The following research paper highlights the embedded mythical notions or in other words, the folkloric traditional myths of the natives of a major community of Haryana, that are supposed to be the ...core of any culture and tradition. Then, the paper plunges into the representation of the glimpses of country life. There is a striking comparison between 'the modern products' and 'the antique ones' with reference to the selected poems. And, how the introduction of such modern items can be the cause of the psychological trauma of the women present in the family; has been the concern of the paper. From the depiction of the mother's anguish, the argument shifts to the depiction of the youth's chaos. Starting from the New Critical thought, the paper analyzes the poems, as per the New Historicist thought of Stephen Greenblatt. In the fourth part of the paper, we discuss the nativity of Haryanvi people which gets reflected in the Kavya by Dr. Jagbir Rathee. In the next portion of the research paper, the content of the poems presents a critique of the society at large. As the paper progresses, it describes a panoramic view of society and culture and throws light on how the cherished past has become just a copy of the faded memories of the bygone times, that slowly is flowing out of the mental construct of the upcoming generation. Last but not the least, the issues related with the translation of the original text into the "target language" (Mannur, n.pag.) has been dealt with. All in all, after studying the poems with a critical lens, it can be substantiated that literature is the mirror of the social, cultural, and the economic aspects of society. It is to be noted that the poems analyzed in the following paper were given by the poet himself in January 2014. Keywords: Folklore, Regional, Native, Mother, Earth/Mati/Soil, Kavya by Dr. Jagbir Rathee.
Since the momentous events of the late 1980s, democratic transition has been a widely studied phenomenon. Most scholars who have investigated the causes and implications of the global trend to ...democracy have argued that domestic politics is the leading determinant in the success or failure of transitions to democracy. In this book, Jon Pevehouse argues that international factors, specifically regional organizations, play an important role in the transition to and endurance of democracy. Domestic elites use membership of regional organizations to advance the cause of democracy since these organizations can manipulate the costs and benefits of democracy to important societal groups such as business elites or the military. Six cases (Hungary, Peru, Greece, Paraguay, Guatemala, and Turkey) examine the causal processes behind the statistical association between regional organizations and democratization. These findings bridge international relations and comparative politics while also providing guidelines for policy-makers who wish to use regional organizations to promote democracy.
Eighteen species of cladocerans are recorded from a temporary pond in northern Colombia; 12 of these records are new for La Guajira Department: Diaphanosoma brevireme Sars, 1901, D. dentatum Herbst, ...1968, Sarsilotona serricauda (Sars, 1901), Moina micrura micrura Kurz, 1874, M. reticulata Daday, 1905, Grimaldina freyi Neretina and Kotov, 2017, Kurzia polyspina Hudec, 2000, Leydigia cf striata Birabén, 1939, Ovalona cf glabra (Sars, 1905), Chydorus nitidulus (Sars, 1901), Dunhevedia crassa King, 1853 and Pseudosida sp.; this latter taxon could be an yet undescribed species. The cladoceran fauna from the surveyed area is represented mostly by widespread species and commonly found in the Neotropical regions, but local morphological data are scarce in the regional literature. Brief diagnostic descriptions of the species recorded for the Colombian cladoceran fauna are provided together with illustrations of taxonomically significant appendages, morphological remarks, notes on the variability of some species, and their distribution.
We tend to think of Korea as a battleground for outside powers and the Cold War's last divided state. But the peninsula's location at the very center of Northeast Asia also gives it a pivotal role in ...the economic integration of the region and the dynamic development of its more powerful neighbors. A great wave of economic expansion, driven first by the Japanese miracle and then by the ascent of China, has made South Korea - an economic powerhouse in its own right - the hub of the region once again, a natural corridor for railroads and energy pipelines linking Asiatic Russia to China and Japan. Over the horizon, an opening of North Korea would add another major push toward regional integration. Illuminating the role of the Korean peninsula in three modern historical periods, the eminent international contributors to this volume offer a fresh and stimulating appraisal of Korea as the key to the coalescence of a broad, open Northeast Asian regionalism in the twenty-first century.
"Amitav Acharya has written a splendidly ambitious book. Travelling from the discipline of International Relations to the historiography of Southeast Asia and back again, it draws upon a range of ...methodologies to analyse the issue of identity in the configuration of Southeast Asia. But it provides more than an academic assessment. With this book, Acharya must be judged to have contributed not just to the study of Southeast Asian regionalism, but to the process itself."
–Anthony Milner, Basham Professor of Asian History, Australian National University
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