cancer ought to be very common in Kashmir, but it is not so. We meet with epithelioma on the thigh and abdomen resulting from constant irritation of live charcoals used by Kashmiris for warming in winter in pots called kangries to which the name Kangri cancer might be given. Besides these cancer in other parts are also seen, and of these cancer in the beast is, I believe, more common than in ot...

In the first part of this article published in the Summer 1990 issue of the Mathematics Educator, we discussed the use of directions by paleolithic and neolithic cultures. We saw how angles, as distinct geometric entities, had their origin in Greek culture, and we discussed several problems associated with them. We also saw how other cultures like the Chinese and the Hindus could solve geometri...

Traffic snarl-up or traffic jam is a common phenomenon in Puri, one of the imperative pilgrimage sites for Hindus as well as a popular tourist destination in India. Traffic congestion inevitably produces traffic noise, in turn annoying the drivers, leading to road rage. Keeping this in mind, the present article has monitored and assessed different noise descriptors in 7 different types of buses...

Abstract We examine economic mobility in India while accounting for misclassification to better understand the welfare effects of rise inequality. To proceed, we extend recently developed methods on partial identification transition matrices. Allowing modest misclassification, find overall has been remarkably low: at least 65% poor households remained or at-risk being between 2005 and 2012. als...

As the Communist and Congress Parties continue their downfall in West Bengal, two parties relying heavily on identity politics are entrenching positions as main political forces of state: Trinamool with its pro-Bengali discourse Bharatiya Janata Party pro-Hindu discourse. Yet, we know little about how mobilization these different regional religious identities interact potentially conflicting ma...

Most studies of intergenerational mobility focus on adjacent generations, and there is limited knowledge about multigenerational that is, status transmission across three generations. We examine educational occupational in India, using a nationally representative data-set the India Human Development Survey which contains information education occupation for find has increased over generations e...

This study aims to conduct a related the strategies implemented by Bali-Hindu community in maintaining cultural existence amidst majority culture Sasak people Praya city, central Lombok. research was designed qualitative interpretive manner order find answers formulation of problems posed. Based on results this study, four contestation arenas were found which part strategy maintain Balinese ide...