Life is life

                    US base study has found out that Goans are losing 1.5 years of their life expectancy due to poor air quality in the state. According to WHO standard air quality is 10 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The study also showed that there has been 9.3 per cent increase in particulate pollution in the state from 1998 to 2016 and by 2016 average life expectancy had increased to 1.6 years.   The main causes leading to such harsh environmental crisis are air pollutants emanate from construction and demolition actives, secondly vehicle emission and burning of waste in open.            It is not a new and unique problem, many countries like UK, US and China in past has faced it. It is a high time for India, and we should learn a lesson from these countries and should start working towa...

          Manga is comic originated in Japan, which is quite different from any other western comic. This paper aims to explore the origin of the term ‘Manga’; some of its essential components. Lastly we’ll study what gives Japanese literature to show such explicit imageries and to explain all the above points I will be using Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha series (1972-83).           Let’s start by understanding the meaning of Manga. Although it is difficult to identify the exact date when manga was first created, many credit the beginning of sequential art in Japan with the creation of scrolls of illustrations by Buddhist monks in the twelfth century. The most famous example of this art is the Choju Giga, or “animal scrolls” created by a monk known as Bishop Toba.                     Artist Hokusai Katsuhi...

         In this paper I will be discussing how different cultures depict Snakes. How this connotations attached to it shows it as a god in culture and how it is believed to be satanic in other.             Starting with Naga; in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, the nāga is divine, semi-divine deity, or a semi-divine race of half-human half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala) and can occasionally take human form. They are principally depicted in three forms: wholly human with snakes on the heads and necks; common serpents, or as half-human half-snake beings. A female naga is a nagini . Nagaraja is seen as the king of nāgas and nāginis. They are common and hold cultural significance in the mythological traditions of many South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures.           Similarly we have Bakunawa who is a serpent-l...