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

9-20

Authors: SURUCHI DUBEY

The Human race fails primarily to trace the real value of life. People are just following and leading life as per social stigmas and norms. They fail first to be human and adhere more to gender, caste, creed and religion. Rationally, in reality, religion gives us tenets of freedom to practice unified code of religious and pious human values through different religious books, gods and goddess. Whereas, on the above spirituality believes in the development of soul’s innermost power to realize one’s true potential. Even apart from being an adult, religion and spirituality are always criss-cross together, people, leader, masses are fanatic, and propel despicable violence in just one blow. The above mentioned paper lays out clear cut fragmentation, that how religion and spirituality are different from each other and if adhered properly they can pave to the development of religious (moral values) and (human spirit) in case of spirituality. To explain my ideas I have taken one religious text: Valmiki’s Ramayana and Sri Aurobindo’s ‘Savitri’ where there is sequential and transcendental development of human spirit.

31-38

Authors: AHMED DAWOOD

Maritime piracy operations began in the Somali coasts with the collapse of the State in 1991 and the fact that elements of the Somali fishermen attacking foreign fishing vessels off the Somali coast, which raised the value of the insurance fees on ships passing through the Gulf of Aden by a large margin. • The use of private security companies to provide services to combat piracy in different parts of the world strategically important waterways until the waters of the Gulf of Aden, which led to the high cost of shipping. • There are no binding laws dealing with the use of armed guards belonging to private companies on board ships and due to lack of adoption of standardized protocols regulate traffic and licensing and storage of weapons transiting the waters of the other coastal countries, and therefore the Maritime Safety Committee of the Mnma Navy in January 2008 recommended that the states that raise flag vessels in cooperation with ship owners to develop policies regarding the use of armed guards on board ships. • There is no real benefit of security functional categories recruited in shipping companies (navigational company security officer CSO ship security officer SSO port security officer enamel PFSO) and especially that shipping companies have begun to turn to private security companies and that may cost it exorbitant amounts therefore the recommendations of the research paper requested to re-examine by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) the immunization of security functional categories recruited in shipping countries and navigational code stipulated by the international Maritime security (ISPS Code) so that the security system company is an integrated navigational system.

49-54

Authors: TANVI KHANNA

Ismat Chughtai’s short story Lihaaf became the centre of controversy as soon as it was published. Although the story does not make any reference to same-sex relationships, it gained immense notoriety for the depiction of the relationship between Begum Jaan and her maid, Rabbu with sexual overtones. The enclosed space of the zenana becomes the site on which homoerotic desires are articulated and sexual liberation is sought. The lihaaf or the quilt becomes a covering for the deviant desires of the women. By sexualizing the zenana, Chughtai gives a blow to the patriarchal ideology that a zenana is the sanctum sanctorum of the house and is, therefore, free from the invasion of any form of sexuality. The portrayal of the character of Begum Jaan is a result of Chughtai’s participation in the construction of the project of modernity. Begum Jaan is the representative of the ‘new woman’ who constantly tried to negotiate the difficult terrain of traditionalism versus modernisation. My paper analyses the depiction of the zenana as a sexualized space which becomes the site for radical same-sex politics. I also analyse Chughtai’s engagement with the project of modernity and its articulation in her work.

61-68

Authors: SHUBHA PRAKASH & SUJATA

A woman’s existence is of paramount importance to the society; but unfortunately, this is rarely realized by the advocators of male chauvinism. A woman is destined to play certain defined roles as performing the domestic chores, reproduction, rearing up children and fulfilling the sexual desires of the male. In the process, she is discriminated, oppressed exploited and humiliated. Women suffer mainly due to the patriarchal psyche resulting in male chauvinism and the prevalent tendency to impose their power over women. Although feminist writers have tried to challenge the patriarchal norms and ideologies, this subjugation is still widespread and kind of legitimized in the Indian set up. The present paper brings to light the plight and predicament of women and their consequent pursuit for identity by observing external behaviours and depicting their internal journeys in the psychological realm of feminine sensibilities. It shows how women are torn between their individuality and their social obligations. The paper is a poignant account of how the cries of Indian women go unheard and her pain goes unfelt. It explores how the desires, aspirations and dreams of women come to an end when a woman gets married. The researchers wish to focus on the selected works of Kamala Das such as “An Introduction”, “The Freaks”, “The Dance of the Eunuchs”, The Forest Fire” and “The Sunshine Cat” to analyze and evaluate the predicament of women in the conventional Indian set up. It also aims at bringing out how the women feel cheated, frustrated and self- defeated- sometimes indulging in self- destruction and at other times taking recourse to rebellion. However, the question remains unanswered whether this rebellion really brings consolation or self-destruction? This riddle is expected to be unraveled by taking up the case of female protagonists as visualized and portrayed by Kamala Das, one of the most rebellious writers of the contemporary times.

79-26

Authors: SHVEATA MISRA & INA SHASTRI

This paper discusses about the integration of healing system into the modern music therapy as a non medical modifier and protector of the impacts of diseases (loneliness) and its treatment in clinical settings and the modified approaches and procedures that one can practice. There are many kinds of therapies existing in medical field treating patients with medicines as direct and indirect ways with alternative therapies. Music has emerged as a very strong alternative therapy. In Western countries experiment and implementation through research and professional music therapist is working in different hospitals and at patients, home as well. Along with the description of how music travels through the human physiology like mind, brain, nerves and more.

91-96

Authors: DINESH KUMAR LAHARI

Present paper studies of Neuroticism on usage of social networking sites as a function of educational background (technical, Non- technical) and gender of college students. In the present research 2x2 factorial design will be used. It will be going to study social networking sites (Twitter, Face book, Google+, Skype, and MySpace) dependent variable. Educational back ground (technical, Non- technical) and neuroticism will be independent variables. Neuroticism has an impact on usage and preference of social networking sites as a function of gender and educational background.

109-134

Authors: S. BHARADWAJ

In 18 Poems, Dylan Thomas’s creativity is marked as much as by a search for form as by a fresh exploration of reality. It is the language of assertion, he suggests, that distinguishes him from the fallen poets of thirties who reflect, in their reluctance to commit themselves to any kind of assertion, a loss of faith in an ultimate solution. And it is a measure of Auden’s honesty and courage that in his ceaseless exploration of reality and search for salvation, he regards all resolutions and systems that he has arrived at in different poems as tentative and inadequate. Auden’s mystery symbolizes at one level the dark void of night, but at another level it represents the intensity of his quest referring to the range of comprehension covering heaven, earth, and underworld that he finally gained and that gave him an exalted position analogous to Eliot’s. The failure to order his shifting reactions to a system assumes a special poignancy in Thomas because of his conviction in experiential mode. In 18 Poems Thomas, while opposing the intellectual trend of Auden’s poems, searches earnestly for a system of personal salvation. Thomas Hardy’s Poems for the Present and the Past and W.B.Yeats’s The Tower and Last Poems gave Thomas the necessary form and faith to “plan for the present.” Thomas’s 18 Poems is remarkable for its rigorous craftsmanship and compression leading to obscurity. So, it may be relevant here to inquire into Thomas’s attitude to the established systems—especially in religion and politics—and examine the various attempts he made in evolving a system of his own.

149-158

Authors: PHUKAN CH. BASUMATARY

Here the aim of the paper is to analyze the word typology of Rabha language. The basic vocabulary of this language is mostly monosyllabic in nature. It consists of a single morpheme, i.e root. More than one monosyllabic word (that is free morpheme in nature) may be tagged together to form a compound word. Agglutinating characteristic is a typological phenomenon in the structure of word. In this process an inflectional or derivational word may be formed by adding prefix or suffix (-es). Suffixes may be added in a linear sequence to get different extended meaning(s). These are the common salient features as occurred in word formation in this language.

167-172

Authors: MD. TOWHIDUL ISLAM & FARAH SYEDA HASIN

The main aim of this article is to identify factors contributing to malnutrition among 3 to 5 years old children living in Haor Basin of Bangladesh. Two thousand and four hundred ninety eight (2498) children aged between 3 to 5 years were chosen randomly from forty primary schools in Kishoreganj district according to the cross-sectional design. The nutritional status of the children was assessed using a weight–for-age z-score based on the World Health Organization 2007 cut-off points. The overall prevalence rate of underweight children was 18.2%. There was no significant difference in the prevalence rate between males and females (p=0.787). However, the percentage of underweight children was slightly higher among females (18.9%) compare to males (17.6%). There was association between parents’ education level or employment status and childhood malnutrition (p=0.003). Malnutrition is significantly associated with living in unsafe environment, and at least lacking access to proper health facilities.