Mad Woman in the Attic

Copyright and Published by  Cosmopolitan’s  Valia  C.L.  College  of Commerce and  Valia  L.C.  College  of Arts, D.N.Nagar, Andheri (W), on  Interdisciplinary National Conference on the theme ‘Vision India-The Road Ahead’. Not to replicated, copied or published under any form or version. Abstract Approach to design education in India in the 21 st century must reflect the emergence of innovation and knowledge economy and convergence of media, communication and information, while keeping in roots in design values such as harmony, ethics, consumer delight, quality, functionality, visual culture and aesthetics. Design education in India, led by the Bauhaus and Ulm schools, catered to the ‘Developing India’ agenda. As things change today, what becomes the role of design education and design institutions? With the imperative to change and redefine their courses, Indian design education also has to change its mindset about itself and ...

Published at Patkar College, Goregaon (w), Mumbai, in UGC-Sponsored Two-Day National Seminar On HUMOUR: TEXTS & CONTEXTS This article is an attempt to understand Hindi film director Rajkumar Hirani’s films through Michel Foucault’s theoretical framework concerning power and resistance. These films are: Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) [1] Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) [2] 3 Idiots (2009) [3] The purpose of this study is to: -           Understand the discourse present in the three movies -           Examine how those discourses had an effect on individuals through institutions, which illustrate Foucault’s concept of power -           Provide examples of Foucault’s concept of resistance by looking at how the binary oppositions found in the discourses become the subject of satire and how the techniques of satire are used to resist...

Published at Ramanand Arya DAV College, Bhandup (E), Mumbai for  One Day International Conference on  “Skill Development: The Key to Economic Prosperity Abstract It is widely known that heritage can support rural development in general- not just for tourism alone. The characteristics of rural tourism sector are best served by the joint management of a wide variety of resources, agents and enterprises. For any heritage conservation to take place in Anegundi, The Kishkinda Trust (TKT) believes that it must first and foremost benefit the people of Anegundi economically, culturally and socially. The following paper is a theoretical model for increasing people participation in heritage led rural-tourism, with its core emphasis on skill development and capacity building. Paper The Kishkinda Trust (TKT hereafter), led by Ms Shama Pawar (niece of Shri Sharad Pawar), works with grassroots communities in developing integrated systems for sustainable livelihoods, architect...