{"title":"Micro Finance and Rural Women Empowerment","authors":"A. Pant","doi":"10.5958/J.0974-5041.4.1.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.0974-5041.4.1.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":210568,"journal":{"name":"Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115157723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamics and Transformation of Nepali Migration: A Study of Sonitpur and Tinsukia Districts of Assam","authors":"M. Devi","doi":"10.5958/J.0974-5041.5.1.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.0974-5041.5.1.001","url":null,"abstract":"Migration is an ancient global flow contributing to economic development, and over the ages its form and impetus have changed significantly. Migration has attracted much attention in recent studies as it has shaped human civilization all across the world. Although migration has been reasoned for political, economic, and various other conflicts, it is important to understand the dynamics of population change in the form of migration for resolving ethnic, religious and military conflicts across the globe. Nepali settlers of Assam were originally a migratory community from Nepal, which is a small independent Hindu Kingdom in the Himalayan range of mountains. The flow of migrants from Nepal to India is embedded in the dynamics of history, polity, sociological, and economic factors. The study makes an attempt to understand the Nepali migration from it's historical perspective and at the same time comprehend the mechanism in the recent past in its transformative character, particularly in the Sonitpur and Tinsukia districts of Assam.","PeriodicalId":210568,"journal":{"name":"Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125964878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Articulating Marginality: A study of Irathina Karikalan's “Oorakali, Mogalli Ganesh's “The Paddy Harvest” and Narayan Singh's “Married to Separateness”","authors":"D. Lal","doi":"10.5958/J.2249-0035.7.2.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.2249-0035.7.2.027","url":null,"abstract":"In recent decades Dalit literature has emerged as an important sub-genre in Indian literature. Translation of different Dalit texts written in different regional languages into English has allowed the Dalit writers to gel into a movement. Though the issues of Dalits are different in different states, the themes are somewhat interconnected. The current paper studies three short stories written in different languages by the authors. Irathina Karikalan's short story “Oorakali” was originally written in Tamil, Mogalli Ganesh's “The Paddy Harvest” in Kannada, and Narayan Singh's “Married to Separateness” was originally written in Hindi. Their translation into English has made these available to a wider audience and thus makes the readers aware of the problems faced by untouchables in different parts of the country. The stories explore three different issues related to caste, but the skeleton of the stories is the same: oppression. The stories lay bare not only the oppression and marginality of the untouchables, but also the hypocrisy and inhumanity of the upper castes. The stories at the same time bring out the hurdles that lie in the way of dismantling caste structures.","PeriodicalId":210568,"journal":{"name":"Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital","volume":"187 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121725243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social and Psychological Barriers of Rural Social Change: A Field Study of Dhari Block in Kumaun Hills of Uttarakhand","authors":"Laishram Sonia Devi, D. Bisht","doi":"10.5958/J.2249-0035.7.3.033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.2249-0035.7.3.033","url":null,"abstract":"‘Social’ means pattern of living as an infield community under the established conventions, traditions and widely practises faith on common values. ‘Social Change’ connotes eroding faith on traditional organisation, practices and norms of life and thereby emergence of a new order.","PeriodicalId":210568,"journal":{"name":"Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134179200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Higher Education: Indian Perspective","authors":"A. Dixit","doi":"10.5958/2249-0035.2014.01075.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2249-0035.2014.01075.4","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents an overview of the contemporary issues and challenges of Indian higher education. India has an old tradition of knowledge and learning. Initially, the British had accepted the indigenous system of knowledge and allowed institutions for indigenous education to exist. English was established as the only medium of instruction permitted for university education. Indians valued European higher education as the means to acquire employment in the British establishment; to enter the professions of law, medicine and teaching as practised under British rule; and to gain access to European social circles. When India acquired independence in 1947, education was chosen to be the principal instrument for the country's transformation from a poor, dependent, economically and technologically backward imperial colony into an advanced nation. India's experience illustrates how difficult it is for developing countries to bridge gaps and to keep pace with the developed world. Quality is also affected by the fact that few students are academically motivated. Most pursue a degree for the status it carries and because it is a required qualification for employment. But the reservations system has enabled the disadvantaged castes and tribes to advance significantly, in education as well as in employment. In the face of this scenario, higher education in India can hardly claim to have functioned successfully as an instrument of equality. Yet, there is visible, as well as statistical, evidence of a complete transformation of the structure of opportunities in the country for the traditionally disadvantaged castes and tribes, for women and for the classes that not very long ago had little or no access to higher education and to the futures that education opens up.","PeriodicalId":210568,"journal":{"name":"Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital","volume":"123 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133590482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Finding Solutions to Human Problems with the Help of Self Introspection","authors":"Ritu Soryan","doi":"10.5958/J.0974-5041.5.2.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.0974-5041.5.2.032","url":null,"abstract":"Human actions have already caused much chaos and trouble in the world, ranging from resource depletion, pollution, waste creation and global warming to war, terrorism and other interpersonal problems. These are interrelated and result in deteriorating the quality of human life. There is an urgent need of introspection and self-exploration which implies a careful and critical examination, assessment and analysis of one's own unrealised capacities and potentials. With the help of self-exploration, an individual can analyse his weakness and potential strengths. This article presents some of the views of leading thinkers regarding inculcation of human harmony and discusses the various aspects of individual life where such harmony can be sought.","PeriodicalId":210568,"journal":{"name":"Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital","volume":"258 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133138743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental Awareness among Secondary School Students","authors":"S. Singh","doi":"10.5958/J.0974-5041.5.2.028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.0974-5041.5.2.028","url":null,"abstract":"The main stated purpose of environmental education in schools is to acquaint and sensitise the young minds to the environmental problems and concerns, to inculcate in them healthy personal and social attitude and behaviour towards environment. It is necessary to study how far the school students are aware about the environment and environmental problems. This study is an effort to compare the environmental awareness among the male and female students belonging to the general category, other backward c classes and scheduled castes of secondary schools. For the purpose of the study a sample of 109 students of two schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and two schools affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Board were randomly selected, out of which50 were female students and 59 were male students. The tool used for analysis was the Environmental Awareness Ability Measurement preparedby Dr. Praveen Kumar Jha consisting of 51 questions based on environmental awareness. The collected data was interpreted by using mean, standard deviation and t-value. The results revealed that there was no significant difference between the male and female students of general castes, other backward cs classes and scheduled castes regarding their level of environmental awareness.","PeriodicalId":210568,"journal":{"name":"Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131330708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bank Lending Under Priority Sector in Assam (Concept, Composition and Growth)","authors":"Syeda Musfia Begum","doi":"10.5958/J.0974-5041.6.2.033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/J.0974-5041.6.2.033","url":null,"abstract":"It was during the post-nationalisation period that priority sector lending and social banking concepts were crystalised and adopted for the purpose of credit deployment. The word “priority sector” is used for those activities that have national importance and have been assigned a priority for development, but which have not received due attention from the private sector commercial banks. Hence, in the scheme of social control, emphasis was laid on larger allocation of bank credit mainly to three important sectors, namely, agriculture, small-scale industries and exports, which were termed as ‘priority sector’. The scope of priority sector was subsequently broadened so as to include other sectors later and some target was fixed by the Reserve Bank of India. Since nationalisation, the scheduled commercial banks have been engaged in the task of bringing about the desired change in the attitude and approach of banks in regard to their priorities, vis-a-vis the services rendered by them. No doubt, the quantitative changes are perceptible in this regard, but the qualitative changes have not been assessed in terms of pronounced policies.","PeriodicalId":210568,"journal":{"name":"Quest-The Journal of UGC-ASC Nainital","volume":"184 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124662922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}