on its spread, type and infectivity. The need is also being stressed for the knowledge being circulated among the practising doctors and medical students. But one would be very much disappointed at the present knowledge of the very much up-to-date doctors coming out from the best institutions. It will not be out of place to mention one or two incidents. An intelligent Anglo-Indian told the writ...

the informality of possession and lack of security in residence are among the characteristics attributed to the informal settlements, as well as, they are a key to other problems’ solutions. this essay investigates some of the typical cases of iran’s informal settlements, and this intends to find out the possession conditions, as well as, the conditions necessary for the recognition of the ...

This paper examines the benefits of ethnographic film for study religion. It argues that exploration gaps between colloquial descriptions divinities and their practical manifestation in ritual is instructive way religious categories are conceptualized. The argument developed through an analysis selected scenes from documentary AVATARA, a meditation on goddess worship (Śaktism) among Khas ethnic...

This paper proposes two hypotheses on the publicity requirement and the limitations of possession to provide information for legal titling. It then tests these hypotheses by examining how legal systems deal with possession in movable and immovable property, and comparing actual and documentary possession. It concludes that exercise of possession is effective as a titling mechanism when it is ob...

Using data collected from qualitative interviews in 36 households, this article examines people's use of social relations based on gender to perform tasks associated with residential relocation in later life. Without prompting, our respondents addressed the social relations of gender in the meanings of things, in the persons of gift recipients, and in the persons of actors accomplishing the tas...