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Item Politics of Agency in The History of Mary Prince(Central Department of English, 2011-02) Shrestha, BishnuThe History of Mary Prince explores into the experiences of a slave woman who is repeatedly sold, victimized and used as sex partner by white masters. Account on her autobiographical description reveals that she is forced to suffer throughout her life due to the extreme forms of domination, brutality, extortion and biases. Despite the resistance and protests, she is unable to get freedom until she willingly sells herself to the service of Thomas Pringle, the white editor. However, Prince has an agency that she appears as the master of her story which comes in her own first person point of view. The text not only reiterates colonial assumptions but also the traditional patriarchy, compasses subaltern and bourgeois class consciousness. This feminist text focuses on women characters trapped in the social and cultural problematic voicing their frustration voices for social change. Thus, this thesis tries to show how the historical and cultural determination of gender complicates those of race, which crates the new humanity through building a national identity, promote national culture and allow for a process of perpetual renewal. So, for innumerable times, Mary Prince represents the extreme form of colonial exploitation imposed upon a slave woman. Her continuous resistance against colonial domination to achieve her own state of self-determination, decolonization, agency and freedom makes her story not only a feminist text but a typical slave narrative that cuts across the boundaries of gender, race and nation.Item Socio-Economic Impact of Peltric set (A case study of Dhamikhola settlement at Gotikhel VDC in Lalitpur district)(Department of Rural Development, 2011-04) Shrestha, BishnuPeltric set is an important alternative energy producing technology. Energy can be generated from falling water through the use of Peltric set through the use of motor dynamo which can be used as mechanical power. Electricity generated in this way can be used for lighting, heating, operating machines. In Nepal projects up to 5kw or benefiting house holds 40 are classified as Peltric set project. It has been found that the rural people are highly benefited from the electricity generated through Peltric set projects. These benefits include the rise in literacy rate, increase in social activities and awareness development, declining adverse effects of polluting energy sources on health, sanitation, environment etc. These benefits are, however, of intangible nature. Rural people need tangible benefits. However due to several problems being encountered at present they are still deprived of them. Some of the problems are of techno social nature such as water rights reluctance in payment of energy, conflicts among the consumers as well as consumers and entrepreneurs, low salary to the operators, poor management, low maintenance , poor system efficiency, frequent power interruption, etc. Because of this majority of Peltric set projects are suffering of economic problems. These problems, however, have not yet been studied thoroughly and hence need immediate attention to make the Peltric set projects sustainable in the long run. Realizing this fact a study was carried out which first reviewed the problems being faced by the projects and analyzed their economic sustainability by taking one of the representative projects as a sample. The study has mainly focus on primary and secondary data. It has been limited on Dhamikhola settlement at Gotikhel VDC of Lalitpur district. It will collect data from the government related agencies, INGOs, its policy makers and individual basis of the study site.