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

7-12

Authors: Machhindra Govind Varpe

This research paper deals with the study of language in social context. It, also defines the concept of sociolinguistics, communicative competence and linguistic competence. Functions of language, a useful distinction between structural and functional approach to the study of language are dealt with.

19-24

Authors: David Maziashvili & Tatia Sibashvili

In the above mentioned article, “Robert Sturua's interpretation of Shakespeare’s anti-tyrants (from text to stage)“ Shakespeare’s three plays: “Hamlet”, “Julius Caesar”, “Richard III”- their original versions, Georgian translations and Robert Sturua’s stage versions textual interpretations have been studied. According to the comparison and analysis, the transformation of Shakespearean text and the characters that appear to be the bearers of the idea of liberty and the fighters against dictatorship were studied. The analysis of Shakespearean texts, their Georgian translations and Robert Sturua’s stage interpretations on the one hand, presents the author’s point of view about his characters that fight against the tyranny and on the other hand, how Georgian contemporary director Robert Sturua sees Hamlet, Brutus and Richmond and their aims in the context of Soviet and Post-Soviet reality.

31-38

Authors: Rakesh Mishra

The coined-word, Persons-With-Disabilities (PWD), refers to the persons with a permanent illness, incapacity or, injury that makes it a constraint for them to apply that part of their body wholly and freely. If somebody’s ability to speak, hear or, see is damaged before (Born Disablement) or, after the birth (Disablement After Birth)- such persons are called speech, visually or, hearing Impaired. Life of such a person is not so simple, it is rather, very tough and challenging. When I see a psychologically sound and stout PWD, passing a smile, on their sullen silent face, I see GOD in his/her appearance. Around 2.68 crore PWDs in India (2.14% of India’s total population of 1.25 billion), gaze at us with greater expectations for their welfare in the fields of Sports & Skill, Education & Employment, etc. Numerous National, International, Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations have been doing a lot more, still it is just like a few drops of water on a hot-plate. There is a lot more to be done in this direction. However, we should not see only one’s Disability, we must see one’s ability and capability to do, for one’s betterment as well as for the Humanity as a whole.

47-54

Authors: Sanu S J

Business is thinking and acting globally with global customer base, international quality standards and adoption of internationally accepted business practices. In India, we have an accounting system designed by ICAI (The Institute of Charted Accountants of India). Once an Indian corporate is aiming at raising capital from a foreign market, then that corporate is forced to prepare its statements in a language accepted by foreign market. Currently GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) are two domains widely accepted. This article tries to throw some ling on the basics of IFRS, the challenges in implementing IFRS in India and the benefits it can offer to corporate world.

59-62

Authors: B.V.Ramana Rao & Anjali Chaturvedi

Academic anxiety is a kind of state anxiety, which relates to the impending danger from the environments of the academic institutions including teacher, certain subjects like Mathematics, English, etc. Academic anxiety is important because, it influence the academic success of the students. The main objectives of the topic are, to find out the significant mean differences of Academic Anxiety among Boys and Girls, Class-IX Students of Secondary School situated in Rural and Urban area. A sample size of 500 class-IX Students were selected and taken up for the study. Academic Anxiety Scale developed by Dr. A. K. Singh and Dr. A. Sen Gupta was used for the study. It has been found that, there is no significant mean difference of Academic anxiety among Boys and Girls Class-IX Students of Secondary School. But significant mean difference is found among class-IX Students of Secondary School situated in Rural and Urban area on their academic anxiety level. As a conclusion it is the responsibilities of the teachers to create a positive classroom learning environment at school and provides remedial class to the students coming from rural area that can contribute to good academic achievement by students. Parents have to consider various factors that influence the academic anxiety among Boys and Girls Class-IX Students of Secondary School.

67-78

Authors: Marina Blazhekovikj Toshevski & Bardhyl Tushi

By transferring decision-making powers and responsibility for the education of local government education system is transformed into a set of decentralized, flexible built educational units in mutual relations of conditioning, and build a whole system of education that has the attributes of more adaptability to the specific economic and social conditions. The basic argument that speaks in favor of decentralization of education is related to improving the allocation of resources, and thus economic efficiency and improving educational outcomes. Within the decentralization of education, the issue of financing primary and secondary education is of particular importance, given the marked differences in the levels of development of individual municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia and the specificity of the existing network of schools. Depending on the decentralization phase, part of the funding through block grants for schools from the central government is transferred to the local government which is obliged to allocate part of the local budgetary funds for the maintenance and development of schools which are within its competence. In this research, research subjects using the questionnaire method are the teachers, professional associates and directors in primary and secondary schools in the Republic of Macedonia. A special segment of the research is the attempt, through a field analysis in educational institutions in the Republic of Macedonia, to perceive the financial aspect within the decentralization of education in the Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia.

87-94

Authors: Mayank Pant & Amarpreet Singh Virdi

Objective of the study: The purpose of the study was to examine components that influence the purchasing intension and moderating variable of consumers in purchasing green personal care products. Proposed Methodology: For which a questionnaire survey was deployed to collect valid samples from a total of 226 respondents who were white collars employees having knowledge about the availability of green personal care products working in Nanital, Uttarakhand. Study was done by using multiple regression analysis on testing of the independent variables (drivers) with dependent variables (purchase intention [PI]) and hierarchical regression analysis for knowing the moderating association between drivers and purchase intention. Key Results: Analysis showed that independent variables (green marketing messages [GMM] and purchase behaviour [PB]) were the prominent drivers affecting purchase intension. And independent variable (self efficacy [SE]) had moderating effect on green marketing messages and purchase intension. Implication of the Study: Findings would help marketers evolve marketing plans to have a longer life cycle of their products.

107-110

Authors: Vidya Merlin Varghese & Mathew P Joseph

Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies is the first book of his Ibis trilogy. Sailing along the Opium route on board the ship named Ibis, the inmates discover many new things about themselves. What invisibly governs and binds their lives on and off shore is the magical poppy seed which produces the alluring drug opium. The paper proposes to delineate how the lives of the lead figures are propelled by this minuscule seed that holds within it enormous strength. The novel is partitioned into three sections: land, river and sea. The inmates dream of boarding the ship,to settle in another place or land where they can forget everything of their past. The ship becomes their new father and mother because life aboard helps them review their lives and revive their latent courage. The sea is the meeting place to erase all differences that they held on shore. The paper attempts to analyse the text based on Roland Barthes’ propositions in his essay “Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narratives”.

119-124

Authors: S. Prabhakaran & R. Lakshmi

This study deals with the allegorical representation of social issues and political changes in the multifaceted Indian arena. On the one hand, the study delineates political duty, transition, crisis, turmoil and chaos. On the other hand, personal desire, preference, and fulfilment. In a nutshell, there are controversial conceit between the conventional values and modern ideals at both of social and political context that has experienced since independence.

133-138

Authors: A. Antony Arockia Anufial Mel & V. Chanthiramathi

The main aim of the study is to find out the significance difference between problems faced by women college students in learning active skills in English of certain democratic variables. Survey method was adopted for this study. The sample consists of 297 Women College students in Thoothukudi district. Simple Random Sampling Technique was used. “Tool to assess Problems in learning active skills in English” (2015) self made tool developed by the investigator and guide was used to collect the data. The statistical technique used was percentage analysis and‘t’ test. The findings of the study were: It is found that 68.4% of women college students have medium level of problems in learning active skills, 14.8% of women college students have high level of problems in learning active skills and 16.8% of women college students have low level of problems in learning active skills in English. There is significant difference between English and mother tongue as the medium of instruction at school level by the women college students in their problems in learning active skills in English with respect to the medium of study at school level. There is significant difference between rural and urban women college students in their problems in learning active skills in English with respect to the locality at home. The educational implications and suggestions for further study are also given as per the findings of the study.

143-150

Authors: Keshav Nath & Neha Meena

The subject of the paper is on the aboriginal community of Santhals, which like any other marginalized tribe of India suffers from the immorality of the "civilized" and ignorance of the govt. and ministers who call themselves "servants" of the general public. The paper does not aim to attain any kind of pity towards such people as Santhals, but to get the respect and the rights that are duly theirs as being equally human as any other privileged individual. For the advancement of the society and our country it is really necessary that we acknowledge the importance of such tribes or aborigines, for the quiddity and extract of our culture relies with and within them

163-168

Authors: Dennis Joseph

Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red, the provocative and yet whimsical exploration of the nature and role of art in Islamic Turkey, has the themes of individual crisis arising from the sense of doubles and conflicts of the eternal East-West enigma of Turkish life. As John Updike writes, “Pamuk's ingenuity is yoked to a profound sense of enigma and doubleness. The doubleness, he has said, derives from that of Turkey itself.” (New Yorker). Though similar to The White Castle, My Name is Red, published in 1998 in Turkey is different from its previous novel, The New Life, which was published four years earlier. The New Life is full of pessimism and melancholy, but in contrast, My Name is Red has the beauty and joy and colorful world of the miniature paintings of the Ottoman era. Orhan Pamuk himself says that he enjoyed writing this novel that was fun. At the same time, the intellectual and postmodernist elements dominate the narrative. The New Life is supposedly the least successful novel by Orhan Pamuk in terms of public reception and reviews, whereas My Name is Red is his most popular and successful one. It is as if Pamuk had perfected the art of the novel with this book. Compared to the previous five novels, My Name is Red can easily be termed as a classic for its full exploration of artistic techniques, its narrative strategies, and its beautifully poetic use of language and the display of a wide range of characters, even unusual and strange ones which readers normally do not see in a novel. As in The Silent House. Pamuk uses multiple narrative voices here. The eleven narrators are presented sequentially, unlike in The Silent House. So the readers are not confused here, as each chapter's heading tells who the narrator is. As in The White Castle, Pamuk also explores the questions of the East-West dilemma and its tensions, this time in relation to artistic techniques and conceptualizations of artistic realities from the point of view of Ottoman miniature painters. The poetic evocation of the historic Istanbul is also presented in a beautiful way. As noted by many critics, the architectural quality that is aesthetically distributed throughout the chapters is quite visible in this novel, more than in any other previous novels. The influence of Pamuk's initial years of engineering education is obviously evident in the construction of this novel.

173-180

Authors: Sanna Usman

Life cycle rituals are the most important part of an ethno-linguistic study. Rituals incorporate stages like birth, adolescence, youth, adulthood, maturity and death. Every stage in life conveys certain cultural forms, as people travel through these stages. Religion and myth hold important positions in these rituals, as every religion has remarkable soul-changing encounters appended to both natural and sociological events that epitomize life. The semantic structure of the rituals can characterize the implications and meanings of the cultural terms used in the rituals. Through rituals, one can express convictions and demeanor towards one’s reality and surroundings. In this paper, all the religious and secular rituals associated with the linguistic community from birth to death are analyzed. The main focus will be on the language use in different rituals and forming a cultural lexicon.

187-198

Authors: Archana Jha

The participation of female in the workforce has profound impact on the economy, society and demography of Japan. Women are most underutilized resources of Japan. Sustainable economic growth is only possible when women join the labor force and their skill and talent are fully used. But, it also adversely affects the demographic structure of Japan. The rate of marriage has declined to 5.1 percent in 2015 from 10.0 percent in 1970; Fertility rate also declined from 3.65 percent in 1950 to 1.46 percent in 2015. Now divorce rate in Japan also gradually increasing so, all these causing shrinkage in the total population size of Japan. Thus, female participation in the work force has both positive and negative impact in Japan.

203-208

Authors: Umender Malik & Rakesh Kumar

Now a day, the parents are very much concerned about the studies of their children, due to which, there is lot of pressure on the students. Because of competition, the students are sitting at home and preparing for the exams. Looking into this, the study was conducted. In this study, the Academic Achievement of Sr. Sec. School student is related with their Internet Addiction. Descriptive Survey method was used. Random Sampling techniques were used to collect a Sample of 100 students from Sr. Sec. Schools of Rohtak district. In the study, we found that there is significant relationship between Academic Achievement & Internet Addiction of Sr. Sec. School Students. However, there is no significant difference between the Academic Achievement of Sr. Sec. School Students having high & low internet Addiction.