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Abstract
Disasters caused by natural phenomena are ubiquitous world over in terms of their occurrence. Myths and folklore are testament to this. The transition of natural phenomena into 'natural' disasters occurs only when humans are introduced. 'Natural' disasters have a social gradient to them, which differs vastly across societies. Epistemologically, disasters have been the forte of technocrats with social workers at best remaining at the fringes. This article is based on an empirical study undertaken with two communities who live in the flood affected Brahmaputra valley. It reveals a gap in the knowledge of the local realities—social, political, geographical resulting in grand and ineffective policy making. The current policies have a large imprint of the colonial with little being done in terms of developing alternate, localised and participatory methods of flood management. It demonstrates how the community's efforts transcend a spectrum of stages moving from prevention and adaption to mitigation. For the Brahmaputra floods, the reality is extremely tenuous. Hence, it is not feasible for one knowledge system to understand the whole reality. Rather it needs to be acknowledged that multiple knowledge systems exist, and social workers need to be stakeholders in this process of knowledge creation and building of resilient communities.

As the literary field in India begins to become more complex, layered and diverse in terms of its gender representation despite the stubborn persistence of many aspects of its "tradition" male bastion character, the most celebrated and successful literary festival in the country emerges as a microcosmic manifestation of this tussle for power. Based on an autoethnographic account of the literary festival over eight editions and a close narrative of the sessions in its 2018 and 2019 editions along with a look at how these editions were reported in the media, and placing them within the frame of scholarship researching literary festivals as representations or fragments of "public culture", this article looks at gender representation at the Jaipur Literature Festival in the immediate aftermath of the two waves of the MeToo Movement in India. ; Le champ littéraire, en Inde, se complexifie, et gagne en strates et en diversité quant à la représentation du genre, malgré la durabilité à maints égards du personnage masculin archétypal et traditionnel. Dans ce contexte, le festival littéraire le plus réputé et le plus couru du pays apparaît comme une manifestation microcosmique de cette lutte pour le pouvoir. Le présent article s'appuie sur un récit autoethnographique s'échelonnant sur huit éditions du festival, sur le récit détaillé des séances des éditions 2018 et 2019, ainsi que sur ce qui s'est écrit à propos de ces éditions dans les médias. Dans le cadre de la recherche sur les festivals littéraires en tant que représentations ou fragments de la « culture publique », l'article examine la représentation du genre au Festival de littérature de Jaipur, au lendemain des deux vagues du mouvement MeToo qu'a connues l'Inde.

Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Arpita Ghose -- 1 The Background and the Motivation -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Objectives of Present Book -- 1.3 Arrangements of the Chapters -- References -- 2 An Overview of the Existing Literature and Its Linkages with the Present Book -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A Survey of Methodologies for Estimating Technical Efficiency and the Literature on Efficiency of Education Sector -- 2.2.1 The Survey of Methodologies for Estimating Technical Efficiency -- 2.2.1.1 Estimation of Output Oriented Measure of Technical Efficiency Using DEA

Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 India and the Importance of Special Economic Zones -- 1.3 SEZs and Their Role in Economic Development -- 1.4 Recent Issues -- 1.5 Layout of the Book -- 1.6 Research Methodology -- 2 SEZs in Select Countries: A Comparison with India -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Country Experiences that can be Compared with India -- 2.3 Snapshot of Zones in the Selected Countries

Papers presented at a seminar on "Facilitating trade and global competitiveness : express delivery sector in India", held at New Delhi on 26th August 2009

Papers presented at two conferences organized by Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, during Jan.15-16 and Apr. 8-10, 2008; with reference to India

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