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AbstractThe sugar industry has shaped the development of Fiji's economy for over a century; but, for the past 15 years, sugarcane production has been declining. A study was undertaken of over 300 sugarcane farmers in Fiji to determine the benefits of crop diversification and to compare the level of profitability for farmers fully dedicated to sugarcane farming and sugarcane farmers who have diversified. The findings demonstrate that a farmer in the latter group was able to achieve 45% higher profitability than one in the former. Fiji has the potential to increase farm output from diversification, but the relevant stakeholders need to help farmers secure markets and provide appropriate guidance and training.

Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra, edited by Sree Padma and A. W. Barber. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. xiii + 216 pp., $65.00 (hb), $24.95 (pb). ISBN 978-0-7914-7485-3 (hb), 978-0-7914-7486-0 (pb).

AbstractA central concern of the article is to examine how the female gaze is evident in the films of Indian film director Sai Paranjpye. More specifically, this research article analyses the ways, how female gaze asserts itself by playing with established cinematic codes while keeping the political and social condition of the time in the foreground. In this article, the focus is on examining the reflexive disposition of Sai by recontextualizing the conversant tropes popularized in Hindi films. This article also explores the ways in which a film itself participates in defining the "gaze" or, in other words, in questioning the cultural training of viewing. For the article, three films,Sparsh,Chashme Buddoor, andKatha, are taken as case studies. Using these three films as examples, the article explores how narrative techniques can be used to challenge established cinematic codes while making the female gaze distinguishable. The examples discussed are chosen in such a way that, on the one hand, they occupy cases of a broad continuum of cinematic narration specific to Bollywood, and on the other, they introduce a semiotic approach.

The need for self governance in general and tribal self governance in particular is being advocated by various groups both at National and International levels, sometimes for differing reasons and in various forms. The present paper evaluates the Bhuria Committee recommendations in general and identifies the difficulties with implementation in the Jharkhand Region of Bihar.

Introduction / Amar Singh and Shipra Tholia. PART 1: Hero(es) across Traditions. q. The Hero -- on Closer Inspection a Fool? / Ursula Kocher -- 2. Udaaseeno Mahabalaha: Displacement of the Heroic in the Mnemocultures of India / Venkat Rao -- 3. The Other Side of Heroism: Construction and Deconstruction of the Heroic in German Literature on Greece's Struggle for Independence in works by Wilhelm Müller, Friedrich Hölderlin and E.T.A. Hoffmann / Stefan Lindinger -- 4. Transformed Heroes: The Bīr Bābās and their Religio-Cultural Metamorphosis / Banibrata Mahanta. PART II: Hero(es) across Fictions. 5. Folktale's Hero in the Post-Truth World / Sadhana Naithani -- 6. How to Live (Happily) Ever After: Heroic Selflessness in Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales / Julie K Allen -- 7. The Unheroic Hero in Heinrich Böll's Und Sagte Kein Einziges Wort / S Santha Kumari -- 8. Incompetent Heroism: Revisiting the Image of the Hero in Thomas Brüssig's 'Heroes like Us' / Shipra Tholia. PART III: Cinematic Hero(es) and Beyond. 9. Meet the Real Protagonists of Everyday Life / Anil Zankar -- 10. Transgressing the Borders of Space and Time the Heroism of the Pilot Joseph Cooper in Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' / Thomas Schwarz and Amar Singh -- 11. 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and the Crises of a Hero in Love / Amar Singh. PART IV: Making/Unmaking of Hero(es) across Media and Culture. 12. Daredevil Philosophy: Dean Potter's When Dogs Fly / Stefan Börnchen -- 13. Of Nation and Masculinity in Bollywood Sports Biopics: Recontextualizing 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' and 'Dangal' / Hariom Singh -- 14. The Representation of Dalit Women Heroes in Nalini Jameela's 'The Autobigraphy of a Sex Worker' and Yashica Dutt's 'Coming out as a Dalit' / Parveen Kumari -- 15. The Hero and the Other: The Making and Unmaking of the Heroes across Cultures / Pravin K Patel.