Joyce’s Experiment in the use of Language in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

As a novelist James Joyce surpasses his predecessors in the experimental use of the use of stream of consciousness technique and the interior monologue. The most impressive and innovative method in the art of Joyce’s novel writing is found in his use of epiphany, and in his symbolic parallels drawn from history, mythology and literature. As a modernist, he is also a great exponent in the brilliant and innovative use of language in the literature of the 20th century. The present paper is an attempt to make a study of Joyce’s experimental use of language in his novel 1916 novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A DECONSTRUCTIONIST ARRAIGNMENT OF READING

Deconstructive readers are interested in ironies, aporias, paradoxes, contradictions, conflicts, parenthesis, ambiguities, puns, multiple meanings, linguistic peculiarities, intertextuality, repetitions, etc. Deconstructive readers give you an idea about in the ways a text says something different from what it aims to imply or the ways texts do not always mean. According to Barbara Johnson, “The reader’s task is to read what is written rather than simply attempt to perceive what might have been meant” (25). In this regard, deconstruction is an analog of New Criticism and other formalisms. Deconstruction in some respects is merely a synonym for ‘analysis’, which means that the title of this research paper is a tautology. It is not a synonym for ‘destruction’. Though the American style of deconstruction as operational tenets for literary criticism has now lost its significance, the deconstructive strategies of critical analysis have been commonly used so far. Deconstructive criticism, as Culler concludes, is not the application of philosophical lessons to literary studies, but an exploration of textual logic in texts called literarily. This paper is essentially an analysis—a breaking down of a complex text into its various elements and a close assessment of those elements, especially the elements that most need examination because of the difficulties, ambiguities, or problems that they pretend

The Sky Is Rigged with Booby Traps: Tracing Eco-Anxiety in Some Select Poems of Assam and Tripura in India’s North-East

Indian literatures in general including those written in English, entail (in a vivid or veiled manner) a rich legacy inherited from the epics, other classical texts and the Puranas which promote overall, an equilibrium in the eco-space, the flora and fauna, while at the same time strongly recommending a protective role of the human and his being in perfect peace with the habitat. The literature of India’s North-east, poetry in particular, further posits an interesting case study of both adulation and apprehension. Here one experiences an abiding respect for the exotic beauty of nature - the mystic hills and magic rivers with the sprawling verdure around- which, with a potency though to lure poetic hearts into the realm of thoughts offering some emancipatory streaks of revelations, cannot however dispel the confounding mess of impressions of the muddled present which is lacerated by political unrest, insurgency and its countermeasures, the culture of dominance and finally a seamless urbanization which is keen to trammel up the traditional ways of life and thought that have enjoyed a sanctity of practice over generations. The poems discussed in the paper articulate a disquieting awareness of some grim possibility lurking under the Edenic greenery around

Indian Economic Story Post 1990-91 And the Three Twins: A Comparative Analysis

 The Post Independent India has largely experienced negative GDP growth in 1958, 1966, 1973, 1980’s, 2020-21. The post crisis years after 2008-09 though did not experience negative GDP growth but were very challenging. The years 1991, 2014-15 and 2020-21 have experienced twin deficit crisis, twin balance sheet syndrome and twin economic shocks (Demand & supply) respectively. The author has considered these years as three twins. The Researcher has tried to study the different macroeconomic variables to understand the nature and characteristics of these three twins, their commonality and differences. The researcher has considered Macroeconomic Stability Index to have a comparative analysis of three phases experiencing these three twins

Study on Association between BMI and Vitamin D Levels in South Indian Rural Population

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency is a global health problem worldwide and is considered to be a pandemic with implications for compromised bone health and other chronic diseases. A few studies have examined the association between vitamin D status and body mass index (BMI). However, prospective data using the biomarker serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D 25(OH) D3 are limited and therefore examined in the present study. This study aims to evaluate the level of vitamin D status among healthy individuals and also to examine the relation between BMI and 25(OH)D in a cross-sectional sample of 100 men and women ranging in age from 18-75 years. Methods: Participants were selected from subjects attending to Medicine Outpatient Department (OPD) in Sri Venkateshwara Medical College Hospital & Research Centre (SVMCH & RC) willing to participate in the present study between Jan 2020 to Dec 2020. Anthropometric measurements, personal, medical history questionnaire, food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for vitamin D, and sun exposure questionnaire were collected from all the participants in the present study, blood samples for serum 25(OH)D3 were collected from all subjects. Results: Our study showed that the majority of healthy individual cases of the study i.e., 68.0% have a deficiency in vitamin D status, while 68.0% have ≤20 ng/dl in vitamin D, and 32.0% in >20 ng/dl. Moreover, the study showed a negative association between the level of circulating 25(OH) D3 and BMI. There is a statistically significant and inverse correlation between the level of circulating 25(OH) D3 and BMI. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the association between BMI and 25(OH)D concentrations in populations from south India can be seen across different age groups and in both men and women. The study also exemplified that higher BMI leads to lower vitamin D status, providing evidence for the role of obesity as a causal risk factor for the development of vitamin D deficiency

Study on the correlation between Vitamin D and HbA1c in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to the development of complications, especially due to poor glycemic control. Besides its role in calcium homeostasis, Vitamin D has been involved in the pathophysiology as well as glycemic control of type 2 DM. Methods: 100 patients diagnosed with type 2 DM were included. Vitamin D levels along with glycosylated haemoglobin were measured in all the individuals. Results: Vitamin D deficiency was observed in 48% of the patients. Vitamin D levels were not associated with markers of glycemic control (HbA1c). Conclusions: Hypovitaminosis D was observed nearly in half of the patients with type 2 diabetes, suggesting a potential for vitamin D supplementation in type 2 DM patients

Clinical response of Abhaya Ghrita and procedure based therapy on Gross Motor Functions in children with Cerebral Palsy : An Open Label, Randomized Clinical Trial

Introduction - Cerebral Palsy (CP) being the leading cause of disability in children is a symptom complex, which has worldwide incidence of 2.1/1000 live births, and for India it is 3/1000 live births. In Ayurveda, the cerebral palsy can be correlated with various conditions due to Vata predominance. There is no satisfactory criterion in managing this condition is developed till date. The present study is planned with Abhaya Ghrita and procedure based therapy to provide possible improvement in gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy and thereby improving their quality of life. Material and Methods - A Trial was conducted at a tertiary health care setting to evaluate the clinical efficacy of Ayurvedic Intervention (Abhaya Ghrita and procedure based therapy Udvartana, Sarvanga Abhyanga, Nadi Sweda and Matra Basti). Diagnosed children of cerebral palsy, aged 1-12 years of either gender were selected. The scale gross motor function manual (GMFM) and Cerebral Palsy quality of life (CP-QOL) were used for assessment. Results - Total 20 patients were registered in the present study. 70% patients were below 8 years of age with clear male predominance comprised of 85% of the total sample size. As per the birth history of the patients 15% were preterm, home delivery was present in 20%. 45% and 10% were Low birth weight (LBW) and Very Low birth weight (VLBW) after birth respectively. History of delayed cry was present in 80% cases. 45% required Hospitalization and 65% were subjected to Resuscitation and need of incubator just after birth was present in 25% patients. Discussion - Gross Motor Function scale has shown significant improvement in motor activities like lying and rolling, sitting and total score with p<0.001, on crawling and kneeling and standing with p<0.01 and on walking and running with p<0.02. The CP-QOL has also shown significant results on health and family and friends component. Conclusion - Thus, it may be concluded that the Ayurveda approach including internal intake od Abhaya Ghrita & procedure based therapy is effective in improving the gross motor function and quality of life of children with cerebral palsy

A Critical Review on Sandhi Sharir with special reference to Upamana Pramana

Ayurveda, the Ancient Medico Holistic Science, which is comprised of numerous fundamental concepts with basic doctrines. Ayurveda along with its concepts is eternal (Shaswata), and have their own identity which does not require other science to indulge in between. Such fundamental concepts are literally better understood, analysed and merely utilized in clinical practice only with the proper utility of Pramanas. Pramanas in Ayurveda are means of true knowledge. Acharya Sushruta describe four Pramanas and among the four Pramanas i.e. Pratyaksha (Direct perception), Agama (Teaching of scriptures), Anumama (Inference), Upamana (Analogy) - Upamana Pramana is used widely in Ayurvedic literatures. Upamana or Aupamya give the knowledge or idea of an object by similar comparison. The meaning of word Sandhi is “the meeting point of two or more structures.” According to modern, joint is a point where two or more bones articulates with each other. Aacharya Sushruta hasquoted that although there are numerous Sandhi in our body which cannot be counted so only Asthi Sandhi should be considered while enumerating Sandhis. To make the concept of Sandhi Sharir (Joints) clearer or to make it understand in a better and simpler way Acharya Sushruta has described it by comparing with one or more objects or to the day today available things by using the Upamana Pramana. The examples mentioned are not only meant for better understanding but also anatomically fit with structures and some extent to functions. A thorough knowledge of the structure and function of the joint is required to diagnose and treat the diseases of joints. So, the knowledge of anatomy of joints should be known