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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
The Mistry-Hyper Guitar
No full textThis research project describes the research and
building of an ergonomically designed electric guitar that extends the capabilities for composition and performance on guitar by integrating sensors in to the construction of the
instrument. The Mistry-‐hyper-‐guitar integrates and extends traditional playing techniques. The instrument controls physically
modelled sounds, triggers samplers and creates
controller messages for sound and effects manipulation utilising sensor technology ergonomically positioned around the guitar body.
The shape of the body is designed to encourage
good posture and correct positioning of both the
left and right hands in order to promote comfort
and ease of playing both the strings and sensors
during performance.
I will examine and describe the development of the
instrument and the techniques required to play the
instrument. The creative portfolio will comprise
a 25-‐minute composition created to demonstrate
the capabilities of the instrument
Dataset for reprogramming the transcriptional response to hypoxia with a chromosomally encoded cyclic peptide HIF-1 inhibitor.
No full textDataset from:
Mistry, Ishna and Tavassoli, Ali (2016) Reprogramming the transcriptional response to hypoxia with a chromosomally encoded cyclic peptide HIF-1 inhibitor. ACS Synthetic Biology (doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00219).
Array data from TaqMan human hypoxia array analysis of the engineered cell line +/- dox and +/- HIF-2a siRNA.</span
Rohinton mistry as a postcolonial novelist
No full textRohinton Mistry, an Indian Parsi writer who settled in Canada some four decades ago, is a product of postcolonial times. Beginning with Tales from Ferozsha Baag, a collection of short stories, Mistry has written till date three major novels, viz., Such a Long Journey, A Fine Balance and Family Matters besides a novella Scream. In all these fictional works, the community of Indian Parsis is mainly in focus
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
An ARM Cortex-M0 for Energy Harvesting Systems: A Novel Application of UPF with Synopsys’ Galaxy Platform
No full textA 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
Indianness in the Novels of Rohinton Mistry with Refrence to Culture & Tradition
No full textRohinton Mistry is an author belonging to Parsi community of Indian origin residing in Canada. He migrated to Canada in his early twenties as he wanted to become a Pop singer. He has confessed it even in various interviews that he migrated because it seems to be the fashion at his times. Youngsters of his generation used to migrate for better education, better career prospectus and other opportunities. Rohinton Mistry is one writer who basically deals with the themes of Immigration. Mistry in an author who is writing about a country namely India which he has seen and observed during his youth. Through his novels Mistry has beautifully expressed the pain and grief of immigrant writers who are born in India but staying away from their motherland. In all his works, Rohinton Mistry has not just written about India, but at the same time he has also revised and recalled the memories of his Parsi community also, as most of the characters of his novels are Parsi by religion. In all his novels the Parsi community is also shown as an outsider in Indian subcontinent. Key Words: - Parsi, Migration, Diaspora
Advancing Health Research in Humanitarian Crises
No full textAUTHOR AFFILIATION: Amit Mistry, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States, [email protected] media can be accessed here:
http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/PREA/PREA_Session7A_Mistry_20190325.mp4This presentation identifies the mission of the Fogarty Center at the National Institutes of Health. Within this, the Advancing Health Research in Humanitarian Crises program has been initiated recently. Specific projects within this program will be described, as well as resources and funding streams within Fogarty. Research ethics is an important cross-cutting strand across these projects
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