Meaning and concept of religion: An insight into the lives of Mahatma Gandhi and APJ Abdul Kalam

The term ‘religion’ has transcended centuries in the Indian History, and has been used for attainment of rights, justice, peace and harmony among people of different cultures . This term has been used to cause unrest, separation of sects, bloodshed resulting in communal violence. Its definition in simple terms refers to a belief or faith in a supernatural creation which can be different for different people. But the extent of belief in each case remains ambiguous as its impact can be a gateway for diversity, or can be a cause of having a deleterious scar towards progress of a nation. Waltor Houston Clark stated that ‘‘religion more than any other human function satisfies the need for meaning’’ (419) .This paper tries to look into the lives of Mahatma Gandhi and APJ Abdul Kalam and will analyse their religious background, their outlooks and stand points on different religions, and the exact meaning they want to convey through the idea of religion from their autobiography

Representations of Diasporic Identities in Britain

The word “diaspora” is derived from the Greek words diaspeirō, meaning “I disperse”, “I scatter,” and diaspore meaning “dispersion” (“diaspeirō,” “diaspore”). Hence, diaspora refers to a scattered population and their descendants sharing a history, language and culture, living dispersed and outside of their original geographical locales, that is their ancestral lands. Such displacement of mass numbers of people is at times of a voluntary and at times of an involuntary nature, and encompasses a variety of reasons which can be grouped as natural, colonial, slave trade, indentured labour, political, religious and economic, although some of the headings can obviously overlap

Proceedings of International Web Conference in Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Planet

This proceeding contains articles of the various research ideas of the academic community and practitioners accepted at the "International Web Conference in Civil Engineering for a Sustainable Planet (ICCESP 2021)". ICCESP 2021 is being Organized by the Habilete Learning Solutions, Kollam in Collaboration with American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, and Baselios Mathews II College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala, India. Conference Title: International Web Conference in Civil Engineering for a Sustainable PlanetConference Acronym: ICCESP 2021Conference Date: 05–06 March 2021Conference Location: Online (Virtual Mode)Conference Organizer: Habilete Learning Solutions, Kollam, Kerala, IndiaCollaborators: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, and Baselios Mathews II College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala, India