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Android Mobile Automation Framework
Pallavi Raut* & Satyaveer Tomar**
*Department of Computer Science & Engineering, RGPV, Bhopal,M.P
** Department of Computer Science & Engineering, SBITM, Betul, M.P
Abstract :
Earlier, mobile applications were offered for basic tasks such as email, contacts, calendar, music, weather, or stock information. Due to public demand and availability of advanced developer tools, mobile apps rapidly expanded into various categories such as games, factory automation, location-based services, banking, etc. Increasingly prevalent usage of mobile devices has raised the popularity of mobile apps; soon enough, functional testing of those apps has become an extremely important task.
Quality testing of mobile apps across various operating systems and devices is necessary for their long-term success in this highly competitive app market. There is a constant need for robust Android test automation tools to ensure software compatibility across various versions of the operating system. In case of Android, you have to also take care of the hardware diversity provided by many Android OEMs. Taking into account all of these issues and constraints, Android Mobile Automation Framework is developed to overcome these challenges. In this paper we present an approach for automating the testing process for Android applications, with a focus on GUI and functional bugs.
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Low Carbon High Performance Concrete – Sustainability Approach
Neelam Nagraj Petkar*, Prof. Smita Patil**& Hemant Chore***
*P.G. Student,Department of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
**Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
***Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
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Industrial by products such as Blast furnace slag, flyash, silica fume & engineering materials metakolin have conventionally been used for concrete as supplementary cementitious materials primarily from the aspect of the effective utilization of industrial waste. Considering natural resources conservation and prevention of global warming, new tailor made material which does not generate extra CO2 emission should be urgently established in concrete-related industries. Concrete is an environmental friendly material and the overall impact on the environment per ton of concrete is limited. Concrete accounts for large percentages of both resources input and CO2 emission. This paper profiles various high grade of concrete M80, M90 and M100& analysis of CO2 emulsion and implement reduction of CO2 load on environment by employing the best cementitious substitutions. Relation between cubical and cylindrical concrete mould for 28days compressive strength were also developed.
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13-25 |
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Foreign Pilgrims To Bodhgaya: Historical Perspective
Dr. Aprajita Krishna*, Shrinkhala**, Shama Parween***& Dr. Surabhi Prasad****
*Women Scientist, Department of Physics, Patna Women’s College, Bihar
** Student, Department of Physics, Patna Women’s College, Bihar
*** Student, Department of Physics, Patna Women’s College, Bihar
** Department of Physics, Patna Women’s College, Bihar
Abstract :
Bodhgaya is the most holy place for the followers of the Buddhist faith all over the world, the other three being kushinagar, Lumbini and Sarnath. Situated on the bank of river Neranjana the place was then known as Uruvela. There are four famous pilgrimage sites for Buddhists namely: Lumbini, where he was born; Bodhgaya, where he attained Supreme Enlightenment; Deer Park in Sarnath, where he preached the First Sermon; and Kusinara, where he passed into Mahaparinibbana. The pious disciple should visit these places reflecting on the particular event of the Buddha’s life connected with each place. By the time of King Asoka, four more places, namely: Savatthi, Sankasia, Rajagraha and Vaishali, that were closely associated with the Buddha and scenes of his principal miracles, were added to the pilgrimage itinerary. Together they make the Eight Great Places of pilgrimage. The aim of this research paper is to discuss about the historical perspective of ancient pilgrimage, It also throws light on the ancient foreign pilgrims who have visited Bodhgaya especially the Chinese pilgrims. The research paper also covers downfall of Buddhism and the devastation of Buddhist shrines in the 13th century followed by six centuries of oblivion, which was the darkest period of Buddhism. Finally, the restoration of Buddhist shrines and the revival of Buddhism in India is described to restore the holy shrines back to their past glory.
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26-38 |
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Performance Studies on Concrete Using Rice Husk Ash and Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag
Ulhaskumar V. Patil* & Dr. H.S. Chore**
*P.G. Student, Department of Civil Engineering,Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
**Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
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Concrete is the most widely used material of construction. Concrete gained the popularity as a construction material due to the easy availability of its component materials, the easy formability, strength and rigidity upon setting and curing. In construction industry, strength is a primary criterion in selecting a concrete for a particular application. Now a days, the substantial amount of waste materials, containing the properties of the Pozzolana, is being generated from the major industries; and disposal of such industrial wastes generated in abundance is also the serious problem from environmental and pollution point of view. On this backdrop, an efforts are made by the researchers for the exploring the possibility utilization of such waste materials in making the sustainable construction material. The present paper reports the experimental investigation to study the strength characterization of the concrete made from the pozzolanic waste materials. For this purpose, the pozzolanic materials such as ground granulated blast furnace slag and rice husk ash were used as a cement replacing materials in conjunction with ordinary Portland cement. The equal amounts of these materials were used in eight trial mixes with varying amount of cement. The water cement ratio was also varied. The compressive strengths for 7and 28 days’ were evaluated also the split tensile strengths for 7 and 28 days’ were evaluated. The study corroborates that the pozzolanic materials used in the present investigation along with the cement can render the sustainable concrete.
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39-51 |
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Self Help Group-Bank Linkage Programme in Nagaland; A Case Study of Peren, Kohima and Dimapur District of Nagaland
Mr. K.Timothy Langwangbe
Research scholar, Department of Commerce, Nagaland University, Kohima, Nagaland
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Of late the Self –Help groups are the becoming the most popular and widely accepted means of livelihood. The formal launching of the SHGs Bank Linkage programme in India in 1992 by NABARD was mainly to integrate informal savings and credit groups with the mainstream banking systems. Since then many of the SHGs were formed across India with or without Bank linkage programmes. This paper lay focus on the effectiveness of the SHGs –Bank linkage programmes in Nagaland by undertaking an intensive case study of three Districts of Nagaland, viz. Peren, Kohima, and Dimapur. It is will bring out the relationship between banks and the SHGs also the extend of loans advanced by the Banks to the SHGs. The paper would also highlight the savings and investment patterns of the SHGs. The study report is made from a sample population of 300 SHGs drawn from the three districts with equal representation of 100 SHGs each. The roles and functions of SHGs in establishing sustainable income generating activities and the contribution of the SHGs towards socio- economic growth of the state shall be examine. The efforts of the banks in promoting the SHGs activities through financial assistance are discussed in this paper.
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52-70 |
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Utilization of Waste Soya Cake (Okara)
Er. Puneet Arora*, & Er. Parimita**
*Assistant Professor, SHIATS, Allahabad
**Assistant Professor, SHIATS, Allahabad
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Maintenance of optimal nutrition and positive health of Population through assumed nutrient intake continues to be a national priority. For a nation to be healthy, strong and productive, the nutritional status of people must be good. Soymilk and tofu production yields large quantities of agro waste (Okara).Okara is high in fiber making it a potential nutritious food ingredients. The shelf life of only a day makes its difficult to work with in large scale operations. in the new millennium we are witnessing the upward trend in nutritional and health awareness which has increased the consumer demand for functional foods. Keeping this in view industry is forced to bring nutritionally products in the market with acceptable sensory Characteristics. The present investigation was made with an attempt to develop a cake by using wheat and soya waste Okara. Control soya waste cake was incorporated with T0 without okara (100% wheat flour),T1 Was incorporated with 25% Okara flour,T2 was incorporated with 50% Okara flour. T3 was incorporated with 75% Okara flour. The soya waste cake samples of different treatments and control Chemical analysis fat percentage, protein, moisture, ash, and carbohydrate was done for estimating its Nutritional Content and safety and organoleptic characteristics like (flavour and taste, body and texture, colour and appearance) by trained panellist using 9 point hedonic scale. Thus as far as product acceptability, it is judged by Organoleptic evaluation. These studies demonstrate that okara can be used to increase the value of the agro waste.
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71-78 |
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The Bhopal Gas Disaster a Case of WRONG Management and Engineering DECISIONS!!!
Dr. Dharmendra C. Kothari
Department Chemical Engineering, Shri Shivaji College of Engineering & Technology, Babhulgaon (Jh.), AKOLA
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The Indian government, although keen to attract foreign investment through the new initiative of make in INDIA, needed to make a decision on the basic safety requirements for its citizens. During future Multi National Corporations (MNC) projects, designs of installations need to be peer reviewed and more stringent environmental, health and safety considerations should be adopted. During any future plant builds, standards of materials and equipment used should reflect those used in Western countries. MNC need to be aware that reduction in safety standards as a means of improving profit margins is not an option such as the disaster at Bhopal. The Bhopal Gas Disaster, of 2nd-3rd December, 1984, caused by a “run-away chemical reaction” of Methyl IsoCyanate stored in a Stainless Steel Tank, of UCIL (Union Carbide of India Ltd) Factory, is undoubtedly the worst chemical disaster of the world. The sheer magnitude of the industrial catastrophe has aroused the conscience of the world. The physicochemical properties of the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) and its biological activity, and probable causes of accident, are discussed.
The role of management and engineering decisions with regard to the dispersion process is also documented. The Mechanical and Human both errors considered in these study. What is good for engineering is not always good for the management. For the people, and for public health, it is good with small income differences, strong working rights legislation, protection of water and ground, manpower-rich companies and the making of strong demands on the company concerning the work environment and the environment as a whole. Computer generation of mathematical models allows predictions concerning the effects of various variables on possible system scenarios. After these observations, qualitative risk analysis could be performed upon the scenarios to learn how to handle new, similar situations that might occur in the chemical process industry. Recommendations regarding emergency and contingency planning are then provided, and that governments need to be aware of the requirement for segregation of hazardous operations from facilities and adjacent domestic populations. The Bhopal disaster has at least spurred some state pollution control boards taking actions, against the country’s blue chip companies of gross environmental negligence and unsafe practices of engineering, managements and profit making.
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The Art of G. Nagarajan: Narration Decoding the Ethics of the Society
Dr. M. Anandharaj
Associate Professor, Department of English, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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G.Nagarajan, a forerunner to all modernist Tamil writers was born in 1920s. He started writing fiction at the end of 1950s. The personality of G.Nagarajan as elaborately discussed today in the literary circles lead us to reread his writings and ponder over its effect on modern Tamil literature. The approach to him will raise certain questions regarding the role of narration that tries to decode the ethical values of a society in which he lived. When we look at his memorable fictions we come to understand that he dared to discuss uncommon characters and unusual human affairs which were very unethical and illegal in general outlook. The uniqueness of him is the ability to see the rejected aspirations of the everyday life of the marginalized people like prostitutes, drunkards and pimps. We can say that he does not stop with that and he goes beyond to release himself from the pain of examining such people through his writings. He chose a type of writing which rejected altogether the usual narration of mass culture and commercial writings. What he achieved with what he wrote only has brought him today to an important place in modern Tamil literature nearly after fifty years. This paper tries to focus on G.Nagarajan’s narration that functions as a spectator in his novel ‘Naalai Matrumoru Naalae’ and in his short novel ‘Kurathi Mudukku’ to move to an unoccupied place from which he is able to give the readers certain new views on the life of the estranged characters without any fear of ethical constraints. In fact, he says through his writings that a writer has no ethical constraints when he watches keenly the rhythm of life. All the translations of the texts given here are mine.
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92-99 |
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Churches in Odisha: A Comprehensive Study
Dr. Sadanand Nayak
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Sambalpur University
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The world is a store house and everything is available so anybody can search for anything in this world. The world witnesses of having multi kinds of things, ideas and ideologies. The present world is composite of multi- society, multi-habits and multi-practices on the basis of time, region and peoples. Religion is one of them which have multi practices by multi-practitioners and Christianity is one of the major religions of this world having its multi-character and multi-practitioners. Though, Christians are fractioned into denominations still then they unite under single platform of different places for religious activities. That is known as prayer houses or churches. After occupation of Odisha in 1803 by the British, Christian missionaries came to this land and propagated Christianity among the peoples of this region. Within two hundred years of Christianity in Odisha, this religion gradually developed and spread all parts of Odisha and became one of the rapid developing religions. Church is the key stone of this religion which have a separate identity in this province. In this paper a humble attempt will be made to discuss various aspects of church and role of church for growth of Christianity in the state as well as this paper will focus about the physical structure of church in Odisha.
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100-107 |
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Human Being and Spiritual Education
Dr. Prem Shankar Srivastava
Principal, V.B. College of Education, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
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The article is written to describe briefly the Human –being and Spiritual education and its beneficial effect to the betterment of the society as a whole. Human being is the supreme creature of God on this earth. Each and every human being is born with inherent quality; all spiritual or material knowledge is in his mind. Human being and other being differ on account of soul. In this paper an attempt has been made to deal a conceptual framework regarding growth and development of human-being with respect to spiritual education. Human well-being is the end of the education. Well-being refers to physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual health of the human-being. The paper concludes that our present educational system should equip with spiritual education. This article explores existing problems in Educational Departments and suggestions are provided for improvement.
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108-116 |
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Voicing the Voiceless: A Critique of Dostoevsky’s Poor People
Dr. Pramod Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Govt. College, Krishan Nagar, Haryana, India
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Poverty, whether actual or political (as an agenda by the ruling class), has always attracted the attention of sensitive souls. Some who have been a victim of this man-made vice, and have traversed through its paths are able to describe its various ferocious forms since they have been blessed with the potential to do so.Dostoevsky is one such writer in world literature who suffered from chronic poverty all his life, and this he inherited from his father, and there are but a few of his stature as a writer who can be paralleled in monetary sufferings with him. The pangs of poverty echo in his writings recurrently and that he does with absolute skill. He is a gifted author who has been blessed by nature to peep into the human psyche with a deep and perfect acumen. He is an unrivalled craftsman as far as the tracing of the functioning of human mind is concerned; he is not a theoretical psychologist making experiments leading to the formulations of psychological theories but he knew by sheer wisdom how a person acts and reacts within given circumstances, the application of this knowledge to his characters makes him stand apart from the plethora of literary artists.
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Analysis on Women Expenditure Pattern & Purchasing Buying Behavior – Spinster Vs Married women
Dr (Ms) Mamta Vyas
Professor, Department of Management, DAVV. Indore College, Sri Aurbindo Institute of Management & Science.
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Today, women are equal partners in household expenditure. If they are married, they provide their share in household expenditure due to price hikes. In olden day women save her money because as it is psychology of men that they do not touch salary of women & easily managed their life financially. Today, women start earning at the age of 21. She is aware about managing her budget and saving for the future. At the same time women life style has been changed and she loves to spend money on its look or beauty, clothes , property and on electronics items and comfort products and services. Now the question comes in mind that the expenditure pattern of single/Spinster women similar to married women. It is true or myth that single women save more than married women. This paper gives an idea about the comparative expenditure pattern of Spinster women and married women. It will compare the two patterns and other factors related to purchasing behavior.
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130-147 |
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Corruption in a university of West Bengal, India: A First Person Narrative
Abhijit Guha
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal
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This action oriented empirical article deals with the misappropriation of University Grants Commission Unassigned Grant fund by a Vice-Chancellor of a university in West Bengal. The data for this study are collected through RTI applications filed by the author over a period more than two years and presented in the form of a case study by using real names. The study revealed that it is not only important to know how a particular act of corruption is done by the use of public office for personal gain but it is also vital to know how after the exposure of the corruption in the public domain, the authorities again take recourse to cover up the scam by using bureaucratic measures. It is found that irrespective of political regimes the privileged position of a Vice-Chancellor is protected by the decision makers in the democratic bodies of the university. The study revealed that Right to Information Act of India can become a very useful tool to fight corruption in a university.
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148-166 |
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Vegetational Parameters in Different Disturbance Regimes in Corbett National Park
Vivek Pandey*, Beena Tewari**, Ashish Tewari***& Jeet Ram****
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Kumaun Universit, Nainital
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Himalayan vegetation is subjected to various types of disturbances and most of them are either geological or anthropogenic or both. Biodiversity at all hierarchical levels is impacted upon by disturbance of an ecosystem in terms of maintenance and restoration. Protected Areas are forests that have as their primary function the protection of people or assets against the impacts of natural hazards. The main "product" of these forests are standing trees which act as obstacles to down slope mass movements such as rock falls, snow avalanches, erosion, landslides, debris flows, and floods. The study area is located between 290 24’ and 290 27’ N latitude and 780 52’ and 780 59’ E longitude between 280 and 370 m elevation in Uttarakhand Himalaya. In this study, an attempt was made to study the vegetational parameters of floral biodiversity under different disturbance regimes of protected area i.e Corbett National Park (CNP). Overall species richness of the study area was 60, out of which 17 were trees, 12 shrubs and 31 herbs. (Table 2). Tree richness varied from 8 to 11, shrubs richness from 8 to 9 and herbs richness varied from 16 to 19, it was maximum in Protected Area and minimum in disturbed forest. In sum, these results suggest that over a quarter of a century, protected areas have been proven to be quite effective in the protection and proliferation of plant species as a vital ecosystem function, in terms of the two key components of ecological effectiveness, their representation of this function and its persistence through time.
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167-184 |
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Aerobic Exercise: Fat Cremation and Heart Rejuvenation
Dr. Upender Kumar
Assistant Professor, Government College Karnal, Haryana.
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A large amount of body fat is stored in the form of triglyceride within adipose tissue as well as within muscle fibers. These stores must be mobilized into free fatty acids (FFA) and transported to muscle mitochondria for oxidation during exercise. Fatty acids from adipose tissue are mobilized into plasma and carried by albumin to muscle for oxidation.
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185-194 |
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Factors that influence the Organizational Commitment – A Case of Paramedical Staff at Private Hospitals
Prof. Lissy. T. A* & Dr. J. Venkatesh**
*Assistant Professor, Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore,
**Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, Anna University, Regional Centre Coimbatore
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A committed workforce is an asset to the organizations. Committed employees decide to stay with organization for a long term. Purpose of the present study is to examine the influence of factors - HR practices, Pay & Benefits and Employee engagement strategies on Organizational commitment of the paramedical staff in private hospitals in Bangalore, India. The study also examines the relationship of these three factors with organizational commitment of hospital employees. 10 multi-specialty hospitals were identified for the present study with a sample size 500. Pearson Correlation and Multiple regression were employed to study the relationship with and influence of the above factors with organizational commitment. Pearson Correlation results indicated significant relationship between three factors and organizational commitment. Multiple Regression results indicated that Pay & Benefits and Employee engagement strategies influence organizational commitment of the hospital employees. ANOVA results proved that perception towards organizational commitment was not same among different age groups. Emphasis on attractive pay packages and facilitating conducive work environment are suggested.
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195-206 |
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Teachers Perception towards the Functioning of Cluster Resource Centers (CRCs) – An Issue Analysis
Dr. R.RAMNATH
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Alagappa University, Karaikudi
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An SSA (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) is the scheme of MHRD functioning with the motto Education for all. This scheme has brought many innovations in the field of education in general and primary education in particular. Out of its various activities, the in-service training to the teachers is highly appreciable which is offered through different centres. The CRCs (Cluster Resource Centres) are the centres established under every BRC which look after the pre-planned and continuous training programmes to the teachers. But, it is not sure that all the trainings and their outputs are on the route of success. Hence, before studying the effectiveness of the CRC trainings towards different aspects, the investigators has taken an initiative to study the functional efficiency of the CRC training through the observation of the training at different centres and perception of the teachers towards such trainings. For which, a sample consist of 200 teachers from 10 CRCs have been chosen as a sample of the present study who were administered under the interview and observation schedule to find out the functional efficiency of the CRCs. From the statistical findings it has been evident that the competence of the teachers have been improved and teachers having good perception on the functional efficiency of the CRCs. The variables used in the study are having influence in the teachers’ competence and functional efficiency of the CRCs. The details of the present are given in the full paper.
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Entrepreneurship Development: An Approach to Economic Empowerment of Women
Dr. Ambrish
Assistant Professor, Department of Microfinance, Amity University, Lucknow, U.P
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Women are often considered as better economic stewards of capital than men. Women all over the world are challenged by a number of obstacles that restrict their ability to play significant roles in their communities and the broader society. For a long time they have lagged far behind men in key socio-economic indicators that place them at a huge disadvantage.
Two thirds of the 774 million adult illiterates worldwide are women, the same proportion for the past 20 years and across most regions, according to the United Nations’ World"s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics
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224-232 |
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Postmodernist Indian Sensibilities: Manu Joseph’s Serious Men as a Socio-Cultural Document
Dr Chitra Thrivikraman Nair
Assistant Professor, Department of English, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
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The contemporary world is marked by cataclysmic changes unprecedented in the history of mankind. The process of globalization has contributed towards introducing revolutionary transformations across the globe in all levels of human life. Most of the countries in the contemporary world have become multicultural, multiethnic and multireligious, and India too is no exception to this phenomenon. The question, therefore, arises as to the status and position of the poor and marginalized sections against the rich dominant mainstream society, and the casteist, religious and class discriminations practiced by the latter to subordinate the former. In the paper titled Post modernist Indian Sensibilities: Manu Joseph’s Serious Men as a Socio-Cultural Document proposes to examine Manu Joseph’s Serious Men as a representative tale of an ordinary man the status and position of a Dalit within the socio-cultural framework of contemporary India.
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233-241 |
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Necessity of Value Education in Modern Period
Dr. E. Ravi Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Saiva Siddhanta Philosophy, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
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Man believes in the same way like animals. He also eats, drinks, procreates and vegetates. But in addition to these, he does one more activity, and that is, he thinks, reflects. It is this power to think, to reflect, to rationalise that distinguishes him not only from animals but also from the other forms of creation.
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242-249 |
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Corruption: Its Impact on Development and Curative Actions
Dr. Jitender Singh Dhull
Assistant Professor, Department of Law, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana
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Corruption is a factor which effects the development and is present since ages. It is global problem. The meaning of corruption in present scenario is important, how it is prevailing in our country and what are the legal provisions to check this problem. The corruption effects the development which is matter of concern; there is also a comparison of corruption prevailing in our country and the other countries. Then what has been done and what is required to be done including suggestions to check this problem are the main issues.
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250-268 |
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Study of Anomalies in Stock Market
Dr M. Rama Naik
Lecturer, Department of Humanities, JNTU College of Engineering Anantapur(A.P)
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In financial markets, Anomalies refer to situations when a security or group of securities performs different to the notion of efficient markets, where security prices are said to reflect all available information at any point in time. With the constant release and rapid dissemination of new information, sometimes efficient markets are hard to achieve and even more difficult to maintain. There are many market anomalies; some occur once and disappear, while others are continuously observed.
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269-283 |
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Studies on Morphological and Morphometric Variation of Black Bengal Goat (Capra hircus bengalensis) in some villages of Hooghly and Howrah districts, West Bengal
Ranu Mukherjee*, Anuradha Koyal*, Pranab Kr. Banerjee *
* Vector Molecular Genetics Research Unit, Department of Zoology (UG & PG), Serampore College, Serampore, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.
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Black Bengal (BB) goat is one of the recognized breed among the domestic species in India and serves as integral part of rural India"s symbiotic system of crop and livestock production. Variation is a unique feature for every organism which is manifested through morphology and morphometry. BB goats are known to be famous for their adaptability, prolificacy, delicacy of meat and superior skin quality. It is precious germplasm of West Bengal. But enough care has not been taken to study the variation of black Bengal goat in West Bengal. Therefore, a preliminary attempt has been undertaken to know the variation in morphology and morphometry of black Bengal goat in some villages of Hooghly and Howrah districts of West Bengal. Morphological variation in goats,(i.e.main body colour pattern and fur texture pattern) have been obtained.
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284-294 |
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Conflict of Culture in Paula Gunn Allen’s The Woman Who Owned the Shadows
J. G. Ravi Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of English, GITAM University, Bengaluru, India
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Paula Gunn Allen attempts to educate mainstream audiences about Native American themes, issues, and concerns by promoting Native American literature as a variable and rich source of study. Allen’s work is preoccupied with her identity as a woman, mixed blood and lesbian in Laguna and white society. Focusing on the themes of assimilation, self-identity, and remembrance, she frequently examines the quest for spiritual wholeness. Allen’s works have generally received positive acclaim. Her poetry is recognized for its musical qualities and her novel The Woman Who Owned the Shadows has been praised for its examination of racism and sexism. She attempts to preserve Native American culture for all individuals despite for their ethnic heritage. The novel explores women’s tradition.
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295-304 |
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Role of Independence in Ethics for SMP Accountants
CA. KISHORE S PESHORI
Department of Accountancy, Smt. Chandibai Himathmal College, Ulhasnagar
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Ethics is all about our becoming and feeling responsible about everything that is around us. We are responsible only when we appreciate everything that is ethical and denounce all that is not ethical around us. I would like our membership to ensure that they always go for the stricter interpretation, foregoing the liberal one wherever and whenever they realise a presence of two interpretations on a matter of professional interest, despite both being legal. Such a courageous display of moral conduct will inspire not only generations of our professionals, but also those from other walks of life
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305-328 |
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A Study on Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement among the Science Graduate Students
Dr. Payel Banarjee * & Kamlesh Kumar**
*Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, C.G. India **Research Scholar, Department of Education, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, C.G., India
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Self-regulated learning (SRL) is recognized as an important predictor of student Academic motivation and achievement. It is a pivotal construct in contemporary accounts of effective academic learning. Self-regulation is essential to the learning process by which students direct their acquisition of academic knowledge. SRL creates opportunities for students to manage their own resources and to perform better in all learning processes. Self-regulated learners take responsibility for their own learning processes and adopt their learning strategies to meet their demands. Students use various cognitive, meta-cognitive, behavioural, motivational and environmental strategies to control and regulate their own learning.
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329-342 |
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"Echo" Criticism
Haripriya D
PG Student, Department of English, CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala
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Echo criticism is an eco-critical study; an endeavour to trace the echoes of ecology eco consciousness in the popular myths of Babylonian, Greek, Egyptian and Indian myths. The object is to show how the aforementioned pagan civilizations comprised essentially of deeply eco-conscious people who associated nature conservation with religions and gods to instil fear in the community, guided by the conception that scare-tactics would keep humans in check rather than gentle persuasion. It also hints at how the words of the prescient ancients are discarded by the modern mechanical man as myths.
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343-353 |
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Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy: Instruments &Strategies of Development
Shruti Mallick
Department of Management, Welingkar Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore, India.
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The Centre for Public Policy CPP of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, hosts 9th Annual International Conference from August 11-13, 2014 on Public Policy. Present article originates with the interest of financial policy of Indian Government. Dr. Arvind Mayaram, Arun Maira and Harun R Khan were among plethora of experts at 3-day meet at IIM.
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354-361 |
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Experimental Studies on High Performance Concrete Using Blast Furnace Slag as a Cement Replacement Material
Ashish J. Bharnuke* & Dr. H.S. Chore**
*P.G. Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
**Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
Abstract :
The paper presents the experimental investigation on the performance evaluation of the high performance concrete. The ground granulated blast furnace slag was used to replace the cement partially. The study was aimed at finding out the optimum contents of the GGBFS as the partial replacement of cement without affecting the properties of concrete. The study was further aimed at evaluating the effect of crushed sand on the performance of concrete in place of river sand.
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362-376 |
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Food security in Agro based sector
Dr. Sunil Sharma* & Mrs. Urmila Pushkar**
Assistant Professors, Department of Commerce, Government College, Faridabad
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Food security addresses one of human kinds most fundamental needs-access to a nutritious and adequate diet. Food security defines as a state-whereby all people, at all times, have physical access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and a healthy life. National food security act NAFSA is an important effort to ensure that the majority of India’s population has access to an adequate quantity of food at affordable prices. The Sonia Gandhi led National Advisory council in 2010, drafted the bill originally and proposed legal food entitlement by 75% of India’s population.
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377-386 |
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Women Empowerment in India: Issues and Challenges
Mr. Pema Lama
Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, University of Calcutta
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Unlike in the earlier days, women were maltreated even as slaves in the post-Vedic and Epic ages After Indian Independence, India has so far passed or amended several women specific legislations and implemented a plethora of programs for women’s advancement and economic emancipation in different spheres. The women’s movement including widespread NGO network having strong grass-root presence and deep insights into women’s concerns have contributed in inspiring initiatives for the women empowerment. Women today are trying to understand their position in the society and have become increasingly aware of sexual inequalities in every sphere of life by seeking ways to fight them with pride and dignity. Presently, most of the Indian women are uplifted and emancipated and granted equal status with men in different walks of life - political, social, domestic and educational as they are free to join any service or follow any profession.
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387-399 |
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A Perspective of Politeness Principle in Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Old Stone Mansion
Sachin D Bhandare* & Dr S G Bhanegaonkar**
*Assistant Professor, Department of English, Rajarshi Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Latur, MS, India
** Assistant Professor, Department of English, People’s College, Nanded, MS, India
Abstract :
Application of theories from pragmatics to literature is one of the recently developed methods of studying literature. Pragmatics is basically interested in utterances. Among the various genres of literature, drama makes profound use of utterances. The dramatist creates men and women who speak to each other and from this communication we gather the story of their life.
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400-414 |
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Studies on Intensity of Environmental Awareness among Assistant Professors of Senior College and Universities
Dr. Varsha U. Lomate
*Assistant Professor, Academic Staff College, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati
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To recognize the growing awareness about Environmental degradation, pollution and self responsibility of its protection it becomes necessary to study the extent of awareness among the intellectual class of society. In the past two decades, environment has attracted the attention of decision makers, scientists and even laymen in many parts of the world. They are becoming increasingly conscious of issues such as famines, droughts, floods, scarcity of fuel, firewood and fodder.
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415-424 |
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Landuse Land Cover Mapping and Change Detection A Case Study of Hisar-Bhiwani Watershed, Haryana
S.K. Bansal*, Dilbag Singh**, Anurag***, Vipin Kumar****
*Professor & Head, Department of Geography, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana,
**Lecturer, Department of Geography, FGM Govt. PG College, Adampur , Hisar, Haryana
***Assistant Scientist,Departmentof Agro-Meteorology, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar
****Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Earth Science, Banasthali University, Banasthali
Abstract :
The land use information collected for Hisar-Bhiwani watershed in Haryana from the analysis of the IRS-P6 1D LISS III data for the year 2004-2005 and NRDMS Resource Atlas of Haryana data for the year 1999-2000 revealed a large change in the area of different land use categories during the period from 1999- 2005.
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425-431 |
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Online Expert System Based on Raga Chikitsa for Health Care
Manisha S. Deshmukh*& Shubhangi S. Sapkale**
School of Computer Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon.
Abstract :
Music is used to change mood in everyday life and to maintain physical and psychological health of human being. Number of research papers on Raga Chikitsa (Music Therapy) evaluated the evidence that music improves health and well-being of human being through the motivation and pleasure; stress and arousal; immunity and social affiliation. This paper presented an online Expert System based on Indian Classical Music therapy for health care. In this Expert System knowledge base has been contain information about the Indian classical Ragas and the symptoms of the disease which will be used to solve the query of the user. Then Expert System diagnosis the patient’s disabilities and advice to listen tunes of appropriate Raga based songs, instrumental tunes with duration and specific time. The Forward chaining inference approach is used for the implementation of Expert System.
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432-444 |
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Preparation of Sandesh by using honey
Er. Puneet Arora* & Er. Parimita**
Assistant Professors, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad
Abstract :
Sandesh is a very popular heat-desiccated product of coagulated milk protein mass called chhana (a heat- and acid-coagulated product of milk that is analogous to cottage cheese) of West Bengal, India. Sen and Rajorhia (1990) mentioned that sandesh was also gaining popularity in other regions of India. Sandesh is prepared by continuous stirring of chhana with sugar over medium heat. Sandesh is known for its palatability, aroma and as a rich source of milk proteins, fat, sucrose and fat-soluble vitamins. It has a firm body and smooth texture (Anejaet al. 2002). Anejaet al. (2002) has mentioned that about 80% of chhana producedin Kolkata (West Bengal, India) is converted into sandesh. Spices (clove, small cardamom, large cardamom, saffron, etc.) have been used as flavouring and also as colouring agent in sandesh preparation for centuries.
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445-453 |
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What Lies Deep in the Unconscious: A Psychoanalytical Scrutiny of Harry Potter in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series
Kaustav Chanda
Guest Lecturer, Department of English, K.K Das College, Kolkata, and Guest Lecturer, Department of English, Vidyasagar Evening College.
Abstract :
Since the inception of its epical journey, Joanne Katherine Rowling’s Harry Potter series has come a long way to become a phenomenon in the domain of children’s literature, intriguing readers and critics alike, raising questions regarding its nature, its viability for children, and sparking debates among scholars around the world over the social, cultural, political, and psychological subtexts in the series.
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454-461 |
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Triad problematic of youth entrepreneurship: Voices from University Students
Pierre Sindambiwe* & Donah Mbabazi**,
* Department of Management, University of Rwanda, College of Business And Economics, Rwanda
** The New Times, Rwanda
Abstract :
Based on previous research investigated, we identified various factors affecting youth entrepreneurship like instance lack of access to finance, lack of business skills, psychological orientation, lack of market opportunity and others and measured their importance on unemployed youth. As unemployed youth can be categorized in three: unemployed uneducated ones, those in schools and unemployed educated ones, our study focused on those still in university.
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462-476 |
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Financial Inclusion: Triggers and Barriers in Rural India
Ms Tina Sachdeva* & Dr. Smita Gupta**
*Research Scholar, AISECT University, Bhopal, India.**Director, Career College of Management, Bhopal
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Growth with equity is the main objective of Financial Inclusion. Poverty is not only inadequate income, but somewhat the absence of extensive range of capabilities, including security and competence to participate in economic and political systems. Financial Inclusion emphasizes on delivery of financial services at a reasonable cost to the huge vulnerable sections of society. Banks and other financial service players are largely expected to moderate the supply side constraints that prevent poor and underprivileged groups from gaining access to the financial system.
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477-483 |
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Polarity of Law and Justice In Clifford Odets’ Till The Day I Die
Vidya Dass*
*Assistant Professor of English, RVS College of Arts and Science, Sulur, Coimbatore
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Till the Day I Die is based on the rise of communism in Germany when Hitler was in power. It concentrates on the plight of the German communists who were continuously arrested and tortured by the Nazis. Once arrested the communists do not accept them again in their camps. Ernst Tausig, the protagonist of the play is arrested and undergoes such suppressions but still foresee a promising new world.
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484-488 |
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Emergence of Ethnomusicology: As Traced in Indian Perspectives.
Bisakha Goswami*
*Assistant Professor in Musicology, Rabindra Bharati University
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Ethnomusicology can be considered as the holistic and cultural study of music existing in various folk, tribal and other ethnic societies. The discipline ethnomusicology deals with the study of music from a social and cultural perspective and aims to survey and analyze the music traditions of various cultures. Ethnomusicology also emphasizes the study of music of one’s own and other cultures which promotes the intercultural perspective of music. Initially, the Indo-British interrelationship paved the way for intercultural communication through musical works and set the foundation for ethno musicological study in India.
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489-509 |
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Managing Attrition through HR System in Hotel Industry
Shweta Upamanyu
Faculty, School of Hotel Management, Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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Hotel industry is facing a downfall in the rate of employees. Attrition in hotel industry is a matter of concern and its peak in current scenario. Reasons behind leaving of employees are many and moreover common in nature throughout the world. Among these reasons, one of the important reasons is the poor and improper HR policies adopted by the hotels. The study focuses on the HR policies adopted and benefits offered by the hotels to their employees as a reason of attrition.
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510-522 |
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Productivity Improvement in Milk Processing Plant
Atul Anant Despande*
*Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Kolhapur
Abstract :
The economical condition of country, mainly depend upon agriculture sector. While the milk industry is the side & co - business of farmers along with agricultural sector .It is better to said both are mutually correlated. All small scale & large scale farmers focusing on the milk business, there is a net profit in milk business, but both businesses are depend mostly on natural conditions. Along with the advantages in the milk sector farmers and manufactures are facing a lot of problem at various stages. The milk is a natural product so it required the proper preserving condition for quality maintenance.
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523-533 |
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Rural Marketing: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies
Dr. Satish Modi
Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, I. G. N. Tribal University, Amarkantak (M.P.)
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In recent years, rural markets have acquired significance, as the overall growth of the economy has resulted into substantial increase in the purchasing power of the rural communities. On account of green revolution, the rural areas are consuming a large quantity of industrial and urban manufactured products. In this context, a special marketing strategy, namely, rural marketing has emerged.
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534-543 |
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Creative Evolution in Shaw’s Man and Superman
Dr. Asha Rai
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Technocrats Institute of Technology, Bhopal, M.P., India
Abstract :
George Bernard Shaw, the greatest English dramatist of the modern age is a philosopher. Through his dramas he aims not merely to entertain the readers, but also to tell them something profound about life.
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544-548 |