International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering
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www.ijitee.org Exploring Innovation Editor-In-Chief Chair Dr. Shiv Kumar Ph.D. (CSE), M.Tech. (IT, Honors), B.Tech. (IT), Senior Member of IEEE Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Excellence (LNCTE), Bhopal (M.P.), India
Associated Editor-In-Chief Chair Dr. Dinesh Varshney Professor, School of Physics, Devi Ahilya University, Indore (M.P.), India
Associated Editor-In-Chief Members Dr. Hai Shanker Hota Ph.D. (CSE), MCA, MSc (Mathematics) Professor & Head, Department of CS, Bilaspur University, Bilaspur (C.G.), India
Dr. Gamal Abd El-Nasser Ahmed Mohamed Said Ph.D(CSE), MS(CSE), BSc(EE) Department of Computer and Information Technology, Port Training Institute, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt
Dr. Mayank Singh PDF (Purs), Ph.D(CSE), ME(Software Engineering), BE(CSE), SMACM, MIEEE, LMCSI, SMIACSIT Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, Howard College, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Scientific Editors Prof. (Dr.) Hamid Saremi Vice Chancellor of Islamic Azad University of Iran, Quchan Branch, Quchan-Iran.
Dr. Moinuddin Sarker Vice President of Research & Development, Head of Science Team, Natural State Research, Inc., 37 Brown House Road (2nd Floor) Stamford, USA.
Dr. Shanmugha Priya. Pon Principal, Department of Commerce and Management, St. Joseph College of Management and Finance, Makambako, Tanzania, East Africa, Tanzania
Dr. Veronica Mc Gowan Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Business Information Systems,Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA, Allman, China.
Dr. Fadiya Samson Oluwaseun Assistant Professor, Girne American University, as a Lecturer & International Admission Officer (African Region) Girne, Northern Cyprus, Turkey.
Dr. Robert Brian Smith International Development Assistance Consultant, Department of AEC Consultants Pty Ltd, AEC Consultants Pty Ltd, Macquarie Centre, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Durgesh Mishra Professor & Dean (R&D), Acropolis Institute of Technology, Indore (M.P.), India
Executive Editor Chair Dr. Deepak Garg Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science And Engineering, Bennett University, Times Group, Greater Noida (UP), India
Executive Editor Members Dr. Vahid Nourani Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran.
Dr. Saber Mohamed Abd-Allah Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai, China.
Dr. Xiaoguang Yue Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming (Yunnan), China.
Dr. Labib Francis Gergis Rofaiel Associate Professor, Department of Digital Communications and Electronics, Misr Academy for Engineering and Technology, Mansoura, Egypt.
Dr. Hugo A.F.A. Santos ICES, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas, Austin, USA.
Dr. Sunandan Bhunia Associate Professor & Head, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia (Bengal), India.
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Dr. Pushpender Sarao Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad (Telangana), India.
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Authors: Shefali Yateen Jain, Y.Vijaya Babu Paper Title: Speaking Plight of Women in Amrita Pritam’s the Skeleton Abstract: The Feminist Theory of Situated Knowers validates the accounts of women by permitting them to portray their plight and add to epistemology by speaking from a position which they have experienced. The protagonists in Skeleton of Amrita Pritam they speak about themselves locale a ground where they can be examined under the example of Situated Knowers Theory in this paper. The protagonist Pooro (Hamida) and other characters Taro, Pooro’s mother TaraUse the "Insert Citation" button to add citations to this document., Rashid’s aunt and millions of other women who faced varied. They go through thrash about to shed the mesh of the complex conventions to be themselves. Amrita Pritam’s selected women characters are strong and they learnt the secret of endurance. Amrita Pritam portrays the desolate elements that are faced by women throughout the life but during partition their pathetic condition grew up higher to the level. She also portrays declining standard element of human through her novel she has an in-depth and idiosyncratic approach towards feminism because of she was 1. also a war victim. 1-4
Keywords: Situated Knowers, epistemology, standpoint theory, Amrita Pritam, Self-exploration
References: 1. Anderson, Elizabeth. ""Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science"." springer (spring 2017): 10: 50–84. 2. Feminist epistemology. 16 11 2018
Authors: P.Asha Paper Title: Public Perception towards CSR in Nagercoil Town Abstract: CSR is usually understood to be the technique an organization achieves a balance between economic, environment and social imperative while they address the expectations of the shareholder and the stakeholders. Corporations are forced to involve stakeholders in their decision-making and to deal with societal changes because today’s stakeholders are increasingly aware of the importance and impact of corporate decisions upon society and the environment. CSR is a business strategy and, therefore, represents actions that require be positively selecting or avoiding. CSR advocates believe that there is a strategic advantage to a company that makes these choices. CSR focuses on areas of urgent relevance to an organisations sphere of operations. The researcher suggested that the environment pollution control is the need of the hour. The corporate can involves planting the tree, Awareness programmers about keeping the area pollution free. Corporate should not consider CSR as philanthropy but it should be considered as their responsibility. Just giving a donation is not required, but they
should do something concrete so that the natural resources are saved for future generation. They should encourage 2. their employees also to do some activities that can be useful to the community. She concluded that CSR should 5-9 address social economic and environmental challenges. Being a good corporate citizen encompasses two elements transparency and balancing the need of shareholders.
Keywords: CSR, Social responsibility, Need for CSR
References: 1. Agarwal Kelpanan (2007), “Corporate Excellence as an outcome of Corporate governance: rethinking role and responsibility of HRM, the ICFAI J”, Journal of Corporate Governance, Vol-6(1), pp.6-16. 2. Bhatia S (2005), Business ethics and corporate governance, deep and deep publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. 3. Corpanzano R, Byrne S, Bobocel (2001), Moral virtures, social entities, and organizational justice, Journal of vocational behaviour, pp.164- 209. 4. http://www.tatasteel.com/corporate sustainability accessed on April 25, 2008. Authors: D.Jesura Pauline, V.Darling Selvi Paper Title: Determinants of Shopping Behaviour of Retail Consumers Abstract: The Indian retail market has emerged as the most dynamic and fast-paced industries due to the entry of several new players. Luxury market of India is expected to grow to US$ 30 billion by the end of 2018 from US$ 3. 23.8 billion 2017 supported by growing exposure of international brands amongst Indian youth and higher purchasing power of the upper class in tier 2 and 3 cities, according to Assocham. It was projected in the report of IBEF that by the year 2021 traditional retail will hold a major share of 75 per cent, organised retail share will reach 18 per cent and e-commerce retail share will reach 7 per cent of the total retail market.In order to be successful in the business it is necessary to understand the reasons behind the consumers choosing the store. Understanding the needs of the consumer followed by the factors that affect the retail shopper decision-making process is important for the growth of the retail industry. Shopper behavior is a behavior in which they focus on how the individuals make decisions to spend their resources that are available on the consumption-related items. The study was conducted among 300 sample respondents in Chennai city. The researcher used Garrett Ranking, Reliability analysis, Factor analysis and ANOVA to interpret the results. From the study regarding the determinants of an ideal shopping mall it is it is identified that the sample group gives more importance to the comforts of mobility and seating and are least bothered about additional facilities like Physical fitness centres, pet attendant centre and Spas. The study has concluded that the sample respondents prefer the usage of technology coupled with comfort
Keywords: Consumers, Determinants, Retail, Shopping Behavior 10-14
References: 1. Arpita Khare(2011) ,” Mall shopping behaviour of Indian small town consumers”, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2011, pp. 110-118 2. Arpita Khare, Dhiren Achtani, Manish Khattar, (2014) "Influence of price perception and shopping motives on Indian consumers' attitude towards retailer promotions in malls", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 26 Issue: 2, pp.272-295 3. Harvinder Singh, Vinita Sahay, (2012) "Determinants of shopping experience: Exploring the mall shoppers of national capital region (NCR) of India", International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. 40 Issue: 3, pp.235-248 4. Jackson, V., Stoel, L. and Brantley, A. (2011). Mall attributes and shopping value: differences by gender and generational cohort, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 18:1-9. 5. Justin Paul, (2017) "What determine shoppers’ preferences for malls in an emerging market?", Young Consumers, Vol. 18 Issue: 1, pp.70- 83 6. Kursunluoglu, E. (2014). Shopping mall customer service: creating customer satisfaction and loyalty. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Vol32(4) pp.528-548. 7. Makgopa, S.S (2018), “Determining shopping malls customers' satisfaction and loyalty”, Journal of Business and Retail Management Research (JBRMR), Volume 13, Issue 1, October 2018, pp. 121-130 8. Vipul Pare, Naser Pourazad, (2017) "The Big Bazaar: an examination of Indian shopping mall behaviour and demographic differences", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 29 Issue: 5, pp.1160-1177, 9. Varsha Jain, Mika Takayanagi, Edward Carl Malthouse, (2014) "Effects of show windows on female consumers’ shopping behaviour", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 31 Issue: 5, pp.380-390 10. Varsha Jain, Subhadip Roy, Ashok Ranchhod, (2015) "Conceptualizing luxury buying behavior: the Indian perspective", Journal of Product & Brand Management, Vol. 24 Issue: 3, pp.211-228 Authors: S.M.Subbulakshmi, V.Darling Selvi Paper Title: Determinants of Women in Agriculture Abstract: Agriculture in India is significantly dependent on women. Women make up about 33 percent of cultivators and about 47 percent of agricultural labourers in rural India constituting 84 percent of the rural women force. As per census 2011, women formed 75 per cent of the agricultural sector workforce, around 80 per cent from rural India, forming cultivators (33%) and agricultural labourers (47%). This paper focuses on the determinants of women in agriculture by taking a sample of 600 rural women from Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu who actively involved in agriculture. The researcher used reliability statistics to know the normality of the data, KMO and Bartlett's Test, factor analysis, Structural equation modeling and regression weights for analyzing and interpreting the results. The study shows that the factors such as forced factor, voluntary factor, achievement factor, support factor and satisfaction factor determine the choice of women to take up the field of agriculture as their passion. The path analysis model suggests that it is the forced factor and voluntary factor which make the rural women to take up the job of agriculture which gives them the sense of achievement through support factor and ultimately they are satisfied with the agricultural operations. It is suggested that the attitudes regarding women’s roles in agriculture must change, and the onus is on policy makers to create a favorable ecosystem for women engaged in farming by ensuring greater access to physical and monetary resources.
4. Keywords: Agriculture Labors, Determinants, Model fit, Reliability, Women 15-20 References: 1. Census of India, 2011Cheung, G. W. & Rensvold, R. B. (2002). Evaluating goodness-of-fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling, 9, 233-255. 2. Fabiyi E.F., Danladi B.B. Akande K.E and Mahmood Y. (2007), Role of Women in Agricultural Development and Their Constraints: A Case Study of Biliri Local Government Area, Gombe State, Nigeria. School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Pakistan Journal of Nutrition 6 (6): 676-680, 2007 ISSN 1680-5194. 3. Fan, X., B. Thompson, and L. Wang (1999). Effects of sample size, estimation method, and model specification on structural equation modeling fit indexes. Structural Equation Modeling, 6, 56-83. 4. Mun Mun Ghosh and Arindam Ghosh, (2014), “Analysis of Women Participation in Indian Agriculture”, IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 19, Issue 5, Ver. IV (May. 2014), PP 01-06 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org. 5. Nishi Slathia (2015), “Participation of Women in Agricultural Production”, Agriculture: Towards a New Paradigm of Sustainability, ISBN: 978-93-83083-64-0, pp: 150-157. 6. Panghal B.S. and Mange Ram, (1985), “Employment Pattern of Women Labour in Haryana Agriculture”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. XL, No. 3, July- September, p. 273 7. Purnamita Dasgupta and Biswanath Goldar, (2006), “Female Labour Supply in Rural India: An Econometric Analysis”, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 49, No.2, pp. 293-310. 8. Roshan Lal, and Ashok Khurana, (2011), “Gender Issues: The Role of Women in Agriculture Sector”, Zenith International Journal of Business Economics & Management Research Vol.1 Issue 1, Oct 2011, ISSN 2249 8826 pp: 29-39. 9. Srivastava Nisha and Srivastava Ravi (2010). Women, work, and employment outcomes in rural India. Economic and Political Weekly. 45 (28):49-63. 10. Structural Equation Modeling Using AMOS, The Division of Statistics + Scientific Computation, The University of Texas at Austin 11. Tirunelveli District Statistical Hand Book, 2015 – 2016 & 2016 – 2017 12. Vitthalrao B. Khyade and unanda V. Khyade, (2016), “Indian Women in Agriculture”, International Academic Journal of Economics Vol. 3, No. 12, 2016, pp. 1-8. ISSN 2454-2474. 13. Zainudin Awang, PhD- Structural Equation Modeling Using AMOS, Pp: 84-95. Authors: Sukhmani Singh, Raskirat Kaur A Study to understand the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being Paper Title: among adolescents of Chandigarh and Punjab college students Abstract: The current scenario shows an eminent rise in the stress levels of humans at all facets of life. Out of the many reasons is an emergent reason of emotional stability. How emotionally stable one is determined by his/her emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the aptitude to be sensitive of, to manage and to articulate one’s own emotions and to get a hold of the interpersonal relationships with care, with caution and also with empathy. It explains one’s abilities distinct from, but complementary to, academic and main stream intelligence. Well-being is an insight that includes an overall, impartial, judicious and an all-inclusive experience of life. It includes health in all domains such as mental health, physically, emotionally and spiritually as well. Emotional intelligence is a very eminent forecaster of psychological wellbeing. The present study in an empirical and inter co- relational one that would aim to find the relationship between the two variables of positive psychology i.e. emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing amongst college students. It was found out that there exists a positive correlation among the two variables.
Keywords: Wellbeing, Emotions, Emotional Intelligence, Correlation
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J., & Rozell, E. J. (2002). Emotional intelligence and dispositional affectivity as moderators of workplace aggression: The impact on behavior choice. Human Resource Management Review, 12(1), 125-143. 13. Ruiz-Aranda, D., Extremera, N., & Pineda-Galán, C. (2014). Emotional intelligence, life satisfaction and subjective happiness in female student health professionals: the mediating effect of perceived stress. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 21 (2), 106–113. DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12052 14. Thorndike, E. L. (1920). Intelligence and its uses. Harper’s Magazine, 140, 227–235. 15. Salovey, P., & Mayer J. D. (1990b) Concept of Emotional Intelligence. The Educational Review, 46(9). 16. Salovey, P., & Mayer, J. D. (1990a). Emotional intelligence. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 9, 185–211. 17. Schutte et al., (1998). Development and validation of a measure of emotional intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 25, 167- 177 18. Schutte et al. (2002). Characteristic of emotional intelligence and emotional wellbeing. Cognition and emotion, 16(6), 769-785. 19. World Health Organization. (1995). Constitution of the world health organization. Authors: R. Edward Vettivel, Darling Selvi V Paper Title: Perception of Customers towards Lending Practices of Commercial Banks Abstract: It is the general opinion that an effective financial system should concentrate on the empowerment of individuals, facilitate better integration with economy, actively contribute to development and give protection against economic variations. Further the vital factors like Inclusive finance through securing savings, by providing appropriately priced credit to all, and by giving payment and remittance services, should help vulnerable groups such as low income groups, weaker sections and so on to increase income, acquire capital, manage risk and work 6. their way out of poverty. Despite considerable expansion of the banking system in India, large segments of the India’s population are not adequately served with credit facilities. This study is an attempt to evaluate the 24-30 perception of customers towards lending practices of Commercial banks in Tiruelveli District of Tamilnadu. The collected data from 100 sample respondents were analysed with the help of Cronbach's Alpha reliability statistics, rotated Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Reliability of segmentation with the help of Reliability of segmentation and path analysis. The survey result shows that the factors credit volume, customer satisfaction, affordability and unbiased were filtered by factor analysis. The four factors were further sub divided into two Short Term Agriculture loans and satisfactory schemes. The path analysis designed to find the model fit suggest that in all the three models the four factors such as credit volume, customer services, affordability and satisfaction give a fitting model by having all the variants within the limits. Hence it is concluded that all the four factor contributing the positive perception of sample respondents towards the lending practices of commercial banks. It is suggested that just by increasing the short term agriculture with attractive schemes will help the rural mass to get more benefits from the lending practices of banks.
Keywords: Factors, Lending Practices, Model, Perception, Segments
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Keywords: Dedebit Credit and Saving Institution, Household, Impact evaluation, Microcredit, Propensity Score Matching.
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Background information questionnaire and FLCAS which was developed by (Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986) were used to gather the necessary information for further analyses. 103 respondents from four EFL classes of two Ethiopian universities were successfully participating in the study. In this study, the mean anxiety level of the students was 3.47 (SD=0.45) which is above the average i.e., 3.00, and the descriptive analysis revealed that large number (83.5%) of students were suffering from some levels of anxiety ranging from medium- to high level. The analyses also showed that most students had higher level of communication apprehension compared to the other domains of anxiety proposed by Na (2007). Lastly, the independent t-test analysis revealed that female students were found significantly higher level of English language anxiety (t=-4.049, p=0.000).
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Zhang, L., Zhu, J., & Liu, Q. (2012). A meta-analysis of mobile commerce adoption and the moderating effect of culture. Computers in human behavior, 28(5), 1902-1911. 58. Zhou, T. (2012). Understanding users’ initial trust in mobile banking: An elaboration likelihood perspective. Computers in Human Behavior, 28(4), 1518-1525. Authors: Betta Tsemato Ambaw Association of School Circumstance and Student Achievement in Gamo Gofa Zone Primary Schools in Paper Title: Ethiopia Abstract: Students’ achievement in the schools within the study area was impoverished. The purpose of this study was, thus, examining the association of school circumstance with students’ achievement. Thus, quantitative method and sample survey technique were employed. The subjects were selected by simple random sampling technique. The data were analyzed using independent samples t-test and regression models. The findings indicated that school circumstance had high association with student achievement. Thus, it was recommended that partners need to involve in ensuring favorable school circumstance in the study area. The education office needs to take the responsibility of coordinating other stakeholders. In addition, thorough studies are required for more investigation of solutions to the problem under consideration.
Keywords: Association, School Circumstance, Student Achievement, Primary School
References: 1. Asgedom, A. (2000). An andragogic approach to teaching and learning. IER FLAMBEAU, 8(1), 73–88. 2. Dargie, R. (2002). The Role of Students’ Attentiveness and Teachers’ Preferences for Students in Explaining Relations Between Social 10. Behavior and Academic Achievement. The Ethiopian Journal of Education, 22(1), 33–56. 3. GGZED. (2011). Gamo Gofa Zone Education Statistics Annual Abstract, 2010/ 2002 E.C (From Data Base). ZEMIS. 60-63 4. Hargreaves, A. (1990). Teachers’ work and the politics of time and space. Internation Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 3(4), 303–320. 5. He, H. (2012). Determinants of Customer’s Complaint Intention of Nanning’s (China) Retail Store (PhD Thesis). University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. 6. Lee, V. E., Ready, D. D., & Johnson, D. J. (2001). The difficulty of identifying rare samples to study: The case of high schools divided into schools-within-schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 23(4), 365–379. 7. Leithwood, K., Louis, K. S., Anderson, S., & Wahlstrom, K. (2004a). How leadership relates student learning. New York: The Wallace Foundation. 8. Louis, K. S., & Kruse, S. D. (1995). Professionalism and community: Perspectives on reforming urban schools. SAGE Publications Ltd. 9. Nietschmann, B. Q. (2001). The Nietschmann syllabus: A vision of the field. Geographical Review, 91(1–2), 175–184. 10. Phipps, A. (2003). Gender and education in the UK: background paper for the UNESCO global monitoring report’Education for all: the leap to equality’. Unesco. 11. SNNPREB. (2010). Education Statistics Annual Abstract: 2008/09(2001 E.C). REMIS. 12. Walberg, H. J. (1984). Families as partners in educational productivity. Phi Delta Kappan, 65(6), 397–400. 13. Yonezawa, S., Wells, A. S., & Serna, I. (2002). Choosing tracks:“Freedom of choice” in detracking schools. American Educational Research Journal, 39(1), 37–67. 14. Zeleke, S. (2000). How do parenting practices explain children’s misbehaviors? a methodological consideration. IER FLAMBEAU, 8(1), 29–38. Authors: Bisrat Tekle Woldearegai, Babita Das Psycho-social Challenges of Families of Person with Mental Illness: The Case of Amanuel Mental Paper Title: Specialized Hospital Abstract: This study was geared towards the exploration of the psychosocial challenges of families of person with mental illness are facing. The study undertook in Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Addis Ababa,a seat of head quarter of AU(Africa Union), is the capital city of Ethiopia. An exploratory and descriptive institutional based cross sectional study was conducted from April 2018 to October 2018. A Mixed Concurrent Triangulation Method with the aim of producing a richer and more complete report was employed. By using availability sampling technique, a total number of 78 families of person with mental illness were used as the sample of the study. Among 78, 70 and 8 were for survey questionnaire and FGD, respectively. The quantitative data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics frequency, percentage/proportion, percentile rank(PR), mean and standard deviation because the data are ordinal and nominal (categorical). On the other hand,
qualitative data was analyzed through descriptive analysis and thematic analysis. The findings from both
qualitative and quantitative data witnessed that the families of person with mental illness are loaded down and
11. threatened by various psychosocial challenges like blame, feeling of shame, frustrations, fear, being upset- anger, 64-70 feeling of bad, self-insult, insult, losing respect, , embarrassment, worry, loneliness, despairing(hopelessness), being insulted secretly “Beashemure Mesedebe”, isolation, and stigma and discrimination in social organizations like housing, ‘Ekub’, ‘Idir’. In the light of these findings, further research with large sample and multiple research methods are recommended.
Keywords: Families, Person with Mental Illness, Psychosocial Challenges
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World Health Organization. 21. World Health Organization . (2011). A call to action program in the Government’s mental health. Authors: Abesha Shirko Lambebo, Ratnakar Mohapatra Paper Title: Primal Religion of Wolaitta in African Context Abstract: This article is intended to analyze primal religion of Wolaitta in African context. It has unique ritual characteristics which is overlooked by most of the the current community members. In order to investigate the primal religion of Wolaitta in African context, oral and written sources were used. The sources are intensively used to validate the concept of primal religion of Wolaitta in African context. The concept of theism in primal religion of Wolaitta is masked by the domination of Christianity since in the 20th century. The religious practices and belief is known as eqqa. Primal religion of Wolaitta believes that Ţossa (God) is the Supreme Being, and humans live in their own life-circle known as qadda (fate) and the rest creations going in their own phases as of the knowledge of Ţossa (God). The primal religion of Wolaitta believe that morality and ethics as core issues which emanates from Ţossa (God). Spirit in the primal religion of Wolaitta emanates from Ţossa (God), mereta (nature), and the ancestral spirit of respective clans. The sacrifice (yarishuwa) is a basic ritual practice in primal religion of Wolaitta in African context. Therefore, this article describes the indigenous wisdom of primal religion of Wolaitta to understand the material and spiritual world.
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Turaki, Yusufu. “Africa Traditional Religious System as Basis of Understanding Christian Spiritual Warfare.” Nairobi, 2000. https://www.lausanne.org/content/west-african-case-study 25. Wakasa, Motomichi. A Descriptive Study of the Modern Wolaytta Language. Doctoral Dissertation, The University of Tokyo, May 2008. 26. Walelu, Bogale. Yewolayita Hizbina Barenet Endet Endetewogede (Wolaitta people and Abolition of Slavery). Addis Ababa: Berhanena Selam Press, 1956. Authors: Wubalem Girma Giday, Itishri Sarangi The Effect of Communicative Approach on Students’ Speaking Skills: The case of Wolaita Sodo Paper Title: University, Ethiopia Abstract: Communicative approach has been acknowledged and generally recognized by numerous researchers and expertise. In Ethiopia, numerous schools and learning organizations have additionally embraced this methodology in instructing language. In spite of being extolled by numerous researchers, this study endeavors to additionally investigate the effect of Communicative approach on students’ speaking skills. This study aims to look at the effect of the communicative approach adopted in ‘I only speak in English’ program which was designed by English Language Improvement Center (ELIC) of Wolaita Sodo University-Ethiopia on students’ speaking skills among the members after the length of one year. The information for this investigation incorporates consequences of pre-test and post-test, casual meetings via interview protocol and observations from the teachers. The results show constructive outcome of the methodology on learners talking abilities.
Keywords: Communicative approach, teachers, students, language, communication
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Abstract: Among the many pitfalls associated with heightened Urbanization and Industrialization, degradation of quality of river water is a prominent one. The level of urbanization world over is on the rise as more than half (54.83%) are residing in the urban areas (The World Bank Group, 2019). Most of the world’s major urban centres 14. 83-87 have come up in and around some river basin. Urban areas world over depend on the river basins to meet with the water requirements for their households, industrial activities -and maintain the hydrological cycle. In India discharge of untreated sewerage is the leading cause of pollution of the rivers and other water bodies (Kala S. Sridhar, 2013). Bhubaneswar and Rourkela are two leading urban centres in the state of Odisha which are situated along the banks of rivers Kuakhai, Daya and Bramhani respectively. The steep rise of population and economic activities in the two cities have catapulted the generation of households and Industrial waste which are being discharged into the rivers resulting into sharp deterioration in the water quality. Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Coliform (TC) are two prominent indicators whose level determines the level of contamination of water. This study attempts to study the trend of these two indicators in the rivers of Kuakhai, Daya and Bramhani.
Keywords: Urbanization, River basins, untreated sewage, water quality, BOD, TC
References: 1. AMRUT.(2015).ServiceLevelImprovementPlan(SLIP).Rourkela.http://www.urbanodisha.gov.in/Admin/Upload_Files/AMRUT/SLIPs/Rou rkela.pdf 2. Central Pollution Control Board. (2013). Performance evaluation of the sewage treatment plants under NCRD. Ministry of Enviorment and forests, Govt Of India, New Delhi.http://cpcb.nic.in/openpdffile.php 3. CES,Dept of Forest and Enviornment, Govt of Odisha. (2014, July-Sept). Envis. Envis Newsletter. http://cesorissa.org/PDF/Newsletter38.pdf 4. Ebenstein, A. (2012). The Consequences of Industrialization: Evidence from Water Pollution and Digestive Cancers in China. Review of Economics and Statistics 94(1) . 5. Field, E. R. (2011). Throwing the Baby out with the Drinking Water: Unintended Consequences of Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Bangladesh. 6. Gangwar.S. (2013). Water Quality Monitoring in India: A Review. International Journal of Information and Computation Technology, 3 (8), 851-856. 7. K.K Agrawal, C. (2018). Assessment of water quality of river Daya at Bhubaneswar city, Odisha by using water quality Index method. EM International, 37 (1), 117-126. 8. Kala S. Sridhar, S. K. (2013). India’s Urban Environment: Air and Water Pollution and Pollution Abatement. MPRA . 9. Mukherjee, S. S. (2010). Sustaining Urban Water Supplies in India: Increasing Role of Large Reservoirs. Water resources management, 24 (10), 2035-2055. 10. Nayak, K. M. (2014). A Study of Water Pollution in Two Major Rivers in. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 22 (12), 1760-1770. 11. NIUA. (2017). Preparation of CSPs for cities of Odisha. Bhubaneswar. https://scbp.niua.org/download.php?fn=BhubaneswarCSAP CDD NIUA_03... 12. S.Uttara, N. a. (2012). Impacts of urbanization on enviorenment. International Jornal of research in engineering and applied science, 2 (2), 1637-1645. 13. State Pollution control Board,Odisha. (2016). Water Quality of Major Rivers in Odisha (2007,2007-10 & 2010-15). 14. The World Bank Group. (2019). Urban population (% of total) | Data - World Bank Open Data. Retrieved April 16, 2019, from http://www.worldbank.org: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/sp.urb.totl.in.zs 15. Trinath Biswal, A. K. (2018). Water Quality Analysis of the Steel City, Rourkela (Odisha). American Journal of Water Resources, 6 (2), 65-70. Authors: Gebeyehu Ashagare, Seema K. Ladsaria Paper Title: Exploring the Audiences Perception towards Ethiopian Movies Abstract: Perception is the aptitude to see, hear, or become aware of something through the mind. This paper aims to study the Audiences perception towards Ethiopian movie. Close ended questionnaire and unstructured interview employed as data collection tool. Simple random sampling technique was conducted to select film audiences. The finding showed that however, most Ethiopian movies lack quality, the vast majority of audiences like them. The audiences have a positive attitude towards Ethiopian movie. Most Ethiopian film audiences prefer Ethiopian moves to Nollywood, Bollywood, and Hollywood. It is obvious that directly or indirectly, the perception of the film audiences affect the film industry. If the audiences have a negative perception, the industry loses its support, and if the audiences have a positive perception, the industry boosts too.
15. Keywords: Audience perception, film, genre, film making 88-96 References: 1. Abrams, N., Bell, I. A. F., & Udris, J. (2001). Studying film. Retrieved from http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=A859C9DCABA9D3E7663EBB9603E3572D 2. Bordwell, D., Staiger, J., & Thompson, K. (2003). The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960. Routledge. 3. Diawara, M. (1992). African Cinema: Politics and Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 4. Film Audience. (2017, October 8). Retrieved March 18, 2019, from FilmDaily.tv website: http://www.filmdaily.tv/marketing/film-audience 5. Gugler, J. (2004). African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 6. Tamene, K. (n.d.). A Brief Overview Of Ethiopian Film History. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/7281313/A_Brief_Overview_Of_Ethiopian_Film_History 7. Understanding audiences. (n.d.). Retrieved March 19, 2019, from Independent Cinema Office website: https://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/advice-support/how-to-start-a-cinema/understanding-audiences/ Authors: Disha Bhatt Paper Title: Socio-Cultural Background and English Writing Skills of Tribal Students in Higher Education
Abstract: There are many factors which influence writing skills. Those factors are beyond grammar, spelling and sentence structure. Our thinking, attitude, approach and most importantly socio-cultural backgrounds have an 16. impact on our writing. Geographical divisions and various other demographic factors lead to socio-cultural 97-102 differences as a result of which people coming from various tribes have different socio-cultural backgrounds. Hence, this paper endeavors to study in depth whether there is any impact of socio-cultural backgrounds on English writing skills of tribal population hailing from different tribes. State of Odisha has 62 tribes and this current study involves analysis of 28 different tribes. By English writing skills, we are referring to three stages of writing (pre/during and post). The samples for the study were taken from the students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, KISS (Deemed to be University) Bhubaneswar through a structured questionnaire. A hypothesis was framed and tested using Chi-Square. From the study, it came to the limelight that there is no significant relationship between socio-cultural backgrounds of students from different tribes with their English writing skills.
Keywords: Challenges, English writing skills, Socio-cultural backgrounds, Stages of writing, Tribe.
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Keywords: Social capital, Friendship Quality, Trust, Closeness, Help
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"Social capital in Bourdieu’s, Coleman’s and Putnam’s theory: empirical evidence and emergent measurement issues." Educate~ 13, no. 2 (2013): 2-23. 28. Woolcock, Michael, and Deepa Narayan. "Social capital: Implications for development theory, research, and policy." The world bank research observer 15, no. 2 (2000): 225-249. 29. Znaniecki, Florian. Social relations and social roles. Ardent Media, 1965. Authors: Madhusudhan B. Joshi, S. Jambulingam Paper Title: The Impact of Environment over Green Consumerism with Reference to Bangalore City Abstract: Green consumerism is looking forward about buying and consuming products and services by the customer through considering environmental safety as well as healthy habit of their family. Now-a-days it is one of the emerging trends due to many health conscious habits inculcated by the consumers. Eco labeling is one of the standards set by the government where the organizations have to take care of following the standards pertaining to their products and usually counter check by the third party organizations. This habit of Green consumerism may support in safeguarding the environment as well as healthy habits of the consumers.
Keywords: Environment, Green Consumerism, Eco Labels
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housewife but further of a working women too and with all this burden of heavy work on their head one major 19. thing that they still suffer and which has been the same all these years is the fixed attitude of the society which 111-113 demands that a women has to take care of the family needs in all situations despite of the fact that she also have a professional work life. A married working women in our country goes through a lot of stress because of the never ending struggle of balancing work life and personal life. Therefore, within this paper I will analyze how this dual responsibility on married working women adversely effects them and creates so much stress that it tends to effect the body image, mental health as well as quality of life of these women.
Keywords: Body Image, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Working Women, Work-Life Balance
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Authors: Aparna Vajpayee, K K Ramachandran Paper Title: Reconnoitring Artificial Intelligence in Knowledge Management Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the interdisciplinary study of human cognition, psychology, knowledge management and artificial intelligence (AI). An effort has been made to comprise the relationship (KM) of human cognition, behaviour and organizational knowledge with Artificial Intelligence. It has also given a description of the application of AI in KM for organizational effectiveness and customer affiliation and e- commerce. Keywords: Exploring the technology of AI in Management, Use of Technology in Knowledge Management, Artificial Intelligence and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management.
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Innovation in Knowledge Engineering, 4:151–172 Authors: Priyanka Babu, Geetha.Rpai Paper Title: Objectification of Women in Harem Web Novels: An Analysis Abstract Web novels basically stand for those novels which are published online. There are many genres in webnovels, like martial ats, fiction, fantasy etc that set the tone for further development in this particular form of popular literature in China. It has many different characteristics short chapters, crisp writing etc that eased the onslaught brought about by the internet. This paper mainly deals with the depiction of women in the top three webnovels, of the year 2019. It will be analyzed based on the topic of objectification of females. The paper’s main focus will be on the treatment of women in harem novels. Harem, a subgenre of Chinese web novels is where a male or female protagonist is in a polygynous relationship with two or more love interests or sexual partners. A heterosexual male harem is called female harem or seraglios whereas if it is the opposite or a yaoi (male to many males) harem it is called male harem, reverse harem or gyaku harem. Here we take into consideration the top three popular webnovelsof the year 2019 and analyze the female characters present in it and their treatment. The top three most popular web novels include; Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyosoukyoku, Everyone Else is a Returnee, and Against the Gods.
Keywords: Harem novels, web novels, objectification, concubinage, trophy/trophies, inert, instrument, autonomy, 21. interchangeable, fungible, violable, ownership, reduction to body, reduction to appearance, silencing, conquer, object of desire. 118-121 References:
1. Papadaki, Evangelia (Lina), "Feminist Perspectives on Objectification", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2018 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2018/entries/feminism-objectification/ . 2. “Harem.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Apr. 2019, 03:05, www.wikipedia.org/. 3. “Globalisation and Women in China.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Apr. 2019, 22:41, www.wikipedia.org/. 4. Feng, Jin. Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), vol. 37, 2015, pp. 227–230. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26357359. 5. Hockx, Michel. Internet Literature in China. Columbia University Press, 2015, google books, books.google.co.in/books/about/Internet_Literature_in_China.html?id=Z54vBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button &redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false. 6. Ainana, Hiro. Death March Kara HajimaruIsekaiKyousoukyoku. 2019thedi., vol. 1-17, Shosetsuka Ni Naro, 2013. 7. Toika. Everyone Else Is a Returnee. 2017th ed., vol. 1- 48, Raon E&M, 2016. 8. Gravity, Mars. Against the Gods. 2019th ed., vol. 17 17, Zongheng and Wuxiaworld, 2014. 9. https://www.novelupdates.com/series-ranking/?rank=popular
Authors: Mary Sooria, Vijaya Lakshmi PP Paper Title: Acquisition of English Language Skills by Arab Learners an Analysis of the Problems Faced Abstract The paper probes the difficulties faced by Arab learners, especially from countries like Saudi Arabia, in mastering the four skills of English language namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing (LSRW). The four skills are used during first language acquisition in the order of listening, and thencome speaking and later on reading and writing and these skills are required in using and comprehending any language. In this contribution a comparison has been made between the structures of both Arabic and English language, to analyse the interference of L1 on L2. Once the first language is acquired the brain is almost wired to a set of linguistic features. Such patterns interfere with the new linguistic structure of the second language. Some interference would be positive and would go unnoticed but some are negative bringing in a lot of difficulty during the new language acquisition process.
Keywords: Comparison, language structure, Arab learners of English, English language skills, interference of L1 22. References: 122-128
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23. Keywords: Hunger, Metaphor, Conceptual Metaphor, Food, Drinks, Wine. 129-132 References:
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Keywords: Gender Roles, Heteronormative Codes, Biological sex, Transsexual Voices, Marginalization, Gender Politics.
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References: 1. Pinto, Jerry. Em and the Big Hoom: A Novel. Penguin, 2014. 2. Jackson, Stevi. "Interchanges: Gender, sexuality and heterosexuality: The complexity (and limits) of heteronormativity." Feminist theory 7.1 (2006): 105-121. Authors: K K Ramachandran, K K Karthick Paper Title: Gantt Chart: An Important Tool of Management Abstract The current paper aims to study on the important technique of time saving and money saving of the management. F.W. Taylor, Henry Fayol are the important contributors in the industrial development and growth. Their work in defining concept and principles of management is notable. Furthermore, Gantt’s study is continued and he expressed scientific method of activity which can save time and money of an organization. F. W. Taylor worked on the planning and gave result that how planning helps to increase the work and quality of an organization. Henry Fayol defined fourteen Principles of the Management and Gantt declared activity chart. This chart is yet used in several industries as an ideal chart of activity plan. Therefore, current work focused on the Gantt chart and its importance in industries.
Keywords: Management, plan, activity, Gantt Chart etc.
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1. https://www.teamgantt.com/?utm_expid=.EvbY69CuR_etbd0U9hwjJw.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.in%2F 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fayol 26. 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart#/media/File:GanttChartAnatomy.svg 5. https://www.google.co.in/search?client=opera&q=design+of+the+Chair&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 140-142 6. https://projects.zoho.com/portal/nutanmahavidyala/newlogin.do#projectcalendar/1453387000000029007 7. https://www.google.co.in./search?q=gantt+chart&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=1T_nE6LwSvLM%253A%252CzmcdmW7ASPT0y M%252C%252Fm%252F01gk52&vet=1&usg=AI4_kTML48aqDqnlO3mtYRjad5d3GLgQQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBgtbQudriAhVB MI8KHe27D9cQ9QEwAHoECAQQAw&biw=1456&bih=722&dpr=1.25#imgrc=o-1T_nE6LwSvLM: Drury, Horace B. (Horace Bookwalter) (29 January 2018). "Scientific management; a history and criticism". New York, Columbia university; [etc., etc.] – via Internet Archive. 8. Drury, Horace B. (Horace Bookwalter) (29 January 2018). "Scientific management; a history and criticism". New York, Columbia university; [etc., etc.] – via Internet Archive. 9. Drury, Horace B. (Horace Bookwalter) (29 January 2018). "Scientific management; a history and criticism". New York, Columbia university; [etc., etc.] – via Internet Archive. 10. 1900. "Henri Fayol addressed his colleagues in the mineral industry 23 June 1900." Translated by J.A. Coubrough. In: Fayol (1930) Industrial and General Administration. pp. 79–81 (Republished in: Wren, Bedeian & Breeze, (2002) "The foundations of Henri Fayol's administrative theory") 11. 1909. "L'exposee des principles generaux d'administration". Translated by J.D Breeze. published in: Daniel A. Wren, Arthur G. Bedeian, John D. Breeze, (2002) "The foundations of Henri Fayol's administrative theory", Management Decision, Vol. 40 Iss: 91923. "The administrative theory in the state". Translated by S. Greer. In: Gulick, L. and Urwick. L. Eds. (1937) Papers on the Science of Administration, Institute of Public Administration. New York. 12. Waring, S.P., 2016. Taylorism transformed: Scientific management theory since 1945. UNC Press Books Authors: Anjali Krishna, Kavya Purushothaman “Coming Out” of the Baby Dyke in Babyji by Abha Dawesar: An Attempt to Understand Adolescent Paper Title: Lesbianism Abstract Queer is an all inclusive termforgender andsexual minorities who aren't"straight" in their sexual orientation. This includes lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trangenders, transexuals, cisgenders etc.Literally, the word means"strange" or "peculiar", and therefore came to be used rather derogatorilyagainst those who practiced same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Around the world, homosexuality is now receiving legitimacy; stigma and discrimination aregiving way to equalityandinclusion.Nevertheless, the Indian scenario seems to be still in dark even after the decriminalization of Section 377 of the IPC. People are sensitized through media in the form of advertisements, documentaries, novels, books, journals and so on, about theburgeoning' third gender'.Yet, Homophobia is prevalent among the majorityin India with all of its conventionalstereotypesand misconceptions. Amost natural human existence is termed as unnatural, abnormal, disease stricken yet curable and subjected to conversion therapies.Most adolescents naturally identify themselves as heterosexual, however there is a minority of teenagers among us who are never taken seriously in the matters of sexual importance. Aim of the study is to lay bare thesubtle intricaciesof the working of a sophisticated adolescent lesbian mind, through the much acclaimed novel Babyji by AbhaDawesar. Published in 2005and set in 1980s Delhi, it narrates the coming of age, sexual feats and fantasies of a 16 year’s old baffled schoolgirl.The paper titled “Coming Out” of the Baby Dyke in Babyji by AbhaDawesar: An attempt to understand Adolescent Lesbianismis an attempt to understand the sexual orientation of the protagonist Anamika Sharma who in 27. her teens is figuring out herself. She is faced with several psychological, philosophical and existential questions in the course of the novel that leads her towards a revelation about her sexual and emotional preferences in a heteronormative, heterosexual 143-147 world that surrounds her. The study is essentially narrowed down to focus on Adolescent Lesbianism. Theories of sexual orientation in the form of models byViviennCass,Richard RTroiden and Eli Coleman,theory of psychosexual development by Dr Sigmund Freud and theory of existentialism as put forth by Jean Paul Sartreand Simone de Beauvoir, would shape the framework for the analysis and interpretation of the character and the novel as a whole.Queerness which is inseparable from the very essence and existence of life of LGBTQ population is spoken about through the study.
Keywords: Queer, Dyke, Lesbianism, Inversion, Adolescence, Identity formation, Phases of Identity formation, Models of Identity formation,” Coming out”, Existentialism, Ethical freedom.
References:
1. Beauvoir, Simone. The Ethics of Ambiguity. New York, N.Y: Philosophical Library, 1948. Print. 2. Beauvoir, Simone de. The Second Sex. New York: Vintage Books 1989, c1952. Print. 3. Dawesar, Abha. Babyji.India: Penguin Books India, 2005. Print. 4. Freud, Sigmund, James Strachey, and Angela Richards. On Sexuality: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality and Other Works. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977. Print Authors: Gautham K.G, Amrutha.H, Sreenath Muraleedharan.K, Sonia Paper Title: An Analysis of Language Formation through Darwinian Studies Abstract Language was known to be formed as a part of the human endeavor in recognizing, interpreting and expressing various phenomena in the nature of which his role is that of a mere piece of puzzle which forms the whole picture. In understanding the revolution that brought in the language that we use today one must have a firm grasp over the ever changing nature of language. Language is observed to be A volatile phenomena which never stays static and is always prone to change. Constant additions and subtractions are being done in the realm of languages as there is novelty in each human being which demands for the novelty in expression through language. Language changes its form and content from time to time, as Fredrick. T. Wood’s well put observation in his Outline History of English Language of the nonsensical nature of Chaucerian stanzas from an excerpt taken from an earlier edition which would render the reader mute with its stark contrast on the dissimilarity of the English that we know and speak today. The same applies for every language. The modern French differs from the old French and so does the German that was in use a few centuries ago and the one that is currently in use. In the understanding of anything, one must travel back in time towards the origin. The origin of the formation of language could thus be tracked back to the observation and imitation of natural elements by our ancient forefathers. Various theories are at play
which strives to explain this nature of imitation which led to a formation of continual sounds which eventually culminated into
the formation of meaningful sounds that is language.
28. 148-152 Keywords: Evolutionary Biology, Language Formation, Evolution of Language, Darwinism.
References:
1. Wood, F. (2016). An Outline History of the English Language. India: Trinity Press. 2. Wikipedia contributors. "Neo-Darwinism." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 Feb. 2019. Web. 31 May. 2019. 3. Wikipedia contributors. "Darwin's finches." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 May. 2019. Web. 31 May. 2019. Authors: M.S.Keerthana, Sonia Chellarian Paper Title: Colonialization in Bird’s Eyes Abstract In the contemporary global scenario, the aspects and attributes of post-colonial theory has encapsulated almost all the major echelons of our society ranging from popular media to international economics. The dialectics of the ‘oppressor’ and the ‘oppressed’ has become one the most important topic of deliberation since the nineteenth century so that, it has been both exemplified and trivialized in popular culture to great extends. This paper is an attempt to analyse the 2016 animation movie The Angry Birds from a postcolonial perspective. Although the movie is a comedy, primarily intended for the child audience, it has strong implicit undercurrents of colonization and independence wars. The clan of birds symbolizes the native people who are the ‘colonized’ and the green-coloured pigs represents the ‘colonizers’. This paper also examines the movie’s 29. close parallelism with the history and course of British colonization in India. 153-154 Keywords: Post colonialism, imperialism, culture, independence, Indian colonization.
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1. Angry Birds Movie. Directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, Columbia Pictures, Rovio Animation, 2016. 2. Gupta, A. (2006). Early Childhood Education: Post colonial Theory and Teaching Practices in India. Palgrave: Macmillan. 3. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, 4th ed., Manchester University Press, 2018, pp. 194-205. Authors: Meera. Mand Anjali.S.Nair, Meera B. Concealed Countenances: A Re-Conceptualization of Sita in Amish Tripathi’s Sita: Warrior of Mithila Paper Title: and Volga’s Liberation of Sita Abstract Indian Mythology depicts diverse varieties of woman characters mostly revered and idolized. Among them Sita is an influential female character known for her courage, wisdom and chastity. Sita has retained the image of a perfect woman known both for her physical and mental perfection from the context of Valmiki Ramayana. Also, she is commonly accepted as a weak and mute sufferer of her pain and agony. The paper seeks to juxtapose the character of Sita from a delicate woman to a powerful fighter through the works of Amish Tripathi’s Sita: Warrior of Mithila and The Liberation of Sita by Volga. Sita the stereotype is broken through the portrayal of these characters.
Keywords: Sita, Feminism, Ramayana, Interpretation, Retelling
References: 30. 1. Hawkesworth,MaryE. Globalization and Feminist Activism.Rowman&Littlefirld.2006.pp. 25-27. ISBN 8780742537835. 155-157 2. Beasley,Chris.What is Feminism?.New York: Sage.1999.pp.3-11.ISBN 9780761963356. 3. Feminist Adverstising Agency is tackling Gender Stereotypes in France.UNESCO.25October2018. 4. Roberts, Jacob(2017).”Women’swork”Distillations.Vol.3no.1.pp.6-11. Retrieved22March2018. 5. Tripathi, Amish.”Sita: Warrior of Mithila”. Ram Chandra Series, no.2, westland publications ltd, 2017, NewDelhi 110002. 6. Kumar,T.Vijay and C.VijayaSree, translators. The Liberation Of Sita. Harper Perennial, 2016, NewDelhi. 7. Chatterjee,Sohini.”More Than Just A Loyal Wife: Why Sita Should Be Remembered As A Women Who Stood Up For Herself”. Youth Ki Awaaz, Sep2014, https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/09/just-loyal-wife-sita-remembered-woman-stood/ 8. Vendler,Helen. “Feminism and Literature”. The New York Review of Books,May1990,https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1990/05/31/feminism-nd-literature/ 9. Shukla,Akshat. The Submissive Earth and The Ferocious Fire, May 2018, medium.com 10. Sita-Valmiki Ramayana Story. Universal Teacher, https://universalteacher.com.11. Different Versions of Ramayana. gktoday, www.gktoday.in. 11. Loup,Ruput, editor. Sita: Wife of Ram, en.m.wikiquote.org. 12. 12. Bhargava,AnjuP. Contemporaray Influence of Sita, The Infinity Foundation, 2000, www.infinityfoundation.com. 13. 13. Singh,Vikram.”Reclaiming Female Identity: Feminist Retelling of the Hindu Epics.”Galaxy International Multidisciplinary Research Journals, April 2017, www.the criterion.com. 14. 14. Bajpai,Mehak. Review of ‘The Liberation of Sita’: A Feminist Engagment with Ramayana, Sep25, 2018, feminismindia.com. 15. 15. Majudar,Nandini. Review: Recovering from the Ramayana the Spirit of Sisterhood, Sep 2013, thewire.in. 16. 16.Tripathi.Amish Tripathi.https://authoramish.com/ Authors: Lavanya S, Parvathy Krishna, Devi K Recalling the Feminine and Juvenile Voice From the India-Pakistan Partition: With Reference to the Paper Title: Other Side of Silence Abstract Literature reflects the society as it mirrors the various socio-political and historically relevant issues. The India-Pakistan Partition of 1947 is one such incident which is a grotesque episode in the history of India.The nation took a new turn with the Partition of India. War memories are gruesome and painful and Urvashi Butalia in her non fictional workThe Other Side of Silence brings out the voice of the silenced. Butalia also stirs the memories of the victims of that insecure and hazardous period in the history of India. This paper focuses on the experience of women and children who are the major victims and survivors of Partition as rendered in Butalia’s work.
Keywords: Partition, Memory, Identity, Violence
References:
31. 1. Butalia,Urvashi. The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. 2nd edition, Penguin Books India, 2017. 158-161 2. Ganpat,KP.“ReviewofLiterature.”2013, https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/1765/3/03_review%20of%20literature.pdf 3. http://www.india-seminar.com/2001/497/497%20urvashi%20butalia.html 4. Singh, Amardeep. “Urvashi Butalia: Partition Violence, 1984, and Public Memorialization.” MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2004,https://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2004/04/urvashi-butalia-partition-violence.html. 5. Singh, Hardeep. “70 years on: the traumatic legacy of India’s partition.” The Spectator, 15 August 2017, https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/70-years-on-why-the-trauma-of-indias-partition-lives-on/. 6. Singh, Sukhbir and Singh, Manmohan. “Social and Psychological Trauma of the Displaced: A Study of Partition of India.” Research Gate,July2018,https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264844492_Social_and_Psychological_Trauma_of_the_Displaced_A_Study_of_ Partition_of_India 7. Freud, Sigmund. Beyond The Pleasure Principle. University of Michigan Libraries, 1920. nd 8. Caruth, Cathy.Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History.2 edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Authors: Niveditha Syam, T. Manjima Prakash, Geetha R. Pai Paper Title: Norse Mythology in Popular Culture: A Study of the Thor Trilogy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Abstract Man’s interest in mythology since time immemorial has been manifested in arts in various forms throughout the ages. Norse Mythology is the collected myths of Germanic people who lived in the Scandinavian region and spoke Norse mythology roughly between the period of 800 and 1300AD. Norse mythology had been adapted to popular culture quite often in the past. The paper aims at understanding the adaptation of Norse mythology into one of the biggest and popular movie franchises in Hollywood that is the marvel cinematic universe a superhero movie franchise based on comic books. It details on how comic creators and movie makers deviated from actual mythology to fit Thor and his celestial world into a superhero universe, thereby catering to popular culture.
32. 162-164 Keywords: Norse mythology, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor, comics, popular culture, Stan Lee, Loki, Asgard.
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1. Green, Rick. “Jack Kirby: Prisoner of Gravity”, The Jack Kirby Collector, February 1997. 2. Lee, Stan; Mair, George. Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee. New York, New York: Fireside Books, 2002. 3. Mandal, Dattatreya. 12 Major Norse Gods And Goddesses You Should Know About,January 2018. https://www.realmofhistory.com/2018/01/29/12-norse-gods-goddesses-facts/ Authors: Divya M.M T.O. Aswathi Kavya Purushothaman Paper Title: Representation of Indian Women in 19thcentury Indian Poetry and 21st Century Indian Poetry Abstract Language is a medium to express the feelings. Writers travel through the world of letters to present the passing ages with hidden reality through the world of literature. This paper focuses on the representation of Indian women in nineteenth, and twenty-first century Indian poetry. In the context of poems reviewed, Feminist theory forms the framework for analysis and interpretation. Standing position of Indian women differ in different era. In Indian poetry, nineteenth century poets recreated a picture of laden Indian women. Analysis shows that the protagonist in twenty-first century Indian poetry is woman with freelance thoughts. Male dominated society perpetually suppressed the identity of women. However, within the gift state of affairs woman started raise her voice for her identity. As time passes identity of women changes from futility to fruitfulness.
33. Keywords: Indian woman, Feminism, Indian poetry, Nineteenth century, Twenty-first century. 165-167
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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/women-in-India 2. https://www.academia.edu/people/search?utfr=v$q=representation+of+indian+in+poetry. 3. https://choma.co.za/articles/282/what-isfeminism-andwhy-is-it-important. 4. https://www.scribd.com/document/331703251/Indian-women-critical-Analysis 5. shodhganga.inflibnet-ac.in/bitstream/10603/21697/9/09-chapter-3-the%20poetry%20nissim%20ezekielpdf 6. https://www.academic.edu/36306935/portrayal-of-contemporary-indian-womenin Anita Nairs-Ladies-coupe 7. C:/users/Dell/Downloads/Representation-of-theNew Woman-in-Taslipdf 8. Kumar, Shiv K. Indian women. 9. https://indianpoetry.wordpree.com/2013/09/12/indian-women-a-poem-by-shiv-k-kumar 10. 9.Ezekiel, Nissim. Night of the Scorpion. 11. https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/night-of-the-scorpion/ 12. Das, Kamala. Old Playhouse. 13. https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-old-playhouse/ 14. https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/women. 15. Swamivivekanandaquotesgarden.blogsplot.com/2013/04/swami-vivekanda-quotes-on-women-html Authors: Akhila Ajith, Aiswarya P, K. Balakrishnan Paper Title: Representation of the Transgender Dilemma in the Film Navarasa Abstract In India total population of transgender is around 4.88lakh as per the census of 2011. Among other countries India holds the highest transgender population as per the report of the Census Department. But still they are migrating to other countries because of the pitiful condition of isolation and insult and humiliation they face in India. Their population in Tamilnadu is around 22,364. This paper, intends to analyze aspects of the complex life experience faced by the transgender, as portrayed in the Tamil movie Navarasa(2005). From the perspective of Queer theory, an attempt is made to delve into the miserable conditions of their life and to understand the politics involved in the peculiar experience of the community. The movie was directed by Padma Shri Santhosh Sivan and it won the Silver Lotus Award for the Best Regional Film [Tamil]. The movie is presented through the eyes of a 13 year old girl Shweta, who discovers her uncle Gautham’s wish to change his
gender. He is a female trapped in a male’s body. Shwetha follows Gautham who ran away to live his life by his choice and the way he is. It is during her journey to find her uncle that Shwetha meets other people from the transgender community and she gets exposed to their life and culture. 34. 168-170 Keywords: Transgender, Gender Bias, Culture, Queer theory, Body, Body, Discrimination, Human rights, Democracy.
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1. Sivan, Santosh. Navarasa. Handmade Productions, 2015. 2. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Manchester University Press, 1994. 3. Charlotte Bunch Quotes. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019, from BrainyQuote.com Web site: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/charlotte_bunch_201447 4. Natalie Clifford Barney Quotes. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/38205-my-queerness-is-not-a-vice-is-not-deliberate-and 5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0781434/
Authors: Parvathy.P, Devika. B, Meenu. B Paper Title: The Alchemistv/S the Bhagavad Gita: A Rendezvous Abstract This paper endeavors to trace the metaphysical and structural analogy between Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and the perpetual Indian epic Bhagavad Gita emphasizing on the cardinal principles of Bhagavad Gita employed in the novel. This study also intends to throw light on the universality and the timelessness of the principles of Bhagavad Gitaasdepicted in TheAlchemistthat are most crucial in thepresent day global context.
Keywords: Bhagavad Gita, The Alchemist, Intersexuality, Personal legend,Comparitive Literature.
References:
35. 1. Bala, Priya.(2018). HT Exclusive: Writer Paulo Coelho on Tagore, Bollywood and the Bhagavad Gita,Retrieved from 171-173 2. https://m.hindustantimes.com/brunch/india-exclusive-the-paulo-coelho-interview-the-author-on-tagore-bollywood-and-the-bhagavad- gita/story-JaDAQamnMcbThq3TnccHFN.html 3. Coelho, Paulo.(1998).The Alchemist. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. 4. Coelho, Paulo.(2013, June 4).#readagain the “Bhagavad Gita”. A treasure about the importance of accepting our challenges.Tweet. 5. Foucault, Michel.(1976).The Archaeology of Knowledge. New York:Harper& Row. 6. Rathangapani. (2012).Hindu Foundations of Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist 2012, Retrieved fromrollingwithvishnu.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/hindu-foundations-of-paulo-coelhos-the-alchemist/amp/ 7. S, Sreejith.(2015) the alchemist v. bhagavad gita, Retrieved from 8. thelessonsilearnfrommylife.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-alchemist-v-bhagavadgita.html?m=1 9. The Bhagavad Gita.(1979). Trans. Swami Nikhilananda. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center. Authors: Amala K.B, Amruthanjaly.G, Sreelakshmi.N Paper Title: Accepting the Legal LGBT Visuals of Culture Abstract In the contemporary global and political scenario, social media plays a significant role in shaping the social, cultural and communal edifice of a nation. It has now become the strongest and easiest means of communication through which people can share their opinions and thoughts regardless of any barriers. Social media and popular culture has a pivotal role in constructing the concepts of gender identity, gender expression and socialization process. Homosexuality is widely portrayed and analysed in visual forms from different perspectives. Many contemporary films and advertisements deconstruct the social stereotypes and stigmas associated with 36. 174-178 homosexuality. However, the orthodox and patriarchal society that still exist today maintains an aversion towards the homosexual community and excludes them from family, social events and cultural festivals. This paper attempts to analyse the vivid portrayals of the lesbian, gay, transgender and queer folk in cinema and other visual forms. Also, it throws light at how media and films help in creating different cultural and gender identities. However, in the real world, the homophobic attitude of the society restricts the homosexuals from exposing themselves to the society. In this, background the visual forms plays a vital role in promoting the LGBT rights and relations.
Keywords: Homosexuality, lesbian, gay, Indian legal system, community.
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1. United Nations. UN Free and Equal Campaign. United Nations Human Rights office of the High Commissioner, 2013. Retrieved from UN Free and Equal, https://www.unfe.org/. 2. Rajagopal, Krishnadas. "Section 377 Will Not Apply To Consensual Same-Sex Acts, Says Supreme Court". The Hindu, 2018, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/verdict-on-section-377-and-gay-rights-live-updates/article24878751.ece 3. Goldman, Jeremy. “Celebrating Pride: 17 Powerful LGBT Quotes". Inc,2015, https://www.inc.com/jeremy-goldman/celebrating-pride-17-powerful-lgbt-quotes.html 4. @frankmugisha (Dr. Frank Mugisha). “There’s this illusion that homosexuals have sex & heterosexuals fall in love. That’s completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved” Boy George.” Twitter, 5 Jun 2017, 10:58p.m. https://twitter.com/frankmugisha/status/871957717119795200 5. Schwartz, Eric. "On The State of Our Politics Commencement Message". HUFFPOST, 2016, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-the-state-of-our-polit_b_10011016 6. "Anouk – Bold Is Beautiful | The Visit". Entertainment Corner, 2019, http://www.entertainmentcorner.in/media/documentries-and-other-works/anouk-bold-is-beautiful-the-visit/ 7. "People Are Furious about This McDonald’s Ad Showing a Gay Son Coming Out To His Dad". Business Insider, 2019,https://www.businessinsider.in/People-are-furious-about-this-McDonalds-ad-showing-a-gay-son-coming-out-to-his- dad/articleshow/51318459.cms 8. "OHCHR | UN “Free & Equal” Campaign Launched In India With Release Of First UN Bollywood Music Video".Ohchr.org,2019,https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14551&LangID=E. 9. Malik, N. “Homosexuality debating issues in the light of Indian legal and social system an analytical research Shodhganga, http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10603/191572 10. S.Rukmini. "Homosexuality in India: What Data Shows” Live Mint, https://www.livemint.com/Politics/nLQiPpl5UICajLDXETU3EO/Homosexuality-in-India-What- data-shows.html 11. Tripathi, Laxminarayan et al. Me Hijra, Me Laxmi. 1st ed., Oxford University, 2015, p. 110. 12. 12. United Nations. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1948. Retrieved from United NationsHumanRights, https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/eng.pdf Authors: Irine Maria Joy, Athira M Nair, Sreenath Muraleedharan K Paper Title: An Advanced Model for English Teaching: Focusing on the Primary-Students Abstract As cognition develops in infancy, early childhood is appropriate to initiate language learning. In this paper, we explore the paradoxical condition in second-language acquisition faced by pre-primary classes of State Government schools in Kerala, India. The paper focuses on the first Standard English textbook of the current curriculum in order to find the drawbacks in textbook content and methods of teaching. We develop a more flexible and productive model for the students with the assistance of new trends and concepts in teaching. The paper also analyses the teacher’s role in the 21st-century language learning and probe into the psychological phases of language acquisition in the toddlerhood, especially in contemporary classrooms.
Keywords: English teaching; government schools; second language teaching sample; English as second language; second language acquisition.
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1. Bio-psychology; BSc Psychology Textbook. Annamalai University. 2. Sureshkumar, N. Evolving a New English Language Acquisition Program at Primary Level- A Cognitive Interactionist Approach. Department of English, University of Calicut, 2002 3. Tabors, Patton O. (Ed.), One Child, Two Languages: A Guide for Preschool Educators of children learning English as a Second 37. Language. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.,1997 179-184 4. Dutta, Dr.Usha and Dr.NeeruBala. Teaching of English at Primary Level in GovernmentSchools: Synthesis Report. National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi &EdCIL (India) Ltd. Technical Support Group Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, New Delhi, 2012. 5. Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_for_the_Indian_School_Certificate_Examinations 6. Child Development;BSc Psychology Textbook. Annamalai University. 7. Sarem, Saeid Najafi and Yusef Shirzadi. “A Critical Review of the Interactionist Approach to Second Language Acquisition.” 8. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, Vol.1, Issue 1, 2014 9. Annoussamy, David. “Psychological Aspects of Language Acquisition.” 10. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, vol.32, No.2, Feb 2006 11. Shankar, Padmini and Paul Gunashekar. “Early Childhood Education in English in India.” 12. Early Childhood Education in English for Speakers of Other Languages. 13. Edited by Victoria A Murphy and Maria Evangelou; British Council Press, 2016 14. Pandya, Sunil K. Human Behaviour. National Book Trust, India, 2014 15. Berk, Laura E. Development through the Lifespan. Pearson Education, Inc. Ed.3 16. Mohan, Chandrika. “English Language Teaching: Updating the English Classroom with Techniques and Communication Skills”. Published by Language in India. ISSN 1930-2940 11249; Oregon Circle Bloomington, MN 55438 USA; www.languageinindia.com, February 2012. 17. Ahmed, Rafeeque. (2014). A study on English Acquisition in Kerala Primary schools; Present Scenario; Issues & Concerns; 10.13140/RG.2.1.3382.7365, December 2014. 18. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275212352_A_study_on_English_Aquisition_in_Kerala_Primary_schools_Present_Scenario_Is sues_Concerns Swathy Krishna CB, Meghana AK, Varsha K Authors: Resurgence and Reflections: A Feministic Reading of Elena Ferrate’s The Days of Abandonment, The Paper Title: Lost Daughter and the Story of the Lost Child. Abstract Elena Ferrante, the Italian novelist has written a fair number of novels which emphasises her treatment of feminism. Ferrante belongs to an age where her generation had experienced feminism. The paper
speaks about her governance of feminism through Ferrante’s various characters such as Olga, from The Days of 38. Abandonment, Leda from The Lost Daughter, Elena and Lila from The Story of the Lost Child etc. Elena’s women 185-188 are the ones who look forward for more clarity at the cost of other values considered fundamental to friendship in traditional terms and feminist norms. In most of her novels, we can find the writer herself becoming the central figure, who partially manifests the knitting of Ferrante’s sisterhood with her successful reception of tetralogy: Neapolitan novels which include her four major novels; The Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child.
Keywords: Feminism, Neapolitan novels, Women, Male chauvinism, Identity Crisis.
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1. Alex Clark. “Book of the Day Fiction”.The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante review – a frighteningly insightful finale. 3rd Sep 2015.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/03/the-story-of-the-lost-child-elena-ferrante-review-finale. Accessed 29th Jun.2019. 2. Goldstein, Ann, translator. The Days of Abandonment. By Elena Ferrante, 3rd edition, Europa Editions, 2016. 3. Goldstein, Ann, translator. The Lost Daughter. By Elena Ferrante, 3rd edition, Europa Editions, 2016. 4. Goldstein, Ann, translator. The Story of the Lost Child. Neapolitan Quartet. By Elena Ferrante, 3rd edition, Europa Editions,2016. 5. Judith Shulevits. “Book Review”.The Hypnotic Genius of Elena Ferrante: An epic from Italy about female friendship and fate. 6. Lucamante, Stefania. Undoing Feminism: The Neapolitan Novels of Elena Ferrante. Academic Journal Article. Italica, Vol. 95, No. 1, Spring 2018.Oct 2015.https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/the-hypnotic-genius-of-elena-ferrante/403198/. Accessed 30th Jun.2019. 7. Wood, James. Women on the Verge. The Fiction of Elena Ferrante. The New Yorker. 13January 2013. Authors: Kavya Das T, P.P Vijayalakshmi The Evolving Semantics of Devadasi: An Analysis of the Struggle and Resistance of Devadasis in the Paper Title: Light of Selected Movies Abstract: currently movies are the most effective and influential form of art. It has an immense role in the building and re-building of cultural codes. And also has an effective role in moulding the mass psyche. Society reflects in movies and in turn movies influence society. So the movies have a bidirectional influence in our society. The portrayal of devadasis in movies shows the easy subjugation of women and the multiple ways in which they are marginalized by the society.The identity of devadasis got negatively transformed when they were forced to enter into prostitution. It is apparent that the subaltern woman who has no choices in her life has to act under the principles of patriarchy and thereby denounces her femininity.The present paper identifies the different elements of subjugation of devadasis in the light of feminist theory. Andit also identifies the journey of their battle through the selected movies,Vaisali(1988), Devdas(2002), and Pranali-The Tradition (2008).
Keywords: Devadasis, Subaltern women, Identity, Patriarchy, Femininity. 39. 189-192 References:
1. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory; an Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. New Delhi: Viva Books Private Limited, 2010. Print 2. Vaisali. Directed by Bharatan, Chandrakanth films, 1988. Film. 3. Devdas. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Red Chillies Entertainment, 2002. Film. 4. Pranali- The Tradition. Directed by Hridesh Kamble, 2008. Film. 5. Woolf. Virginia. A Room of one’s Own. Martino Fine Books, 2012. Print. 6. “Patriarchy.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org, n.p
western impact destroyed Nepal’s traditional roots and the people were forced into a state of in betweenness. The
seeds of globalization paved way for the instability of the nation. The economy of Nepal was terribly hit as tourism 40. became one and major source of income. Coupled with burgeoning drug abuse Nepal’s society went in a 193-196 downward spiral. Pico Iyer, the celebrated travel writer toured Nepal in the 1980s. The aim of his quest was to find tradition in coexistence with modernity, but he finds a nation decaying in front of him. In addition, it looks at the narrative as a report of the nation in the era with help of necessary statistics.
Keywords: Travel writing, neocolonialism, narrative, cultural colonialism, globalization, Occidentalism, postcolonial hybridity.
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1. Edwards, Justin, and Rune Graulund, eds. Postcolonial Travel Writing: Critical Explorations. Springer, 2010. 2. Iyer, Pico. Video Night in Kathmandu: and Other Reports FromThe not-so-far East. Vintage, 2010. 3. Pidhainy, Ihor. "Tibet through the Eyes of a Buryat: GombojabTsybikov and his Tibetan relations." ASIANetwork Exchange20.2 (2013). 4. Pratt, Mary Louise. Imperial eyes: Travel writing and transculturation. Routledge, 2007. 5. Santos, Carla Almeida. "Cultural politics in contemporary travel writing." Annals of Tourism Research 33.3 (2006): 624-644. Authors: Hareesh KG, Sreenath Muraleedharan K Paper Title: Evolved Femininity: An analysis on K R Meera’s Novel Aarachar Abstract: The demarcation between men and women on the basis of gender has moved a long way from the stereotyped views of the society. The theoretical dimensions gave wide possibilities to analyse the very concept of gender and sex. Gender has become a fluid concept with end number of features in it that can be chosen by an individual. K. R Meera’s novel Aarachar questions the basic distinction of men and women drawn by the codes and conventions of the society. By creating, a quantified table for analysing the features of society perceived male and female, it is easy to illustrate how much K.R.Meera has moved to break the rigid system. The paper has distinguished the novel into two for a clear analysis, as gendered self and metamorphosed self, on the grounds of
gender theory.
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References: 197-199 41. 1. Houghton, P., T., Pratt, M. And Valensky, S. (7th ed.2009). MLA. Flint, Mich.: Baker 2. “Abhirami Sriram Reviews Hangwoman: Everybody Loves a Good Hanging by KR Meera” :Books. 1 Jan. 2014. Web.23 Mar. 2015. Keywords: Comet, space, omen, astrophysics, scientists, ghost. References: 42. 200-202 1. http://en.m.wikipedia.org 2. http://www.goodreads.com 3. http://www.simplypsychology.org 4. http://shodganga.inflibnet.ac.in 5. http://positivepsychologyprogram.com 6. http://courses.lumenlearning.com 7. http://www.britanica.com>science 8. http://www.jstor.org>stable Authors: Rini Mathew, K. Varsha Conflict in Caribbean Women Consciousness during Anti-Slavery Movement: Detailing From ‘The Paper Title: Long Song’ By Andrea Levy and ‘The Book of Night Women’ By Marlon James Abstract: Caribbean women consciousness is a term that found its importance in the neo slave narratives. The traditional slave narrative defines the slave women as passive, static, and were extremely tortured and abused among the human beings. The excessive inhuman and ferocious acts were exercised upon the slave women and the slave narratives characterised them as the victims. The anti slavery narratives took to concern women equality and their empowerment focusing on how they developed their own sense of Caribbean consciousness that remained within the sensibility of the Caribbean space and tradition. The neo slave narratives from mid eighteenth century 43. onwards concentrated on understanding the Caribbean women consciousness from deep within the slightest of 203-207 difference in opinions among the females that battled the male from white colonial past as well as from within the society of blacks. The contemporary neo slave narratives especially in the context of Jamaican anti slavery movement deeply analyses slave women with difference in opinion with the black rebellion and formed a branch under the Caribbean women sensibility as a whole. Portrayal of July, from the The Long Song and Lilith from The book of night women, the hypothesis aims to represent women with different Caribbean women consciousness that almost favoured the white masters during colonization in Jamaica. Keywords: Caribbean women consciousness, neo slave narrative, difference, anti slavery movement, definition of self. References: 1. Levy, Andrea. The Long Song. Headline Review UK, 2010 2. James, Marlon. The Book Of Night Women. Riverhead Books New York, 2009 3. Beckles, Hilary McD. Historicizing Slavery in West Indian Feminisms. Feminist Review, 1998, pp 34-56 4. Wikipedia, Slave Narratives.Web 5. Of Personal Importance: How Narration Drives Meaningful Writing. Blog Authors: Priyanka Prathas, Sreena K A Neo-Colonial Indentation in Advertisement: A Structural Analysis on Selected Cadbury Chocolate Paper Title: Advertisement Abstract: The present paper makes both quantitative and qualitative analysis to unveil the neo-colonial intention in advertisements,and the analysing scale used is the figurative language. The signifiers and the signs used for signification and the levels of signification are quantified for an in-depth analyses.The paper tries to persue the structural and deep semiotic analysis of four advertisements of Cadbury. It also tries totease out the neo colonial imprints through different explicit signs and symbols and checks how the food habits change with culture and traditions. . Keywords: Semiotics, Saussure, figurative language, advertisement, connotation and denotation, Peirce, Sign, Interpretant. References: 44. 208-213 1. Houghton, P., T., Pratt, M. And Valensky, S. (7th ed.2009). MLA. Flint, Mich.: Baker 2. Chandler, Daniel (2007). Semiotics- The Basics. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group. London and New York 3. Eco, Umberto (1983). Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language. Macmillan 4. Saussure, Ferdinand de([1916] 1983). Course in General Linguistics (trans. Roy Harris). London: Duckworth 5. Nkrumah, Kwame, (1965). Neo-Colonialism, The Last Stage of Imperialism. Thomas Nelson and Sons. USA. 6. Jethwaney, Jaishri., Jian, Shruti. (2006). Chapter 3. Brand Building and Advertising Management. Advertising Management. Oxford University Press. P,419-423. 7. Extreme, Prabhu. (2016, August 7). New and Old Cadbury Dairy Milk Ads (Collection) [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/R8lkt2TvQcE 8. Sharma, Kanhaiya. (2018, February 23). Hot Dairy Milk Ad Bharat [Video File]. Retrieved fromhttps:// www.youtu.be/FK_kJ9C5gMM Authors: Sherin M.Johnson, Meenu. B Counter-Travel Narrative of Resistance: An Analysis of Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place as a Counter Paper Title: –Travel Narrative Abstract: This paper analyses Jamaica Kincaid’s nonfiction travel work A Small Place from a postcolonial perspective in order to demonstrate it as a counter travel narrative against Western centric travelogues. A significant voice in Caribbean literature, Kincaid explores the tenuous relationship between mother and daughter as well as the themes of colonialism in her widely celebrated works of fiction and non-fiction. Her intensely personal, honest and provocative writings have earned her an appreciable place in the literary world. The publication of A Small Place in 1988 and Lucy in 1991 earned her bitter criticisms and reviewers were divided over the angry tone expressed in both works. In A Small Place, described as “an anti-travel narrative”, Kincaid returns to her homeland after 20 years. She writes about post-colonial Antigua discussing problems that took place on the island during the 1980s, particularly addressing the issue of tourism. The article looks into how Kincaid inverts the idea of tourism as a normal and innocent activity by attacking the neo colonisers and revealing the point of view of the natives of Antigua. 45. 214-216 Keywords: Postcolonial, counter travel, tourism, neocolonisers. References: 1. Kincaid, Jamaica. A Small Place.NewYork:2011.Print 2. Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin.1989.The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literature. New York: Routledge.2010. 3. Sethi, Arundhati.Remapping a Small Place: Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘A Small Place’. Cafe Dissensus Magazine.2015. 4. Mono, Margherita.Tourism as Neo-Colonialism in Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place.Graduate Thesis.University of Venezia.2016 5. Boletsi, Maria.A Place of Her Own: Negotiating Boundaries in Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place and My Garden.Thamyris Journal No.18.2018. Authors: Aiswarya R, Keerthy Gopinadh, Sreelakshmi N. Plight of Democracy in Middle East: A Study of the Twin Novels Al Arabian Novel Factory and Paper Title: Jasmine Days Abstract: The objective of this paper is to attempt an analysis of the impact of power by the authorities of the Middle Eastern country which has been explained in the twin novels called Al Arabian Novel Factory and Jasmin Days written by Benyamin. Both these novels deal with the contemporary life in an unnamed Arab country 217-221 46. in the backdrop of Arab Spring in the Middle East. Benyamin presents, in these novels, the impact of the revolutions in the Arab world, the internal conflicts of Sunni and Shia Muslims and how these issues fall apart the happy world of the people. This paper explores how the people of an unnamed Arab country lacks their representation in the politics and how democracy becomes a farce when the entire power has been vested in one person. Keywords: Power, Arab Spring, Revolution, Democracy, Sunni-Shia conflict, Middle East, Expatriate. References: 1. Benyamin. Al Arabian Novel Factory. DC Books, 2014, pp 1-438. 2. ---. Mullapoo Niramulla Pakalukal. DC Books, 2014, pp 1-294. 3. ---. Jasmine Days. Translated by Shahanaz Habib, Juggernaut Books, 2018, pp. 1-264. 4. Dutta, Amrita. “The Revolution Never Arrives.” The Indian Express, 2 Nov. 2018, indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/jasmine- days-benyamin-novel-5432083/. Accessed 27 Apr. 2019. 5. Editors, History.com. “Arab Spring.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 10 Jan. 2018, www.history.com/topics/middle-east/arab- spring. Accessed 26 May 2019. 6. “Forecasting Instability: The Case of the Arab Spring and the Limitations of Socioeconomic Data.” Wilson Center, 15 Feb. 2018, www.wilsoncenter.org/article/forecasting-instability-the-case-the-arab-spring-and-the-limitations-socioeconomic-data. Accessed 14 May 2019. 7. "The City: An Excerpt from Al-Arabian Novel Factory - Ilanot Review". Ilanot Review, 2019, http://www.ilanotreview.com/theft/the- city-an-excerpt-from-al-arabian-novel-factory/. Accessed 13 May 2019. 8. “Middle East: Facebook Penetration at the Start of Arab Spring Protests | Statistic.” Statista, www.statista.com/statistics/236602/facebook-penetration-rate-at-the-start-of-arab-spring-protests-by-country/.Accessed 13 May 2019. 9. Surendran, C.P. “'Jasmine Days': Spoilt by a Preponderance of Politics.” The Hindu, The Hindu, 14 Sept. 2018, www.thehindu.com/books/jasmine-days-spoilt-by-a-preponderance-of-politics/article24944908.ece. Accessed 27 Apr. 2019. 10. Wiktorowicz, Quintan. “The Limits of Democracy in the Middle East: The Case of Jordan.” Middle East Journal, vol. 53, no. 4, 1999, pp. 606–620. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4329393. Accessed 12 May 2019. Editor-In-Chief Chair Dr. Shiv Kumar Ph.D. (CSE), M.Tech. (IT, Honors), B.Tech. (IT), Senior Member of IEEE Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Lakshmi Narain College of Technology Excellence (LNCTE), Bhopal (M.P.), India Associated Editor-In-Chief Chair Dr. Dinesh Varshney Professor, School of Physics, Devi Ahilya University, Indore (M.P.), India Associated Editor-In-Chief Members Dr. Hai Shanker Hota Ph.D. (CSE), MCA, MSc (Mathematics) Professor & Head, Department of CS, Bilaspur University, Bilaspur (C.G.), India Dr. Gamal Abd El-Nasser Ahmed Mohamed Said Ph.D(CSE), MS(CSE), BSc(EE) Department of Computer and Information Technology, Port Training Institute, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Egypt Dr. Mayank Singh PDF (Purs), Ph.D(CSE), ME(Software Engineering), BE(CSE), SMACM, MIEEE, LMCSI, SMIACSIT Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, Howard College, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. 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Priya Professor & Head, Department of Commerce, Vivekanandha College of Arts & Sciences for Women (Autonomous, Elayampalayam, Namakkal (Tamil Nadu), India. Dr. Pushpender Sarao Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad (Telangana), India. Dr. Nitasha Soni Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad (Haryana), India. Dr. Siva Reddy Sheri Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, School of Technology Hyderabad Campus, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), India. S. Volume-8 Issue-7C, May 2019, ISSN: 2278-3075 (Online) Page No Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication No. Authors: Shefali Yateen Jain, Y.Vijaya Babu Paper Title: Speaking Plight of Women in Amrita Pritam’s the Skeleton Abstract: The Feminist Theory of Situated Knowers validates the accounts of women by permitting them to portray their plight and add to epistemology by speaking from a position which they have experienced. The protagonists in Skeleton of Amrita Pritam they speak about themselves locale a ground where they can be examined under the example of Situated Knowers Theory in this paper. The protagonist Pooro (Hamida) and other characters Taro, Pooro’s mother TaraUse the "Insert Citation" button to add citations to this document., Rashid’s aunt and millions of other women who faced varied. They go through thrash about to shed the mesh of the complex conventions to be themselves. Amrita Pritam’s selected women characters are strong and they learnt the secret of endurance. Amrita Pritam portrays the desolate elements that are faced by women throughout the life but during partition their pathetic condition grew up higher to the level. She also portrays declining standard element of human through her novel she has an in-depth and idiosyncratic approach towards feminism because of she was 1. also a war victim. 1-4 Keywords: Situated Knowers, epistemology, standpoint theory, Amrita Pritam, Self-exploration References: 1. Anderson, Elizabeth. ""Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science"." springer (spring 2017): 10: 50–84. 2. Feminist epistemology. 16 11 2018 Authors: P.Asha Paper Title: Public Perception towards CSR in Nagercoil Town Abstract: CSR is usually understood to be the technique an organization achieves a balance between economic, environment and social imperative while they address the expectations of the shareholder and the stakeholders. Corporations are forced to involve stakeholders in their decision-making and to deal with societal changes because today’s stakeholders are increasingly aware of the importance and impact of corporate decisions upon society and the environment. CSR is a business strategy and, therefore, represents actions that require be positively selecting or avoiding. CSR advocates believe that there is a strategic advantage to a company that makes these choices. CSR focuses on areas of urgent relevance to an organisations sphere of operations. The researcher suggested that the environment pollution control is the need of the hour. The corporate can involves planting the tree, Awareness programmers about keeping the area pollution free. Corporate should not consider CSR as philanthropy but it should be considered as their responsibility. Just giving a donation is not required, but they should do something concrete so that the natural resources are saved for future generation. They should encourage 2. their employees also to do some activities that can be useful to the community. She concluded that CSR should 5-9 address social economic and environmental challenges. Being a good corporate citizen encompasses two elements transparency and balancing the need of shareholders. Keywords: CSR, Social responsibility, Need for CSR References: 1. Agarwal Kelpanan (2007), “Corporate Excellence as an outcome of Corporate governance: rethinking role and responsibility of HRM, the ICFAI J”, Journal of Corporate Governance, Vol-6(1), pp.6-16. 2. Bhatia S (2005), Business ethics and corporate governance, deep and deep publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. 3. Corpanzano R, Byrne S, Bobocel (2001), Moral virtures, social entities, and organizational justice, Journal of vocational behaviour, pp.164- 209. 4. http://www.tatasteel.com/corporate sustainability accessed on April 25, 2008. Authors: D.Jesura Pauline, V.Darling Selvi Paper Title: Determinants of Shopping Behaviour of Retail Consumers Abstract: The Indian retail market has emerged as the most dynamic and fast-paced industries due to the entry of several new players. Luxury market of India is expected to grow to US$ 30 billion by the end of 2018 from US$ 3. 23.8 billion 2017 supported by growing exposure of international brands amongst Indian youth and higher purchasing power of the upper class in tier 2 and 3 cities, according to Assocham. It was projected in the report of IBEF that by the year 2021 traditional retail will hold a major share of 75 per cent, organised retail share will reach 18 per cent and e-commerce retail share will reach 7 per cent of the total retail market.In order to be successful in the business it is necessary to understand the reasons behind the consumers choosing the store. Understanding the needs of the consumer followed by the factors that affect the retail shopper decision-making process is important for the growth of the retail industry. Shopper behavior is a behavior in which they focus on how the individuals make decisions to spend their resources that are available on the consumption-related items. The study was conducted among 300 sample respondents in Chennai city. The researcher used Garrett Ranking, Reliability analysis, Factor analysis and ANOVA to interpret the results. From the study regarding the determinants of an ideal shopping mall it is it is identified that the sample group gives more importance to the comforts of mobility and seating and are least bothered about additional facilities like Physical fitness centres, pet attendant centre and Spas. The study has concluded that the sample respondents prefer the usage of technology coupled with comfort Keywords: Consumers, Determinants, Retail, Shopping Behavior 10-14 References: 1. Arpita Khare(2011) ,” Mall shopping behaviour of Indian small town consumers”, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2011, pp. 110-118 2. Arpita Khare, Dhiren Achtani, Manish Khattar, (2014) "Influence of price perception and shopping motives on Indian consumers' attitude towards retailer promotions in malls", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 26 Issue: 2, pp.272-295 3. Harvinder Singh, Vinita Sahay, (2012) "Determinants of shopping experience: Exploring the mall shoppers of national capital region (NCR) of India", International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Vol. 40 Issue: 3, pp.235-248 4. Jackson, V., Stoel, L. and Brantley, A. (2011). Mall attributes and shopping value: differences by gender and generational cohort, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 18:1-9. 5. Justin Paul, (2017) "What determine shoppers’ preferences for malls in an emerging market?", Young Consumers, Vol. 18 Issue: 1, pp.70- 83 6. Kursunluoglu, E. (2014). Shopping mall customer service: creating customer satisfaction and loyalty. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Vol32(4) pp.528-548. 7. Makgopa, S.S (2018), “Determining shopping malls customers' satisfaction and loyalty”, Journal of Business and Retail Management Research (JBRMR), Volume 13, Issue 1, October 2018, pp. 121-130 8. Vipul Pare, Naser Pourazad, (2017) "The Big Bazaar: an examination of Indian shopping mall behaviour and demographic differences", Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Vol. 29 Issue: 5, pp.1160-1177, 9. Varsha Jain, Mika Takayanagi, Edward Carl Malthouse, (2014) "Effects of show windows on female consumers’ shopping behaviour", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 31 Issue: 5, pp.380-390 10. Varsha Jain, Subhadip Roy, Ashok Ranchhod, (2015) "Conceptualizing luxury buying behavior: the Indian perspective", Journal of Product & Brand Management, Vol. 24 Issue: 3, pp.211-228 Authors: S.M.Subbulakshmi, V.Darling Selvi Paper Title: Determinants of Women in Agriculture Abstract: Agriculture in India is significantly dependent on women. Women make up about 33 percent of cultivators and about 47 percent of agricultural labourers in rural India constituting 84 percent of the rural women force. As per census 2011, women formed 75 per cent of the agricultural sector workforce, around 80 per cent from rural India, forming cultivators (33%) and agricultural labourers (47%). This paper focuses on the determinants of women in agriculture by taking a sample of 600 rural women from Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu who actively involved in agriculture. The researcher used reliability statistics to know the normality of the data, KMO and Bartlett's Test, factor analysis, Structural equation modeling and regression weights for analyzing and interpreting the results. The study shows that the factors such as forced factor, voluntary factor, achievement factor, support factor and satisfaction factor determine the choice of women to take up the field of agriculture as their passion. The path analysis model suggests that it is the forced factor and voluntary factor which make the rural women to take up the job of agriculture which gives them the sense of achievement through support factor and ultimately they are satisfied with the agricultural operations. It is suggested that the attitudes regarding women’s roles in agriculture must change, and the onus is on policy makers to create a favorable ecosystem for women engaged in farming by ensuring greater access to physical and monetary resources. 4. Keywords: Agriculture Labors, Determinants, Model fit, Reliability, Women 15-20 References: 1. Census of India, 2011Cheung, G. W. & Rensvold, R. B. (2002). Evaluating goodness-of-fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling, 9, 233-255. 2. Fabiyi E.F., Danladi B.B. Akande K.E and Mahmood Y. (2007), Role of Women in Agricultural Development and Their Constraints: A Case Study of Biliri Local Government Area, Gombe State, Nigeria. School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Pakistan Journal of Nutrition 6 (6): 676-680, 2007 ISSN 1680-5194. 3. Fan, X., B. Thompson, and L. Wang (1999). Effects of sample size, estimation method, and model specification on structural equation modeling fit indexes. Structural Equation Modeling, 6, 56-83. 4. Mun Mun Ghosh and Arindam Ghosh, (2014), “Analysis of Women Participation in Indian Agriculture”, IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 19, Issue 5, Ver. IV (May. 2014), PP 01-06 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org. 5. Nishi Slathia (2015), “Participation of Women in Agricultural Production”, Agriculture: Towards a New Paradigm of Sustainability, ISBN: 978-93-83083-64-0, pp: 150-157. 6. Panghal B.S. and Mange Ram, (1985), “Employment Pattern of Women Labour in Haryana Agriculture”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. XL, No. 3, July- September, p. 273 7. Purnamita Dasgupta and Biswanath Goldar, (2006), “Female Labour Supply in Rural India: An Econometric Analysis”, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 49, No.2, pp. 293-310. 8. Roshan Lal, and Ashok Khurana, (2011), “Gender Issues: The Role of Women in Agriculture Sector”, Zenith International Journal of Business Economics & Management Research Vol.1 Issue 1, Oct 2011, ISSN 2249 8826 pp: 29-39. 9. Srivastava Nisha and Srivastava Ravi (2010). Women, work, and employment outcomes in rural India. Economic and Political Weekly. 45 (28):49-63. 10. Structural Equation Modeling Using AMOS, The Division of Statistics + Scientific Computation, The University of Texas at Austin 11. Tirunelveli District Statistical Hand Book, 2015 – 2016 & 2016 – 2017 12. Vitthalrao B. Khyade and unanda V. Khyade, (2016), “Indian Women in Agriculture”, International Academic Journal of Economics Vol. 3, No. 12, 2016, pp. 1-8. ISSN 2454-2474. 13. Zainudin Awang, PhD- Structural Equation Modeling Using AMOS, Pp: 84-95. Authors: Sukhmani Singh, Raskirat Kaur A Study to understand the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Well-Being Paper Title: among adolescents of Chandigarh and Punjab college students Abstract: The current scenario shows an eminent rise in the stress levels of humans at all facets of life. Out of the many reasons is an emergent reason of emotional stability. How emotionally stable one is determined by his/her emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the aptitude to be sensitive of, to manage and to articulate one’s own emotions and to get a hold of the interpersonal relationships with care, with caution and also with empathy. It explains one’s abilities distinct from, but complementary to, academic and main stream intelligence. Well-being is an insight that includes an overall, impartial, judicious and an all-inclusive experience of life. It includes health in all domains such as mental health, physically, emotionally and spiritually as well. Emotional intelligence is a very eminent forecaster of psychological wellbeing. The present study in an empirical and inter co- relational one that would aim to find the relationship between the two variables of positive psychology i.e. emotional intelligence and psychological wellbeing amongst college students. It was found out that there exists a positive correlation among the two variables. 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Despite considerable expansion of the banking system in India, large segments of the India’s population are not adequately served with credit facilities. This study is an attempt to evaluate the 24-30 perception of customers towards lending practices of Commercial banks in Tiruelveli District of Tamilnadu. The collected data from 100 sample respondents were analysed with the help of Cronbach's Alpha reliability statistics, rotated Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Reliability of segmentation with the help of Reliability of segmentation and path analysis. The survey result shows that the factors credit volume, customer satisfaction, affordability and unbiased were filtered by factor analysis. The four factors were further sub divided into two Short Term Agriculture loans and satisfactory schemes. 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Primary survey data has been applied with an aggregate sample of 244 respondents (128 non-participant household head and 116 participated in micro-finance) selected using stratified random sampling. The self-administrative questionnaires was arranged and conveyed for both groups with the same question. Based on the logistic regression model; household heads who are older in their age, more education, religion (other than Muslim), single household head, absence of remittance, and pull motivation are more likely to receive financial service. In addition, based on the propensity score matching (four algorithms), the study found that being participated in micro-finance, the outcomes like sales, profit, income of households, capital asset, savings, expenditure on clothes of households, children schooling expenditure, food items has a positive and significant change except for employment creation and health care. 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Authors: Wubalem Girma Giday, Itishri Sarangi The Effect of Communicative Approach on Students’ Speaking Skills: The case of Wolaita Sodo Paper Title: University, Ethiopia Abstract: Communicative approach has been acknowledged and generally recognized by numerous researchers and expertise. In Ethiopia, numerous schools and learning organizations have additionally embraced this methodology in instructing language. In spite of being extolled by numerous researchers, this study endeavors to additionally investigate the effect of Communicative approach on students’ speaking skills. This study aims to look at the effect of the communicative approach adopted in ‘I only speak in English’ program which was designed by English Language Improvement Center (ELIC) of Wolaita Sodo University-Ethiopia on students’ speaking skills among the members after the length of one year. The information for this investigation incorporates consequences of pre-test and post-test, casual meetings via interview protocol and observations from the teachers. The results show constructive outcome of the methodology on learners talking abilities. Keywords: Communicative approach, teachers, students, language, communication References: 13. 1. Brown, H. D., & Lee, H. (1994). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy (Vol. 1). Prentice Hall Regents Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 77-82 2. Celce-Murcia, M. (2001). Language teaching approaches: An overview. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, 2, 3–10. 3. Dörnyei, Z. (2009a). The 2010s. Communicative Language Teaching in the 21st Century: The “Principled Communicative Approach.” Perspectives, 36(2), 33–43. 4. Gerencheal, B., & Hadush, B. (2017). Investigating Teachers’ Attitude and Practice towards the Communicative Language Teaching in English Classroom: Central Zone Secondary Schools. 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Urban areas world over depend on the river basins to meet with the water requirements for their households, industrial activities -and maintain the hydrological cycle. In India discharge of untreated sewerage is the leading cause of pollution of the rivers and other water bodies (Kala S. Sridhar, 2013). Bhubaneswar and Rourkela are two leading urban centres in the state of Odisha which are situated along the banks of rivers Kuakhai, Daya and Bramhani respectively. The steep rise of population and economic activities in the two cities have catapulted the generation of households and Industrial waste which are being discharged into the rivers resulting into sharp deterioration in the water quality. Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Coliform (TC) are two prominent indicators whose level determines the level of contamination of water. This study attempts to study the trend of these two indicators in the rivers of Kuakhai, Daya and Bramhani. Keywords: Urbanization, River basins, untreated sewage, water quality, BOD, TC References: 1. AMRUT.(2015).ServiceLevelImprovementPlan(SLIP).Rourkela.http://www.urbanodisha.gov.in/Admin/Upload_Files/AMRUT/SLIPs/Rou rkela.pdf 2. Central Pollution Control Board. (2013). Performance evaluation of the sewage treatment plants under NCRD. Ministry of Enviorment and forests, Govt Of India, New Delhi.http://cpcb.nic.in/openpdffile.php 3. CES,Dept of Forest and Enviornment, Govt of Odisha. (2014, July-Sept). Envis. Envis Newsletter. http://cesorissa.org/PDF/Newsletter38.pdf 4. Ebenstein, A. (2012). The Consequences of Industrialization: Evidence from Water Pollution and Digestive Cancers in China. Review of Economics and Statistics 94(1) . 5. Field, E. R. (2011). Throwing the Baby out with the Drinking Water: Unintended Consequences of Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Bangladesh. 6. Gangwar.S. (2013). Water Quality Monitoring in India: A Review. International Journal of Information and Computation Technology, 3 (8), 851-856. 7. K.K Agrawal, C. (2018). Assessment of water quality of river Daya at Bhubaneswar city, Odisha by using water quality Index method. EM International, 37 (1), 117-126. 8. Kala S. Sridhar, S. K. (2013). India’s Urban Environment: Air and Water Pollution and Pollution Abatement. MPRA . 9. Mukherjee, S. S. (2010). Sustaining Urban Water Supplies in India: Increasing Role of Large Reservoirs. Water resources management, 24 (10), 2035-2055. 10. Nayak, K. M. (2014). A Study of Water Pollution in Two Major Rivers in. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 22 (12), 1760-1770. 11. NIUA. (2017). Preparation of CSPs for cities of Odisha. Bhubaneswar. https://scbp.niua.org/download.php?fn=BhubaneswarCSAP CDD NIUA_03... 12. S.Uttara, N. a. (2012). Impacts of urbanization on enviorenment. International Jornal of research in engineering and applied science, 2 (2), 1637-1645. 13. State Pollution control Board,Odisha. (2016). Water Quality of Major Rivers in Odisha (2007,2007-10 & 2010-15). 14. The World Bank Group. (2019). Urban population (% of total) | Data - World Bank Open Data. Retrieved April 16, 2019, from http://www.worldbank.org: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/sp.urb.totl.in.zs 15. Trinath Biswal, A. K. (2018). Water Quality Analysis of the Steel City, Rourkela (Odisha). American Journal of Water Resources, 6 (2), 65-70. Authors: Gebeyehu Ashagare, Seema K. Ladsaria Paper Title: Exploring the Audiences Perception towards Ethiopian Movies Abstract: Perception is the aptitude to see, hear, or become aware of something through the mind. This paper aims to study the Audiences perception towards Ethiopian movie. Close ended questionnaire and unstructured interview employed as data collection tool. Simple random sampling technique was conducted to select film audiences. The finding showed that however, most Ethiopian movies lack quality, the vast majority of audiences like them. The audiences have a positive attitude towards Ethiopian movie. Most Ethiopian film audiences prefer Ethiopian moves to Nollywood, Bollywood, and Hollywood. It is obvious that directly or indirectly, the perception of the film audiences affect the film industry. If the audiences have a negative perception, the industry loses its support, and if the audiences have a positive perception, the industry boosts too. 15. Keywords: Audience perception, film, genre, film making 88-96 References: 1. Abrams, N., Bell, I. A. F., & Udris, J. (2001). Studying film. Retrieved from http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=A859C9DCABA9D3E7663EBB9603E3572D 2. Bordwell, D., Staiger, J., & Thompson, K. (2003). The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960. Routledge. 3. Diawara, M. (1992). African Cinema: Politics and Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 4. Film Audience. (2017, October 8). Retrieved March 18, 2019, from FilmDaily.tv website: http://www.filmdaily.tv/marketing/film-audience 5. Gugler, J. (2004). African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 6. Tamene, K. (n.d.). A Brief Overview Of Ethiopian Film History. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/7281313/A_Brief_Overview_Of_Ethiopian_Film_History 7. Understanding audiences. (n.d.). Retrieved March 19, 2019, from Independent Cinema Office website: https://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/advice-support/how-to-start-a-cinema/understanding-audiences/ Authors: Disha Bhatt Paper Title: Socio-Cultural Background and English Writing Skills of Tribal Students in Higher Education Abstract: There are many factors which influence writing skills. Those factors are beyond grammar, spelling and sentence structure. Our thinking, attitude, approach and most importantly socio-cultural backgrounds have an 16. impact on our writing. Geographical divisions and various other demographic factors lead to socio-cultural 97-102 differences as a result of which people coming from various tribes have different socio-cultural backgrounds. Hence, this paper endeavors to study in depth whether there is any impact of socio-cultural backgrounds on English writing skills of tribal population hailing from different tribes. State of Odisha has 62 tribes and this current study involves analysis of 28 different tribes. By English writing skills, we are referring to three stages of writing (pre/during and post). The samples for the study were taken from the students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, KISS (Deemed to be University) Bhubaneswar through a structured questionnaire. A hypothesis was framed and tested using Chi-Square. From the study, it came to the limelight that there is no significant relationship between socio-cultural backgrounds of students from different tribes with their English writing skills. Keywords: Challenges, English writing skills, Socio-cultural backgrounds, Stages of writing, Tribe. References: 1. Cavanaugh, M. P. (1996). History of teaching English as a second language. The English Journal, 85(8), 40-44. 2. Farkota, R. M. (2005). Basic math problems: The brutal reality. Learning Difficulties Australia Bulletin, 37(3), 10-11. 3. Haseena, V. A., & Mohammed, A. P. (2014). Scope of Education and Dropout Among Tribal Students in Kerala–A Study of Scheduled Tribes in Attappady. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 4(1), 1-23. 4. Huy, N. T. (2015). Problems affecting learning writing skill of grade 11 at Thong Linh high school. Asian Journal of Educational Research, 3(2). 5. Nandwana, S., & Joshi, K. (2010). Assessment of emotional intelligence of tribal adolescents of Udaipur: An exploratory study. Studies of Tribes and Tribals, 8(1), 37-40. 6. Rowe, K. (2006). Effective teaching practices for students with and without learning difficulties: Constructivism as a legitimate theory of learning AND of teaching?. Student Learning Processes, 10. 7. Varghese, A., & Nagaraj, P. (2013). Improving the Reading Achievement of Tribal Learners Through Direction Instruction Method. Language in India, 13. Authors: Suadiq Sufian Ali, Rajashikor Mahana Paper Title: Cultivating Social Capital: Dimensions of Friendship Quality among the Afars of Ethiopia Abstract: This paper intends to provide an insight into the cultivation of social capital. To this end, the paper employs a cross sectional survey design for the purpose of collecting relevant data through quantitative methods. The collected data for the sample of 390 respondents were examined using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to check the reliability and validity of items included in Friendship Quality and Generalized Trust Scales. Ordinary Logistic Regression (OLS) also conducted on the dimensions of friendship quality as a predictor variable and general trust as an outcome variable. The regression analysis shows that dimensions of friendship quality such as the provision of help, mutual acceptance and perceived feeling of safety tend to affect social capital positively and significantly. The finding implies that high friendship quality has influence on the cultivation of social capital in Afar pastoral community of Ethiopia. Keywords: Social capital, Friendship Quality, Trust, Closeness, Help References: 1. Berndt, Thomas J. "Friendship quality and social development." Current directions in psychological science 11, no. 1 (2002): 7-10. 2. Berndt, Thomas J., and T. Bridgett Perry. "Children's perceptions of friendships as supportive relationships." Developmental psychology 22, no. 5 (1986): 640. 3. Bukowski, William M., and Betsy Hoza. "Popularity and friendship: Issues in theory, measurement, and outcome." 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Jambulingam Paper Title: The Impact of Environment over Green Consumerism with Reference to Bangalore City Abstract: Green consumerism is looking forward about buying and consuming products and services by the customer through considering environmental safety as well as healthy habit of their family. Now-a-days it is one of the emerging trends due to many health conscious habits inculcated by the consumers. Eco labeling is one of the standards set by the government where the organizations have to take care of following the standards pertaining to their products and usually counter check by the third party organizations. This habit of Green consumerism may support in safeguarding the environment as well as healthy habits of the consumers. Keywords: Environment, Green Consumerism, Eco Labels References: 1. Aasha Sharma, Seema Joshi (2017). Green Consumerism: Overview and further research directions. International Journal Process Management and Benchmarking. 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Therefore the ever-increasing duties that a women has today are not only concerned with usual tasks of a housewife but further of a working women too and with all this burden of heavy work on their head one major 19. thing that they still suffer and which has been the same all these years is the fixed attitude of the society which 111-113 demands that a women has to take care of the family needs in all situations despite of the fact that she also have a professional work life. A married working women in our country goes through a lot of stress because of the never ending struggle of balancing work life and personal life. Therefore, within this paper I will analyze how this dual responsibility on married working women adversely effects them and creates so much stress that it tends to effect the body image, mental health as well as quality of life of these women. Keywords: Body Image, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Working Women, Work-Life Balance References: 1. 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Authors: Aparna Vajpayee, K K Ramachandran Paper Title: Reconnoitring Artificial Intelligence in Knowledge Management Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the interdisciplinary study of human cognition, psychology, knowledge management and artificial intelligence (AI). An effort has been made to comprise the relationship (KM) of human cognition, behaviour and organizational knowledge with Artificial Intelligence. It has also given a description of the application of AI in KM for organizational effectiveness and customer affiliation and e- commerce. Keywords: Exploring the technology of AI in Management, Use of Technology in Knowledge Management, Artificial Intelligence and Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management. References: 1. ALhawamdeh M.A., (2007). The Role of Knowledge Management in Building E-Business Strategy. 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(2006). Human computing and machine understanding of human behavior: A survey. In ICMI'06: 8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, Conference Proceedings (pp. 239-248). https://doi.org/10.1145/1180995.1181044 18. Rich, E. Knight, K. (1991). Artificial Intelligence. McGraw-Hill Education. 19. Simmons, R. and Davis, R. (1993). The roles of knowledge and representation in problem solving. Second Generation Expert System, Springer-Verlag, 27–45. 20. Staab, S. and Studer, R. and Schnurr, H. P. and Sure, Y. (2001). Knowledge processes and ontologies. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 16(1):26–34. 21. Weber, R. and Kaplan, R. (2003). Knowledge-based knowledge management. Innovation in Knowledge Engineering, 4:151–172 Authors: Priyanka Babu, Geetha.Rpai Paper Title: Objectification of Women in Harem Web Novels: An Analysis Abstract Web novels basically stand for those novels which are published online. There are many genres in webnovels, like martial ats, fiction, fantasy etc that set the tone for further development in this particular form of popular literature in China. It has many different characteristics short chapters, crisp writing etc that eased the onslaught brought about by the internet. This paper mainly deals with the depiction of women in the top three webnovels, of the year 2019. It will be analyzed based on the topic of objectification of females. The paper’s main focus will be on the treatment of women in harem novels. Harem, a subgenre of Chinese web novels is where a male or female protagonist is in a polygynous relationship with two or more love interests or sexual partners. A heterosexual male harem is called female harem or seraglios whereas if it is the opposite or a yaoi (male to many males) harem it is called male harem, reverse harem or gyaku harem. Here we take into consideration the top three popular webnovelsof the year 2019 and analyze the female characters present in it and their treatment. The top three most popular web novels include; Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyosoukyoku, Everyone Else is a Returnee, and Against the Gods. Keywords: Harem novels, web novels, objectification, concubinage, trophy/trophies, inert, instrument, autonomy, 21. interchangeable, fungible, violable, ownership, reduction to body, reduction to appearance, silencing, conquer, object of desire. 118-121 References: 1. Papadaki, Evangelia (Lina), "Feminist Perspectives on Objectification", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2018 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2018/entries/feminism-objectification/ . 2. “Harem.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Apr. 2019, 03:05, www.wikipedia.org/. 3. “Globalisation and Women in China.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Apr. 2019, 22:41, www.wikipedia.org/. 4. Feng, Jin. Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), vol. 37, 2015, pp. 227–230. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26357359. 5. Hockx, Michel. Internet Literature in China. Columbia University Press, 2015, google books, books.google.co.in/books/about/Internet_Literature_in_China.html?id=Z54vBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button &redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false. 6. Ainana, Hiro. Death March Kara HajimaruIsekaiKyousoukyoku. 2019thedi., vol. 1-17, Shosetsuka Ni Naro, 2013. 7. Toika. Everyone Else Is a Returnee. 2017th ed., vol. 1- 48, Raon E&M, 2016. 8. Gravity, Mars. Against the Gods. 2019th ed., vol. 17 17, Zongheng and Wuxiaworld, 2014. 9. https://www.novelupdates.com/series-ranking/?rank=popular Authors: Mary Sooria, Vijaya Lakshmi PP Paper Title: Acquisition of English Language Skills by Arab Learners an Analysis of the Problems Faced Abstract The paper probes the difficulties faced by Arab learners, especially from countries like Saudi Arabia, in mastering the four skills of English language namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing (LSRW). The four skills are used during first language acquisition in the order of listening, and thencome speaking and later on reading and writing and these skills are required in using and comprehending any language. In this contribution a comparison has been made between the structures of both Arabic and English language, to analyse the interference of L1 on L2. Once the first language is acquired the brain is almost wired to a set of linguistic features. 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Pai Paper Title: Hunger in Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast: An Analysis in terms of Food Metaphors Abstract This paper aims at carrying out a textual analysis of Hemingway’s A Moveable Feastwith regard to identifying food and drinks as a metaphor gratifying various forms of hunger in the novel through quantitative analysis. The focus will be upon the conceptual metaphor, where meaning is derived from everyday language and thought.Hunger can be seen as a positive creative force for Hemingway and he wishes to return to his youthful days at Paris and revive the vivaciousness that was present in him.A list of food and drink items used by the author is identified and represented as a chart, depending upon its occurrence in the novel, against the various hunger forms identified to form a statistical analysis. His memories of the days, well spent, in Paris and his appetite to be the greatest author ever can be traced in this particular work. Thus, a conclusion is reached where the authordiscovers an incentive in the moderate procedure, regardless of it beinggiving oneself a chance to be eager before a meal or the journey towards being a great writer; the wait is a part of it. 23. Keywords: Hunger, Metaphor, Conceptual Metaphor, Food, Drinks, Wine. 129-132 References: 1. Hemingway, Ernest. A Moveable Feast. Marcia Brooks, 2014. E-book 2. Lakoff, George and Mark Johnson. Metaphors we live by. London: The University of Chicago Press, 1981. Print 3. Eagleton, Terry. Edible Ecriture. TimesHigherEducation 104281 (1997). Article. 4. Griffith, David. Hunger was Good Discipline. Imagejournal.org, 2011/04/18. Article Keywords: Gender Roles, Heteronormative Codes, Biological sex, Transsexual Voices, Marginalization, Gender Politics. References: 24. 1. Benjamin, Harry. "The Transsexual Phenomenon". New York: JULIAN, 1966. PDF file 133-136 2. Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. 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The Foucault Reader: An Introduction to Foucault's Thought. London: Penguin, 1984. Print. 16. Weiss, Jillian Todd. The Gender Caste System: Identity Privacy, and Heteronormativity, Law & Sexuality 10.123 (2001): 1-64. Print. Authors: Mathew John M. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham K. Balakrishnan Paper Title: Jerry Pinto’s Em and the Big Hoom: Heteronormativity and the Text of Madness Abstract This paper is an attempt to explore the concept of heteronormativity through its application in Em and the Big Hoom written by Jerry Pinto. Heteronormativity’s abstract presence in the society will be depicted along with its deep-rooted involvement in the novel through the conventionalduties associated withmotherhood. 25. Keywords: Heteronormativity, motherhood, assigned gender roles. 137-139 References: 1. Pinto, Jerry. Em and the Big Hoom: A Novel. Penguin, 2014. 2. Jackson, Stevi. "Interchanges: Gender, sexuality and heterosexuality: The complexity (and limits) of heteronormativity." Feminist theory 7.1 (2006): 105-121. Authors: K K Ramachandran, K K Karthick Paper Title: Gantt Chart: An Important Tool of Management Abstract The current paper aims to study on the important technique of time saving and money saving of the management. F.W. Taylor, Henry Fayol are the important contributors in the industrial development and growth. Their work in defining concept and principles of management is notable. Furthermore, Gantt’s study is continued and he expressed scientific method of activity which can save time and money of an organization. F. W. Taylor worked on the planning and gave result that how planning helps to increase the work and quality of an organization. Henry Fayol defined fourteen Principles of the Management and Gantt declared activity chart. This chart is yet used in several industries as an ideal chart of activity plan. Therefore, current work focused on the Gantt chart and its importance in industries. Keywords: Management, plan, activity, Gantt Chart etc. References: 1. https://www.teamgantt.com/?utm_expid=.EvbY69CuR_etbd0U9hwjJw.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.in%2F 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Fayol 26. 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart#/media/File:GanttChartAnatomy.svg 5. https://www.google.co.in/search?client=opera&q=design+of+the+Chair&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 140-142 6. https://projects.zoho.com/portal/nutanmahavidyala/newlogin.do#projectcalendar/1453387000000029007 7. https://www.google.co.in./search?q=gantt+chart&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=1T_nE6LwSvLM%253A%252CzmcdmW7ASPT0y M%252C%252Fm%252F01gk52&vet=1&usg=AI4_kTML48aqDqnlO3mtYRjad5d3GLgQQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBgtbQudriAhVB MI8KHe27D9cQ9QEwAHoECAQQAw&biw=1456&bih=722&dpr=1.25#imgrc=o-1T_nE6LwSvLM: Drury, Horace B. (Horace Bookwalter) (29 January 2018). "Scientific management; a history and criticism". New York, Columbia university; [etc., etc.] – via Internet Archive. 8. Drury, Horace B. (Horace Bookwalter) (29 January 2018). "Scientific management; a history and criticism". New York, Columbia university; [etc., etc.] – via Internet Archive. 9. Drury, Horace B. (Horace Bookwalter) (29 January 2018). "Scientific management; a history and criticism". New York, Columbia university; [etc., etc.] – via Internet Archive. 10. 1900. "Henri Fayol addressed his colleagues in the mineral industry 23 June 1900." Translated by J.A. Coubrough. In: Fayol (1930) Industrial and General Administration. pp. 79–81 (Republished in: Wren, Bedeian & Breeze, (2002) "The foundations of Henri Fayol's administrative theory") 11. 1909. "L'exposee des principles generaux d'administration". Translated by J.D Breeze. published in: Daniel A. Wren, Arthur G. Bedeian, John D. Breeze, (2002) "The foundations of Henri Fayol's administrative theory", Management Decision, Vol. 40 Iss: 91923. "The administrative theory in the state". Translated by S. Greer. In: Gulick, L. and Urwick. L. Eds. (1937) Papers on the Science of Administration, Institute of Public Administration. New York. 12. Waring, S.P., 2016. Taylorism transformed: Scientific management theory since 1945. UNC Press Books Authors: Anjali Krishna, Kavya Purushothaman “Coming Out” of the Baby Dyke in Babyji by Abha Dawesar: An Attempt to Understand Adolescent Paper Title: Lesbianism Abstract Queer is an all inclusive termforgender andsexual minorities who aren't"straight" in their sexual orientation. This includes lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trangenders, transexuals, cisgenders etc.Literally, the word means"strange" or "peculiar", and therefore came to be used rather derogatorilyagainst those who practiced same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Around the world, homosexuality is now receiving legitimacy; stigma and discrimination aregiving way to equalityandinclusion.Nevertheless, the Indian scenario seems to be still in dark even after the decriminalization of Section 377 of the IPC. People are sensitized through media in the form of advertisements, documentaries, novels, books, journals and so on, about theburgeoning' third gender'.Yet, Homophobia is prevalent among the majorityin India with all of its conventionalstereotypesand misconceptions. Amost natural human existence is termed as unnatural, abnormal, disease stricken yet curable and subjected to conversion therapies.Most adolescents naturally identify themselves as heterosexual, however there is a minority of teenagers among us who are never taken seriously in the matters of sexual importance. Aim of the study is to lay bare thesubtle intricaciesof the working of a sophisticated adolescent lesbian mind, through the much acclaimed novel Babyji by AbhaDawesar. Published in 2005and set in 1980s Delhi, it narrates the coming of age, sexual feats and fantasies of a 16 year’s old baffled schoolgirl.The paper titled “Coming Out” of the Baby Dyke in Babyji by AbhaDawesar: An attempt to understand Adolescent Lesbianismis an attempt to understand the sexual orientation of the protagonist Anamika Sharma who in 27. her teens is figuring out herself. She is faced with several psychological, philosophical and existential questions in the course of the novel that leads her towards a revelation about her sexual and emotional preferences in a heteronormative, heterosexual 143-147 world that surrounds her. The study is essentially narrowed down to focus on Adolescent Lesbianism. Theories of sexual orientation in the form of models byViviennCass,Richard RTroiden and Eli Coleman,theory of psychosexual development by Dr Sigmund Freud and theory of existentialism as put forth by Jean Paul Sartreand Simone de Beauvoir, would shape the framework for the analysis and interpretation of the character and the novel as a whole.Queerness which is inseparable from the very essence and existence of life of LGBTQ population is spoken about through the study. Keywords: Queer, Dyke, Lesbianism, Inversion, Adolescence, Identity formation, Phases of Identity formation, Models of Identity formation,” Coming out”, Existentialism, Ethical freedom. References: 1. Beauvoir, Simone. The Ethics of Ambiguity. New York, N.Y: Philosophical Library, 1948. Print. 2. Beauvoir, Simone de. The Second Sex. New York: Vintage Books 1989, c1952. Print. 3. Dawesar, Abha. Babyji.India: Penguin Books India, 2005. Print. 4. Freud, Sigmund, James Strachey, and Angela Richards. On Sexuality: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality and Other Works. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977. Print Authors: Gautham K.G, Amrutha.H, Sreenath Muraleedharan.K, Sonia Paper Title: An Analysis of Language Formation through Darwinian Studies Abstract Language was known to be formed as a part of the human endeavor in recognizing, interpreting and expressing various phenomena in the nature of which his role is that of a mere piece of puzzle which forms the whole picture. In understanding the revolution that brought in the language that we use today one must have a firm grasp over the ever changing nature of language. Language is observed to be A volatile phenomena which never stays static and is always prone to change. Constant additions and subtractions are being done in the realm of languages as there is novelty in each human being which demands for the novelty in expression through language. Language changes its form and content from time to time, as Fredrick. T. Wood’s well put observation in his Outline History of English Language of the nonsensical nature of Chaucerian stanzas from an excerpt taken from an earlier edition which would render the reader mute with its stark contrast on the dissimilarity of the English that we know and speak today. The same applies for every language. The modern French differs from the old French and so does the German that was in use a few centuries ago and the one that is currently in use. In the understanding of anything, one must travel back in time towards the origin. The origin of the formation of language could thus be tracked back to the observation and imitation of natural elements by our ancient forefathers. Various theories are at play which strives to explain this nature of imitation which led to a formation of continual sounds which eventually culminated into the formation of meaningful sounds that is language. 28. 148-152 Keywords: Evolutionary Biology, Language Formation, Evolution of Language, Darwinism. References: 1. Wood, F. (2016). An Outline History of the English Language. India: Trinity Press. 2. Wikipedia contributors. "Neo-Darwinism." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 Feb. 2019. Web. 31 May. 2019. 3. Wikipedia contributors. "Darwin's finches." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 19 May. 2019. Web. 31 May. 2019. Authors: M.S.Keerthana, Sonia Chellarian Paper Title: Colonialization in Bird’s Eyes Abstract In the contemporary global scenario, the aspects and attributes of post-colonial theory has encapsulated almost all the major echelons of our society ranging from popular media to international economics. The dialectics of the ‘oppressor’ and the ‘oppressed’ has become one the most important topic of deliberation since the nineteenth century so that, it has been both exemplified and trivialized in popular culture to great extends. This paper is an attempt to analyse the 2016 animation movie The Angry Birds from a postcolonial perspective. Although the movie is a comedy, primarily intended for the child audience, it has strong implicit undercurrents of colonization and independence wars. The clan of birds symbolizes the native people who are the ‘colonized’ and the green-coloured pigs represents the ‘colonizers’. This paper also examines the movie’s 29. close parallelism with the history and course of British colonization in India. 153-154 Keywords: Post colonialism, imperialism, culture, independence, Indian colonization. References: 1. Angry Birds Movie. Directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, Columbia Pictures, Rovio Animation, 2016. 2. Gupta, A. (2006). Early Childhood Education: Post colonial Theory and Teaching Practices in India. Palgrave: Macmillan. 3. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, 4th ed., Manchester University Press, 2018, pp. 194-205. Authors: Meera. Mand Anjali.S.Nair, Meera B. Concealed Countenances: A Re-Conceptualization of Sita in Amish Tripathi’s Sita: Warrior of Mithila Paper Title: and Volga’s Liberation of Sita Abstract Indian Mythology depicts diverse varieties of woman characters mostly revered and idolized. Among them Sita is an influential female character known for her courage, wisdom and chastity. Sita has retained the image of a perfect woman known both for her physical and mental perfection from the context of Valmiki Ramayana. Also, she is commonly accepted as a weak and mute sufferer of her pain and agony. The paper seeks to juxtapose the character of Sita from a delicate woman to a powerful fighter through the works of Amish Tripathi’s Sita: Warrior of Mithila and The Liberation of Sita by Volga. Sita the stereotype is broken through the portrayal of these characters. Keywords: Sita, Feminism, Ramayana, Interpretation, Retelling References: 30. 1. Hawkesworth,MaryE. Globalization and Feminist Activism.Rowman&Littlefirld.2006.pp. 25-27. ISBN 8780742537835. 155-157 2. Beasley,Chris.What is Feminism?.New York: Sage.1999.pp.3-11.ISBN 9780761963356. 3. Feminist Adverstising Agency is tackling Gender Stereotypes in France.UNESCO.25October2018. 4. Roberts, Jacob(2017).”Women’swork”Distillations.Vol.3no.1.pp.6-11. Retrieved22March2018. 5. Tripathi, Amish.”Sita: Warrior of Mithila”. Ram Chandra Series, no.2, westland publications ltd, 2017, NewDelhi 110002. 6. Kumar,T.Vijay and C.VijayaSree, translators. The Liberation Of Sita. Harper Perennial, 2016, NewDelhi. 7. Chatterjee,Sohini.”More Than Just A Loyal Wife: Why Sita Should Be Remembered As A Women Who Stood Up For Herself”. Youth Ki Awaaz, Sep2014, https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2014/09/just-loyal-wife-sita-remembered-woman-stood/ 8. Vendler,Helen. “Feminism and Literature”. The New York Review of Books,May1990,https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1990/05/31/feminism-nd-literature/ 9. Shukla,Akshat. The Submissive Earth and The Ferocious Fire, May 2018, medium.com 10. Sita-Valmiki Ramayana Story. Universal Teacher, https://universalteacher.com.11. Different Versions of Ramayana. gktoday, www.gktoday.in. 11. Loup,Ruput, editor. Sita: Wife of Ram, en.m.wikiquote.org. 12. 12. Bhargava,AnjuP. Contemporaray Influence of Sita, The Infinity Foundation, 2000, www.infinityfoundation.com. 13. 13. Singh,Vikram.”Reclaiming Female Identity: Feminist Retelling of the Hindu Epics.”Galaxy International Multidisciplinary Research Journals, April 2017, www.the criterion.com. 14. 14. Bajpai,Mehak. Review of ‘The Liberation of Sita’: A Feminist Engagment with Ramayana, Sep25, 2018, feminismindia.com. 15. 15. Majudar,Nandini. Review: Recovering from the Ramayana the Spirit of Sisterhood, Sep 2013, thewire.in. 16. 16.Tripathi.Amish Tripathi.https://authoramish.com/ Authors: Lavanya S, Parvathy Krishna, Devi K Recalling the Feminine and Juvenile Voice From the India-Pakistan Partition: With Reference to the Paper Title: Other Side of Silence Abstract Literature reflects the society as it mirrors the various socio-political and historically relevant issues. The India-Pakistan Partition of 1947 is one such incident which is a grotesque episode in the history of India.The nation took a new turn with the Partition of India. War memories are gruesome and painful and Urvashi Butalia in her non fictional workThe Other Side of Silence brings out the voice of the silenced. Butalia also stirs the memories of the victims of that insecure and hazardous period in the history of India. This paper focuses on the experience of women and children who are the major victims and survivors of Partition as rendered in Butalia’s work. Keywords: Partition, Memory, Identity, Violence References: 31. 1. Butalia,Urvashi. The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. 2nd edition, Penguin Books India, 2017. 158-161 2. Ganpat,KP.“ReviewofLiterature.”2013, https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/1765/3/03_review%20of%20literature.pdf 3. http://www.india-seminar.com/2001/497/497%20urvashi%20butalia.html 4. Singh, Amardeep. “Urvashi Butalia: Partition Violence, 1984, and Public Memorialization.” MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2004,https://www.lehigh.edu/~amsp/2004/04/urvashi-butalia-partition-violence.html. 5. Singh, Hardeep. “70 years on: the traumatic legacy of India’s partition.” The Spectator, 15 August 2017, https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/70-years-on-why-the-trauma-of-indias-partition-lives-on/. 6. Singh, Sukhbir and Singh, Manmohan. “Social and Psychological Trauma of the Displaced: A Study of Partition of India.” Research Gate,July2018,https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264844492_Social_and_Psychological_Trauma_of_the_Displaced_A_Study_of_ Partition_of_India 7. Freud, Sigmund. Beyond The Pleasure Principle. University of Michigan Libraries, 1920. nd 8. Caruth, Cathy.Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History.2 edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Authors: Niveditha Syam, T. Manjima Prakash, Geetha R. Pai Paper Title: Norse Mythology in Popular Culture: A Study of the Thor Trilogy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Abstract Man’s interest in mythology since time immemorial has been manifested in arts in various forms throughout the ages. Norse Mythology is the collected myths of Germanic people who lived in the Scandinavian region and spoke Norse mythology roughly between the period of 800 and 1300AD. Norse mythology had been adapted to popular culture quite often in the past. The paper aims at understanding the adaptation of Norse mythology into one of the biggest and popular movie franchises in Hollywood that is the marvel cinematic universe a superhero movie franchise based on comic books. It details on how comic creators and movie makers deviated from actual mythology to fit Thor and his celestial world into a superhero universe, thereby catering to popular culture. 32. 162-164 Keywords: Norse mythology, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor, comics, popular culture, Stan Lee, Loki, Asgard. References: 1. Green, Rick. “Jack Kirby: Prisoner of Gravity”, The Jack Kirby Collector, February 1997. 2. Lee, Stan; Mair, George. Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee. New York, New York: Fireside Books, 2002. 3. Mandal, Dattatreya. 12 Major Norse Gods And Goddesses You Should Know About,January 2018. https://www.realmofhistory.com/2018/01/29/12-norse-gods-goddesses-facts/ Authors: Divya M.M T.O. Aswathi Kavya Purushothaman Paper Title: Representation of Indian Women in 19thcentury Indian Poetry and 21st Century Indian Poetry Abstract Language is a medium to express the feelings. Writers travel through the world of letters to present the passing ages with hidden reality through the world of literature. This paper focuses on the representation of Indian women in nineteenth, and twenty-first century Indian poetry. In the context of poems reviewed, Feminist theory forms the framework for analysis and interpretation. Standing position of Indian women differ in different era. In Indian poetry, nineteenth century poets recreated a picture of laden Indian women. Analysis shows that the protagonist in twenty-first century Indian poetry is woman with freelance thoughts. Male dominated society perpetually suppressed the identity of women. However, within the gift state of affairs woman started raise her voice for her identity. As time passes identity of women changes from futility to fruitfulness. 33. Keywords: Indian woman, Feminism, Indian poetry, Nineteenth century, Twenty-first century. 165-167 References: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/women-in-India 2. https://www.academia.edu/people/search?utfr=v$q=representation+of+indian+in+poetry. 3. https://choma.co.za/articles/282/what-isfeminism-andwhy-is-it-important. 4. https://www.scribd.com/document/331703251/Indian-women-critical-Analysis 5. shodhganga.inflibnet-ac.in/bitstream/10603/21697/9/09-chapter-3-the%20poetry%20nissim%20ezekielpdf 6. https://www.academic.edu/36306935/portrayal-of-contemporary-indian-womenin Anita Nairs-Ladies-coupe 7. C:/users/Dell/Downloads/Representation-of-theNew Woman-in-Taslipdf 8. Kumar, Shiv K. Indian women. 9. https://indianpoetry.wordpree.com/2013/09/12/indian-women-a-poem-by-shiv-k-kumar 10. 9.Ezekiel, Nissim. Night of the Scorpion. 11. https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/night-of-the-scorpion/ 12. Das, Kamala. Old Playhouse. 13. https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-old-playhouse/ 14. https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/women. 15. Swamivivekanandaquotesgarden.blogsplot.com/2013/04/swami-vivekanda-quotes-on-women-html Authors: Akhila Ajith, Aiswarya P, K. Balakrishnan Paper Title: Representation of the Transgender Dilemma in the Film Navarasa Abstract In India total population of transgender is around 4.88lakh as per the census of 2011. Among other countries India holds the highest transgender population as per the report of the Census Department. But still they are migrating to other countries because of the pitiful condition of isolation and insult and humiliation they face in India. Their population in Tamilnadu is around 22,364. This paper, intends to analyze aspects of the complex life experience faced by the transgender, as portrayed in the Tamil movie Navarasa(2005). From the perspective of Queer theory, an attempt is made to delve into the miserable conditions of their life and to understand the politics involved in the peculiar experience of the community. The movie was directed by Padma Shri Santhosh Sivan and it won the Silver Lotus Award for the Best Regional Film [Tamil]. The movie is presented through the eyes of a 13 year old girl Shweta, who discovers her uncle Gautham’s wish to change his gender. He is a female trapped in a male’s body. Shwetha follows Gautham who ran away to live his life by his choice and the way he is. It is during her journey to find her uncle that Shwetha meets other people from the transgender community and she gets exposed to their life and culture. 34. 168-170 Keywords: Transgender, Gender Bias, Culture, Queer theory, Body, Body, Discrimination, Human rights, Democracy. References: 1. Sivan, Santosh. Navarasa. Handmade Productions, 2015. 2. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Manchester University Press, 1994. 3. Charlotte Bunch Quotes. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019, from BrainyQuote.com Web site: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/charlotte_bunch_201447 4. Natalie Clifford Barney Quotes. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/38205-my-queerness-is-not-a-vice-is-not-deliberate-and 5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0781434/ Authors: Parvathy.P, Devika. B, Meenu. B Paper Title: The Alchemistv/S the Bhagavad Gita: A Rendezvous Abstract This paper endeavors to trace the metaphysical and structural analogy between Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and the perpetual Indian epic Bhagavad Gita emphasizing on the cardinal principles of Bhagavad Gita employed in the novel. This study also intends to throw light on the universality and the timelessness of the principles of Bhagavad Gitaasdepicted in TheAlchemistthat are most crucial in thepresent day global context. Keywords: Bhagavad Gita, The Alchemist, Intersexuality, Personal legend,Comparitive Literature. References: 35. 1. Bala, Priya.(2018). HT Exclusive: Writer Paulo Coelho on Tagore, Bollywood and the Bhagavad Gita,Retrieved from 171-173 2. https://m.hindustantimes.com/brunch/india-exclusive-the-paulo-coelho-interview-the-author-on-tagore-bollywood-and-the-bhagavad- gita/story-JaDAQamnMcbThq3TnccHFN.html 3. Coelho, Paulo.(1998).The Alchemist. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. 4. Coelho, Paulo.(2013, June 4).#readagain the “Bhagavad Gita”. A treasure about the importance of accepting our challenges.Tweet. 5. Foucault, Michel.(1976).The Archaeology of Knowledge. New York:Harper& Row. 6. Rathangapani. (2012).Hindu Foundations of Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist 2012, Retrieved fromrollingwithvishnu.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/hindu-foundations-of-paulo-coelhos-the-alchemist/amp/ 7. S, Sreejith.(2015) the alchemist v. bhagavad gita, Retrieved from 8. thelessonsilearnfrommylife.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-alchemist-v-bhagavadgita.html?m=1 9. The Bhagavad Gita.(1979). Trans. Swami Nikhilananda. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center. Authors: Amala K.B, Amruthanjaly.G, Sreelakshmi.N Paper Title: Accepting the Legal LGBT Visuals of Culture Abstract In the contemporary global and political scenario, social media plays a significant role in shaping the social, cultural and communal edifice of a nation. It has now become the strongest and easiest means of communication through which people can share their opinions and thoughts regardless of any barriers. Social media and popular culture has a pivotal role in constructing the concepts of gender identity, gender expression and socialization process. Homosexuality is widely portrayed and analysed in visual forms from different perspectives. Many contemporary films and advertisements deconstruct the social stereotypes and stigmas associated with 36. 174-178 homosexuality. However, the orthodox and patriarchal society that still exist today maintains an aversion towards the homosexual community and excludes them from family, social events and cultural festivals. This paper attempts to analyse the vivid portrayals of the lesbian, gay, transgender and queer folk in cinema and other visual forms. Also, it throws light at how media and films help in creating different cultural and gender identities. However, in the real world, the homophobic attitude of the society restricts the homosexuals from exposing themselves to the society. In this, background the visual forms plays a vital role in promoting the LGBT rights and relations. Keywords: Homosexuality, lesbian, gay, Indian legal system, community. References: 1. United Nations. UN Free and Equal Campaign. United Nations Human Rights office of the High Commissioner, 2013. Retrieved from UN Free and Equal, https://www.unfe.org/. 2. Rajagopal, Krishnadas. "Section 377 Will Not Apply To Consensual Same-Sex Acts, Says Supreme Court". The Hindu, 2018, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/verdict-on-section-377-and-gay-rights-live-updates/article24878751.ece 3. Goldman, Jeremy. “Celebrating Pride: 17 Powerful LGBT Quotes". Inc,2015, https://www.inc.com/jeremy-goldman/celebrating-pride-17-powerful-lgbt-quotes.html 4. @frankmugisha (Dr. Frank Mugisha). “There’s this illusion that homosexuals have sex & heterosexuals fall in love. That’s completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved” Boy George.” Twitter, 5 Jun 2017, 10:58p.m. https://twitter.com/frankmugisha/status/871957717119795200 5. Schwartz, Eric. "On The State of Our Politics Commencement Message". HUFFPOST, 2016, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-the-state-of-our-polit_b_10011016 6. "Anouk – Bold Is Beautiful | The Visit". Entertainment Corner, 2019, http://www.entertainmentcorner.in/media/documentries-and-other-works/anouk-bold-is-beautiful-the-visit/ 7. "People Are Furious about This McDonald’s Ad Showing a Gay Son Coming Out To His Dad". Business Insider, 2019,https://www.businessinsider.in/People-are-furious-about-this-McDonalds-ad-showing-a-gay-son-coming-out-to-his- dad/articleshow/51318459.cms 8. "OHCHR | UN “Free & Equal” Campaign Launched In India With Release Of First UN Bollywood Music Video".Ohchr.org,2019,https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14551&LangID=E. 9. Malik, N. “Homosexuality debating issues in the light of Indian legal and social system an analytical research Shodhganga, http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10603/191572 10. S.Rukmini. "Homosexuality in India: What Data Shows” Live Mint, https://www.livemint.com/Politics/nLQiPpl5UICajLDXETU3EO/Homosexuality-in-India-What- data-shows.html 11. Tripathi, Laxminarayan et al. Me Hijra, Me Laxmi. 1st ed., Oxford University, 2015, p. 110. 12. 12. United Nations. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1948. Retrieved from United NationsHumanRights, https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/UDHR_Translations/eng.pdf Authors: Irine Maria Joy, Athira M Nair, Sreenath Muraleedharan K Paper Title: An Advanced Model for English Teaching: Focusing on the Primary-Students Abstract As cognition develops in infancy, early childhood is appropriate to initiate language learning. In this paper, we explore the paradoxical condition in second-language acquisition faced by pre-primary classes of State Government schools in Kerala, India. The paper focuses on the first Standard English textbook of the current curriculum in order to find the drawbacks in textbook content and methods of teaching. We develop a more flexible and productive model for the students with the assistance of new trends and concepts in teaching. The paper also analyses the teacher’s role in the 21st-century language learning and probe into the psychological phases of language acquisition in the toddlerhood, especially in contemporary classrooms. Keywords: English teaching; government schools; second language teaching sample; English as second language; second language acquisition. References: 1. Bio-psychology; BSc Psychology Textbook. Annamalai University. 2. Sureshkumar, N. Evolving a New English Language Acquisition Program at Primary Level- A Cognitive Interactionist Approach. Department of English, University of Calicut, 2002 3. Tabors, Patton O. (Ed.), One Child, Two Languages: A Guide for Preschool Educators of children learning English as a Second 37. Language. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.,1997 179-184 4. Dutta, Dr.Usha and Dr.NeeruBala. Teaching of English at Primary Level in GovernmentSchools: Synthesis Report. National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi &EdCIL (India) Ltd. Technical Support Group Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, New Delhi, 2012. 5. Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_for_the_Indian_School_Certificate_Examinations 6. Child Development;BSc Psychology Textbook. Annamalai University. 7. Sarem, Saeid Najafi and Yusef Shirzadi. “A Critical Review of the Interactionist Approach to Second Language Acquisition.” 8. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, Vol.1, Issue 1, 2014 9. Annoussamy, David. “Psychological Aspects of Language Acquisition.” 10. Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, vol.32, No.2, Feb 2006 11. Shankar, Padmini and Paul Gunashekar. “Early Childhood Education in English in India.” 12. Early Childhood Education in English for Speakers of Other Languages. 13. Edited by Victoria A Murphy and Maria Evangelou; British Council Press, 2016 14. Pandya, Sunil K. Human Behaviour. National Book Trust, India, 2014 15. Berk, Laura E. Development through the Lifespan. Pearson Education, Inc. Ed.3 16. Mohan, Chandrika. “English Language Teaching: Updating the English Classroom with Techniques and Communication Skills”. Published by Language in India. ISSN 1930-2940 11249; Oregon Circle Bloomington, MN 55438 USA; www.languageinindia.com, February 2012. 17. Ahmed, Rafeeque. (2014). A study on English Acquisition in Kerala Primary schools; Present Scenario; Issues & Concerns; 10.13140/RG.2.1.3382.7365, December 2014. 18. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275212352_A_study_on_English_Aquisition_in_Kerala_Primary_schools_Present_Scenario_Is sues_Concerns Swathy Krishna CB, Meghana AK, Varsha K Authors: Resurgence and Reflections: A Feministic Reading of Elena Ferrate’s The Days of Abandonment, The Paper Title: Lost Daughter and the Story of the Lost Child. Abstract Elena Ferrante, the Italian novelist has written a fair number of novels which emphasises her treatment of feminism. Ferrante belongs to an age where her generation had experienced feminism. The paper speaks about her governance of feminism through Ferrante’s various characters such as Olga, from The Days of 38. Abandonment, Leda from The Lost Daughter, Elena and Lila from The Story of the Lost Child etc. Elena’s women 185-188 are the ones who look forward for more clarity at the cost of other values considered fundamental to friendship in traditional terms and feminist norms. In most of her novels, we can find the writer herself becoming the central figure, who partially manifests the knitting of Ferrante’s sisterhood with her successful reception of tetralogy: Neapolitan novels which include her four major novels; The Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child. Keywords: Feminism, Neapolitan novels, Women, Male chauvinism, Identity Crisis. References: 1. Alex Clark. “Book of the Day Fiction”.The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante review – a frighteningly insightful finale. 3rd Sep 2015.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/03/the-story-of-the-lost-child-elena-ferrante-review-finale. Accessed 29th Jun.2019. 2. Goldstein, Ann, translator. The Days of Abandonment. By Elena Ferrante, 3rd edition, Europa Editions, 2016. 3. Goldstein, Ann, translator. The Lost Daughter. By Elena Ferrante, 3rd edition, Europa Editions, 2016. 4. Goldstein, Ann, translator. The Story of the Lost Child. Neapolitan Quartet. By Elena Ferrante, 3rd edition, Europa Editions,2016. 5. Judith Shulevits. “Book Review”.The Hypnotic Genius of Elena Ferrante: An epic from Italy about female friendship and fate. 6. Lucamante, Stefania. Undoing Feminism: The Neapolitan Novels of Elena Ferrante. Academic Journal Article. Italica, Vol. 95, No. 1, Spring 2018.Oct 2015.https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/the-hypnotic-genius-of-elena-ferrante/403198/. Accessed 30th Jun.2019. 7. Wood, James. Women on the Verge. The Fiction of Elena Ferrante. The New Yorker. 13January 2013. Authors: Kavya Das T, P.P Vijayalakshmi The Evolving Semantics of Devadasi: An Analysis of the Struggle and Resistance of Devadasis in the Paper Title: Light of Selected Movies Abstract: currently movies are the most effective and influential form of art. It has an immense role in the building and re-building of cultural codes. And also has an effective role in moulding the mass psyche. Society reflects in movies and in turn movies influence society. So the movies have a bidirectional influence in our society. The portrayal of devadasis in movies shows the easy subjugation of women and the multiple ways in which they are marginalized by the society.The identity of devadasis got negatively transformed when they were forced to enter into prostitution. It is apparent that the subaltern woman who has no choices in her life has to act under the principles of patriarchy and thereby denounces her femininity.The present paper identifies the different elements of subjugation of devadasis in the light of feminist theory. Andit also identifies the journey of their battle through the selected movies,Vaisali(1988), Devdas(2002), and Pranali-The Tradition (2008). Keywords: Devadasis, Subaltern women, Identity, Patriarchy, Femininity. 39. 189-192 References: 1. Barry, Peter. Beginning Theory; an Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. New Delhi: Viva Books Private Limited, 2010. Print 2. Vaisali. Directed by Bharatan, Chandrakanth films, 1988. Film. 3. Devdas. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Red Chillies Entertainment, 2002. Film. 4. Pranali- The Tradition. Directed by Hridesh Kamble, 2008. Film. 5. Woolf. Virginia. A Room of one’s Own. Martino Fine Books, 2012. Print. 6. “Patriarchy.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia.org, n.p western impact destroyed Nepal’s traditional roots and the people were forced into a state of in betweenness. The seeds of globalization paved way for the instability of the nation. The economy of Nepal was terribly hit as tourism 40. became one and major source of income. Coupled with burgeoning drug abuse Nepal’s society went in a 193-196 downward spiral. Pico Iyer, the celebrated travel writer toured Nepal in the 1980s. The aim of his quest was to find tradition in coexistence with modernity, but he finds a nation decaying in front of him. In addition, it looks at the narrative as a report of the nation in the era with help of necessary statistics. Keywords: Travel writing, neocolonialism, narrative, cultural colonialism, globalization, Occidentalism, postcolonial hybridity. References: 1. Edwards, Justin, and Rune Graulund, eds. Postcolonial Travel Writing: Critical Explorations. Springer, 2010. 2. Iyer, Pico. Video Night in Kathmandu: and Other Reports FromThe not-so-far East. Vintage, 2010. 3. Pidhainy, Ihor. "Tibet through the Eyes of a Buryat: GombojabTsybikov and his Tibetan relations." ASIANetwork Exchange20.2 (2013). 4. Pratt, Mary Louise. Imperial eyes: Travel writing and transculturation. Routledge, 2007. 5. Santos, Carla Almeida. "Cultural politics in contemporary travel writing." Annals of Tourism Research 33.3 (2006): 624-644. Authors: Hareesh KG, Sreenath Muraleedharan K Paper Title: Evolved Femininity: An analysis on K R Meera’s Novel Aarachar Abstract: The demarcation between men and women on the basis of gender has moved a long way from the stereotyped views of the society. The theoretical dimensions gave wide possibilities to analyse the very concept of gender and sex. Gender has become a fluid concept with end number of features in it that can be chosen by an individual. K. R Meera’s novel Aarachar questions the basic distinction of men and women drawn by the codes and conventions of the society. By creating, a quantified table for analysing the features of society perceived male and female, it is easy to illustrate how much K.R.Meera has moved to break the rigid system. The paper has distinguished the novel into two for a clear analysis, as gendered self and metamorphosed self, on the grounds of gender theory. Keywords: References: 197-199 41. 1. Houghton, P., T., Pratt, M. And Valensky, S. (7th ed.2009). MLA. Flint, Mich.: Baker 2. “Abhirami Sriram Reviews Hangwoman: Everybody Loves a Good Hanging by KR Meera” :Books. 1 Jan. 2014. Web.23 Mar. 2015. Keywords: Comet, space, omen, astrophysics, scientists, ghost. References: 42. 200-202 1. http://en.m.wikipedia.org 2. http://www.goodreads.com 3. http://www.simplypsychology.org 4. http://shodganga.inflibnet.ac.in 5. http://positivepsychologyprogram.com 6. http://courses.lumenlearning.com 7. http://www.britanica.com>science 8. http://www.jstor.org>stable Authors: Rini Mathew, K. Varsha Conflict in Caribbean Women Consciousness during Anti-Slavery Movement: Detailing From ‘The Paper Title: Long Song’ By Andrea Levy and ‘The Book of Night Women’ By Marlon James Abstract: Caribbean women consciousness is a term that found its importance in the neo slave narratives. The traditional slave narrative defines the slave women as passive, static, and were extremely tortured and abused among the human beings. The excessive inhuman and ferocious acts were exercised upon the slave women and the slave narratives characterised them as the victims. The anti slavery narratives took to concern women equality and their empowerment focusing on how they developed their own sense of Caribbean consciousness that remained within the sensibility of the Caribbean space and tradition. The neo slave narratives from mid eighteenth century 43. onwards concentrated on understanding the Caribbean women consciousness from deep within the slightest of 203-207 difference in opinions among the females that battled the male from white colonial past as well as from within the society of blacks. The contemporary neo slave narratives especially in the context of Jamaican anti slavery movement deeply analyses slave women with difference in opinion with the black rebellion and formed a branch under the Caribbean women sensibility as a whole. Portrayal of July, from the The Long Song and Lilith from The book of night women, the hypothesis aims to represent women with different Caribbean women consciousness that almost favoured the white masters during colonization in Jamaica. Keywords: Caribbean women consciousness, neo slave narrative, difference, anti slavery movement, definition of self. References: 1. Levy, Andrea. The Long Song. Headline Review UK, 2010 2. James, Marlon. The Book Of Night Women. Riverhead Books New York, 2009 3. Beckles, Hilary McD. Historicizing Slavery in West Indian Feminisms. Feminist Review, 1998, pp 34-56 4. Wikipedia, Slave Narratives.Web 5. Of Personal Importance: How Narration Drives Meaningful Writing. Blog Authors: Priyanka Prathas, Sreena K A Neo-Colonial Indentation in Advertisement: A Structural Analysis on Selected Cadbury Chocolate Paper Title: Advertisement Abstract: The present paper makes both quantitative and qualitative analysis to unveil the neo-colonial intention in advertisements,and the analysing scale used is the figurative language. The signifiers and the signs used for signification and the levels of signification are quantified for an in-depth analyses.The paper tries to persue the structural and deep semiotic analysis of four advertisements of Cadbury. It also tries totease out the neo colonial imprints through different explicit signs and symbols and checks how the food habits change with culture and traditions. . Keywords: Semiotics, Saussure, figurative language, advertisement, connotation and denotation, Peirce, Sign, Interpretant. References: 44. 208-213 1. Houghton, P., T., Pratt, M. And Valensky, S. (7th ed.2009). MLA. Flint, Mich.: Baker 2. Chandler, Daniel (2007). Semiotics- The Basics. Routledge Taylor and Francis Group. London and New York 3. Eco, Umberto (1983). Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language. Macmillan 4. Saussure, Ferdinand de([1916] 1983). Course in General Linguistics (trans. Roy Harris). London: Duckworth 5. Nkrumah, Kwame, (1965). Neo-Colonialism, The Last Stage of Imperialism. Thomas Nelson and Sons. USA. 6. Jethwaney, Jaishri., Jian, Shruti. (2006). Chapter 3. Brand Building and Advertising Management. Advertising Management. Oxford University Press. P,419-423. 7. Extreme, Prabhu. (2016, August 7). New and Old Cadbury Dairy Milk Ads (Collection) [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/R8lkt2TvQcE 8. Sharma, Kanhaiya. (2018, February 23). Hot Dairy Milk Ad Bharat [Video File]. Retrieved fromhttps:// www.youtu.be/FK_kJ9C5gMM Authors: Sherin M.Johnson, Meenu. B Counter-Travel Narrative of Resistance: An Analysis of Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place as a Counter Paper Title: –Travel Narrative Abstract: This paper analyses Jamaica Kincaid’s nonfiction travel work A Small Place from a postcolonial perspective in order to demonstrate it as a counter travel narrative against Western centric travelogues. A significant voice in Caribbean literature, Kincaid explores the tenuous relationship between mother and daughter as well as the themes of colonialism in her widely celebrated works of fiction and non-fiction. Her intensely personal, honest and provocative writings have earned her an appreciable place in the literary world. The publication of A Small Place in 1988 and Lucy in 1991 earned her bitter criticisms and reviewers were divided over the angry tone expressed in both works. In A Small Place, described as “an anti-travel narrative”, Kincaid returns to her homeland after 20 years. She writes about post-colonial Antigua discussing problems that took place on the island during the 1980s, particularly addressing the issue of tourism. The article looks into how Kincaid inverts the idea of tourism as a normal and innocent activity by attacking the neo colonisers and revealing the point of view of the natives of Antigua. 45. 214-216 Keywords: Postcolonial, counter travel, tourism, neocolonisers. References: 1. Kincaid, Jamaica. A Small Place.NewYork:2011.Print 2. Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin.1989.The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literature. New York: Routledge.2010. 3. Sethi, Arundhati.Remapping a Small Place: Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘A Small Place’. Cafe Dissensus Magazine.2015. 4. Mono, Margherita.Tourism as Neo-Colonialism in Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place.Graduate Thesis.University of Venezia.2016 5. Boletsi, Maria.A Place of Her Own: Negotiating Boundaries in Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place and My Garden.Thamyris Journal No.18.2018. Authors: Aiswarya R, Keerthy Gopinadh, Sreelakshmi N. Plight of Democracy in Middle East: A Study of the Twin Novels Al Arabian Novel Factory and Paper Title: Jasmine Days Abstract: The objective of this paper is to attempt an analysis of the impact of power by the authorities of the Middle Eastern country which has been explained in the twin novels called Al Arabian Novel Factory and Jasmin Days written by Benyamin. Both these novels deal with the contemporary life in an unnamed Arab country 217-221 46. in the backdrop of Arab Spring in the Middle East. Benyamin presents, in these novels, the impact of the revolutions in the Arab world, the internal conflicts of Sunni and Shia Muslims and how these issues fall apart the happy world of the people. This paper explores how the people of an unnamed Arab country lacks their representation in the politics and how democracy becomes a farce when the entire power has been vested in one person. Keywords: Power, Arab Spring, Revolution, Democracy, Sunni-Shia conflict, Middle East, Expatriate. References: 1. Benyamin. Al Arabian Novel Factory. DC Books, 2014, pp 1-438. 2. ---. Mullapoo Niramulla Pakalukal. DC Books, 2014, pp 1-294. 3. ---. Jasmine Days. Translated by Shahanaz Habib, Juggernaut Books, 2018, pp. 1-264. 4. Dutta, Amrita. “The Revolution Never Arrives.” The Indian Express, 2 Nov. 2018, indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/jasmine- days-benyamin-novel-5432083/. Accessed 27 Apr. 2019. 5. Editors, History.com. “Arab Spring.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 10 Jan. 2018, www.history.com/topics/middle-east/arab- spring. Accessed 26 May 2019. 6. “Forecasting Instability: The Case of the Arab Spring and the Limitations of Socioeconomic Data.” Wilson Center, 15 Feb. 2018, www.wilsoncenter.org/article/forecasting-instability-the-case-the-arab-spring-and-the-limitations-socioeconomic-data. Accessed 14 May 2019. 7. "The City: An Excerpt from Al-Arabian Novel Factory - Ilanot Review". Ilanot Review, 2019, http://www.ilanotreview.com/theft/the- city-an-excerpt-from-al-arabian-novel-factory/. Accessed 13 May 2019. 8. “Middle East: Facebook Penetration at the Start of Arab Spring Protests | Statistic.” Statista, www.statista.com/statistics/236602/facebook-penetration-rate-at-the-start-of-arab-spring-protests-by-country/.Accessed 13 May 2019. 9. Surendran, C.P. “'Jasmine Days': Spoilt by a Preponderance of Politics.” The Hindu, The Hindu, 14 Sept. 2018, www.thehindu.com/books/jasmine-days-spoilt-by-a-preponderance-of-politics/article24944908.ece. Accessed 27 Apr. 2019. 10. Wiktorowicz, Quintan. “The Limits of Democracy in the Middle East: The Case of Jordan.” Middle East Journal, vol. 53, no. 4, 1999, pp. 606–620. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4329393. Accessed 12 May 2019.