IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature

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Authors: J A H Khatri & Lucinda Laishram

Proverbs are the specified speech genres, which play an important role in the cultural system of the given community. People exhibit their linguistic proficiency and the eco-cultural knowledge by using appropriate proverbs whenever the need be. Present paper tries to investigate the cultural embedded-ness of the proverbs from Manipur, a small state in North-East India. Various aspects of the Manipuri culture have been represented through the handful of proverbs. Paper also tires to understand the cognitive foundation of the proverbs being used, by comparing similar proverb from four different languages.

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Authors: A. T. M. Abdullahel Shafi & Md. Harun-Or-Rashid

Ethnic conflict is one of the biggest problems in the modern era. The ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka showed a new dimension of conflicts that crippled the whole nation for a long time. The aim of this article is to explore the core problems of the ethnic conflicts in Sri Lanka. The first part of this article deal with the definitional terms and the causes and consequences of ethnic conflicts. The second part explored the pre-colonial conflict situations as well as the colonial period. The third part examined the traditional singhala-tamil scenario and dealt with other issues like politics, language, land reforms etc. The fourth dealt with a comparative ethnic conflict situational comparison between former Yugoslavia and Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and by thus developed a linkages and mislinks between the two conflicts. Finally we tried to draw an attention of the readers with the manipulations and politicization of ethnicity.

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Authors: Huma Ashiq, Malik Tariq Mahmood & Syed Abdul Siraj

Mobile phones are a pervasive new communication technology, especially among college students and it become more and more popular in recent years. The researchers looked at how mobile changed behaviour of teenagers. Social capital is about the value of social networks, bonding similar people and bridging between diverse people. The researcher tried to test these theories in Pakistani setting. The researcher conducted the survey with the help of self developed questionnaire on 5-point Likert Scale. The sample comprised of 100 boys and 100 girls of 1st and 2nd year students of Government Colleges. The results of the study showed that a majority of the respondents used mobile phone for communication with friends and family members. Both boy and girl students agreed that mobile phone impacts their peer relations, social norms, customs, traditions, esteems and also impact their fact-to-face communication. On the basis of results of the study the researcher proposed that teenager may reduce their time which they earlier spend on mobile phone for texting or voice calling. Mobile phone usage engages students in extra curriculum activities that affect their educational results so they may restrict themselves. Further research may be conducted to validate these findings on broader area.