This volume brings together a range of essays that offer a new perspective on the dynamic history of the museum as a cultural institution in South Asia. It traces the museum from its origin as a tool of colonialism and adoption as a vehicle of sovereignty in the nationalist period, till its role in the present, as it reflects the fissured identities of the post-colonial period.

This volume brings together a range of essays that offer a new perspective on the dynamic history of the museum as a cultural institution in South Asia. It traces the museum from its origin as a tool of colonialism and adoption as a vehicle of sovereignty in the nationalist period, till its role in the present, as it reflects the fissured identities of the post-colonial period.

Exiled from his homeland, Prince Rama must brave through an odyssey in search of his wife, Princess Sita. She's been captured by a demon that Rama must overcome before taking his place as the rightful ruler. A dramatic tale of love, abduction and battle will play out in a world thronged by heroes, deities and demons. The timeless Ramayana has thrilled readers and listeners since the fourth century B.C.

Beyond their often beautiful exhibition halls, many museums contain vast, hidden spaces in which objects may be stored, conserved, or processed. Museums can also include unseen archives, study rooms, and libraries which are inaccessible to the public. This collection of essays focuses on this domain, an area that has hitherto received little attention. Divided into four sections, the book critically examines the physical space of museum storage areas, the fluctuating historical fortunes of exhibits, the growing phenomenon of publicly visible storage, and the politics of objects deemed worthy of collection but unsuitable for display. In doing so, it explores issues including the relationship between storage and canonization, the politics of collecting, the use of museum storage as a form of censorship, the architectural character of storage space, and the economic and epistemic value of museum objects. Essay contributions come from a broad combination of museum directors, curators, archaeologists, historians, and other academics.

Beyond their often beautiful exhibition halls, many museums contain vast, hidden spaces in which objects may be stored, conserved, or processed. Museums can also include unseen archives, study rooms, and libraries which are inaccessible to the public. This collection of essays focuses on this domain, an area that has hitherto received little attention. Divided into four sections, the book critically examines the physical space of museum storage areas, the fluctuating historical fortunes of exhibits, the growing phenomenon of publicly visible storage, and the politics of objects deemed worthy of collection but unsuitable for display. In doing so, it explores issues including the relationship between storage and canonization, the politics of collecting, the use of museum storage as a form of censorship, the architectural character of storage space, and the economic and epistemic value of museum objects. Essay contributions come from a broad combination of museum directors, curators, archaeologists, historians, and other academics.

Exiled from his homeland, Prince Rama must brave through an odyssey in search of his wife, Princess Sita. She's been captured by a demon that Rama must overcome before taking his place as the rightful ruler. A dramatic tale of love, abduction and battle will play out in a world thronged by heroes, deities and demons. The timeless Ramayana has thrilled readers and listeners since the fourth century B.C.

Learn how to structure the different kinds of basic sentences in Hindi including interrogative (questions) sentences. This Learn-to-Speak-and-Understand Hindi course lets you... Put the words in proper order to form correct sentences. Check for gender or number mistakes in words used. Speak out these sentences in correct manner. Make simple talk with people in Hindi. Put questions to others in Hindi. Arrange Hindi words and phrases to create grammatical and sensible Hindi sentences.

Learn how to speak Hindi in a conversation without hesitation. This Learn-to-Speak-and-Understand Hindi course lets you become confident about... Introducing Yourself, Getting What You Want, Getting a Better Deal - At The Hotel/Shop, Describing a Person, Making Small Talk - Weather, Understanding Directions and locations, Getting Around - The Airport/Railway Station, Talking about Life's Necessities, Your Health - The Water/Medicines, and Romantic Hindi Phrases and Expressions

Learn the correct Hindi grammar for every situation and become skilled at forming different kinds of Hindi words and phrases. This Hindi course lets you become confident about... Nouns in Hindi, Adjectives in Hindi, Pronouns in Hindi, Verbs in Hindi, Adverbs in Hindi, Postpositions in Hindi, Conjunctions in Hindi, Interjections in Hindi, Prefix, Suffix in Hindi and Hindi Compounds.

Using this book, you will learn to form different kinds of Hindi words and phrases. These words consist of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs among others. You'll also learn to make sentences in Hindi using the words and phrases you've learned which you can use in your conversation in Hindi.

InFlux: Contemporary Art in Asia brings together essays by leading critics and curators to examine modern and contemporary art practice and its discourses in Asia. Covering diverse regions spanning China, India, Thailand, Iran, West Asia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Cambodia, the book examines their multiple modernities and the arrival of many Asia's upon the contemporary art scene. Some centers have become celebrated in the international exhibition circuit and the art market, but there is also an Asia beyond their ambit, and the book throws light upon major and minor, established and emergent geographies of art. Asia's own internal minorities fracture any unified sense of place, and representing this diversity has become a major challenge for today's curator. What is the impact on contemporary art of state power and burgeoning economies, or the persistent stereotypes of Asian craftsmanship, exoticism, and religiosity or the new ones of terrorism and tourist paradise? The book aims to challenge some of these perceptions by viewing modern and contemporary Asian art not as a given field but as a project in flux, constantly under revision via art practice and curatorial interventions.

In process industries normally different manufacturing process requires maintaining constant temperature or temperature variation allowed to 0.5% or low. Such temperature control of chemicals/ process ingredients is critical precision temperature control is not possible using conventional ON/ OFF controllers.. Secondly, present market trend is changing fast and requires investment in equipment, which has large degree of flexibility, and production sequence can be manipulated change with ease, such that batch production becomes flexible and programmable. Particularly in chemical industry temperature at which reaction are required to be performed are very critical, and need to be controlled under all dynamic disturbance conditions. Such diverse requirement is feasible for a system only with PID controller that permits fast response with minimum over shoot and error. As per the flexible process requirement of manufacturing industry, the complete process must be programmable, Hence these requires use of microprocessor/ micro-computer/ micro-controller as basic element of the design. For implementation of the above process requirement, the problem for the research is proposed here.

In this book it is being attempted to implement basic JPEG compression using only basic MATLAB functions. Here we use the lossy compression technique where data loss can not effect the image clarity in this area. JPEG image compression addresses the problem of reducing the amount of data required to represent a digital image. It is also used for reducing the redundancy that is nothing but avoiding the duplicate data. It is also used for reduce the storage compression area to load an image, for this purpose we are using JPEG. This book describes the successful implementation of JPEG image compression by using the MATLAB software.

Exhaustive work pressures, unmanageable deadlines, and over-stressed work schedules, often lead a manager to a situation, where he/she fails to perform to his/her potential. If it reaches this point, counselling becomes a requirement for mental healing and positive outlook. Now in its second edition, this book focuses on counselling concepts, and explores issues of termination and follow-up, while discussing counselling procedures. The concept of REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy) is examined. A section is included that is specifically devoted to counselling women. A comprehensive model of ethical decision-making has also been added. The book is designed for the postgraduate students of management and organisational psychology. It will also be useful for practising managers and counsellors.