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Making politics work for development: Harnessing transparency & citizen engagement
No full textPresentation by Dr. Stuti Khemani, Senior Economist, World Ban
Contestants' affidavits from Bihar in General Elections, 2014 and Legislative Assembly Elections, 2015
No full textThe dataset pertains to the profiles of 607 contestants from Bihar for General Elections, 2014 and 3443 contestants from Bihar for Legislative Assembly Elections, 2015. The information provided in the datasets is sourced from the affidavits submitted to the Election Commission of India (ECI) by the contestants. These affidavits are accessible via the ECI website
Contestants' affidavits from Bihar in General Elections, 2014 and Legislative Assembly Elections, 2015
No full textThe dataset pertains to the profiles of 607 contestants from Bihar for General Elections, 2014 and 3443 contestants from Bihar for Legislative Assembly Elections, 2015. The information provided in the datasets is sourced from the affidavits submitted to the Election Commission of India (ECI) by the contestants. These affidavits are accessible via the ECI website
Cuckoo Tales
No full textThis is a print-upon-demand book offering original fables with simple black-and-white designs. At least, I am not aware of having encountered them before. A book offering original fables is surprising! 176 pages. 5" x 7¾". "The Monkey and the Looking-glass" (7) comes close to traditional fables. Once the beasts see themselves in the monkey's mirror, they urge him to break it. "Ignorance is bliss!" The next fable also has an Aesopic pattern. A fawn strikes up a friendship with a young tiger and wants to offer him something to eat, and so she asks her mother to provide it. "Child, how lucky it is that you have come away!" "The Hammer and the Anvil" (174) surprises me. It seems to say that having these two beat upon each other is good: "Competition is the secret of the world's success." At least that is what the furnace says.First printingStuti Gupta
The House As A Work In Movement, The Living Heritage Of LIC Housing By B.V. Doshi In India
No full textThis paper investigates the modernist example of Indian LIC housing by architect B.V. Doshi, which developed in the early seventies as an experiment in incrementalism. The pragmatic project was developed as amorphous dwellings that catered to the aspirations, challenges, and growth of the resident family, a topic that has recently reemerged. The combination of three different types of dwellings (focusing on individuals as well as family life) illustrates the diversity of the current community, which was strengthened by this architectural approach—a continuous dialogue necessary for accommodating numerous alterations to the original design. Multiple interpretations of the identical spaces through users’ perspectives make it a work in movement. This paper addresses what we can learn from those interventions for future housing projects. What architectural tools kept this housing ensemble alive without losing its modernist aspiration? The first part of the paper gives a historical and geographical contextualisation of the site and the architect. Next, the alterations that took place over time are mapped (in detail) and supported via drawings. Later, more possible adaptations are explored graphically via (fictional) social scenarios. In conclusion, the idea of the house as a concentric metabolic system of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division is introduced, in which the role of the architect versus the importance of vernacular adaptations is stressed. The methodology is based on a literature review, interviews, questionnaires, archival research, and research by design.Research Foundation Flanders / Fellowship Fundamental Research 116421
A new species of genus Nirvana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with note on female genitalia from India
No full textMeshram, Naresh M., Rai, Stuti (2017): A new species of genus Nirvana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) with note on female genitalia from India. Zootaxa 4303 (2): 264-272, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.
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