2022
Volume 18, Number 1
“Lenin was a mushroom”. Russian Post-Soviet History of Fly-Agaric
Amanita muscaria, Conceptualism, Mukhomor, Russian Civil War, Russian contemporary art, Sergei Kuryokhin, SiberiaBy: GIORGIO SAMORINI – The fly-agaric, with its characteristic red hat sprinkled with white spots, is the best known mushroom of Eurasian iconography, depicted countless times in children’s fairy tales and Christmas themes. Endowed with intoxicating properties and used for millennia in Siberia as a visionary shamanic source, for several centuries Western culture has also…
A Serpent’s Tale: the Milky Way
By: HERMAN BENDER – Before light pollution robbed us of its celestial glow, the Milky Way was the backbone of the night and became part of ancient people’s myths and beliefs based on their perception of it as a serpent. In North America, whether as a giant form on the ground or pictured on a…
Quale dio preistorico stiamo piangendo e ci aspettiamo che risorga in questi giorni?
By: CHARIS KOUTELAKIS – Ancient drama and tragedies as theatrical events are the artistic performance by the Athenians of the typical ritual acts in honour of Dionysus by his followers at a location just beyond the entrance-exit of the mines. His followers were originally all those who worked in the mines of the Balkan peninsula…
Resurfacing Celtic Traditions. Muttiron, Mutera, Motta, Linguistic Legacies and Oral Traditions
Carni, castelliere, Celts, Cenomanes, daoine sídhe, daoine sìth, La Tène, Modena, moher, Montirone, mota, mothar, motta, Motta del Diavolo, Motta della Tombola, Motta di Livenza, Motta di Santa Maria in Duno, Motta Fracaloca, motte, motte and bailey, Mottola, mound, mutera, Mutina, mutiron, tombola, tombolo, tumuloBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – I found that the surname Muttiron is widespread in ancient Insubrian Celtic-speaking areas, such as the provinces of Varese, Sondrio, and Como, while surnames made to derive from ‘motta’ in the sense of ‘mound’ are widespread mainly in Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, an area of Trentino-Veneto (Valsugana), and Emilia-Romagna. There are also…
Maternal Knowledge and Practices During and Post Pregnancy Period and It’s Relationship with the Nutritional Health of a Peri-Urban Children Population of North 24 Parganas of West Bengal, India
BMIfor-Age, Children, Health Practices, Height-for-Age, India, Low-birth-weight, Malnutrition, Maternal KnowledgeBy: PAUL PABITRA, PAUL SUPARNA, ASHISH MUKHOPADHYAY – One of the important aspects of today’s research in the area of public health is the nutritional health of children populations which has been suffering from decades and now became a burning issue in public health. Scholars worldwide appointed themselves to understand the role of multiple factors…
A Study on the Distribution of Health Complications among the Endosulfan Pesticide Affected Victims of Karnataka
By: ASHOK PATIL, JAI S.C. PRABHAKAR – The world has faced numerous severe harmful and deadly disasters for several decades. These are hazardous and destructive chemical substances that resulted in severe complications and damage to humans, animals, and the environment. Before the ban on it by the Supreme Court of India, Endosulfan was extensively used…
Livelihood Challenges and Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: A Photovoice Study in an Oraon Tribal Village in Jharkhand
By: AVINASH – The paper is based on the research conducted in an Oraon tribe village of the Palamu district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Through ‘Photovoice’ Research, the study focuses on expressing their livelihood challenges and responses during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020. The paper argues that ‘photovoice’ is…
Ageing among the Tiwas: A Study of their Socio-Economic Condition
By: BARNALI DAS – Ageing is a natural process which affects every individual and society as well. Old age is characterised by economic insecurity, ill health, loneliness and physical and mental powers. The present study is an attempt to study the socio-economic condition of the ageing Tiwa population living in Morigaon district of Assam. The…
Change in Bodyweight during 2nd lockdown of COVID-19 Pandemic: A cross-sectional study among overweight and obese respondents of central India
By: BASANT KUMAR SEN, RAJESH KUMAR GAUTAM – India has faced two waves of the pandemic of COVID-19. To control the transmission of the virus lockdowns were imposed which changed the life style of people. The level of physical activity was declined and resulted into weight gain. To prove this hypothesis, the present study was…
Digital Financial Capability of Cashew Workers as Part of Financial Inclusion Evidence from Kerala
By: BENNY C., UMAPRABHA S. – The essay makes a judgment on the digital financial capabilities of cashew workers who are paid on a per-product basis. Digital financial services gained from financial inclusion. The capacity to conduct digital financial transactions is important for the growth of emerging economies. The digital economy is rapidly becoming the…
Prevalence of Anaemia in India: A comparative evidence-based study from National Family Health Survey -3 and -4
By: ANTARA BOSE, NITISH MONDAL, JAYDIP SEN – Data based on family health and nutrition in India are reported by the national surveys of the country. The National Family Health Survey 3 (NFHS-3) and 4 (NFHS-4) released the report of 2005-06 and 2015-16. The NFHS-5 also released the data set for 22 states and union…
Contextualizing Gender Dynamics: A Study of Muslim Women in Rural Haryana
By: CHAND MAHAL RUBY, ARCHANA DASSI – This paper discusses how gender dynamics shape different facets of everyday life of Muslim women of rural Haryana such as education, aspirations, work, mobility and conformity to gendered norms. It argues that socio-economic conditions forged with culturally experienced gender norms shape the unique identity of these women. Based…
Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Singphos and Wanchos, the Less Known Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: CHAYA RANI HAZARIKA – Tribals in India in general live in an area that is characterized by rich natural resources like forest, land, water, biodiversity, and minerals. It would not be an exaggeration to state that poverty, misery, and deprivation continue to persist among tribals of India. This study presents the socio-economic profile of…
Effect of Menopause on Aging, Mental and Reproductive Health Among Women: A Review
Aging, Cancer, Menopausal Health, Menopausal symptoms, Menopause, Mental disorder, Reproductive healthBy: CHHANDIKA ROY, NITISH MONDAL, VOKENDRA SINGH – Menopause is both a biological and a neuro-endrocrine transition in a woman’s life. This shift in hormonal levels has an impact on women’s physical and mental health. Menopausal women have a higher rate of morbidity and life dissatisfaction, such as mental and neurological disorders. It’s difficult to…
Health Problems of Hanji Community: A Study of District Bandipora of Jammu and Kashmir
By: HABIB NEELOFER, JAN SALIMA – In resource-dependent communities such as the Hanji/fishermen community, human health supports the ability of individuals and families to maintain sustainable livelihoods. The Hanji/Fishermen community is involved in dangerous and complex profession and it faces numerous and unknown challenges such as it works overtime at the lake- nightshifts and late-…
Social Mobility via Occupational Perception: An Anthropological Study of the Fisherfolks of Kashmir Valley
By: HASHMAT HABIB – Kashmir is home to a significant community of fisherfolks who dwell along the banks of lakes and rivers. This population is responsible for the artisanal/traditional fisheries in the Kashmir valley, which provide most of the fish consumed by the indigenous people. This community of artisanal fishers is the most marginalized and…
The Origins of Collegiate Education in Kerala and the Dynamics of Community Power Balance
By: VISHNU K.M. NAMBOODIRI – This paper examines the origin of collegiate education in Kerala, India. More specifically, it looks at local conditions that aided the development of collegiate education. The term “Kerala” refers to the south Indian region that includes the modern state as well as historical entities such as the Kingdom of Travancore,…
Social Support and Social Stigma as Predictors of Coping Behaviour among Parents of Children with Special Needs
By: PRIYANKA S.J, JASSEER J. – The present study aimed at finding the predictors of coping behaviour among parents of children with special needs. Five hundred and ninety-seven (597) parents of children with special needs were chosen as participants who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The participants for the study were randomly selected from different BUDS…
Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure among Below Five Children of Korba Block, Chhattisgarh, India
CIAF, Height-for-Age, India, nutritional indices, Nutritional Status, weight-for-height, weightfor-ageBy: DHANSAY, A.N. SHARMA, SARVENDRA YADAV – India ranked 101 among 116 countries in Global Hunger Index (GHI) and India is one among the nations where hunger is notified as ‘serious’. Malnutrition is a major social or public issue in developing countries like India also known as “silent emergency”. So, the present study aims to…
Ethnographic Profile of the Bujuur Tribe: Notes on History, Society and Culture
By: ELIJA CHARA – The article is an ethnographic account of the Bujuur tribe on their history, society and culture. The Bujuur, also known as Moyon Naga, is a small and little known tribe belonging to the Sino-Tibetan speaking group of people inhabiting the districts of Chandel and Tengnoupal in Manipur of India and Sagaing…
Societal Response To Covid: A Longitudinal Exploration Via Gas Model Of Stress
By: FRESNAL DAS, ANIL JOSE P.S., GAYATHRI VENU JAYA, VARSHA BINOY – This paper explores the general stress response patterns of the masses to the covid pandemic induced situations across three different time periods, in relation to the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) model proposed by Hans Selye. The time periods considered where – when the…
Finding the importance of Rewards and Recognition among employees of 6 MNC’s located in Kolkata and how it affects their Turnover Intentions
By: INDRANI CHOUDHURI – In today’s globalizing era, amidst the competitive job market where employees of an organization are free to leave the job whenever they feel the need to, it is imperative for the organizations to employ new techniques to retain the employees in their companies. Among these measures to retain the employees; a…
Prevalence of undernutrition among the Bodo boys (3-9 years) of Kokrajhar District, Assam, North-East India
By: LIMI QUEEN BASUMATARY, J.W. DKHAR – Child undernutrition (stunting and wasting) has been a serious global public health problem for the past many decades, especially in developing countries. The present study was carried out among 245 Bodo boys of 3-9 years residing under the Kachugaon Block of Gossaigaon Sub-division of Kokrajhar District, Assam in…
Assessment of Nutritional Status using CIAF Among 2 to 5 Years Preschoolers of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh
By: DAMINI SWARNKAR, SUBAL DAS – Undernutrition is still one of the alarming problems of preschool children, particularly in developing countries that enhance the chances of morbidity and mortality in children. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 children (50 boys and 50 girls) and data were collected through house-to-house visits during day time using…
Baseline Characteristics of Menstruation among Adolescent Girls of Delhi
By: URVASHI GUPTA, NILUPHER, KSHETRIMAYUM SURMALA DEVI, JAISLEEN KAUR, MEENAL DHALL – Adolescence witnesses the beginning of menstruation. Present work is a cross-sectional study designed to take into consideration the menstrual-health status of school going adolescent girls. 295 adolescent girls aged 10-18 years, who volunteered for the study (as permitted by their parents), were interviewed…
The Correlation Between Fall In Profit and the Deployment of AI Labour: A Marxian Analysis
By: RITAPRAVA BANDYOPADHYAY, MAUSHUMI GUHA, AMITA CHATTERJEE – Recent research shows that Artificially Intelligent Agents (AIAs) will increase the profitability of a company. Moreover, one research also claims that AIAs have the potential to increase economic growth rates by a weighted average of 1.7% across all industries through 2035. No doubt industries have benefited from…
Cognitive Measure as a Key Indicator for Learning Disorder
Perceptual reasoning, processing speed, specific learning disorder, verbal comprehension, working memoryBy: MATHEW VARGHESE, ANIL KUMAR NAIR, RANI SRIVASTAVA – Learning disorder as defined by the DSM-V of the American Psychiatric Association is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by gross difficulty in the area of academic performance. Being a neurodevelopmental disorder, cognition and associated cognitive functions play a pivotal role in the understanding and diagnosis of learning…
Conservation of Biodiversity Using Ethnic Adaptive Folk Beliefs- A Case Study in Purulia District, West Bengal, India
By: SHILPA BISWAS, WORREL KUMAR BAIN – The world is degrading daily due to the overuse of natural resources, urbanization, and industrialization. When humans abuse natural resources, causing ecology to become unbalanced, the relationship between nature and man switches from symbiotic to predatory. Because belief systems substantially impact environmental behavior, ethnic adaptive folk traditions have…
Changing Trends of Muslim Marriage in Contemporary Kashmir: A Sociological Study
By: JAN KHUSHBOO, HUSSAIN MANZOOR – Marriage is one of the universal social institution but it’s very difficult process to live together forever when their culture and mindset is different. But over the past several decades lot of changes has been taken place in Muslim marriage in Kashmir. The objective of the research is to…
Prevalence of obesity and overweight among the Adults of Gunagi community Uttar Kannada district, Karnataka, India
By: PRAMOD S. GINIWALAD, ARUNA HALLIKERI – The objectives of the present study were to determine and compare the prevalence of underweight and obese/overweight and their associations with specific dietary patterns and demographic determinants among the Gunagi community. The cluster sampling technique and simple random sampling were taken for data collection from One hundred and…
Growth pattern and Nutritional Status among the Male Nyishi Adolescents of Doimuk, Papum Pare District, Arunachal Pradesh
By: ROBERTSON A. SINGH, YAIPHABA S. MEITEI, JIBONKUMAR S. SINGH – The study was based on a cross-sectional study on 125 Nyishi boys aged 10 to 18 years collected from households and schools. The study aims to assess the growth pattern of male Nyishi adolescents with reference to CDC and ICMR and evaluate the grade…
Mother Tongue and Holistic Development: A Study Among Students Aged 3 – 18 Years to Assess the Effect of Different Determiners in Educational Settings
By: SANJOY GHOSH, ANTARA BOSE – Background/Aims: The mother tongue has an impact on educational quality since it facilitates a child’s comprehension and communication. The use of a first language in the classroom enhances learning by boosting classroom engagement and integration. The study’s goal was to see how mother tongue affected rote learning, creativity, attention…
Understanding Human Dependence on Forests: A Perspective on Bangru Housing Patterns and Food Habits
By: TAME RAMYA – This exploratory study was conducted on the forest dependency nature of the Bangru community of Arunachal Pradesh by highlighting their indigenous knowledge of housing patterns and food habits. A numerically weak community, Bangru is sited in about 15 villages of Sarli circle in Kurung Kumey district, a northernmost frontier district bordering…
Towards Disaster Risk Reduction: Contextualizing Recurrent Floods In Uttar Pradesh, India
community participation, disaster risk reduction, emic perspective, India, recurrent floods, Uttar PradeshBy: PRASHANT KHATTRI – Recurrent floods cause a lot of damage to life and livelihoods of people in India annually. Every year around 75 lakh hectares of land is affected by floods, around 1600 lives are lost and damage to crops, houses and public utilities are to the tune of Rs. 1805 crores. It has…
High Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among the Wrestlers of a Folk Wrestling Style in India
By: VIVOTO TSUKRU, DHRUBA KUMAR LIMBU – Naga wrestling is an indigenous wrestling style played by the menfolk of Tenyimi tribes of Nagaland and Manipur. The present study aims to find the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Naga wrestlers, and examine the influence of height, weight, and BMI on performance. For this study, we…
Modernization and Culture Loss: The case of Birth Rituals among Ayt Merghad
By: FATIMA GADDAR – Since its independence, Morocco has witnessed a number of mutations which have resulted in radical changes in the Moroccan culture in general and the Amazigh one in particular. Although Morocco was colonized for a relatively short period of time, 1912-1956, the effect of these decades on the Moroccan society and culture…
Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement of School Going Children: A Study in South Odisha, India
By: GODABARI SETH, HARAPRIYA SAMANTARAYA, URMILA BHAINA – This paper based on an explanatory design and focused on four dimensions of emotional intelligence (self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation and empathy) of school-going children drawn from standard 8th, 9th and 10th with an objective to trace relationship between emotional intelligence and academic achievement. For this, a small sample…
COVID-19 vaccination and associated side effects: Addressing the global concern over vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 virus
By: JOHN BASUMATARY, DHANMANI MEDHI – The concern of side effects played a major part in vaccination hesitancy of the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. This study not only tries to address the concern over vaccination side effects, but also projects various side effects and other associated factors. 1047 individuals participated in the…
The Development of Lodha Tribe: An Anthropological Review
By: DEBASREE CHOWDHURY – The Lodhas are an indigenous community living in the rural areas of West Midnapore and Jhargram district of West Bengal. My research investigation is an endeavor to present a grand narrative of Lodha life over a period of hundred and ten years, taking the Lodhas to be the subject of a…
Phenotypic and Allelic Distribution of ABO Blood Groups, Rhesus Blood Type, PTC Taste Sensitivity, and Color Blindness among the Pnars of West Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya, India
ABO blood groups, Color-blindness, Meghalaya, Northeast India, Pnar tribe, PTC taste sensitivity, Rhesus blood typeBy: VIVOTO TSUKRU, ITIAKLUNG PUTLANG, DHRUBA KUMAR LIMBU – The genetic structures of populations belonging to varied races and ethnic groups differ considerably in genetic markers distribution and occurrence frequencies. The present study is an attempt to describe the genetic composition of the Pnar tribe of Meghalaya, Northeast India using four genetic markers viz., ABO…
Maternal Mortality—An Ongoing Epidemic
By: SAMPRITI DEBNATH, NITISH MONDAL – Background: High rate of maternal mortality in developing and less developed countries is a serious public health concern which is still prevalent although several initiatives have been taken by elite public health organizations worldwide. The present review deals with the current situation of maternal mortality worldwide and associated health…
Determinants of overweight/obesity among adult Tamang males and females of the Pakyong sub-division of East Sikkim, North-East India
By: YOGESH SHARMA, MAIBAM SAMSON SINGH – The prevalence of overweight and obesity is becoming a global epidemic health problem. It is rapidly increasing in both developed and developing countries. Excess weight is associated with an increased risk of death resulting in around 2.8 million deaths of adults globally every year. Data for the present…
Prevalence of undernutrition based on Mid-Upper Arm Circumference among the Preschool Children of India: A Systematic Review
By: SHIULE GOPE, SADARUDDIN BISWAS, SAMIRAN BISAI – Nutritional status during preschool period is a paramount importance because of their rapid growth and this period is the foundation for lifetime health, strength and intellectual vitality. Given the above fact, present review has been undertaken to get an impression of the overall MUAC based undernutrition and…
A Study of Demonic Women and the Politics of Transgression in Garo, Mizo, Lepcha Folklores and Songs
Ethnicity, folklore, gender reversals, India, kinship, Masculinity studies, Masculinizing women, narratology, North East IndiaBy: DEBASHREE SINHA, KALINDI SHARMA – The paper attempts to understand the reconfiguring of mainstream gender specificities in tribal songs, myths and folklores of the hills of the Northeast. We intend to understand figure of the demonic/liberated/ women artists in folklores and songs of tribal communities of the hills. We begin with Mizo women poets…
Iodine Deficiency Disorders among School-Aged Children with Special Reference to West Bengal, India
By: MAMPI DEBNATH, SHREYASI ROY, JAYDIP SEN – The mineral iodine is required by our body to make thyroid hormones which, in turn, control the body’s metabolism and other important functions like bone and brain development in infants. Deficiency in iodine leads to a wide range of health issues in individuals collectively known as Iodine…
Menstrual Hygiene Management: A study of Socio-cultural practices and Implications of the Intervention programme in Kerala, India
adolescent girls, India, Kerala, Menstrual cups, Menstrual hygiene and Sanitary napkins, Menstruation, WASHBy: SANGHAMITHRA E.P., ABHIRAMI A.S., OINAM HEMLATA DEVI – Menstruation is an important life event for every female member of society. The major population overlooks its significance for reproductive health. Simultaneously, there is a wide variation in the knowledge, awareness and practice signalling various social factors responsible for it. Many studies addressed the question of…
Learning Campaign Influencing Girls’ Educational Attainment: Experiences from the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
By: RIPON KUMAR SARKAR, K.M. RABIUL KARIM – This article explores the influence of a learning campaign on girls’ educational attainment in the Rohingya refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. For attaining the objective, key informant interviews using both primary and secondary sources of information were used to analyze the influence of learning centres on girls’…