44 research outputs found
Constructing Outraged Communities and State Responses: The Taslima Nasreen Saga in 1994 and 2007
No full textTaslima Nasreen, the exiled Bangladeshi author, was forced to leave India, her adopted homeland, in March 2008 after being under ‘security protection’ for months following street agitation against her writings in Kolkata. The events between August 2007, when she was physically attacked in Hyderabad, and March 2008, when she left the country, were reminiscent of those in Bangladesh in 1994 which led to her departure from there. In both instances, the states’ responses were her forced removal from the country to placate the agitators. In this paper I analyze the events on the ground and the responses of the states. I argue that these events demonstrate how ‘outraged communities’ are constructed, and symbols are invented to mobilize the community. The role of state has received little attention in the extant discussions while I contend that states bear a significant responsibility in engendering the controversy
Physical and Spiritual Shades of Love in Taslima Nasreen’s Love Poems
No full textTaslima Nasreen is a Bangladeshi author whose name is always in the news. Sometimes it\u27s because she said something bold and honest about fanaticism, and other times it\u27s because she gave a voice to oppressed people who had never dared to say what they felt inside. Today, the world is moving forward in the area of technology. Art and writing are getting better and better as time goes on. Still, it\u27s sad to say that there is a corner where everything is dark, even though it looks like everything is fine from the outside. The author who has the courage to bring this darkness out into the open is Taslima Nasreen, who is not afraid of the oppressive powers. The poet in Taslima Nasreen can\u27t ignore how important it is to touch the body, which also needs to rest and feel safe. Love is the medicine that makes the body feel better. The kiss is a way to show love. When the poet has done everything from early morning until late in the evening, he or she is too tired. Love is what she needs. She is used to getting two kisses on the lips from her lover. She can\u27t get enough of love being shown through a kiss on her lips. She can\u27t picture being able to sleep or rest without a kiss from her lover
E-governance : a global journey
No full textNo abstract available.• Title Page
• Editors and Contributors
• Contents
• Introduction: e-Governance, a Global Journey
• Section I. E-Governance Visions
• The Impact of Inclusive e-Government Applications
• The Role of ICT in Social and Economic Development of Turkmenistan
• Section II. Local E-Governance
• Understanding IT Literacy in the Context of the Arab Region: A Study in Oman
• E-Tourism: A Catalyst for Promoting the East African Community as Competitive Tourist Destination
• E-Reconciliation in Rwanda
• Section III. Transversal Issues
• Implementing ICT for Governance in Fragile States - A Case Study of Afghanistan
• Work Organization and e-Governance
• Escaping Patchwork Adoption of ICTs in Developing Countries
• Enterprise Architecture Startup Model for Successful eGovernment for Post Conflict Countries
• Section IV. Future Issues
• Internet Access Commons
• e-Governance: Past, Present and Future: A Theoretical Framework for Prospective Policy Analysis
• Time to Gear Up for a Second Generation of eGOV Foresight
• Next Steps in e-Governance: Peoples' e-Participation
• Author Inde
Female Critics of Islamism: Liberal or Secular Islam?
No full text The author distinguishes between two types of criticism of Islamism: ‘liberal Islam’ and ‘secular Islam’. The meaning and consequences of this difference in approach is analyzed with reference to the work of Chadortt Djavann, Irshad Manji, Mina Ahadi and Taslima Nasreen. The difference of approach is especially relevant in the way one looks at ‘interpretation’. This will be illustrated by analyzing a discussion between Tariq Ramadan and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. </jats:p
Design and data analytics of electronic human resource management activities through Internet of Things in an organization
No full textStudies on Catalase Activity of Phosphine treated strains of saw‐toothed grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.)
No full textThis Dissertation / Report is the outcome of investigation carried out by the creator(s) / author(s) at the department/division of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore mentioned below in this page
Enzymes targeting distinct hydrolysis blind-spots of thermal and biological pre-treatments significantly uplift biogas production
No full textThermal hydrolysis process (THP) and biological hydrolysis (BH) are key pre-treatment technologies for anaerobic digestion (AD), termed advanced anaerobic digesters (AADs). They target the rate-limiting hydrolysis step in AD. This study evaluates full-scale pre-treatments for macromolecule bias and the implementation of hydrolysis enzymes to enhance biogas yield. Findings show THP significantly improves protein and carbohydrate solubilisation by 30% and 25%, respectively, but fully hydrolyses only carbohydrates. In contrast, BH targets fibres and proteins, achieving 35% and 23% solubilisation, and only partially hydrolyses carbohydrates. Biomethane potential (BMP) tests indicate that protease enzymes raise biomethane yield by 20-30% for AAD with THP pre-treatment. In comparison, α-amylase increases it by over 30% for AAD with BH pre-treatment. This study tailors enzyme selection and dosage to specifically address the unique "hydrolysis blind spot" of each pre-treatment, providing a strategic framework to enhance AD technologies by an improved understanding of macromolecule selectivity and their transformation pathways.Bioresource Technolog
Advance directives: A policy required in the Asian countries
No full textAdvancements in health care have resulted in elaborate treatments all over the world and contributed to problems at times for the terminally ill who need palliative care. Futile treatments have demonstrated to defuse the symptoms of the disease without curing. In such scenarios physicians only prolong life of patients, keeping them away from dying peacefully and depriving them from quality of life. In this context, families exhaust their financial and material resources for the treatment of their loved ones without any substantial results. Health care systems are passionate about prolonging life and are ignoring the component of caring by disregarding the patient\u27s rights. There are no existing policies about Advance Directives (ADs) in Pakistan and many other Asian countries, which result in ethical dilemmas among nurses and physicians. Thus, the decisions to limit the treatments such as ADs are needed in this age of modern medical technology. In this paper the author walks the audience through a scenario where she felt a dire necessity for a policy of ADs in an Asian country like Pakistan. This position paper reveals the ethical dilemma that is encountered, the position taken, supported by the ethical principles, the arguments, counter arguments and the justification for having the policy of ADs. Lastly, the final position has been stated and recommendations to implement the policy have been elaborated
(Re)Interrogating Camp and Refugees in Forced Migration Studies
No full textThis article is reproduced here with permission from the author and may be found online at http://www.mcrg.ac.in/rw%20files/RW61_62/RW61_62.pdf.Agamben points out that the camp situation reduces them to naked life, “absolute bio-political space…in which power confronts nothing other than pure biological life without any mediation,” yet refugees as residents of camps can reinterpret their existence in camps as politicised space. Most refugees located in North and South live separately from what is presumed to be normal and mainstream and their location beyond the city limits is an indication of their marginalisation and scant access to resources. Camp space becomes the paradigmatic of stratification on one hand, and diversification of membership prevalent in contemporary society. My paper will analyse the space within the domain of forced migration studies and suggest that like the refugees, camps too have become tools of society when it should have been rather a place of exception. The paper will engage theoretically with camps as loci within forced migration studies and critically addresses the following: a) the refugee-subject relation in developed and developing world, b) the interrelation between refugee subject and camp, and the usefulness of camp as an analytical tool to understand forced migration study
