Category Archives: Class Notes

Accessible Tourism for Specially Abled: UN View

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

Globally, it is estimated that there are over 1 billion persons with disabilities, as well as more than 2 billion people, such as spouses, children and caregivers of persons with disabilities, representing almost a third of the world’s population, are … Continue reading →

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History of Aerial Photography

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

The first real Aerial photograph was taken around 1826. The first aerial photograph was taken in 1858 by Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, from a tethered balloon over the Bievre Valley in France. Those photographs no longer exist. The oldest surviving aerial … Continue reading →

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Social Groups:The Concept

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Rashid Faridi

A Social Group is a collection of people who interact with each other and share similar characteristics and a sense of unity. A social category is a collection of people who do not interact but who share similar characteristics. For example, women, men, … Continue reading →

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Urban Planning, Settlement Practices, and Issues of Justice in Contemporary Kolkata : An Article by Iman Mitra

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Iman Mitra This abstract seeks to bring together two aspects of life, livelihood, and habitation practices in the city – the phenomenon of urbanization and that of rural-to-urban migration. At the same time, it attempts to foreground the issue of … Continue reading →

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