The Sense of Resisting Power in the Performance of the Makidi Kooththu (Art Form) - A Study

The Makidi Kooththu is a significant art form in Sri Lankan traditional Art Theatre. This argues the disputes among the people who arrived and the people who already there in a ritual form. In the later period, it has grown up to the level of a space which is incorporating people even from the social power space, and debating at the performance level. This has the feature of exposing the power that cannot be able to interpret the opposition directly, converting and presenting it as a ritual art form creation in their cultural space. The important mechanism used here is to allow the audience to have conversation during the performance level of Kooththu and to make them think. The ritual form which is in practice among people is one of the strategies used by them to expose this sense of resisting power. This Makidi Kooththu is a People's stage device which is created in a ritual art form theatre in order to curtail the power. The factors such as the way the ritual form is managed and the manner the power is resisted are analysed here

A Study of the Lives of Performing Artists in Pattinapalai

Pattinapalai in Pathuppatu reveals the dynamical change of Tamil cultural life, the way in which ethnographic group life is shattered and the life of hunger develops, and the transformation of performing artists. Although the valour and glory of the king form the theme of Pattinapalai, when it is re-read, different lessons emerge. In this, it can be observed that social changes are taking place based on domestic and public lives, and the Aryan community penetrating into Tamil brought about changes in the thinking of the local ethnic groups and changed the cultural lifestyle. In this study, the issues raised in Pattinpalai are approached from an alternative perspective. This article focuses on the race, land, politics, and lifestyle of the people who lived during the Sangam period

Viddhakarma & Agnikarma in ENT Diseases

Viddhakarma is unique treatment of ayurveda which gives instant pain management and disease management. Agnikarma i.e., conduction of heat with Gold Stick is another scientific management of pain in Ayurved. Both Viddhakarma and Agnikarma is more helpful in management of ENT diseases

Effects of Elevated Temperatures on Microwave Incinerated Rice Husk Ash blended Concrete

Concrete subjected to rapid heating at high temperatures causes spalling of concrete. Spalling occurs when the tensile stress due to the pore pressure exceeds the tensile strength of concrete. Agricultural waste such as rice husk ash (RHA) is disposed through open burning. This contributes to elevating air pollution problems and causes respiratory diseases. This research studies the possibility of using RHA as a partial replacement for cement in concrete subjected to elevated temperatures, hence simultaneously providing a solution for spalling and air pollution problems. The objective of this study is to evaluate MIRRA as a supplementary cementitious material with reference to strength of hardened concretes and identify the optimal level of replacement of cement to improve concretes resistance to elevated temperatures. Tests were conducted on normal and RRA blended concrete. This included tests on compressive strength, fire resistance, Ultrasonic-Pulse Velocity and Scanning Electro-optic Microscope. Results show that MIRRA at 800°C with 5% partial replacement of OPC is the optimum mix proportion that maximizes concretes resistance to elevated temperatures

Landing of turtle

A green turtle, Chelonia mydas was landed at Dhoniapete near Vishakhapatnam on 10 February 1994 by a bottom set gill net. The turtle was 68 cm in length, 55 cm in width and weighed 42 kg

Oil sardine fishery along Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh

The Indian oil sardine, Sardinella longiceps as a non conventlonal resource has become one of the Important exploited fishery resources along Andhra Pradesh coast In recent years contributing on an average 3,000 t annually during the period 1979-'83. During July 1994 - July 1995, unprecedented heavy landings of oil sardine were observed in most of the fish landing centres along Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh and were exploited by monofilament gill nets, bay nets and shore seines

Study of dynamics in pentachlorophenol in the solid state by 1D Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance exchange spectroscopy

The paper reports studies of the dynamic process in pentachlorophenol (PCP) in the solid state by one-dimensional Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR) exchange spectroscopy employing shaped rf pulses. Pentachlorophenol exhibits intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl proton and one of the o-chlorines. Reorientation of the hydrogen bond with migration of the hydroxyl proton from one o-chlorine to the other is possible in a wide temperature range. In this process the two o-chlorines are exchanged; at the same time this implies the exchange of the two m-chlorines as well, which we have chosen to monitor, modeling it as a two-site exchange process. A detailed analysis of the appropriate Bloch-McConnell equation is performed to formulate the relevant kinetic matrix. The exchange pulse sequence implemented by us involves suitably modulated shaped RF pulses to achieve simultaneous on-resonance excitation of the two exchanging sites. This approach results in a clear definition of the exchange time window and requires only a short experiment time. Kinetic parameters, namely, the spin-lattice relaxation rate and the exchange rate are deduced from the experimental signal intensities. Variable temperature measurements in the range 213 K-318 K have been carried out to extract the activation parameters as well

High resolution solution state double quantum spectroscopy of two-spin-1 AX systems and mimics

Double quantum spectroscopy (DQS) of the two-spin-1 AX system in the liquid state is investigated theoretically. The two kinds of double quantum coherence (DQC) that arise are studied and expressions are given for their evolution under weak scalar coupling and chemical shifts. A one-dimensional double quantum J (DQJ) filter sequence for the separation of the two kinds of DQC is introduced. Analytical expressions are given for the spin response to the general two-dimensional DQS sequence, for an arbitrary reconversion pulse flip angle β. A detailed investigation of the coherence transfer (CT) amplitudes has been carried out by computer simulation of CT amplitudes as a function of β. The differences in the behaviour of CT amplitudes of one-spin DQC, 'outer' and 'central' components of two-spin DQCs are discussed. Optimum flip angles for maximizing sensitivity of N-type, P-type and pure phase double quantum spectra of this system are deduced. The detailed predictions are borne out by recently published experimental work on two-spin-1 AX systems, as well as our studies on a mimic arrangement, viz., a spin-½A2X2 system