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Rohinton Mistry AS A Diasporic Author
No full textThe writings of the Indian Diaspora have received a great deal of attention and critical acclaim throughout the world. Rohinton Mistry is a well renowned author in the contemporary commonwealth literature and occupies a significant place among the writers of Indian Diaspora. Even though he is settled in Canada; it is his upbringing in Mumbai that reflects in all his writings. The distinct Mumbai culture, particularly the Parsee way of life, the people of the city and even the politics of India are major themes in his novels. Rohinton Mistry as a writer of Diaspora has carved a niche for himself. His works such as: “Tales from Firozsha Baag”, “Such A Long Journey”, “A Fine Balance” and “Family Matters”; mark a new kind of writing, resulting from a fragmented, splintered world. As a Diasporic Parsi writer, very sensitively he has recalled his community's journey through time and history with a sense of loss and nostalgia. His books portray diverse facets of Indian socioeconomic life; as well as Parsi Zoroastrian life, customs, and religion. Many of his writings are markedly “Indo-nostalgic”. Rohinton Mistry through his Diasporic discourse has well depicted his ancestral background, his community's engaged situation in a metropolis like Bombay and his deep attachment with and nostalgia for a world gone by. In this paper an attempt has been made to delineate diasporic discourse in the works of Rohinton Mistry. Although he is obsessed with the colonial and postcolonial experiences in India, we can find some traces of Canada in his literature. His characters dream of being integrated into, and accepted by, Canadian society on the one hand and on the other hand, these same characters are torn by an insatiable desire to be true to their native culture; to honor and cherish their own, distinct cultural identity
ROHINTON MISTRY AS A DIASPORIC AUTHOR
No full textThe writings of the Indian Diaspora have received a great deal of attention and critical acclaim throughout the world. Rohinton Mistry is a well renowned author in the contemporary commonwealth literature and occupies a significant place among the writers of Indian Diaspora. Even though he is settled in Canada; it is his upbringing in Mumbai that reflects in all his writings. The distinct Mumbai culture, particularly the Parsee way of life, the people of the city and even the politics of India are major themes in his novels. Rohinton Mistry as a writer of Diaspora has carved a niche for himself. His works such as: “Tales from Firozsha Baag”, “Such A Long Journey”, “A Fine Balance” and “Family Matters”;mark a new kind of writing, resulting from a fragmented, splintered world. As a Diasporic Parsi writer, very sensitively he has recalled his community’s journey through time and history with a sense of loss and nostalgia. His books portray diverse facets of Indian socioeconomic life; as well as Parsi Zoroastrian life, customs, and religion. Many of his writings are markedly “Indo-nostalgic”. Rohinton Mistry through his Diasporic discourse has well depicted his ancestral background, his community’s engaged situation in a metropolis like Bombay and his deep attachment with and nostalgia for a world gone by. In this paper an attempt has been made to delineate diasporic discourse in the works of Rohinton Mistry. Although he is obsessed with the colonial and postcolonial experiences in India, we can find some traces of Canada in his literature. His characters dream of being integrated into, and accepted by, Canadian society on the one hand and on the other hand, these same characters are torn by an insatiable desire to be true to their native culture; to honor and cherish their own, distinct cultural identity
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No full textDataset for: Hypoxia drives the assembly of the multi-enzyme purinosome complex
No full textDataset supporting the paper: Doigneaux, C., Pedley, A., Mistry, I. N., Papayova, M., Benkovic, S., & Tavassoli, A. (Accepted/In press). Hypoxia drives the assembly of the multi-enzyme purinosome complex. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. DOI:10.1074/jbc.RA119.012175</span
A High Spatiotemporal Resolution Global Gridded Dataset of Historical Human Discomfort Indices
No full textMeteorological human discomfort indices or bioclimatic indices are important metrics to gauge potential risks to human health under varying environmental thermal exposures. Derived using sub-daily meteorological variables from a quality-controlled reanalysis data product (Global Land Data Assimilation System—GLDAS), a new high-resolution global dataset referred to as “HDI_0p25_1970_2018” is presented in this study. The dataset includes the following daily indices at 0.25° × 0.25° gridded resolution: (i) Apparent Temperature indoors (ATind); (ii) two variants of Apparent Temperature outdoors in shade (ATot); (iii) Heat Index (HI); (iv) Humidex (HDEX); (v) Wet Bulb Temperature (WBT); (vi) two variants of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT); (vii) Thom Discomfort Index (DI); and (viii) Windchill Temperature (WCT). Spanning 49 years over the period 1970–2018, HDI_0p25_1970_2018 fills gaps in existing climate indices datasets by being the only high-resolution historical global-gridded daily time-series of multiple human discomfort indices based on different meteorological parameters, thus offering applications in wide-ranging climate zones and thermal-comfort environments
A Novel Airframe Design Methodology For Silent Aircraft
No full textThe impact of noise on civil aviation is not just a localised airport problem, but a global concern, due
to the ever-increasing demands for passenger travel. The challenge of designing a ‘Silent Aircraft’
lies within the development, integration, and optimisation of efficient airframe-engine technologies.
This research study investigates the design of novel airframes with the aim of producing a
methodology that incorporates airframe noise. Studies investigating the design of Broad Deltas (BD),
Blended Wing Bodies (BWB), and Joined Wing airframe configurations are integrated with
innovative propulsion systems designs to identify key parameters in order to design a Silent Aircraft.
The airframe configuration plays an important role in the total aircraft noise, where the novel
airframes that are analysed, are compared to a datum ‘baseline’ aircraft. All novel configurations
show significant improvements in airframe noise reduction, enhanced by the addition of ultra-efficient
propulsion systems, for which integration studies are discussed. The research into novel airframes
uses a developed design methodology which integrates design considerations such as aerodynamics,
performance, and cost models to complement the noise analysis and identify the most silent airframe
configuration.
The research goal was to identify a silent airframe solution for a future viable short-medium range
airliner, where the final solutions described suggest proposals for the future development of aviation.
The proposals suggested describe a short-term solution to the noise challenge, with a longer-term
solution to aid the development of technologies, maturity in technology release levels (TRLs), and
development of a future 2050 medium capacity civil airliner
Internal Analysis of factors affecting Aster Pharmacy in India.docx
No full textInternal Analysis of Factors Affecting Aster Pharmacy In India(This is an academic research paper, subjected to copyright)Owner/Author and Creator: Nidhi Mistry</div
Experimentation of the Language in the Novels of Rohinton Mistry
No full textIndia is a multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country, and it is one of the major demands of post-coloniality that Transcreation work should be carried on for the sake of literary expansion, national integration and international co-operation. The purpose of this Research Paper is to dwell on the relevance and usefulness of Transcreation as well as creative use of English in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry with reference to his novels Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1996) and Family Matters (2002). Rohinton Mistry mixes Hindi words along with Urdu, Gujarati and Parsi words in his narration to reinforce the impact of his narrative. Mistry being a Diasporic author experimented with the bilingual –and the bicultural competence of the reader in creating a hybrid identity that is typically and multiculturally Indian. Key words- Transcreation, Multi-lingual, Multicultural, Parsi
External Analysis of factors affecting Aster Pharmacy in India.docx
No full textExternal Analysis Affecting Aster Pharmacy In India(This is an academic research paper, subjected to copyright)Owner/Author and Creator: Nidhi Mistry</div
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