Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) — a versatile literary genius and one of the most celebrated English novelists— has subtly combined the traditional heritage of the Victorian era with modern literary trends, linking the two centuries divided by conflicting schools of thought. Though having created memorable scenes, settings and unique places, his prime focus is on inner human sensibilities. Among humans, it is the fair sex which gets more share of his attention. His sensitive mind dwells on women and the issues faced by them due to their anatomical marginalization. Unlike his Victorian contemporaries who treated the mental and emotional complexities of women in accordance with the typical and Victorian perception of their nature and character, Hardy has made a difference by deviating significantly. The most instrumental form of this deviation is his anticipation of the ways in which women would be perceived and portrayed in the coming century epitomized by the term “Modernism”. My research capitalizes on the aforementioned point and contends that, despite being placed in an inevitably Victorian setting, Hardy’s major female characters are neither strictly the product of his age nor do they typically correspond to the standards and sensitivities of the same. They are rather more akin in feeling and thought to the revolting and emancipated females of the 20 th century modernistic tradition. Some of his female characters—particularly Eustacia, Bathsheba, Sue and Tess—think and behave in ways so shockingly queer for the Victorian readership that Hardy had to face tremendous iiicensorship for having created them as such. They, however, came to be better understood and appreciated during the second half of the 20 th century as they were found corresponding to the image of the New Woman or the role of women as redefined by Modernism. It was observed that they could be more variedly approached by the emerging standards of psychoanalytical theories rather than the stereotypical critical approaches generically applied to nineteenth century fictional characters. Their complex psychic constitution proves the fact that their actions are motivated by the co-existence of conflicting demands. They strive to achieve fulfillment in an environment which is not conducive for self-realization and emotional autonomy. On the one hand too defiant to surrender while on the other hand too fragile to succeed, they have to suffer multiple spiritual, emotional and psychological crises. Once in crisis, they find it impossible to escape, as all external agents seem to have conspired against them. Every other Tess somewhere shouts in desperation ''once victim, always victim'' or feels that ‘Bygones would never be complete bygones till she was a bygone herself’; and that holds true for every woman irrespective of temporal and spatial constraints. Hence, it has been argued that, notwithstanding the role of extraneous elements like Nature, Providence and society in facilitating the downfall of these rare individuals, the roots of their tragic dooms can be traced to the devastating inner conflict caused by their complex psyches with heterogeneous constituents. Their impulsive quest for self-realization directly clashes with their socially acceptable frames of behaviour, culminating in tragedies which may be ethically justifiable but which compel the readers to sympathize with the romantically sublime victims.
ڈاکٹر راج بہادر گوڑاس افسوس گذشتہ دنوں اردو کے شیدائی ڈاکٹر راج بہادر گوڑ اس دنیا سے رخصت ہوگئے، سرزمین اردو حیدرآباد میں پیدا ہوئے، ساری عمر اپنے نظریات کی اشاعت کے لیے جدوجہد کرتے رہے لیکن اردو سے بچپن سے جو رشتہ قائم ہوا تادم آخر اس کی حفاظت کرتے رہے، دارالمصنفین سے محبت رکھتے تھے، کئی بار یہاں آئے اور خوش ہوکر گئے، ان کی شائستہ شخصیت مشرقی قدروں کا دلکش نمونہ تھی، افسوس ایسے لوگ کم ہوتے جاتے ہیں، افسوس اس کا بھی ہے کہ ہم نے اپنا غم اور اردو کے نقصان کا اظہار تاخیر سے کیا۔ ( عمیر الصدیق دریابادی ندوی ، جنوری ۲۰۱۲ء )
This study explores the dynamics of nuclear politics in Indo-Pakistan relations. The events after the nuclearization of South Asia aroused an extensive discussion about the basic reasons of countries becoming nuclear. Deterrence idealists have put forward the Nuclear Peace Theory advocating that nuclear arms make war terribly expensive and evade conflict among atomic opponents and thus generate constancy among them. Deterrence cynics have debated that the new nuclear-powered countries would not be able to accomplish the rudimentary requisites for deterrence stability as they would be disposed to defensive and preventive war tactics, construct susceptible atomic weaponries that would disposed to illicit usage. While discussing both stability and instability of nuclear weapons, the intellectuals disregard the importance of nuclear doctrines of the nuclear states which can cause deterrence disappointment or guaranteeing its strength. The author has used primary and secondary data. The primary sources are news bulletins and websites and secondary sources are books, journals etc.
More than 90% of Pakistani soils are phosphorus deficient (contain < 10 mg kg–1 bio–available P), even though total P in these soils varies from 175–1300 mg kg–1. Moreover, phosphates from P fertilizers soon after their application are fixed with calcium in calcareous soils. Certain bacteria as well as fungi have the potential to solubilize / release the native fixed inorganic soil P. Phosphorus solubilization by the microorganism is very important aspect in the scenario when world’s rock phosphate resource (raw material for phosphatic fertilizers) is depleting and limiting its use in fertilizer industry due to its competitiveness day by day with other industries, viz., metallurgy, explosives, ceramics, water treatment, fungicides, food preservatives, cosmetics, anti corrosion agents etc. Soil sampling on the basis of calcareousness was carried out. Two soils series, viz., Kahuta (non calcareous) and Balkasar (calcareous) were selected for the purpose of research. Experiments under incubation and greenhouse (with maize crop) environment were performed simultaneously under different doses of applied P fertilizer, viz., 0, 150, 300, 450, 600, 750 and 900 mg kg–1 of soil to study the P dynamics. The treatments were incubated at 25 °C for 90 days under incubation experiment while maize crop was sown in case of greenhouse experiment. Soil samples were taken at 30 days interval from both experiments and were analyzed for different P forms through sequential P fractionation scheme. Pattern of P fractions as affected by different P doses was studied. It was noticed that all P fractions except Olsen–P and Ca2–P were increased with the application of P fertilizer with passage of time. This increase was greater for higher P doses. The xvi increase was more in Ca– and Al– bound P forms in case of Balkasar soil series if compared with Kahuta soil. The Fe–P increase was higher in case of non calcareous Kahuta soil than in Balkasar soil series. The Ca2–P and Olsen–P was higher at 30 days which decreased with the passage of time. Increase in P fractions was more pronounced in incubation than greenhouse experiment. Plant P uptake was also influenced positively with the addition of each successive P dose till 450 mg kg–1 but remained unaffected at higher P doses. Phosphorus solubilizing bacteria / fungi (PSB/PSF) were isolated from the aforesaid soil series. These phosphate solubilizing microorganisms (PSMs) were identified through biochemical and molecular techniques and were tested for phosphorus solubilization index (PSI), pH drop, P solubilization in broth culture. The results indicated that the PSM isolated from calcareous soil were more efficient in their potential to solubilize phosphorus. The PSM isolated and identified in the previous study were further tested for their potential to transfigure the P forms in calcareous and non calcareous soils in incubation followed by greenhouse study. The results showed that Aspergillus niger among PSF and Burkholderia cepacia among PSB performed better in transforming the soil P fractions. The impact was more conspicuous in calcareous soil. The PSM although could also solubilizes the Al– and Fe– bound P but their effect on Ca– bound P fractions was more prominent. The P fractions including Ca8–P, Fe–P, Ca10–P and Al–P decreased with inoculation of PSM in comparison with control under maize crop. Olsen–P and Ca2–P increased with the inoculation, while occluded–P remained unaffected with the addition of PSM. Furthermore, impact of PSF on soil P forms and plant available P was more prominent than their PSB counterparts.