Vaishali Deepak (born 14th June,1992) is an actress from Bangalore, India. She has been involved with theater in Bangalore and Mumbai. In Bangalore, she has worked with the theater production house, Centerstage with whom she has performed in plays like Lights Out and Closer by Lights Off Productions. ‘Closer’ is an adaptation of the play written by English playwright Patrick Marber. Vaishali plays the lead role of Alice in this play and gained good recognition for her performance.
In 2012, Vaishali worked with the AK Various Productions group and contributed in various aspects of their plays’ both on and off stage. She is also very active in the independent film community in Bangalore where she has acted in short films like I am Bangalore and also worked as a Second Associate Director for the feature film Station Produced by Sumit Ghosh.
She will be finishing her Bachelors in Media and Communications from Christ University, Bangalore in May 2013. Upon graduation, she plans to pursue her passion for acting full time
In 2012, Vaishali worked with the AK Various Productions group and contributed in various aspects of their plays’ both on and off stage. She is also very active in the independent film community in Bangalore where she has acted in short films like I am Bangalore and also worked as a Second Associate Director for the feature film Station Produced by Sumit Ghosh.
She will be finishing her Bachelors in Media and Communications from Christ University, Bangalore in May 2013. Upon graduation, she plans to pursue her passion for acting full time
Eleanor L. Bennett (born 1996) is a British photographer and visual artist. As a result of various successes in competitions and in obtaining publication by major charities and organisations, her work has been continuously exhibited around the world since she was 14 years old.
Early life
Eleanor Bennett was born on the 24th February 1996 at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport and lives with both parents, Danielle Katrina Boyd and John Nigel Bennett, in a country cottage near Stockport, Greater Manchester. Bennett’s grandfather is author Douglas Boyd and her step-grandmother is British flautist Atarah Ben-Tovim. Bennett briefly attended Disley Primary School, but is mainly home-schooled as permitted under Section 19 of the UK Education Act 1996.
Photography
Bennett’s work first came to public attention in 2007, when she was 11 years old, winning the Woodland Trust Mixed Media Art Competition, and in 2009 the first Woodland Trust Nature Detectives Photography Competition. Her photograph was later selected as one of those given away by the Trust as free computer wallpaper in a 2010 promotion. She won the same competition at 13, and the National Geographic Kids Competition at 14. Bennett was the overall category winner as well as "humour" winner in the UK. In the same year Bennett won the World Photography Organisation youth award, Papworth Hospital Trust Photographic Competition (overall winner, under 16 category), and the Mencap 2010 Photography Competition, leading to inclusion in an exhibition which toured Britain. She was also the winner of the 2011 Winstons Wish Calendar Photography Competition, and provided the cover picture for the February 2013 edition of The British Journal of Psychiatry. Bennett was the overall winner of the National Theatre Port Urban Photography Competition, 2013
The area where Bennett grew up features heavily in her work She has taken numerous photographs in Buxton, Disley, Cheshire New Mills, and Derby. This has led to exhibitions in these locations on repeat occasions, her work being exhibited at the Devonshire Dome, New Mill's Artlounge Dark Colours Exhibition, and publication in the 2012 edition of the Disley tourist guides, as well as being published in local newspapers such as The Macclesfield Express and the Stockport Express.
In April 2013, Bennett won the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)Young Environmental Photographer of the Year competition and her winning photographs were exhibited at The Royal Geographical Society building, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 from 10 April - 3 May 2013.
Bennett’s photography has been published in the Telegraph, The Guardian, the BBC News Website, The Big Issue and on the cover of books and magazines in the UK, the United States and Canada (see below).
Bennett cites the natural world, crime, fashion and faces as her main inspirations, as well as photographers and artists such as Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer Alexander Rodchenko and American National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. She currently uses a Panasonic FZ38 for most of her work.
Exhibitions and Publications
Bennett’s photographs have been published in exhibitions and magazines across the world, including the Guardian, Escape into Life, and the National Geographic Kids Magazine. She was also the only person from the UK to have her work displayed in the National Geographic and Airbus ‘See the Bigger Picture’ global touring exhibition, during the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity 2010 and was the youngest artist to be displayed in Charnwood Arts Vision 09 Exhibition and New Mills ArtLounge Dark Colours Exhibition. Bennett's latest exhibition, of more than 15 photographs, was held at the Marburae Gallery Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Other exhibitions include:
* The Jardines del Buen Retiro, Madrid, during the International Book Fair (31 May - 14 June 2011)
* The Rockefeller center (13-17 September 2010)
* Zoological Society of London (17-23 May 2010)
* United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)in Paris(2010)
* The Environmental Photographer of the year Exhibition (2011)
Bennett’s art is globally exhibited, having shown work in, amongst others, London, Paris, Indonesia, Los Angeles, Florida, Washington, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Canada, Spain, Germany, Japan and Australia.
Book and Magazine covers
Bennett’s work has been used widely on the covers of magazines and books.
* Otoliths on-line magazine, southern spring, 2011
*Pavan, and Other Poems by Gary Beck
*Stone Highway Review ISSN 2162-3686 (print), 2162-3678 (online), (Volume 2, Issue 1).
*Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (July 2012, Vol. IV, No 3) ISBN 978-1615991655
*Scene4 Magazine (April and August 2012) ISSN 1932-3603
*Cicada Magazine (November/December 2011)
*Six of the Best from Gold Dust (selection of short plays).
*The Filth (magazine) Issue 7
*Neon literary magazine. Issue 31
*The Manila Envelope literary and art magazine. Issue: Summer 2012
*Downer magazine. Issue 5, August 2012
*Hobo Camp Review on-line magazine, Issue 14, summer 2012
*Vine Leaves Literary Journal (Issue 3, July 2012)
*Quarter After literary magazine (Issue No 2, July 2012)
*Dark Fire Fiction webzine for horror readers and writers (Issue 58, July 2012)
*The Ofi Press Magazine of Mexico City (Issue 19, July 2012)
*Glint Literary Journal (Volume 3, Spring 2012)
*Kids' Magination (Issue 11, June 2012)
*Brittle Star literary magazine (Issue 30)
*Gold Dust Magazine (Issue 21).
*The Nexxuss arts magazine (Volumes 19 & 20)
*Of Maia’s Mist by Wil Ogden (novel) ISBN 978-1463799328
*Dawn Killing Darkness poetry zine, May 2012
*Stickman Review magazine Vol 2, No. 1
*"Life Force Magazine"
Articles
Articles by and about Bennett have appeared in The Guardian, The Contemporary Literary Review, Penduline, Arc Magazine, Relate Magazine and many other publications.
Charities
Bennett’s work has been sold to aid charities such as Great Ormond Street children’s hospital, Love Drop and The Red Cross
Early life
Eleanor Bennett was born on the 24th February 1996 at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport and lives with both parents, Danielle Katrina Boyd and John Nigel Bennett, in a country cottage near Stockport, Greater Manchester. Bennett’s grandfather is author Douglas Boyd and her step-grandmother is British flautist Atarah Ben-Tovim. Bennett briefly attended Disley Primary School, but is mainly home-schooled as permitted under Section 19 of the UK Education Act 1996.
Photography
Bennett’s work first came to public attention in 2007, when she was 11 years old, winning the Woodland Trust Mixed Media Art Competition, and in 2009 the first Woodland Trust Nature Detectives Photography Competition. Her photograph was later selected as one of those given away by the Trust as free computer wallpaper in a 2010 promotion. She won the same competition at 13, and the National Geographic Kids Competition at 14. Bennett was the overall category winner as well as "humour" winner in the UK. In the same year Bennett won the World Photography Organisation youth award, Papworth Hospital Trust Photographic Competition (overall winner, under 16 category), and the Mencap 2010 Photography Competition, leading to inclusion in an exhibition which toured Britain. She was also the winner of the 2011 Winstons Wish Calendar Photography Competition, and provided the cover picture for the February 2013 edition of The British Journal of Psychiatry. Bennett was the overall winner of the National Theatre Port Urban Photography Competition, 2013
The area where Bennett grew up features heavily in her work She has taken numerous photographs in Buxton, Disley, Cheshire New Mills, and Derby. This has led to exhibitions in these locations on repeat occasions, her work being exhibited at the Devonshire Dome, New Mill's Artlounge Dark Colours Exhibition, and publication in the 2012 edition of the Disley tourist guides, as well as being published in local newspapers such as The Macclesfield Express and the Stockport Express.
In April 2013, Bennett won the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)Young Environmental Photographer of the Year competition and her winning photographs were exhibited at The Royal Geographical Society building, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 from 10 April - 3 May 2013.
Bennett’s photography has been published in the Telegraph, The Guardian, the BBC News Website, The Big Issue and on the cover of books and magazines in the UK, the United States and Canada (see below).
Bennett cites the natural world, crime, fashion and faces as her main inspirations, as well as photographers and artists such as Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer Alexander Rodchenko and American National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. She currently uses a Panasonic FZ38 for most of her work.
Exhibitions and Publications
Bennett’s photographs have been published in exhibitions and magazines across the world, including the Guardian, Escape into Life, and the National Geographic Kids Magazine. She was also the only person from the UK to have her work displayed in the National Geographic and Airbus ‘See the Bigger Picture’ global touring exhibition, during the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity 2010 and was the youngest artist to be displayed in Charnwood Arts Vision 09 Exhibition and New Mills ArtLounge Dark Colours Exhibition. Bennett's latest exhibition, of more than 15 photographs, was held at the Marburae Gallery Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Other exhibitions include:
* The Jardines del Buen Retiro, Madrid, during the International Book Fair (31 May - 14 June 2011)
* The Rockefeller center (13-17 September 2010)
* Zoological Society of London (17-23 May 2010)
* United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)in Paris(2010)
* The Environmental Photographer of the year Exhibition (2011)
Bennett’s art is globally exhibited, having shown work in, amongst others, London, Paris, Indonesia, Los Angeles, Florida, Washington, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Canada, Spain, Germany, Japan and Australia.
Book and Magazine covers
Bennett’s work has been used widely on the covers of magazines and books.
* Otoliths on-line magazine, southern spring, 2011
*Pavan, and Other Poems by Gary Beck
*Stone Highway Review ISSN 2162-3686 (print), 2162-3678 (online), (Volume 2, Issue 1).
*Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (July 2012, Vol. IV, No 3) ISBN 978-1615991655
*Scene4 Magazine (April and August 2012) ISSN 1932-3603
*Cicada Magazine (November/December 2011)
*Six of the Best from Gold Dust (selection of short plays).
*The Filth (magazine) Issue 7
*Neon literary magazine. Issue 31
*The Manila Envelope literary and art magazine. Issue: Summer 2012
*Downer magazine. Issue 5, August 2012
*Hobo Camp Review on-line magazine, Issue 14, summer 2012
*Vine Leaves Literary Journal (Issue 3, July 2012)
*Quarter After literary magazine (Issue No 2, July 2012)
*Dark Fire Fiction webzine for horror readers and writers (Issue 58, July 2012)
*The Ofi Press Magazine of Mexico City (Issue 19, July 2012)
*Glint Literary Journal (Volume 3, Spring 2012)
*Kids' Magination (Issue 11, June 2012)
*Brittle Star literary magazine (Issue 30)
*Gold Dust Magazine (Issue 21).
*The Nexxuss arts magazine (Volumes 19 & 20)
*Of Maia’s Mist by Wil Ogden (novel) ISBN 978-1463799328
*Dawn Killing Darkness poetry zine, May 2012
*Stickman Review magazine Vol 2, No. 1
*"Life Force Magazine"
Articles
Articles by and about Bennett have appeared in The Guardian, The Contemporary Literary Review, Penduline, Arc Magazine, Relate Magazine and many other publications.
Charities
Bennett’s work has been sold to aid charities such as Great Ormond Street children’s hospital, Love Drop and The Red Cross
Deliberative (Genre)
Deliberative rhetoric (sometimes, called “political rhetoric,” “deliberative discourse,” or “legislative oratory”) is a rhetorical genre used to convince an audience to complete or not complete an action. Deliberative rhetoric differs from deliberation in that deliberation occurs as a process (often within deliberative rhetoric) when people weigh alternative options prior to a decision such as voting. Also subject to confusion is the term deliberative democracy, a form of governmental discourse and set of institutions that prioritize public debate in the contexts of plurality, citizen access, and majority rule. Such a form often gets explained in theories of the public sphere as spaces where people can freely and openly discuss potential action.
Aristotle: Three Divisions of Oratory
Aristotle’s Rhetoric outlines three genres: (1) political (deliberative), (2) , and (3) the epideictic, or a ceremonial oratory of display. Deliberative rhetoric focuses on the future. “The political orator is concerned with the future: it is about things to be done hereafter that he advises, for or against”. Speakers and writers use deliberative rhetoric to make a decision regarding future goals of the people involved in the debate, or represented in government. Ultimately, the end goal of deliberative rhetoric is to come to a decision that will profit the audience in the future. It is the role of the political orator to lead the public to a beneficial outcome. A reputable political orator “aims at establishing the expediency or the harmfulness of a proposed course of action; if he urges its acceptance, he does so on the ground that it will do good; if he urges its rejection, he does so on the ground that it will do harm.” Many chapters in Book I of Aristotle’s Rhetoric cover the various typical deliberative arguments in Athenian culture.
Three Spheres of Argument
G. Thomas Goodnight argues that rhetoric is categorized into unique spheres of argument. These “spheres of argument are ‘branches of activity—the grounds upon which arguments are built and the authorities to which arguers appeal’”. Goodnight’s three spheres of argument are personal, technical, and public. The personal sphere is an informal space for private arguments to take place. The technical sphere is where professionals with a greater knowledge of the subject matter debate an argument. The public sphere is the “argument sphere that exists to ‘handle disagreements transcending personal and technical disputes.” Deliberative rhetoric works within these three spheres so that an argument is heard and then those people actively involved in the argument make a decision. Goodnight’s stance is that in each public deliberative argument, the end goal should be to determine what is best for the common good.
The Structure of Deliberative Rhetoric
Amélie Oksenberg Rorty discusses the structure and characteristics of deliberative rhetoric in her research. She cites Aristotle to persuade her audience of the characteristics of deliberative rhetoric’s influential nature. “Aristotle marks as central to deliberative rhetoric: considerations of prudence and justice, the projected political and psychological consequences of the decision and the likelihood of encouraging—or entrenching—similar rebellious attitudes amongst allies.” The outstanding characteristic of deliberative rhetoric is practicality. Rorty argues, “the deliberative rhetorician who wishes to retain his reputation as trustworthy must pay attention to what is, in fact, actually likely to happen.” Additionally, Aristotle focuses on deliberative rhetoric so heavily because “it most clearly reveals the primary importance of truth as it functions within the craft of rhetoric itself.” A path to action is determined through deliberative rhetoric, since an individual following practical means is likely to foresee likely events and act accordingly.
The Necessity of Deliberative Rhetoric
In interpreting Aristotle’s work on use of rhetoric, Bernard Yack discusses the vast need for public discourse and public reasoning. He states: “We deliberate together in political communities by making and listening to each other’s attempts to persuade us that some future action will best serve the end that citizens share with each other…It is this shared goal that distinguishes deliberative rhetoric, and therefore public reasoning, from the other forms of rhetoric and political judgment that Aristotle examines.” Shared goals are of utmost importance when deliberating on an issue that affects the common good. Without such a version of deliberative rhetoric, arguments would unfairly favor the interests of power and neglect the rights of the common people.
Deliberative rhetoric (sometimes, called “political rhetoric,” “deliberative discourse,” or “legislative oratory”) is a rhetorical genre used to convince an audience to complete or not complete an action. Deliberative rhetoric differs from deliberation in that deliberation occurs as a process (often within deliberative rhetoric) when people weigh alternative options prior to a decision such as voting. Also subject to confusion is the term deliberative democracy, a form of governmental discourse and set of institutions that prioritize public debate in the contexts of plurality, citizen access, and majority rule. Such a form often gets explained in theories of the public sphere as spaces where people can freely and openly discuss potential action.
Aristotle: Three Divisions of Oratory
Aristotle’s Rhetoric outlines three genres: (1) political (deliberative), (2) , and (3) the epideictic, or a ceremonial oratory of display. Deliberative rhetoric focuses on the future. “The political orator is concerned with the future: it is about things to be done hereafter that he advises, for or against”. Speakers and writers use deliberative rhetoric to make a decision regarding future goals of the people involved in the debate, or represented in government. Ultimately, the end goal of deliberative rhetoric is to come to a decision that will profit the audience in the future. It is the role of the political orator to lead the public to a beneficial outcome. A reputable political orator “aims at establishing the expediency or the harmfulness of a proposed course of action; if he urges its acceptance, he does so on the ground that it will do good; if he urges its rejection, he does so on the ground that it will do harm.” Many chapters in Book I of Aristotle’s Rhetoric cover the various typical deliberative arguments in Athenian culture.
Three Spheres of Argument
G. Thomas Goodnight argues that rhetoric is categorized into unique spheres of argument. These “spheres of argument are ‘branches of activity—the grounds upon which arguments are built and the authorities to which arguers appeal’”. Goodnight’s three spheres of argument are personal, technical, and public. The personal sphere is an informal space for private arguments to take place. The technical sphere is where professionals with a greater knowledge of the subject matter debate an argument. The public sphere is the “argument sphere that exists to ‘handle disagreements transcending personal and technical disputes.” Deliberative rhetoric works within these three spheres so that an argument is heard and then those people actively involved in the argument make a decision. Goodnight’s stance is that in each public deliberative argument, the end goal should be to determine what is best for the common good.
The Structure of Deliberative Rhetoric
Amélie Oksenberg Rorty discusses the structure and characteristics of deliberative rhetoric in her research. She cites Aristotle to persuade her audience of the characteristics of deliberative rhetoric’s influential nature. “Aristotle marks as central to deliberative rhetoric: considerations of prudence and justice, the projected political and psychological consequences of the decision and the likelihood of encouraging—or entrenching—similar rebellious attitudes amongst allies.” The outstanding characteristic of deliberative rhetoric is practicality. Rorty argues, “the deliberative rhetorician who wishes to retain his reputation as trustworthy must pay attention to what is, in fact, actually likely to happen.” Additionally, Aristotle focuses on deliberative rhetoric so heavily because “it most clearly reveals the primary importance of truth as it functions within the craft of rhetoric itself.” A path to action is determined through deliberative rhetoric, since an individual following practical means is likely to foresee likely events and act accordingly.
The Necessity of Deliberative Rhetoric
In interpreting Aristotle’s work on use of rhetoric, Bernard Yack discusses the vast need for public discourse and public reasoning. He states: “We deliberate together in political communities by making and listening to each other’s attempts to persuade us that some future action will best serve the end that citizens share with each other…It is this shared goal that distinguishes deliberative rhetoric, and therefore public reasoning, from the other forms of rhetoric and political judgment that Aristotle examines.” Shared goals are of utmost importance when deliberating on an issue that affects the common good. Without such a version of deliberative rhetoric, arguments would unfairly favor the interests of power and neglect the rights of the common people.
Water as a Catalyst for Peace - Transboundary Water Management and Conflict Resolution is a book by Ahmed Abukhater, published by Routledge in 2013.
The book delineates a transformative water negotiation framework and provides an in depth exposé of how equity can be linked, in its myriad forms, into the process of international treaty negotiation and governance.
Description
This book analyzes international water allocation policies in different parts of the world. It advocates for using water as a way to promote cooperation and peace.
The book offers a different approach to resolving water disputes by focusing on process equity parameters that influence outcomes, perceptions, and implementation of water treaties.
The key messages of the book are relevant to the geo-political and hydro-political aspects of water resources in the context of bilateral and multilateral conflicts, and the trans-boundary management of water resources, which contributes insights to political ecology, geo-politics, and environmental policy.
Contribution
In this book, the author challenges the water war paradigm by providing evidence that water can and should be a source of cooperation and a catalyst for peace rather than a reason for conflict. The book suggests a method called "transformative approach to conflict resolution" that’s based on parameters of “process equity” to resolve transboundary water conflicts. This book is related to a continuum of disciplines including Environmental Studies, Conflict Resolution, Political Ecology, Environmental Law, Political Geography, Middle East Studies, and Water Industries.
The book delineates a transformative water negotiation framework and provides an in depth exposé of how equity can be linked, in its myriad forms, into the process of international treaty negotiation and governance.
Description
This book analyzes international water allocation policies in different parts of the world. It advocates for using water as a way to promote cooperation and peace.
The book offers a different approach to resolving water disputes by focusing on process equity parameters that influence outcomes, perceptions, and implementation of water treaties.
The key messages of the book are relevant to the geo-political and hydro-political aspects of water resources in the context of bilateral and multilateral conflicts, and the trans-boundary management of water resources, which contributes insights to political ecology, geo-politics, and environmental policy.
Contribution
In this book, the author challenges the water war paradigm by providing evidence that water can and should be a source of cooperation and a catalyst for peace rather than a reason for conflict. The book suggests a method called "transformative approach to conflict resolution" that’s based on parameters of “process equity” to resolve transboundary water conflicts. This book is related to a continuum of disciplines including Environmental Studies, Conflict Resolution, Political Ecology, Environmental Law, Political Geography, Middle East Studies, and Water Industries.