scholarly journals Banaras in the Indian Ocean: Circulating, Connecting and Creolizing Island Stories

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Srilata Ravi
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Ocean Island ◽  
Paul Et Virginie ◽  
Indian Ocean Island ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Ganges

What links Bernardin de Saint Pierre’s 1788 novel about Isle de France, Paul et Virginie, with V.S. Naipaul’s 1972 piece, An overcrowded Barracoon? What is common to Joseph Conrad’s 1910 novella, A Smile of Fortune, and tourist brochures of La Grande Baie? What brings together the story of the ruins of Babylon and the Ghats of the Ganges? Actually, these seemingly disjointed narratives make up a vast library of inter-connecting Indian Ocean island stories. In this study I will use the image of ‘Banaras’ as the locus of an inter-textual reading exercise connecting the literary spaces of Mauritian writer and filmmaker Barlen Pyamootoo with other stories like those mentioned above. Pyamootoo’s literary universe reveals to us the dynamic, multilayered and polyphonic nature of Indian Ocean island cultures.

scholarly journals Similarities in Leptospira Serogroup and Species Distribution in Animals and Humans in the Indian Ocean Island of Mayotte

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amélie Desvars ◽  
Florence Naze ◽  
Gwenaël Vourc'h ◽  
Alain Michault ◽  
Eric Cardinale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Ocean Island ◽  
Indian Ocean Island ◽  
The Indian Ocean

scholarly journals Ecotourism as a Means of Conservation of the Landscape of Rodrigues Island

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Jean-Michel Jauze
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Environmental Resources ◽  
Ocean Island ◽  
Indian Ocean Island ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Island Territory

Abstract The Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues provides an interesting landscape case study. It offers a characteristic example of a small island territory whose natural and environmental resources have been overexploited by human activity and whose inhabitants are now clinging to the remains of its symbolic heritage in an attempt to implement conservation and sustainable reconstruction. From this perspective, rurality, with its attendant agricultural practices, its traditional gardens and its natural or humanized landscapes, has become an essential asset; one which the island is trying to promote by means of a tourist strategy based on the enhancement of economic and identity-focused parameters.

scholarly journals 060 The epidemiology of injury and illness of athletes at the Indian ocean island games 2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Garnett ◽  
Chandra Adisha Bholah ◽  
Yannick D’Hotman ◽  
Krsna Sunassee ◽  
Jon Patricios ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Ocean Island ◽  
Indian Ocean Island ◽  
The Indian Ocean

scholarly journals epidemiology of injury and illness amongst athletes at the Indian Ocean Island Games, Mauritius 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Garnett ◽  
Adisha Bhola ◽  
Benita Olivier ◽  
Jon Patricios ◽  
Yannick D’Hotman de Villiers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Ocean Island ◽  
Ocean Region ◽  
Indian Ocean Island ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Type Of Injury ◽  
And Training

Background: The Indian Ocean Island Games is a multi-sport event that occurs every four years and includes athletes from seven islands of the Indian Ocean. Objective: This study aims to describe the injury and illness epidemiology of the athletes participating during the 2019 Indian Ocean Islands Games. Material and Methods: This prospective cohort study recorded injury and illness cases from athletes who competed in these Games. All medical physicians received detailed instructions and training on data collection using an injury report form. All athletes (minor and adults) who provided consent, or consent given from the minors’ guardians, were included in this study. Athletes who did not provide consent for this study were excluded. Results: 1 521 athletes (531 women and 990 men) reported 12 injuries per 100 athletes (n=160) and 6 illnesses per 100 athletes (n=85). The percentage of distribution of injuries were highest in football and basketball. Most injuries occurred during competition compared with training Joint sprains were the most common type of injury (28%), followed by muscle strains (19%). Men suffered the majority of injuries (79% vs. 21%). Similarly, men sustained more illness than women (57% vs. 43%). Most illnesses affected the respiratory system (67%), and infection was the most common cause of illness (84%) in participating athletes. Discussion: These findings are similar to previous events in other parts of the world. However, unique ailments, not previously reported on, were discovered. Conclusion: Epidemiological data from this study can be inferred to athletes who compete in similar multi-sport events and/or Olympic Games in the Indian Ocean region.

scholarly journals Modulation of the Ganges‐Brahmaputra River Plume by the Indian Ocean Dipole and Eddies Inferred From Satellite Observations

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (12) ◽  
pp. 9591-9604 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Fournier ◽  
J. Vialard ◽  
M. Lengaigne ◽  
T. Lee ◽  
M. M. Gierach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Indian Ocean Dipole ◽  
River Plume ◽  
Satellite Observations ◽  
Brahmaputra River ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Ganges
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