Revolution, we find evidence of superior economic performance of non-landlord regions in both the pre- and the post-independence periods. We believe that landlord and non-landlord regions diverged because their differing property rights institutions led to differences in incentives for development.
Will remedy remain rare? The potential of mandatory human rights due diligence to redress modern slavery
No full textNail clippers: In the time of revolution: In the time of revolution
No full textBen, an eleven year old boy, living in a post-revolution America, suspects his uncle of being a sympathiser of the regime in-charge, referred to as "The Party.
IDENTITY CRISIS IN ADOLESCENCE PERIOD EXPERIENCED BY ASHA IN SHILPI SOMAYA GOWDA’S SECRET DAUGHTER
No full textThis research aims to identify the identity statuses which mark the identity crisis of the main character in Gowda’s Secret Daughter, Asha, an Asian-Indian adolescent who lives in America with her adoptive mixed-race parents, to find out the impact of Asha’s identity crisis towards her sixth stage of psychosocial development, and to identify how the psychosocial issue is reflected in the novel. To answer the objectives, this research employed Erikson’s fifth and sixth psychosocial development stages theory, Marcia’s identity achievement status to strengthen the research, and theory of literary elements.
The research is a qualitative research. To analyze the data, content analysis method was used. The main source of this research is a novel entitled Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda. The data are words, phrases, sentences, and expressions related to the identity statuses which mark identity crisis, the impact of identity crisis towards the sixth stage of psychosocial development, and how the psychosocial issue is reflected. The data were collected by reading and re-reading, noting, identifying, classifying and categorizing, analyzing and interpreting. The triangulation method was also used to obtain the validity and credibility of the findings.
The findings of this research are as follows: (1) Asha experiences all four identity statuses which mark her identity crisis: identity diffusion status, identity foreclosure status, identity moratorium status, and identity achievement status; (2) Asha has a positive outcome of identity crisis as seen through her ability to establish intimacy and obtain the virtue of love at the sixth stage of her psychosocial development by forming relationship, establishing the sense of trust, understanding others, and acknowledging others; and (3) the author reflects psychosocial issues through characters and settings.
Keywords: adolescent, Gowda’s Secret Daughter, identity crisis, identity statuses, psychosocia
STUDIES ON MAGNETIC AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF OXIDES AND NANOCOMPOSITES WITH MESOPOROUS STRUCTURE
No full textThe present thesis deals with the study of dielectric, ferroelectric and magnetic
property of oxides and nanocomposites with mesoporous structure. The synthesis,
characterization and the study of different physical properties of the mesoporous oxides and nanocomposites are the principal objectives of this thesis. To explore the field is not only of immense interest to the scientists, but also has potential for wide applicability. The materials have been synthesized using the soft chemical route. The characterization and detailed analysis of the observed physical properties have been discussed in the different chapters.The research was carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dipankar Chakraborty of MLS and Prof. A. Bhaumik of Materials Science division under SMS [School of Materials Science]The research was conducted under CSIR research fellowship and also grant from Indo-Australian project supported by
Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi and Nano Science and Technology
Initiative programme of the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi for
providing instrumental facilities
Hearing Aids in the Real World: Use of Multimemory and Volume Controls
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Background: Despite advances in technology, hearing aid users continue to express a desire for some control over their devices. Access to a suitable control can significantly affect overall satisfaction with amplification, yet little is known about the circumstances that drive hearing aid users to manipulate controls. Such information would be useful in guiding clinical decisions about the selection of controls and synchronization of their operation in a bilateral pair of hearing aids.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the real-world use of multimemory (MM) and volume (VC) controls and environmental characteristics that may influence their use.
Research Design: Real-time data about MM and VC usage were gathered in the real world. Subjective reports of the environmental characteristics were obtained. This design allowed examination of the nature of hearing aid adjustments as well as exploration of factors affecting them.
Study Sample: Ten adults with bilaterally symmetric, mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss participated in the study. All had previous experience with hearing aids.
Intervention: Participants were fitted bilaterally with BTE (behind-the-ear) hearing aids equipped with an MM button and/or VC wheel. The devices were connected to a PDA (personal digital assistant) that logged data from the hearing aids and stored surveys completed by participants in various listening situations.
Data Collection and Analysis: The following data were obtained from the PDA: (1) MM and VC settings in the left and right devices, (2) broadband input level at the microphone of the left and right devices, and (3) participant reports of the presence, distance, and location of signal and background noise. Prevalence of nondefault settings and bilateral symmetry of hearing aid adjustments were summarized descriptively, while the influence of environmental characteristics on hearing aid adjustments was analyzed using nonparametric methods.
Results: Over 4–5 wk, 912 hr of data were logged and 184 surveys completed. Results showed that (1) the default (i.e., the programmed or “use”) setting was preferred most often, (2) the preferred hearing aid settings were mostly bilaterally symmetrical, and (3) nondefault settings were often used in difficult listening situations.
Conclusions: The findings of this study generally support the use of synchronized MMs and/or VCs, although there may be exceptions to their utility.</jats:p
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