achieve the organizational goal. According to Warren G. Bennis leadership is a complex process by which a person influences others to accomplish organizational mission, vision, and objectives in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. From Keith Devis view leadership is the process of influencing followers in the accomplishment of the organizational goals in a particular situation. After observing the theories of leadership we can classify them into five approaches: 1. Trait approach 2.…
the Punjab cricket board (PCA) for playing cricket at the state level in under 19 team. In junior year still in India, I jumped one math class on the recommendation of my teacher. I was promoted to the algebra2 class. My teacher name was Sarita Devi; she was so hard and strict. She always hit me with her long and thick stick in winter. I ended with C in her class, but I was extremely happy with that unless my parents come into the play at parent’s teacher meeting. I was embarrassed by my…
The Indian goddess Nanda Devi, the goddess of bliss, is carved from the bark. The Bengalis strew pieces of the bark during religious ceremonies commemorating the goddess Durga. Mbugua has gone beyond the health and religious use of the bark and showed how it can bring out artistic…
TIME-OUT FOR RADICAL SELF-CARE By Silvia Mordini Yoga is time where we get back in touch with caring about ourselves. Self-care is essential to a productive, peaceful life. It is a deeply spiritual practice. Developing an attitude of self-care means seeing yourself as the author and expert on your life story. Authoring one's own life assumes some measure of authority and requires appreciating yourself. Sadly deep down a lot of us don't approve of ourselves. Or we don't think we are worth the…
Her novel The Nature of Passion is about a modern young girl who wants to discard the age old tradition and customs. The other notable Indian women novelist in English are Anita Desai, Shobha de, Arundhati Roy, Mahaswetha Devi and Sashi Deshapade. Anita desai is one of the most appreciable women novelist. She uses stream of consciousness method and portrays the psychic life of her characters. Some of her famous novels are Cry the Peacock, Bye Bye Blackbird, Where Shall…
symbolic meaning. First time she appears, at the reference of the name of Praful and second time she appears when Alka recalls Praful’s cruelty of burning her hair on the stove and third time she appears at the reference of Daksha and the Thumari of Naina Devi. She is the symbol of the bitter realities of the characters of the play which are hidden as she is hidden under tarpaulin. Praful’s…
Yoga is said to have been around for over 10,000 years. The beginning writings of yoga have been said to have been written on palm leaves which by now would be destroyed or lost. Although from past to present yoga can be split up into four different time periods of development, practice, and innovation. The era of Pre-Classical yoga were first discovered by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago. Yoga was a word first mentioned in the oldest sacred texts known as…
In David A. Lemmings book, The World of Myth, I learned more about the importance of the many gods and goddesses. Lemming explains the relationship between the stories of gods and humanity. He states that “their relationship is a human relationship, their family is a reflection of our families, their hierarchies mirror ours” (Pg. 87). Lemming believes that the deities are there to help us learn how to get over problems that we face in our own realities. He also believes that mythology give…
The Himalayas: A Mystic’s Viewpoint Himalaya literally meaning the abode of snow. Apart from being a geographical entity, it has in various ways shaped the life and culture of South Asian people. Comprising of nine highest peaks in the world, this awe inspiring range has been an object of veneration for people and epitomizes the concept of sublime beauty. The Himalayas are bordered on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain, on the northwest by the…
2.2 Image of New Woman The new Indian women are making their presence felt in a striking way by means of self-assertion with roots in modern education, exposure to development, cultural contacts and exploitations of one’s capabilities and mental resources. They are searching for new horizons and new orientations to re-position their status in the patriarchal framework. Against this background it is necessary to find out whether the women depicted in the plays of Girish Karnad are able to attain…