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PUNE RESEARCH TIMES 

AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY STUDIES  

(ISSN 2456-0960) (JIF 3.18)

PRAVINA DEVCHAND CHAWARE

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The population sample used for the study consisted of 150 participants, comprising 50 in the study group drawn from the OPD’s and 50 in the control group (from the general population) from Gadchiroli. Further 50 controls from the general population of Aurangabad were included to study alexithymia in broader context. The tools utilized included Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS-C) and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and various descriptive and inferential statistics were applied. The outcome revealed a high prevalence (40%) of alexithymia in our study group. However the association of alexithymia with Ischemic heart disease was not clearly implied as the contrast of alexithymia between our study group and control group did not divulge any significant difference and inconsistently the occurrence in the control group was even higher. Further a comparison of the control group from Gadchiroli with that of Aurangabad revealed a highly significant difference. Thus, our study suggests that perpetual trauma and unending stress owing to current prevailing condition in Gadchiroli mutually with the presence of several kinds of mental disorders in a important segment of Gadchirolii population has rendered the entire population more susceptible to developing alexithymia. Additional, our findings did not reveal any association between Type A Behavior Pattern and Ischemic Heart Disease. This indicates a need for further elucidation of the precise role of personality types in producing and preventing Ischemic heart disease.

Keywords: Ischemic Heart Disease; Alexithymia; Type A Behavior Pattern; Traumatic conditions; Risk factors.

RUPESH SINGH

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The cardinal theme of Troilus and Cressida is sexual infidelity. The Prologue of the play proclaims it as the pivotal subject of the play’s action. The discourse between love and war is made overt in the beginning lines of the play, asserted by Troilus himself: “Call here my varlet. I’ll unarm again. / Why should I war without the walls of Troy / That find such cruel battle here within?” (I.i.1-3). Troilus’s love for Cressida is depicted in dismally carnal terms. He asserts explicitly of the “monstrosity in love” and “that the will is infinite and the execution confined; that the desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit”, and Cressida reacts to him, “They say all lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform.”

Keywords:  love, lust, politics and sexual infidelity.

ANAMIKA

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Social media is an integral part of our modern lives. This study seeks to examine the social media usage trends among S. D. College students and understand the interaction between social media usage and their academic performance. Social media and E- Learning have one to one relationship to enrich learning experience regarding academic purposes and behaviour-related issues. Through a quantitative approach data was collected from students of S.D. College Barnala using a survey.  Questionnaires were distributed among 110 students of various classes. The key findings indicate that the main reason S D College students use social media for socializing, as well as for study and E-Learning purposes. The respondents showed some signs of addiction to social media tools such as Facebook, Mobile and Twitter. Differences in social media use by gender were found, with female students showing increased social media use for privacy and socializing, interest in brand and trends, as well as signs of addiction. Social media platforms provide informal learning. The findings could prove beneficial to educationists, website developers, college teachers, parents, and researchers exploring social media addiction and usage pattern in a developing country such as India.

RINKUBEN G. PRAJAPATI & DR. P. R. GAVLI

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Women's Empowerment is the process in which women elaborate and recreate what it is that they can be, do, and accomplish in a circumstance that they previously were denied. Empowerment can be defined in many ways, however, when talking about women's empowerment, empowerment means accepting and allowing people (women) who are on the outside of the decision-making process into it. “This puts a strong emphasis on participation in political structures and formal decision-making and, in the economic sphere, on the ability to obtain an income that enables participation in economic decision-making.” Empowerment is the process that creates power in individuals over their own lives, society, and in their communities. People are empowered when they are able to access the opportunities available to them without limitations and restrictions such as in education, profession and lifestyle. Feeling entitled to make your own decisions creates a sense of empowerment. Empowerment includes the action of raising the status of women through education, raising awareness, literacy, and training. Women's empowerment is all about equipping and allowing women to make life-determining decisions through the different problems in society.

Keywords: - Women empowerment, Reforms, Feminism, Metoo

DR. ASHA ARORA

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Maithilisharan Gupt (1886-1964), the national poet of India, wrote the Hindi literary work, ‘Saket’ in 1931. ‘Saket’ is a remarkable piece of poetry that is related to the great religious epic-‘Ramayana’. It centres on the characters of Ramayana.  It is written in 12 cantos but its ninth canto especially depicts the character of Urmila, the wife of Lakshman (the second son of King Dashrath of Ayodhya). In literal meaning, ‘Saket’ means Ayodhya city. Gupt’s ‘Saket’ narrates the events of Ramayana from Lakshman’s view point. It is written in dwipaada style (verses of two lines each). The work is magnificent for its use of imagery and exploration of emotions of some characters who were not given a sufficient space in the main narrative work of Ramayana. It expands a different experience to Ram’s Tale. The present paper reflects on Urmila’s character as how much it is useful in fulfilment of her husband’s promise for his brother’s(Ram) service.

Key Words- Saket, Exploration, Dwipadda, Narrative, Magnificent.   

वळवी विश्वास गोरखनाथ

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ख्रिस्ती धर्म नाही तर ख्रिस्त आहे.आणि  ख्रिस्तत्व ख्रिस्तात मिळविलेली जीवनशैली आहे. आणि हीच जीवनाची कला प्रत्येक ख्रिस्ती व्यक्ती जगत असतो,धर्म म्हणून जरी काही ख्रिस्ती धर्मातील पाखंडी पंथ आपल्या परंपरेने वावरत असले तरी ख्रिस्ती धर्माचा मूळ गाभा ख्रिस्तात लपलेला आहे.आणि पवित्र बायबल आणि पवित्र आत्म्याच्या मार्गदर्शनाखाली ख्रिस्ती व्यक्ती ख्रिस्तात रोज आणि रोज बदलत जातो,पण या आधुनिक काळात धर्माची व्याख्या बदललेली आहे.आज जगात अनेक धर्म आणि पंथ आहेत आणि प्रत्येक देशात,प्रदेशात,वेगवेगळ्या जाती-उपजाती आणि भाषा आहेत,प्रत्येकाची संस्कृती वेगळी आहे ,त्यामुळे ख्रिस्ती धर्म देखील आपल्या मूळ आरशातून लपलेला आहे.आणि तो मानवतावादी जास्त आणि ख्रिस्त कमी असा या जगाचा दृष्टीक्षेपात दिसतो.जरी ख्रिस्ती धर्म यहुदी धर्माचा उत्पात आहे.पण यहुदी धर्माची परिणीती ख्रिस्तात पूर्ण होते.आणि त्याला ख्रिस्ताशिवाय दुसरा पर्याय नाही.मुस्लीम धर्म आणि ख्रिस्त धर्म हे दोघेही यहुदी धर्माच्या आध्यात्मिक संक्रमणवादातून उत्पन झाले आणि त्यांचे मूळस्थान यहुदी धर्मात आहे,फक्त काळानुसार दोघ्यात राजकीय आणि आध्यात्मिक संघर्ष होत गेले.आणि पुढे त्याची परिणीती आठ क्रुसेड मध्ये घडून आली.जागतिकीकरणामुळे आज सर्व धर्माची धर्मतत्वे जगासमोर उघडी झालेली  आहे.’आज ख्रिस्ती धर्मापुढील सर्वात मोठी आव्हाने म्हणजे धर्मांतर,आणि परंपरावाद,ज्याच्या नावावर अनेक देशात आज ख्रिस्ती धर्म पिडला जात आहे.याचे कारण खऱ्या ख्रिस्तत्वाचा गाभा आज जगाला पूर्ण समजलेला नाही हेच म्हणावे लागेल.

डॉ. नीता धर्माधिकारी

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कर्मचाऱ्यांना मर्यादेबाहेर ताण-तणाव येऊ नये म्हणून संघटनेत ताण-तणाव व्यवस्थापनाचे जाणीवपूर्वक प्रयत्न केले जातात. कर्मचाऱ्यांना या समस्येतून सोडविणे, कार्याचे व्यवस्थापन करणे, कर्मचाऱ्यांची मानसिकता सकारत्मक बदलविणे, त्यांना समस्या असतील तर त्यांचा निपटारा करणे, याकरिता संघटनेत प्रयत्न करण्यात येतात. मानवता संसाधन विकास विभागाचे हे महत्वपूर्ण जबाबदारी आहे. ताण-तणाव कर्मचाऱ्यांना येऊ नये, आलातर काय उपाययोजना कराव्यात याचे अध्ययन करण्याकरिता प्रस्तुत पेपर लिहण्यात आला आहे.

मूळशब्द:-  ताण, तणाव, संघटना, व्यवस्थापन.