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MZU Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies
MZU Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies MZU JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES An Annual Refereed Journal Volume IV Issue 1 ISSN:2348-1188 Editor : Dr. Cherrie Lalnunziri Chhangte Editorial Board: Prof. Margaret Ch.Zama Prof. Sarangadhar Baral Prof. Margaret L.Pachuau Dr. Lalrindiki T. Fanai Dr. K.C. Lalthlamuani Dr. Kristina Z. Zama Dr. Th. Dhanajit Singh Advisory Board: Prof. Jharna Sanyal, University of Calcutta Prof. Ranjit Devgoswami,Gauhati University Prof. Desmond Kharmawphlang, NEHU Shillong Prof. B.K. Danta, Tezpur University Prof. R. Thangvunga, Mizoram University Prof. R.L. Thanmawia, Mizoram University Published by the Department of English, Mizoram University. 1 MZU Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies 2 MZU Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies FOREWORD The present issue of MZU Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies has encapsulated the eclectic concept of culture and its dynamics, especially while pertaining to the enigma that it so often strives to be. The complexities within varying paradigms, that seek to determine the significance of ideologies and the hegemony that is often associated with the same, convey truly that the old must seek to coexist, in more ways than one with the new. The contentions, keenly raised within the pages of the journal seek to establish too, that a dual notion of cultural hybridity that is so often particular to almost every community has sought too, to establish a voice. Voices that may be deemed ‘minority’ undoubtedly, yet expressed in tones that are decidedly -
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae (As on August, 2021) Dr. Biswaranjan Mistri Professor in Geography The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal-713104, India (Cell: 09433310867; 9064066127, Email: [email protected]; [email protected]) Date of Birth: 9th September, 1977 Areas of Research Interest: Environmental Geography, Soil and Agriculture Geography Google Scholar Citation: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=xpIe3RkAAAAJ&hl=en Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Biswaranjan-Mistri Educational Qualifications 1. B.Sc.( Hons.) in Geography with Geology and Economics, Presidency College; University of Calcutta, (1999) 2. M.A. in Geography, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, ( 2001) 3. M.A. in Philosophy, The University of Burdwan (2017) 4. Ph.D.(Geography), Titled: “Environmental Appraisal and Land use Potential of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal”, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2013) 5. (i ) NET/UGC (Dec,2000), in Geography (ii) JRF/CSIR (July, 2001), in EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, OCEAN AND PLANETARY SCIENCES along with SPMF call for (June, 2002) (iii) NET/UGC (Dec, 2001), in Geography (iv) JRF/UGC (June, 2002), in Geography Attended in Training Course/ Workshop (Latest First) 1. Workshop on “Student Guidance, Counseling and Career Planning” organized by Department of Geography, The University of Burdwan, 25th August, 2018 to 31st August, 2018. 2. UGC Sponsored Short Term Course on “Environmental Science” organized by UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, The University of Burdwan, 24th May, 2016- 30th May, 2016. 3. UGC Sponsored Short Term Course on “Remote Sensing and GIS” organized by Human Resource Development Centre, The University of Burdwan, 29th December, 2015 - 4th January, 2016. 4. UGC Sponsored Short Term Course on “Human Rights” organized by Human Resource Development Centre , The University of Burdwan, June 24-30, 2015 5. -
River Piracy Saraswati That Disappeared
GENERAL I ARTICLE River Piracy Saraswati that Disappeared K S Valdiya The legendary river Saraswati, which flowed from the KSValdiya Himalaya and emptied finally into the Gulf of Kachchh, has is at Jawahadal Nehru vanished. Tectonic movements change river courses, behead Centre for Advanced streams and sometimes even make large rivers such as the Scientific Research, Bangalore. Saraswati disappear. Mighty River of Vedic Time There was this highly venerated river Saraswati flowing through Haryana, Marwar and Bahawalpur in Uttarapath and emptying itself in the GulfofKachchh, which has been described in glowing terms by the Rigveda. "Breaking through the mountain barrier", this "swift-flowing tempestuous river surpasses in majesty and might all other rivers" of the land of the pre-Mahabharat Vedic - Channel in Vedic time ---- Present channel Figure 1 (bottom leftJ , Legendary Saraswati of the I I Vedic times was formed by ," ,I joining together of the \ Shatadru (SatlujJ and what \ I is today known as the \'" J Yamuna. The Aravall was r) ,..r not a highland but a thickly forested terrain sloping 150 km southwestwards. --------~-------- RESONANCE I May 1996 19 GENERAL I ARTICLE Figure 2 (bottom) Satel period. More than 1200 settlements, including many prosperous lite picture of the Haryana towns of the Harappan culture (4600 to 4100 years Before Pres ent Pun/ab region, showing the - BP) and ashrams ofrishis (sages) lay on the banks of this life-line disproportionately wide of the Vedic time. channels (with little or no water) abandoned by big rivers which have migrated Where has that great river gone? It is today represented by the to the east or west. -
Fluvial Landscapes of the Harappan Civilization PNAS PLUS
Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization PNAS PLUS Liviu Giosana,1, Peter D. Cliftb,2, Mark G. Macklinc, Dorian Q. Fullerd, Stefan Constantinescue, Julie A. Durcanc, Thomas Stevensf, Geoff A. T. Dullerc, Ali R. Tabrezg, Kavita Gangalh, Ronojoy Adhikarii, Anwar Alizaib, Florin Filipe, Sam VanLaninghamj, and James P. M. Syvitskik aGeology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543; bSchool of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, United Kingdom; cInstitute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, United Kingdom; dInstitute of Archaeology, University College London, London WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom; eDepartment of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, 70709, Romania; fDepartment of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom; gNational Institute of Oceanography, Karachi, 75600, Pakistan; hSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom; iThe Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai 600 113, India; jSchool of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220; and kCommunity Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) Integration Facility, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0545 Edited by Charles S. Spencer, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, and approved March 20, 2012 (received for review August 5, 2011) The collapse of the Bronze Age Harappan, -
Ganga River Basin Management Plan - 2015
Ganga River Basin Management Plan - 2015 Main Plan Document January 2015 by Cosortiu of 7 Idia Istitute of Techologys (IITs) IIT IIT IIT IIT IIT IIT IIT Bombay Delhi Guwahati Kanpur Kharagpur Madras Roorkee In Collaboration with IIT IIT CIFRI NEERI JNU PU NIT-K DU BHU Gandhinagar NIH ISI Allahabad WWF Roorkee Kolkata University India GRBMP Work Structure GRBMP – January 2015: Main Plan Document Preface In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (3) of Section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government constituted the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) as a planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating authority for strengthening the collective efforts of the Central and State Government for effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga. One of the important functions of the NGRBA is to prepare and implement a Ganga River Basin Maageet Pla G‘BMP. A Cosotiu of see Idia Istitute of Tehologs IITs) was given the responsibility of preparing the GRBMP by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), GOI, New Delhi. A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was therefore signed between the 7 IITs (IITs Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) and MoEF for this purpose on July 6, 2010. This is the Main Plan Document (MPD) that briefly describes (i) river Ganga in basin perspective, (ii) management of resources in Ganga Basin, (iii) philosophy of GRBMP, (iv) issues and concerns of the NRGB Environment, (v) suggestions and recommendations in the form of various Missions, and (vi) a framework for effective implementation of the recommendations. -
Large-Scale, Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing of Palaeo-River Networks: a Case Study from Northwest India and Its Implications for the Indus Civilisation
remote sensing Article Large-Scale, Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing of Palaeo-River Networks: A Case Study from Northwest India and its Implications for the Indus Civilisation Hector A. Orengo 1,* ID and Cameron A. Petrie 2 ID 1 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK 2 Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Academic Editors: Nicola Masini and Prasad S. Thenkabail Received: 6 June 2017; Accepted: 12 July 2017; Published: 16 July 2017 Abstract: Remote sensing has considerable potential to contribute to the identification and reconstruction of lost hydrological systems and networks. Remote sensing-based reconstructions of palaeo-river networks have commonly employed single or limited time-span imagery, which limits their capacity to identify features in complex and varied landscape contexts. This paper presents a seasonal multi-temporal approach to the detection of palaeo-rivers over large areas based on long-term vegetation dynamics and spectral decomposition techniques. Twenty-eight years of Landsat 5 data, a total of 1711 multi-spectral images, have been bulk processed using Google Earth Engine© Code Editor and cloud computing infrastructure. The use of multi-temporal data has allowed us to overcome seasonal cultivation patterns and long-term visibility issues related to recent crop selection, extensive irrigation and land-use patterns. The application of this approach on the Sutlej-Yamuna interfluve (northwest India), a core area for the Bronze Age Indus Civilisation, has enabled the reconstruction of an unsuspectedly complex palaeo-river network comprising more than 8000 km of palaeo-channels. -
The Sundarbans Fishers: Coping in an Overly Stressed Mangrove Estuary
The Sundarbans fishers coping in an overly stressed mangrove estuary Item Type monograph Authors Chacraverti, Santanu Publisher International Collective in Support of Fishworkers Download date 01/10/2021 02:51:57 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32692 SAMUDRA Monograph THE SUNDARBANS FISHERS Coping in an Overly Stressed Mangrove Estuary Santanu Chacraverti International Collective in Support of Fishworkers www.icsf.net SAMUDRA Monograph THE SUNDARBANS FISHERS Coping in an Overly Stressed Mangrove Estuary Santanu Chacraverti International Collective in Support of Fishworkers www.icsf.net SAMUDRA Monograph THE SUNDARBANS FISHERS Coping in an Overly Stressed Mangrove Estuary Author Santanu Chacraverti December 2014 Edited by Ishita Basu Layout by P Sivasakthivel Front Cover Preparing to cast Photo by Vishnu Narendran Printed at L S Graphics, Chennai Published by International Collective in Support of Fishworkers 27 College Road, Chennai 600 006, India Tel: +91 44 2827 5303 Fax: +91 44 2825 4457 Email: [email protected] www.icsf.net Copyright © ICSF 2015 ISBN 978 93 80802 34 3 While ICSF reserves all rights for this publication, any portion of it may be freely copied and distributed, provided appropriate credit is given. Any commercial use of this material is prohibited without prior permission. ICSF would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. The opinions and positions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the offi cial views of ICSF or of the supporting agencies. Contents Abbreviations ...................................................................................... vii Glossary of local terms ........................................................................ viii Author’s Foreword ............................................................................. xiii Acknowledgement .............................................................................. xv Nature of the sources ......................................................................... -
The Riddle of the Sarasvati River
The Riddle of the Sarasvati River Michel Danino* In the Ṛgveda, the Sarasvati is both a goddess and a river, and the only one to be deified in the Vedic hymns. Yet it disappeared in the post-Vedic era—the only major river to do so in northwest India. As it did, Sarasvati, the goddess of speech, knowledge and the arts, grew in stature and became one of the fountainheads of India’s classical civilization. Where was this river flowing and how did it come to occupy such a place in Indian culture? Praised in the Ṛgveda as a ‘mighty’ river flowing ‘from the mountain to the sea’ and listed in the Nadī Stuti hymn (10.75) between the Yamuna and the Sutlej, the Sarasvati is reported a few centuries later, in several Brāhmaṇas and the Mahābhārata (whose great war is waged in the Kurukshetra region watered by the river and its tributaries), to be disappearing in the desert at a point called Vinashana, a highly revered pilgrimage site. The river went on dwindling down, eventually becoming ‘mythical’, relocated at the confluence between Ganga and Yamuna as an ‘invisible’ river—a device that effectively preserved continuity of worship of the river-goddess, since from Vedic times Sarasvati had been turned into a goddess of inspiration and speech (Danino, 2010). One persistent popular misconception is that the Sarasvati was ‘rediscovered’ by satellite imagery in the 1970s. As it happens, the date is wrong by over two centuries. As early as in 1760, a map from The Library Atlas (Bryce, Collier & Schmitz) showed a small stream, ‘Soorsuty’, joining the ‘Guggur’ in Punjab (Fig. -
Rivers of India
Jul-Sep 2016 Quarterly Newsletter CMS ENVIS Newsletter on Environment & Media THEME 3 About the Theme ������������������������������� 5 Article ������������������������������������������������������������� RIVERS OF INDIA 8 In Black & White ��������������������������������� Compiled & Edited by: CMS Envis Team 16 Column ���������������������������������������������������������� 17 Facets �������������������������������������������������������������� 19 Feature ���������������������������������������������������������� 23 Talk Over ����������������������������������������������������� Supported by: Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi 24 View Point �������������������������������������������������� 25 Conceptionalised, researched and published by Initiative of NGO Vignettes ��������������������������������������� 26 Open Window ����������������������������������������� www.cmsindia.org The main features of GREEN VOICE are: RESEARCH PAPER scholarly written paper contains original research results or reviews existing results or show a totally new invention related with theme COLUMN recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication accordance with the theme IN BLACK AND WHITE some of the leading environmental news coverage in the print media for over a quarter FACETS profile of a person who has contributed significantly to environment awareness through media tools Editorial Board TALK OVER exclusive interviews with people actively engaged in environment advocacy Dr N Bhaskar -
Inventory of Freshwater Resources in the Sundarbans Landscape, Limited To
Inventory of Freshwater Resources in the Sundarbans Landscape, Limited to Public Disclosure Authorized the part of Landscape Located in India Page | 1 1. Introduction Water is a prime natural resource, a basic human need and a precious national asset. Water is fundamental to life, livelihood, food security and sustainable development. Planning, development and management of water resources are extremely important for the development Public Disclosure Authorized of a fragile landscape like Sundarbans. Experts believe that the nexus between natural resources and water is key to sustainable and equitable economic development and growth in any State or Region. With the increasing population, the freshwater sources are getting exploited all over the world. Surface water is used more often than groundwater due to its easy accessibility. About 2.1 billion people in the world lacked safely managed drinking water services at home in the year 2015 (WHO and UNICEF, 2017). At the same time ‘freshwater is under stress due to its limited supply and increasing demand all over the world’ (State of Environment Report, West Bengal, 2016). Fresh water is not Public Disclosure Authorized available in plenty everywhere all the time. The demand of water will increase in accordance with the growth of population. The demand of water for a human being is not only restricted to his or her domestic demand. The water-footprint of a person is much larger than normally understood. It is estimated that 1,300 m3 of water is required to produce food for a person at desired nutritional level (Falkenmark and Rockstorm, 2005). The ecological services demand more water. -
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PPAALLAAEEOOCCHHAANNNNEELLSS OOFF NNOORRTTHH WWEESSTT IINNDDIIAA:: RREEVVIIEEWW AANNDD AASSSSEESSSSMMEENNTT REPORT OF THE EXPERT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON PALAEOCHANNELS 15th OCTOBER, 2016 NEW DELHI PALAEOCHANNELS OF NORTH WEST INDIA: REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT Summary Remnants of once active rivers or streams are described as palaeochannels. Some of the channels lie buried under the cover of younger sediments. They are parts of misfit rivers and streams representing channels abandoned by migrating rivers as they shift their courses and cut new ones. In the context of prevalent dryness over larger swathes of our country and the exponentially growing need of water for a variety of purpose, the palaeochannels hold good promise as rich repositories of ground water. For, they are proven as a dependable source of supply in many parts of the world. In the dry western part of the Indian sub-continent encompassing Haryana, southern Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, numerous palaeochannels have been identified and comprehensively investigated since early nineteenth century by geomorphologists, geologists, geophysists, geohydrologists, archaeologists and remote-sensing specialists using high-end techniques. Large number of exploratory wells dug along the palaeochannels in these states to establish extensive networks of surface and buried palaeochannels constituting potential water-bearing aquifers in multiple groups covering the entire plain of the drainage system. The quality of groundwater in these palaeochannels is generally good. The aggregate length of the palaeochannels of all - in parts of Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat - is of the order of more than 2200 km. Water is available in quite many of them. More importantly, almost all of them can be artificially recharged and replenished with water. -
DECAY of SARASWATI RIVER with SPECIAL EMPHASIS on ITS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES HOOGHLY & HOWRAH DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL Basanta Mandal M.Sc
|| Volume 2 || Issue 5 || 2017 || ISSN (Online) 2456-3293 DECAY OF SARASWATI RIVER WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON ITS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES HOOGHLY & HOWRAH DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL Basanta Mandal M.Sc. in Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolakata [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract: These days each study is giving emphasis in its applied aspect. In this respect the application of fluvial geomorphology in resource management is essential. Dying river and flood prone areas are common features present in deltaic tracts of river; the changing nature of decaying rivers has important effect upon the cultural landscape. Land utilization changes and population dynamics accompany. Changes happen in floodplains and in deltas. Such areas have greater concentration of population. Therefore, any change in the natural aspect will have important effects on human activities. Rivers, which were once large and navigable, undergo silting up and decay. With time, they degenerate into insignificant streams. Ports may have developed along them in the past. River water may have been utilized for agriculture. Hence population may have concentrated along them. But, with the decay of such rivers, ports disappeared, agriculture declined in importance and the tendency to attract population decrease. The inter riverine tracts are not build up. So they decay to form low-lying flood prone tracts. Water logging becomes constant problem. Considering all these facts the present research has been organized on Sara Swati River, West Bengal Keywords: River system, Micro level analysis of Devanandapur mouza, change in river morphology, Problem aspect, Management aspect. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I INTRODUCTION Pollution from various sources is entering the river. The research has tried to identify these problems, along selected Saraswati River was a distributary of the Bhagirathi.