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Global social sciences review, Mar 30, 2022
This study aims at investigating the theatrical aspects of Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin's play text Daugh... more This study aims at investigating the theatrical aspects of Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin's play text Daughter of Ind. The playwright's theatricality comprises of a variety of distancing devices that are artistically positioned to realize the intended sociopolitical goals. To pop up the spectacle dimension of the said text, various situations, episodes, and personages are shrewdly juxtaposed against each other. This phenomenon inevitably necessitates the sense of urgency, immediacy, and the unfolding of the dialogic filters. A paradigm of analogies is introduced intentionally to complement and reinforce the dialectical configurations. Histrionic expressions and actions push the characters and the discourses towards the stagy world of acting. Theatrical imagery, the intervention of supernatural elements, the polyphony of competitive ideologies, and the narrational voice are the other features of theatricality that smartly challenge the coercive structures like patriarchy, colonialism, and the marginalization of the weak sections of the Indian society. Naivety is a common technique used by political dramatists to successfully enlist the attention of the audience. A theoretical framework for this study consists of postmodern theories on theatre, especially Wladimir Krysinski's essay Changed Textual Signs in Modern Theatricality.
This study pursues the analysis of chosen fiction of Khaled Hosseini and Amitav in the light of e... more This study pursues the analysis of chosen fiction of Khaled Hosseini and Amitav in the light of ecofeminism. The crux of ecofeminism expands on analogies between woman and nature, on the one hand, and the male and culture, on the other hand. Male generally naturalizes woman as a culture feminizes nature. With the space of technological development, the exploitation of nature has increased exceedingly as the male have been exploiting the female since centuries. Both male and culture discursively produce their second part of binaries that is female and nature to define themselves as the creator. In the pursuit of ecofeminist investigation various types of exploitation of nature and marginalization of a woman are traced. There are numerous significant results of this exploitation; the implications of the coercion are very deep rooted and work on various levels of life. As a result of this phenomenon, the female characters of these novels do intentionally take various measures to preserve nature. It is a significant study to acquaint the reader with the widespread environmental degradation and female oppression in South Asia
The present study investigated the always occurring difficulties faced by every researcher during... more The present study investigated the always occurring difficulties faced by every researcher during the course of the research. In doing so, a survey was conducted in order to examine whether under discussion research difficulties were common to all researchers or were the mere outcome of wrong research procedures. Hence survey report generalized these research difficulties which keep on occurring throughout and put novice researchers at problem.
The present case study is an exploratory study, focusing on the status of Punjabi and Urdu langua... more The present case study is an exploratory study, focusing on the status of Punjabi and Urdu languages in Central Punjab, Pakistan. From sociolinguistics point of view, Pakistan is linguistically a rich region having many languages and language varieties. Bilingualism and diglossia are fascinating phenomena in Pakistan. The present study investigates the diglossic situation in Central Punjab analyzing Urdu and Punjabi and concludes that there is a diglossic
Pakistan is linguistically a diverse region having many languages playing their role. Urdu is the... more Pakistan is linguistically a diverse region having many languages playing their role. Urdu is the national language of whereas English is the lingua franca of elite strata as well as functioning as official language in Pakistan. Beside this there are four provincial languages playing their contribution to this linguistics diversity. The present study is an exploration with diglossic perspective taking into account of Urdu and English language. The study concludes that presently there is a diglossic situation with respect to Urdu and English in Pakistan.
Code-mixing and code-switching of two languages is a common phenomenon in a bilingual community, ... more Code-mixing and code-switching of two languages is a common phenomenon in a bilingual community, and whether this is beneficial or not for second language teaching is one of the most controversial issues in bilingual literature. This case study is exploratory in nature and it targets business students’ attitudes towards teachers’ code-switching/code-mixing to L1 and its influence on their overall L2 learning. Quantitative as well qualitative research design is adopted for the present study. Study has incorporated Closeended and open-ended questionnaire to collect the data and from the findings of the research, it concludes that, business students have a positive attitude towards teachers’ code-switching/code-mixing and this phenomenon has a positive effects on L2 learning of the business students.
Global Language Review
This paper analyses Edward Bond's play The Sea as a subversive comedy. The existing sociopoli... more This paper analyses Edward Bond's play The Sea as a subversive comedy. The existing sociopolitical hegemonies in the British culture are ridiculed. Bond foregrounds the unjust automatized social structures that produce multiple types of madness that leads to violence. Gradually, the social beings become habitual of their madness-based identity. They develop an equation to cope with the existing coercive social system. The victim of these social hierarchies are brutalized, alienated and dehumanized, ultimately. Bond, through dialectical modes, self-reflexive text, creative images, comic strategies, symbolic configurations and various behavioral absurdities awakes his reader/audience to diagnose the dreadful situation in which they are and to practically do something to replace the irrational life by the sanity-oriented social existence. Elisabeth Wright's theory of found in her book Postmodern Brecht: A Re-Presentation (1989) informed this study as a theoretical paradigm.
PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW
Acta Haematologica, 1980
Bone marrow biopsies of 15 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) were compared with those of ... more Bone marrow biopsies of 15 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) were compared with those of a control group matched for age and sex. Using a point-counting method for assessing cellularity, there was no significant difference in marrow cellularity between the CRF patients and the control group. There was a significant difference in the myeloid-erythroid ratio (p < 0.05) between the control group and the CRF patients, the latter group having a lower ratio. A point-counting method was used for the assessment of iron stores. Of 8 CRF patients who had not been given intravenous iron, oral iron or blood transfusion, 2 had greater iron stores than the control group.
Global social sciences review, Mar 30, 2022
This study aims at investigating the theatrical aspects of Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin's play text Daugh... more This study aims at investigating the theatrical aspects of Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin's play text Daughter of Ind. The playwright's theatricality comprises of a variety of distancing devices that are artistically positioned to realize the intended sociopolitical goals. To pop up the spectacle dimension of the said text, various situations, episodes, and personages are shrewdly juxtaposed against each other. This phenomenon inevitably necessitates the sense of urgency, immediacy, and the unfolding of the dialogic filters. A paradigm of analogies is introduced intentionally to complement and reinforce the dialectical configurations. Histrionic expressions and actions push the characters and the discourses towards the stagy world of acting. Theatrical imagery, the intervention of supernatural elements, the polyphony of competitive ideologies, and the narrational voice are the other features of theatricality that smartly challenge the coercive structures like patriarchy, colonialism, and the marginalization of the weak sections of the Indian society. Naivety is a common technique used by political dramatists to successfully enlist the attention of the audience. A theoretical framework for this study consists of postmodern theories on theatre, especially Wladimir Krysinski's essay Changed Textual Signs in Modern Theatricality.
This study pursues the analysis of chosen fiction of Khaled Hosseini and Amitav in the light of e... more This study pursues the analysis of chosen fiction of Khaled Hosseini and Amitav in the light of ecofeminism. The crux of ecofeminism expands on analogies between woman and nature, on the one hand, and the male and culture, on the other hand. Male generally naturalizes woman as a culture feminizes nature. With the space of technological development, the exploitation of nature has increased exceedingly as the male have been exploiting the female since centuries. Both male and culture discursively produce their second part of binaries that is female and nature to define themselves as the creator. In the pursuit of ecofeminist investigation various types of exploitation of nature and marginalization of a woman are traced. There are numerous significant results of this exploitation; the implications of the coercion are very deep rooted and work on various levels of life. As a result of this phenomenon, the female characters of these novels do intentionally take various measures to preserve nature. It is a significant study to acquaint the reader with the widespread environmental degradation and female oppression in South Asia
The present study investigated the always occurring difficulties faced by every researcher during... more The present study investigated the always occurring difficulties faced by every researcher during the course of the research. In doing so, a survey was conducted in order to examine whether under discussion research difficulties were common to all researchers or were the mere outcome of wrong research procedures. Hence survey report generalized these research difficulties which keep on occurring throughout and put novice researchers at problem.
The present case study is an exploratory study, focusing on the status of Punjabi and Urdu langua... more The present case study is an exploratory study, focusing on the status of Punjabi and Urdu languages in Central Punjab, Pakistan. From sociolinguistics point of view, Pakistan is linguistically a rich region having many languages and language varieties. Bilingualism and diglossia are fascinating phenomena in Pakistan. The present study investigates the diglossic situation in Central Punjab analyzing Urdu and Punjabi and concludes that there is a diglossic
Pakistan is linguistically a diverse region having many languages playing their role. Urdu is the... more Pakistan is linguistically a diverse region having many languages playing their role. Urdu is the national language of whereas English is the lingua franca of elite strata as well as functioning as official language in Pakistan. Beside this there are four provincial languages playing their contribution to this linguistics diversity. The present study is an exploration with diglossic perspective taking into account of Urdu and English language. The study concludes that presently there is a diglossic situation with respect to Urdu and English in Pakistan.
Code-mixing and code-switching of two languages is a common phenomenon in a bilingual community, ... more Code-mixing and code-switching of two languages is a common phenomenon in a bilingual community, and whether this is beneficial or not for second language teaching is one of the most controversial issues in bilingual literature. This case study is exploratory in nature and it targets business students’ attitudes towards teachers’ code-switching/code-mixing to L1 and its influence on their overall L2 learning. Quantitative as well qualitative research design is adopted for the present study. Study has incorporated Closeended and open-ended questionnaire to collect the data and from the findings of the research, it concludes that, business students have a positive attitude towards teachers’ code-switching/code-mixing and this phenomenon has a positive effects on L2 learning of the business students.
Global Language Review
This paper analyses Edward Bond's play The Sea as a subversive comedy. The existing sociopoli... more This paper analyses Edward Bond's play The Sea as a subversive comedy. The existing sociopolitical hegemonies in the British culture are ridiculed. Bond foregrounds the unjust automatized social structures that produce multiple types of madness that leads to violence. Gradually, the social beings become habitual of their madness-based identity. They develop an equation to cope with the existing coercive social system. The victim of these social hierarchies are brutalized, alienated and dehumanized, ultimately. Bond, through dialectical modes, self-reflexive text, creative images, comic strategies, symbolic configurations and various behavioral absurdities awakes his reader/audience to diagnose the dreadful situation in which they are and to practically do something to replace the irrational life by the sanity-oriented social existence. Elisabeth Wright's theory of found in her book Postmodern Brecht: A Re-Presentation (1989) informed this study as a theoretical paradigm.
PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW
Acta Haematologica, 1980
Bone marrow biopsies of 15 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) were compared with those of ... more Bone marrow biopsies of 15 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) were compared with those of a control group matched for age and sex. Using a point-counting method for assessing cellularity, there was no significant difference in marrow cellularity between the CRF patients and the control group. There was a significant difference in the myeloid-erythroid ratio (p < 0.05) between the control group and the CRF patients, the latter group having a lower ratio. A point-counting method was used for the assessment of iron stores. Of 8 CRF patients who had not been given intravenous iron, oral iron or blood transfusion, 2 had greater iron stores than the control group.