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Item Critique of Capitalist Ethos in Galsworthy's The Silver Box(Department of English, 2019) Sapkota, Khem RajThis research entitled the Critique of Capitalist Ethos in John Galsworthy’sThe Silver Box focuses on conflict between upper class and lower class. Society is not beautiful and charmingall the time. In the capitalist society upper class dominates and excludes lower classpeople.Galsworthy believes that personality, culture and class are not defined by birth. Instead, such categories are constructed based on power, position, and money.Upper class valorizes own culture and class with the help of super structure.Glasworthy without taking the side of any class, he artistically reflects the social reality.In the play representative of lower class, Jones is accused of theft though he is not guilty. He is demoralized and humiliated by upper class Barthwick. The play reflects the 19 capitalism. th century England without hiding cruelties of Keywords:society, class, realism, culture, structures, equalityItem Expression of Repressed Desires in Satyajit Ray's Devi(Central Department of English Kirtipur, Kathmandu, 2016-02) Rai, Om BahadurSatyajit Ray's Devi: The Goddess is often critiqued as a film about disillusionment, decadence and disintegration. It indeed deals with religious superstition, degradation of feudalism and the tragedy of a colonial era conservative Hindu family split between two world views about the existence of the almighty in the late nineteenth century Bengali society. But this thesis tries to explore and examine the underlying theme of expression of repressed desires in the film. Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis is the tool to explore this theme, with an emphasis on how he interprets dream sequences to decode the desires that the human begins repress in their subconscious mind thanks to legal, social and moral restrictions. Ray has denied implying anything erotic, incestuous or taboo. Nevertheless, the symbols and images found in his cinematic craft suggest the Freudian undertone in Ray's classic. By interpreting the dream of Kalikinkar, one of the three major characters of the film, with the help of Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, this thesis reaches a conclusion that Devi: The Goddess is as much about expression of repressed desires as it is about mysticism, fanaticism, obsession, fate and feminism. The thesis also discusses the concept of Electra complex to apply the process of role reversal to understand how Kalikinkar sees Doyamoyee, who is actually his daughter-in-law, as his motherItem GRUHAM: LIVING FOR THE ELDERLY(I.O.E. Pulchowk Campus, 2023-04) KARN, SHIVANIAging is a natural part of the human life cycle. Nobody can escape becoming old if they live a long life. People gain experiences and wisdom at the price of their age. We might think of an aged person as book rich with life wisdom. The entire globe is currently experiencing global aging. The population of older citizens over the age of 60 is expected to double in the next ten years. Old people’s homes are socio-cultural institutions having economic, psychological, and spiritual components. The care of a society's older citizens has been a societal priority since ancient times. To achieve such social ideals, society has established rules such as "we must respect the elderly and love the juniors." furthermore, society accepts it because everyone will become old one day. However, in practice, values might conflict owing to numerous socioeconomic conditions, between individuals and society, and between generations. This difference in values is what makes older citizens a concern and their care a difficulty. As a result, the greatest choice is to support and create an atmosphere conducive to the formation of elderly homes at the community level. This study demonstrates the lack of older persons in public discussions concerningItem Ichthyofauna and Socio-Economic Status Of Mallah Community in the Koshi River Basin, Bhardaha Vdc, Saptari, Nepal(Central Department of Zoology Institute of Science and Technology Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu Nepal, 2017-04) Singh, Praveen KumarThe present study entitled" Ichthyofauna and socio-economic status of Mallah community in the Koshi River Basin, Bhardaha VDC, Saptari, Nepal "deals with the distribution and frequency occurrence of fishes in the Koshi River Basin. The study also includes the socio-economic status of the Mallah of the Koshi River Basin. In the present study the field work was carried out for two months i.e. month of February and month of June 2016. Altogether 12 species of fish fauna under 10 genera, 7 families and 4 orders were recorded. The fish sampling was performed by local fishermen with gear like cast nets, gill nets, Tapi. The most abundant family within catch was Cyprinidae. Labeo dero and Aspidoperia morar were the most abundant fishes in all the study sites during the month of February and June respectively. The dominant species of fish recorded was Labeo dero with highest frequency occurrence of 25.24% in the month of February and Aspidoperia morar with highest frequency occurrence 36.29% in the month of June. The most common species were cyprinids comprising altogether 6 species. The highest estimated catch was recorded in June and lowest in February. The fishermen belong to a number of ethnic groups such as Godhi, Mallah, Mukhiya, Bahardhar. There are about 85 household fishermen in Bhardaha VDC-1 to 6, Saptari of which 65 household are solely dependent on the fishing while the rest of the families have source of income from government job, agriculture and abroad employment. The socio-economic status of the fishermen communities is the lowest in the society. On the basis of age distribution data shows that the economically most active group represents only 17.83% at the age of 15-25 years and they support the rest of the family members by fishing. Similarly, the age group illustrates 35.03% at the age of 26-35 years considered as dependent group. But the age group above 35 reveals 47.13% regarded as less active group whose economic status was low as comparisons to the most active and dependent group Above 3,00,000 represents High income of the respondents income per annum. From the data it is found that 10.88% of people were low income (above NRS 3,00,000) and 60.89% people with high income ( NRS 1,00,000-3,00,000). About 4.81 % of the respondents were illiterate even though most of them were found to pass 4 or 6 class. Among literate only 1.60 % passed SLC and only 1.20% attended HSEB. The urgent attention is to be needed to improve the socio-economic status of the fishermen communities is the lowest in the society.Item Nursing Job and Family Balance,A Study on Married Nursing Women Working in Western Regional Hospital,Ramghat,Pokhara, Nepal(Department of Sociology, 2010) Sapkota, BimalaThis thesis mainly focuses onnursing job and family balance in the society.The family makes vital contribution to the workplace. Of foremost importance,family socializes each new generation of workers, instilling the most basicattitudes and values concerning the meaning of work, which influencevocational preferences and eventually occupational destinations. Nursingmeans nourishing, protecting and fostering the health of people. Nurses areresponsible to patients, hospital, administrator, physician etc. Nurses have to doshift duty in hospital, so they don't have full time given to the familywhich isvery important. This dissertation presents a study to show the work and family balance ofmarried nursing women. Themain objective of this study is to identifythenursing job and family balance. It is based on feminist theories. Theinterrelation between work and family is influenced by socio- economicresources, time and spatial constraints and psychological effect. The particularpatterning of work time may also unduly interfere with and disrupt, familyfunctioning. The literature review shows that because of shift duty, especiallynight time duty is the main cause of family conflict. Husband- wiferelationships are most affected among those of the night shift and parent / childrelations often become problematic. The study is based on primary data obtained through afield survey to answer.Data hasobtained through a survey among 80 nursing personnel from W.R.H.Pokhara. Data areobtained through questionnaire schedule, key informants andobservationwith nursing staffs. The survey shows that 62.5 percent nursingpersonnel's relation with family is satisfactory, 28.75 percent respondents feltdiscrimination in family, 25 percent give only 6 hours time to the family, 37.5percent face family problems due to shift duty and 13.75 percent nursingpersonnel are perceived negatively from family on night duty. Of 80 5 respondents, 14 percent respondents have conflict with husband due to shiftduty. Among them 28 percent respondents havechild care problem because ofshift duty. Similarly, 47.5 percent respondents manage their duty by takingleave while in any problems in family. Among them 30 percent respondents arenot involved in family decision making. This thesis represents that amonginnursing personnel also facediscrimination.Because of time factor and workload, they are not satisfied with their presentjob. Discrimination is deep-rooted in our patriarchal male dominatedsocietywhich can be seen in nurses' family too. Shift dutyis the main cause effect thefamily relationship. Night duty is not easily accepted byfamily members. Thedual role is also a one type of in adjustment between work and family. Most ofrespondents are fully responsible for household activities except job.There isalso a conflict between husband and wife of nurses due to shift duty. Nursesalso have the problem of child care because of shift duty. If there are anyproblems, nurses any how manage their duty by taking leave. It is concluded that the familyas well as society should be aware about nursingprofession and shift duty. The national health policy should fix the duty hour ofnurses as per weekly basis. The professional organization and seniors shouldgive especial attention toward nurses’ job.Item Representation of Aging in Samrat Upadhyay’s Selected Stories(Department of English, 2024) Shah, Hukum SinghThis research explores the ways of depicting the concept of aging in some of the stories of Samrat Upadhyay’s collection Arresting God in Kathmandu (2001). The paper studies the age of the characters from five stories: “The Good Shopkeeper,” “The Cooking Poet,” “Deepak Mishra’s Secretary,” “The Room Next Door,” and “This World.” The stories cherish the young age and view old age in a very stereotypical way: the old age becomes a negative category in which people lose vigor and activity. By cherishing the life and energy, the stories unfold a serious truth about the old age that Nepali people have not been able to enjoy their life in the old age. The characters want to quench their physical, social and psychological desires by preparing themselves to take up various actions in their life. Their endeavor to avoid anxiety and stress fails because of negative perceptions regarding ageing. The paper has followed textual analysis through close reading. Furthermore, the frame of analysis is taken from the literature on aging and the research on literary gerontology as it has appeared as one of the promising fields of the study. Key words: Aging, Longevity, Society, Psychology, Function.Item Subversion of Female Stereotype in Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady(2011) Adhikari, Narayan PrasadWilla Cather inherently portrays the inner rebellion and the passion of a female character, Marian Forrester to walk against the social norms. She is shown as a rigid character who, in order to get her desirable things, dismantles the male created hierarchy woman as a subordinate being in the society. Though she is married and living happily with her husband, somewhere deep down in her heart she is not happy with her husband. Throughout the novel Marian seems to transcend her husband’s order. In that time women were restricted only as a dwelling persona. They were not allowed to enjoy their freedom like the males. Marian seems to carry the torch of confronting that male hegemony and creating her own identity.