Browsing by Author "Poudel, Sunita"

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    Gender Trauma in MahtabNarsimhan’sThe Third Eye
    (Faculty of Art in English, 2018-04) Poudel, Sunita
    The novel The Third Eye, is about culturaland gender traumaand its consequent behavior and manners of characters in the novel. The thesis emphasizes the traumatic experience of all characters and gender traumatic feeling of women. Trauma is the situation in which the suffered people want to adopt the new life style but they cannot do so because it takes them to the past. Thus, the novel focuses on the characters who are suffering from the traumatic situations. The main purpose of the research is to find traumatic situation in The Third Eye which is about a family, across three generations. It tells the story of Tara’s family who believe in a traditional business, Tara always have the feeling of fear and past. The older members of the family like to follow traditional manner while new generation likes to adopt new ones. Therefore, instead of branching out, the brothers remain apprenticed to the struggling shop, female characters, on the other hand, have to fight against patriarchal society. They are not allowed to do anything against the willingness of the male characters in the novel. They do not like to live with the family helping the Tara's identity but she cannot. Thus, she decides to cope up with the male character's business.
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    Identification of Suitable Plant Species for Vegetation Restoration at Manthali
    (Faculty of Botany, 2020) Poudel, Sunita
    The present study aims to find out the suitable native plant species for restoration of degraded lands in and around Manthali. For the selection of the suitable species, the study was carried out in the mountain from 450 masl to 819 masl in Khurkot of Manthali. Thirty quadrats were laid and to observe frequency, density and coverage of plant species present there and ultimately IVI was calculated. Eight plant species – 3 trees like Acacia catechu, Aegle marmelos and Annona squamosa; 3 shrubs like Rhus parviflora, Cipadessa baccifera and Abrus precatorius (woody climber), and 2 herbs like Uraria lagopodiodes and Polypogon monospeliensis were considered for the detail study on the basis of their high IVI values. Using the protocol of Diaz et al., 2004, fourteen traits (growth form, life-span, phenology, Raunkiaer‟s life-form, canopy height, stem density, mean ramet distance, leaf size, specific leaf area, leaf thickness, seed mass, propogules mass, seed shape and nitrogen fixation) were observed in those eight species. Based on these traits, through this protocol, the plants were again categorized into five syndrome i.e. establishment syndrome, dispersal syndrome, biomass producing syndrome, persistence syndrome and effect on environment syndrome. Plants which fall under the best establisher were Annona squamosa, Abrus precatorius, Uraria lagopodiodes and Polypogon monospeliensis. Plants with best dispersal ability were Acacia catechu, Rhus parviflora, Uraria lagopodiodes and Polypogon monospeliensis. The plants with best biomass syndrome were Aegle marmelos and Rhus parviflora. The plants with best persistence were Acacia catechu, Annona squamosa and Abrus precatorius. The plants which effect the environment were Aegle marmelos and Abrus precatorius. From this study Annona squamosa and Abrus precatorius can be suggested as candidate species for early succession. Similarly, Aegle marmelos, Acacia catechu, Annona squamosa, Rhus parviflora and Abrus precatorius can be suggested to plant in areas with bushy land which are in the phase of secondary succession. Keywords: restoration, succession, plant traits, trait syndromes