Maharashtra

Abstract: Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra, experienced unprecedented floods on 26th and 27th July 2005 bringing the entire city to standstill for two days. In span of 24 hours the Santa Cruz observatory at Mumbai airport recorded 944 mm of rain, which is highest recorded data for city in a day. The flood caused direct economic damages of about $2 billion and over 500 fatalities. The flood also caused several infrastructural damages, over 2,000 buildings were completely destroyed and 50,000

INTRO Ajanta and Ellora are the pride of Maharashtra. The rock-cut caves of both these sites are world famous and illustrate the degree of skill and artistry that Indian craftsmen had achieved several hundred years ago. Ajanta dates from 100 B.C. while Ellora is younger by some 600 years. The village of Ajanta is in the Sahyadri hills, about 99 kms. From Aurangabad; a few miles away in a mammoth horseshoe-formed rock, are 30 caves overlooking a gorge, `each forming a room in the hill and some with

VIDEOCON Introduction Videocon is a company that was floated by Nandalaji Dhoot in 1986 to launch India’s first superlative colour television in a collaboration with Toshiba Corporation Japan, has now claimed to be a $2.5 billion conglomerate (in market capitalisation). The company has two core activities, which include the manufacturing, assembly, marketing and distribution of consumer electronics and home appliances, and exploration and production of oil and gas. The company presently has seven

INTRODUCTION: Tectonic geomorphology is defined as the study of landforms produced by tectonic processes, or the application of geomorphic principles to the solution of tectonic problems (Keller, E.A. and Pinter N. 1996). Geological structure plays a crucial role in determining a wide field of relief forms, even in areas where exogenetic factors are regarded as the dominant ones in the landscape (Ahnert 1998; Bloom 1998; Ritter et al. 2002). In recent years Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data and

On the morning of 11th July, 1997, at Ramabai Colony in Mumbai, garland of slippers is seen on the statue of Dr. Ambedkar. Soon upset Dalits gather to protest against the sacrilege. Within a few hours, a police van reaches the spot and starts to fire. They fire at people who weren’t even protesting, killing ten people on the spot. Vilas Ghogre, a Dalit-Marxist poet and singer, moved by the incident to such an extent that he committed suicide. Anand Patwardhan’s documentary “Jai Bhim Comrade”

Ambedkar is Ambavade, which is located in Rathagiri District of Maharashtra state and is located about 5 miles from Madhavgarh, which is a small village. Bhimrao Ambedkar was born on 14th April 1891 in village Mahu in a Mahar Caste, which was considered to be of the untouchables . His father’s name was Ramji Sakpal and

The pain experienced by the characters of Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, and S. Anand and Srividya Natarjan’s Bhimayana illustrate the severe nature of trauma and the longstanding effects it can have on a person. Each of these graphic novels utilize a metanarrative of the speaker telling a story of a traumatic event, and each of these traumatic events depict a society that is psychologically and physically oppressive. Spiegelman illustrates the process of interviewing his father

years and remaining 40% were between 26-35 years old. 61% Odisha youth were below 25 years old slight higher than Maharashtra (58%). Whereas 39% Odisha youth were between 26-35 years old slight higher than Maharashtra (42%). Half of respondents, 50% were married. 55% respondents are married from low performing state (Odisha) whereas only 45% from high performing state (Maharashtra). 69% respondents are married from low performing GPs (Hatmuniguda and Khairale) whereas only 31% from high performing

A STUDY OF MIGRATION IN MAHARASHTRA (2007-2008) “ If you don’t have migration you wouldn’t be able to fill important jobs to keep the economy going” (McKinley, n.d.)1 Introduction Human Migration is defined as the movement of people from one place to another in the quest for a better life.The movement could be very well across the borders of a country or within a country. It is not a new concept and has occurred throughout the human history, the first human movement being from their origins in

PREFACE The Indian subcontinent has a tropical climate and unstable landforms. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are prone to natural disasters of various kinds on a continual basis. Coupled with high population density, poverty, illiteracy and lack of infrastructure, the natural disasters kill thousands of people and leave a devastating impact on economy and environment. The importance of telecommunication in disaster management has been widely accepted since the early days of the development of