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A Simplified Framework for Zero-shot Cross-Modal Sketch Data Retrieval
No full textWe deal with the problem of zero-shot cross-modal imageretrieval involving color and sketch images through a noveldeep representation learning technique. The problem of asketch to image retrieval and vice-versa is of practical im-portance, and a trained model in this respect is expectedto generalize beyond the training classes, e.g., the zero-shot learning scenario. Nonetheless, considering the dras-tic distributions-gap between both the modalities, a fea-ture alignment is necessary to learn a shared feature spacewhere retrieval can efficiently be carried out. Additionally,it should also be guaranteed that the shared space is se-mantically meaningful to aid in the zero-shot retrieval task.The very few existing techniques for zero-shot sketch-RGBimage retrieval extend the deep generative models for learn-ing the embedding space; however, training a typical GANlike model for multi-modal image data may be non-trivialat times. To this end, we propose a multi-stream encoder-decoder model that simultaneously ensures improved map-ping between the RGB and sketch image spaces and highdiscrimination in the shared semantics-driven encoded fea-ture space. Further, it is guaranteed that the class topologyof the original semantic space is preserved in the encodedfeature space, which subsequently reduces the model biastowards the training classes. Experimental results obtainedon the benchmark Sketchy and TU-Berlin datasets estab-lish the efficacy of our model as we outperform the existingstate-of-the-art techniques by a considerable margin
Inlist files for "Detectability of axisymmetric magnetic fields from the core to the surface of oscillating post-main sequence stars"
No full text<p>Concerned article: "Detectability of axisymmetric magnetic fields from the core to the surface of oscillating post-main sequence stars" by Bhattacharya et al. (submitted).<br>Corresponding author: Shatanik Bhattacharya</p>
<p>Inlists for the proof-of-concept stellar models used in this project have been provided here for reproducibility.</p>
<p>For the red-giant model, the inlist was executed with MESA version r22.05.1 and MESA-SDK version x86 64-linux-22.6.1. Model 500 (age 4.056 Gyr) was used as the RG in this project.</p>
<p>For the sub-giant models, the inlist was executed with MESA version r23.05.1 and MESA-SDK version x86 64-linux-22.6.1. Models 345 (age 3.624 Gyr) and 350 (age 3.702 Gyr) were used as the MSG and LSG models respectively.</p>
Fables for All Ages
No full textTagore is a favorite author for me as a writer of poems bearing on the spiritual life. I was thus surprised to see him presented as a writer of fables. Alas, I fear that what is in this paperback book is not fables as I understand "fable." A T of C would have helped me realize that there are three longer works here, perhaps short stories or Novellen. I have to save enjoying them for a later time. For now, I include the book in the collection as a help to me and others who may expect something different from the book's title.Abanindranath Tagore, translated biy Manoshi Bhattachary
Studying Human Relationships in the Short Stories of Bhabani Bhattacharya
No full textBhabani Bhattacharya is a kind of author who writes mostly on human relationships. In Steel Hawk and other Stories which were published in 1968 there are various such kind of stories. His themes are traditional but new because he has a different and innovative way of writing. His characters are also very interesting and they are influenced from real human societies. This realistic and idealistic approach is very uncommon. In A moment of Eternity we can see a fine blend of realism and idealism. This shows that how he uses the traditional human values as a raw material for his short stories. His experiments with traditional values of life are full of new possibilities and hopes. In some cases we can also find that his characters are alienated and repressed but still there is some sense of optimism in their lives. If they reflect pessimism then this can be a chance of learning for readers. Bhabani Bhattacharya believes that a writer must not impose his school of thoughts on his readers. So in his short stories readers are free to analyze the different situations of life. The story like public figure shows that how a man can change in life. This changing is not normal as it can lead him to identity crisis which can be painful. After reading his short stories we can easily locate that there is a kind of synthesis between modernism and traditionalism in most of his writings. Stories like the steel hawk, The Acrobats , Names are not table’s and the quack are noteworthy as they reflect real life situations. They are not simply stories but they present the way by which life can treat an individual. It also shows a better craftsmanship of the author
The Impossible Demands of Nabarun Bhattacharya
No full textThis article aims at understanding the character of ‘Fyataru’ that the Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya created. This character returns again and again in many of Nabarun’s stories and novels. It is an important signifier of Nabarun’s literary vision, since it represents the politics of dissent that the author believed in most prominently. Through the dissection of the fictional Fyataru, this article aims to understand the politics that guided Nabarun’s writings. It also tries to determine the philosophy behind this journey of fiction, the history of Nabarun’s thought, as well as its broader implications in contemporary reality. Reading Nabarun’s literature in the light of the theory of anarchism illuminates the purpose of Fyataru, and how this fictional creature can identify its own reflection in individuals of today’s society who have tried to rebel against institutional oppression with the weapon of anarchist practices. Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, and other underground activists may well be considered as such anarchists. The article also attempts to understand why anarchy is an essential element in a society regulated by governments, capitalist institutions and corporate powers. It aims to establish that anarchy protects the freedom of expression from being thwarted by populist hegemony, and therefore protects the right of the individual to free thought and dissent. The only instrument that can prevent dominant opinions from marginalizing and throttling the formation of free ideas is subversion, and the Fyatarus of Nabarun’s literature are the harbingers of such subversion
The Impossible Demands of Nabarun Bhattacharya
No full textThis article aims at understanding the character of ‘Fyataru’ that the Bengali author Nabarun Bhattacharya created. This character returns again and again in many of Nabarun’s stories and novels. It is an important signifier of Nabarun’s literary vision, since it represents the politics of dissent that the author believed in most prominently. Through the dissection of the fictional Fyataru, this article aims to understand the politics that guided Nabarun’s writings. It also tries to determine the philosophy behind this journey of fiction, the history of Nabarun’s thought, as well as its broader implications in contemporary reality. Reading Nabarun’s literature in the light of the theory of anarchism illuminates the purpose of Fyataru, and how this fictional creature can identify its own reflection in individuals of today’s society who have tried to rebel against institutional oppression with the weapon of anarchist practices. Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, and other underground activists may well be considered as such anarchists. The article also attempts to understand why anarchy is an essential element in a society regulated by governments, capitalist institutions and corporate powers. It aims to establish that anarchy protects the freedom of expression from being thwarted by populist hegemony, and therefore protects the right of the individual to free thought and dissent. The only instrument that can prevent dominant opinions from marginalizing and throttling the formation of free ideas is subversion, and the Fyatarus of Nabarun’s literature are the harbingers of such subversion.
Keywords: Anarchism; Subversion; Journalism; Nabarun
Bidhayak Bhattacharya\u27s ‘Michael Madhusudan’ : A survey/ বিধায়ক ভট্টাচার্যের ‘মাইকেল মধুসূদন’ : একটি সমীক্ষা
No full textIn the twentieth century, despite being involved in writing plays for the Bangaranga stage, screenplays for films, and music, the one who took up the pen for Jatra and is world-famous as a successful Jatra writer is Baglaranjan alias Bidhayak Bhattacharya. As a stage director, he wrote \u27Michael Madhusudan\u27 and \u27Rashtra Biplab\u27 for the Nabaranjan opera; at the request of Panchu Sen, he wrote \u27Bhakt Bhairav\u27 based on the biography of Girish Chandra; he wrote \u27Nati Binodini\u27 for Ketki Dutta; He wrote many more Jatrapalas and gifted them to us. Among them, \u27Michael Madhusudan\u27 is one of the greatest Jatrapalas of that time. Based on the main events in the life of Madhusudan Dutta, Banful wrote \u27Shri Madhusudan\u27. He probably drew inspiration from this book \u27Srimadhusudan\u27 and wrote \u27Michael Madhusudan\u27 based on his own experiences. He named this turn \u27Michael Madhusudan\u27 after the central character. The person at whose special request he wrote the \u27Michael Madhusudan\u27 Jatrapala for the Navranjan Opera is Jatrasamrat Swapan Kumar. Through the journey of holding Swapan Kumar\u27s hand, Michael Madhusudan reached a wider audience beyond the educated and illiterate, and Swapan Kumar also reached the pinnacle of fame. And it was this \u27Michael Madhusudan\u27 that earned him the high honor of being a Jatrapala writer. However, Madhusudan had also worked with actors in theater, film, and Jatra even before that. However, the Bidhayak-Madhusudan-Swapankumar duo emerged as the best of all time. In other words, apart from Bidhayak, the Bangaranga stage can be said to be almost empty.
The story revolves around the main events of Madhusudan\u27s life from the age of eighteen until his death. The story begins with the events two days after Madhusudan\u27s conversion to Christianity. Rajnarayan Dutta is heartbroken that his only son has converted. Janhvi Devi fell ill from grief over her son. Marriage to Henrietta, separation from the family, father\u27s second marriage, lack of money, malnutrition of the children, writing poetry, and drinking all made Michael delirious. After passing the bar, he became a barrister in the High Court. Vidyasagar came to visit the sick Madhusudan. The couple Madhusudan-Henrietta were on their deathbeds in Alipore Hospital. Henrietta died. Before his death, Madhusudan gifted a poem to Devaki and asked her to publish it. The famous poem is— Stand by the wayside, if you were born in Bengal! A moment of great joy!... With the impeccable writing skills of Bidhayak Bhattacharya and the unique acting style of Swapan Kumar, this turn became the best Jatra turn of all time
Lithofacies architecture and palaeogeography of the Late Paleozoic glaciomarine Talchir Formation, Raniganj Basin, India
No full textAbstractTalchir Formation (Permo–Carboniferous) of the Gondwana Supergroup records the Late Paleozoic glaciation in Peninsular India. Talchir sedimentary succession of the Raniganj Basin, Damodar Valley Coalfields, Peninsular India, bears ten facies types grouped under three facies associations, viz., the proglacial conglomerate–sandstone facies association (CS), the foreshore–shoreface conglomerate–sandstone–mudstone facies association (CSM) and the prodelta–shelf sandstone–mudstone facies association (SM). Overall facies architecture reflects initial ice–covered terrestrial subglacial sedimentation, which was subsequently reworked and emplaced subaqueously in front of the ice–grounding line, and finally overlapped by storm–laid prodelta–shelf sediments. Repeated glacial advance–retreats with shifts in the position of the ice–grounding line during phases of climatic amelioration led to multiple deglaciation– related fining–up cycles. Decoupled ice sheet and floating icebergs contributed icerafted debris (IRD) to these sediments. Gradual retreat of the ice sheet, however, restricted the supply of IRD towards top of the succession. Overlap of wave–agitated shoreface–shelf sediments on the glaciogenic sediments indicates widespread marine transgression caused by glacier melting during ice–house to green–house climatic transition, and crustal downsagging related to glacioisostasy. Subsequently, complete disappearance of the ice sheet caused basinal exhumation along with crustal uplift due to isostatic rebound, leading to multiple horst–graben bounded basinal systems, which received post–Talchir coal–bearing Gondwana sediments
Fyataru and Subaltern War Cries: Nabarun Bhattacharya and the Rebirth of the Subject
No full textNabarun Bhattacharya, the radical literary voice of Bengal demonstrates notions of dissidence and aesthetic Bolshevism. His fictive dissenting subjects, the fyatarus typify rebellious roles in a post-ideological era when complicity and conformity are rewarded as the norm. Nabarun`s literary crusade interrogates the status quo and composes counter-currents of subjectivities. As a revolutionary saboteur he redefined the mode of subaltern representation by scripting the prose of counter insurgency through literature. The present excursus pays homage to this noted maverick writer of dissidence and attempts an analysis of the singularity of Nabarun`s fictional domain with specific references to some of his best known fictional works which constitute and explicate his prototypical subaltern anti-heroes such as fyatarus and Choktars who emerge as brilliant metaphorisation of dissent and disgust at our contemporary socio-political praxis. While the popular literary trends of the day have colluded with the hegemonic narrative of global capital that prevents the litterateur to coronate revolutionary anarchism or insurgency, Nabarun has consistently caused epistemic tremors through his overt advocacy of radical violence and systemic change.
Keywords: Nabarun Bhattacharya; Author as Saboteur; Subaltern; radical violence; literary Bolshevism
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