Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was a popular writer of Malayalam literature from Kerala, India. He was known for his profound and simple writing style which were well received by both literary critics and the common man. Most of the characters in his stories were real-life people. Notable works include Balyakalasakhi, Mathilukal and Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu. He passed away on July 05, 1994. So far his works were translated into 18 languages.
If you've read his works, which is your favourite one?
Hi Reddit. Dr Barnaby Dye, Dr Tomasz Janus, Dr Gloria Salmoral and Mr Mohammed Basheer from The University of Manchester here!
EDIT: This AMA is now closed. Thank you for all of your questions!
We are part of the FutureDAMS team.
We are working on the interdisciplinary Design and Assessment of Mega Systems project. FutureDAMS is focusing on the sustainable development of energy, water, food and environment systems to align with the Paris Agreement, the international treaty on climate change. Our team specialise in the planning and politics of water and energy infrastructure, including dams.
The project aims to co-develop an approach and toolset to help design and plan better human interventions in complex human-engineered natural resource systems, with partners in Myanmar, the Volta basin (West Africa) and the Nile basin. Dams and systems of dams are conceptualised and assessed as water-energy-food-ecology system interventions that must deliver economic, social and environmental benefits and resilience under a range of plausible futures.
Inter- and cross-disciplinary research assessments will identify what has worked well historically and what needs improvement. A new framework for dam system decision-making will seek to enable the effective negotiated design of complex systems. FutureDAMS is co-develping a state-of-the art online integrated assessment modelling toolset for assessing and optimisng system designs. Factors to be explored include alternative operating regimes, locations and sizes of new infrastructure, trade-offs and synergies between alternatives and links with wider regional energy, food and economic production, and ecological, political and social systems. An online analytical and training toolbox will allow collaborative working between diverse groups such as local and regional stakeholder and sectoral groups, investors, planners, consultants and academics.
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Would he be Brock-Ali? π₯¦
There's a thread on this sub about Zack Reed: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/ozbi5g/who_is_zack_reed/. Thought I'd add one about Basheer Jones. What do people think of him? Would he be a good or bad mayor? It was troubling to see that in the 2020 1st half of year campaign disclosures, 93% of his money came from outside of the city, suggesting he may be catering to interests outside of the city if he won.
