Exploration of Homosexual Psychology: A Reading of Merchant’s The Man Who Would Be Queen

This research project explores the portrayal of homosexuality in Hoshang Merchant's autobiography, The Man Who Would Be Queen. The autobiography depicts the challenges faced by a homosexual man in Indian culture and highlights the struggle of a common man to survive. The researcher aims to analyze the negative attitudes of society towards homosexuality, as demonstrated through Merchant's personal experiences and the social reformation he advocated for. Examining the topics of homosexuality in The Man Who Would Be Queen and analyzing how homosexuality is portrayed in Indian culture are the major goals of this study. Sedgwick's concept of homosexuality has been applied for the interpretation of the social, cultural, and political context in which individuals experience their sexuality. The research employs a qualitative research approach based on literary theory as a tool to interpret the text, and content analysis to analyze the text. The research concludes that Hoshang Merchant's The Man Who Would Be Queen makes a major contribution to the discourse on homosexuality in Indian culture, and that it challenges the fixed binary of heterosexuality and homosexuality. KEYWORDS: homosexuality, autobiography, Indian culture, LGBTQ+, sexual identit

Deregulation in the Financial System of the SEACEN Countries

The study discusses the rationale and objectives of deregulation, the methods and areas of deregulation, the conditions and circumstances of deregulation, and some of the issues associ- ated with deregulation and its implications.

Ion-acoustic solitary waves and shocks in a collisional dusty negative ion plasma

We study the effects of ion-dust collisions and ion kinematic viscosities on the linear ion-acoustic instability as well as the nonlinear propagation of small amplitude solitary waves and shocks (SWS) in a negative ion plasma with immobile charged dusts. {The existence of two linear ion modes, namely the `fast' and `slow' waves is shown, and their properties are analyzed in the collisional negative ion plasma.} {Using the standard reductive perturbation technique, we derive a modified Korteweg-de Vries-Burger (KdVB) equation which describes the evolution of small amplitude SWS.} {The profiles of the latter are numerically examined with parameters relevant for laboratory and space plasmas where charged dusts may be positively or negatively charged.} It is found that negative ion plasmas containing positively charged dusts support the propagation of SWS with negative potential. However, the perturbations with both positive and negative potentials may exist when dusts are negatively charged. The results may be useful for the excitation of SWS in laboratory negative ion plasmas as well as for observation in space plasmas where charged dusts may be positively or negatively charged.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures; To appear in Physical Review

Large amplitude solitary waves in ion-beam plasmas with charged dust impurities

The nonlinear propagation of large amplitude dust ion-acoustic (DIA) solitary waves (SWs) in an ion-beam plasma with stationary charged dusts is investigated. For typical plasma parameters relevant for experiments [J. Plasma Phys. \textbf{60}, 69 (1998)], when the beam speed is larger than the DIA speed ($v_{b0}\gtrsim1.7c_s$), three stable waves, namely the "fast" and "slow" ion-beam modes and the plasma DIA wave are shown to exist. These modes can propagate as SWs in the beam plasmas. However, in the other regime ($c_s<v_{b0}<1.7c_s$), one of the beam modes when coupled to the DIA mode may become unstable. The SWs with positive (negative) potential may exist when the difference of the nonlinear wave speed ($M$) and the beam speed is such that $1.2\lesssim M-v_{b0}\lesssim1.6$ ($M-v_{b0}\gtrsim1.6$). Furthermore, for real density perturbations, the wave potential $(>0)$ is found to be limited by a critical value which typically depends on $M$, $v_{b0}$ as well as the ion/beam temperature. The conditions for the existence of DIA solitons are obtained and their properties are analyzed numerically in terms of the system parameters. While the system supports both the compressive and rarefactive large amplitude SWs, the small amplitude solitons exist only of the compressive type. The theoretical results may be useful for observation of soliton excitations in laboratory ion-beam driven plasmas as well as in space plasmas where the charged dusts play as impurities.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures; Article to appear in Phys. Plasmas (2011

Cost effective pilot scale production of biofertilizer using Rhizobium and Azotobacter

We standardized the protocol for pilot scale production of Rhizobium and Azotobacter biofertilizer technology using region specific and environmental stress compatible strains isolated from various agro climatic regions of Odisha, India. The cost benefit of biofertilizer production through a cottage industry is also presented. With an investment of $5000 as fixed cost, recurring expenses approximately$460 per year, indirect cost towards salary and wages $4800, 24000 packets of biofertilizer can be produced. By selling the biofertilizer$0.5 per pack, the net benefit is $6000 per year. If the production capacity is quadrupled, the profit would be about$30000 per year. This cost benefit calculation showed the possibility of entrepreneurship on microbial biofertilizers through cottage industry in rural areas in India as well as other developing countries.Keywords: Rhizobium, Azotobacter, biofertilizer, agro-climatic region