story and novel writing have been a traditional legacy of india and they have been a part of indian culture. story writing has a pronounced past and an equally impeccable present. epics like the mahabharata and ramayana as well as fables like the panchtantra are acclaimed as the heritage of glorious works of literature across the world. persian, urdu and hindi languages are very closely linked ...

The paper focuses on East Indian immigrant parents and some of the post-immigration difficulties they experience in their attempts to rear culturally East Indian children within the United States cultural context. Concerns specific to parenting children in the US, and therapeutic issues East Indian immigrant parents bring to therapy are presented and discussed. Effective therapy with East India...

OBJECTIVE Fasting plasma glucose and risk of type 2 diabetes are higher among Indian Asians than among European and North American Caucasians. Few studies have investigated genetic factors influencing glucose metabolism among Indian Asians. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We carried out genome-wide association studies for fasting glucose in 5,089 nondiabetic Indian Asians genotyped with the Illum...

background: musculoskeletal diseases are quite common among healthcare professionals including medical laboratory technicians. this cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and ergonomic risk factors in indian medical laboratory technicians.   materials and methods: the study sample comprised of 130 male and female laboratory technicians from the indian...

This study examines the impact of the Indian cricket team’s performance in one day international cricket matches on returns on the Indian stock market. The main conclusion of the study is that there exists an asymmetric relationship between the performance of the Indian cricket team and stock returns on the Indian stock market. While a win by the Indian cricket team has no statistically signifi...

This paper argues that Suite: Indian, a 2005 film by Shelley Niro (Mohawk), critiques Euroamerican art that exploits non-specific “Indian” materials to represent allegedly “universal” themes. In particular, this essay will explore how Niro’s film critiques Edward MacDowell’s 1896 Second Suite, frequently called the Indian Suite, an orchestral piece that MacDowell claims is based upon Native mus...

This study compares the blood pressure (BP) in young population of North India and South India. Age, height and sex specific BP was estimated for 6320 North Indian subjects aged 7-18 years and compared with BP values of South Indian subjects. North Indian boys and girls had lower diastolic BP (DBP) with no difference in systolic BP (SBP) than South Indian boys and girls between 7-12 years. Betw...

Q: (Under given circumstances) Can we improve speech synthesis by using “more” data ? If so, How much more data is needed ? What kind of data is useful ? Circumstances we are interested in: Improve an existing Indian English Voice (CMU ARCTIC KSP) “More” data that we had for these experiments New Indian English Pronunciation Lexicon (~3500 new words with Indian English Pronunciations) New India...

On 1 April of this year, the Indian Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Indian Patent Office to refuse the patent grant for Novartis imatinib mesylate (Gleevec). The patent application failed to meet the requirements for patentability under Indian law. The global public health community followed the case closely. Its outcome could affect the Indian generics industry - an important supplier...

Is the impact of sales promotion on consumer perception mediated by its hedonic and utilitarian benefits in the context of Indian consumers?  Is gender having a moderating impact on the relationship between the benefits of sales promotion and consumer perception?  Authors examined both questions using a partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings revealed that hedonic ...