Plight of the Subaltern woman in Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi”
ABSTRACT Europeans identify them with ‘Eurocentrism’ and observe themselves as dominant and superior, and their colonized land as inferior to them. The colonizers are concerned about the possibility of being contaminated by the interaction with the colonized people and have always been frightened of this interaction, thereby leaving behind their supremacy and power over the colonized, consequently, the colonizers consider the interaction as a menace and disguised their fear. This study examines Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi” which reflects the Subaltern concept which is one of the significant concepts of Postcolonialism. It was popularized by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s essay titled, “Can the Subaltern Speak?” (1985). The status of women in the society, predominantly marginalized is engrossed with the sense of negligence. These marginalized women are suffering in terms of their gender, class and caste discrimination. These women are not provided any authority with regard to their own self and existing. The marginalized women live on the edge of the domination and anguish. This paper persistently attempts to re-examine the marginalization of the tribal woman with reference to Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi”, which is a metanarrative, capturing the life and times of its protagonist Dopdi Majhen, a Santhal tribal, at the intersection of modern developmental state and subsistent subaltern survival. It raises the issues of class, caste and colonialism, and their collusion in the formation of hegemonic patriarchal nation state and how this mainstream formation maintains itself through violent ‘othering’ of the margins. Mahasweta Devi is one of the contemporary woman writers who deal with the forms of oppression in her works. She is considered as one of the boldest of Bengali female writers whose works are associated with the rural tribal community of West Bengal, women and dalits. Feministic aspect is observed in her works through the sympathetic portrayal of women and their consequent revolt. She exemplifies the sufferings of women, miseries and their power of enduring and resistance. She also deals with the women issues like loneliness, separation, women’s fight for survival, exploitative situations like rape, marital violence, death and its loss and female slavery. Critics like Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak view Mahasweta Devi’s works as rich sites of feminist discourse.
Published by: S. Karthicka
Author: S. Karthicka
Paper ID: V7I3-1642
Paper Status: published
Published: June 2, 2021
TravelBRAT – WEB application
Inspired by the idea of changing the world of travel websites, we thought there hasn’t been an evolution when it comes to websites. Normal websites don’t provide enough exposure to what the user wants and provide only limited amount of functionality. This project was solely focused to make the user like the concept of this application and would expose them to the idea of new destinations in a better interactive manner than the current travel websites.
Published by: Bhavya Gor, Tanya Mistry, Rajkaran Shukla, Adheesh Salian, Chintamani Chavan
Author: Bhavya Gor
Paper ID: V7I3-1639
Paper Status: published
Published: June 2, 2021
Sentiment analysis using Supervised Learning Methods
As the organisations are getting bigger and bigger the need to make well informed decisions are ever more important. To do that however you need data. But is data enough. How is one to interpret the data to their advantage? How is one meant to sift through all of the data to find the specific ones that are meant to be relevant to the task at hand. For that you need a all-in-one solution. One that can handle all of that for us. This project targets the online product reviews. For an organisation that aims to sell products through online platforms like Amazon, Flipkart and other require a way to analyse all the product reviews to get information on what is performing well and what isn’t. For that it is important that the sentiments are analysed where it predicts where the review is positive or negative and what aspects of the review are negative or positive. It needs to give a numerical and visual representation which is helpful when it required to present the data to someone. All of these issues are addressed with the help of this application. It is built in python using pre-existing well-known libraries. Which also means that it is verified by many.
Published by: Tushar Baratam
Author: Tushar Baratam
Paper ID: V7I3-1621
Paper Status: published
Published: June 2, 2021
Web Based Network Element Resource and Information Tool
Web based network element resource and information tool (NERIT) which is the new technical way to maintain and keep track the network elements (NE) information It also keeps on updating NE information like software version, allocation period, NE connection details and NE health status. Users can access all the NE information details in a single window interface. NERIT is helpful for network service providers which reduces the network operation costs. While traditionally different solutions were available in the market for manual maintenance of NE details, but it is a tedious process and time consuming. In our proposed system, user can view all the required NE information. Proposed methodology, created an graphical user interface (GUI) for the NERIT with the help of web technologies and tools and it allows user to interact directly with the application. To maintain and monitor the NE’s MySQL database management system is used. To connect the GUI and database management system Nodejs Express framework is used. The data will be stored in the remote server. The Admin or Superuser should be a register user. The admin or superuser can login into their account through the application itself and update the network elements information like NE IPs, credentials, their allocation period, availability, reachability, hardware details, software details, location etc. In NERIT application users have easy access for viewing and searching all the NE information. The application will check user authentications. Users are not permitted to manipulate any data only admin and superuser can manipulate the data. Other than this the advanced features are: Bulk addition of NE’s ,automating the allocation process and software version update .In case of any NE allocation is about to expire means it will send notification to the user for whom NE is allocated, so they can take required actions. The users can download the NE information file which includes all the NE details NERIT also has the feature for user feedback, which will enable to further enhance the functionality of the platform and add many more features to it. Performance of the application can be improved and speed up by using HTTP/2 , optimizing the MySQL query and clustering the NodeJS.
Published by: Tejamallik K. S., Suma B.
Author: Tejamallik K. S.
Paper ID: V7I3-1645
Paper Status: published
Published: June 2, 2021
Design and development of Electromagnetic Braking System
These are totally friction less. Electromagnetic brakes are the brakes working on the electric power & magnetic.An Electromagnetic Braking system uses Magnetic force to engage the brake, but the power required for braking is transmitted manually. Electromagnetic braking system is a modern technology braking system used in light motor & heavy motor vehicles. This system is a combination of electro- mechanical concepts.It also reduces the maintenance of braking system. An advantage of this system is that it can be used on any vehicle with minor modifications to the transmission and electrical systems. An Electromagnetic Braking system uses Magnetic force to engage the brake, but the power required for braking is transmitted manually. The disc is connected to a shaft and the electromagnet is mounted on the frame .When electricity is applied to the coil a magnetic field is developed across the armature because of the current flowing across the coil and causes armature to get attracted towards the coil. As a result, it develops a torque and eventually the vehicle comes to rest. These brakes can be incorporated in heavy vehicles as an auxiliary brake. The electromagnetic brakes can be used in commercial vehicles by controlling the current supplied to produce the magnetic flux. Making some improvements in the brakes it can be used in automobiles in future.
Published by: Md Baha uddin, Mohammed Ehtesham Hadi, Mohammed Nabeel Ahmed, Mohd Azeem uddin
Author: Md Baha uddin
Paper ID: V7I3-1638
Paper Status: published
Published: June 2, 2021
Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Plantar Flexor Spasticity by using H reflex
A spastic ankle reduces walking velocity and mobility resulting in impaired gait and difficulty in ambulation. Increased plantar flexor spasticity has a devasting effect on the dorsiflexion range and also contributes to increased energy consumption during gait. H amplitude as the objective measurement is more accurate in assessing spasticity by using the H reflex. Objective: To determine the effect of various types of tDCS on plantar flexor spasticity by using H reflex and also to know which type of tDCS is more efficient in the reduction of plantar flexor spasticity Methods: A total of 30 participants were included in the study with plantar flexor spasticity. patients were randomized into 4 groups using the chit method. All Patients were evaluated for spasticity grade by using the modified Ashworth scale (MAS). H reflex was assessed for all patients followed by application of Cathodal tDCS for group 1 (n=8), Anodal tDCS for group 2 (n=7), Bi-hemispheric tDCS for group 3 (n=7) and sham tDCS for group 4 (n=8) for about 20 minutes. Post tDCS intervention all patients were reassessed for plantar flexor spasticity by H reflex and MAS scale Results: All the groups have shown significant reduction of spasticity post cathodal tDCS. The mean improvement of cathodal tDCS was found to be -0.9275 anodal tDCS was found to be -0.5229, bi-hemispheric tDCS was found to be -0.3357 and sham tDCS was found to be -0.4988. Conclusion: cathodal tDCS application has shown a reduction of spasticity after tDCS application in plantar flexor spasticity patients. This study concludes that cathodal tDCS over the ipsilesional hemisphere is a treatment modality.
Published by: Dr. Shilpa Khandare, Dr. Sai Priyanka Nerusu, Dr. Tushar J. Palekar
Author: Dr. Shilpa Khandare
Paper ID: V7I3-1633
Paper Status: published
Published: June 2, 2021
