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The Microwaves and Radar Institute of DLR operates the airborne synthetic aperture (SAR) radar sensors F-SAR and DBFSAR. These sensors are used for investigating and demonstrating novel radar and signal processing techniques for a number of different applications. In the paper promising techniques for future Maritime Surveillance with High-Altitude Platforms (HAP) are discussed and demonstrated by using L- and X- band radar data acquired with F-SAR. A potential onboard processing concept is proposed which doesn't require conventional and time consuming SAR processing. The used techniques include automatic constant false alarm rate (CFAR) ship detection, tracking over long observation times, fusion with simultaneously acquired automatic identification system (AIS) data, and high-resolution inverse SAR (ISAR) imaging.

Given India’s vibrant religious landscape, there is a somewhat surprising paucity of departments, centres or even programs for the academic study of religion. This article discusses this issue based on the preliminary results of an interview study conducted at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India, in 2014 and 2015. Its focus is on the views of university teachers and researchers concerning the place, role and function of religion and religious studies at BHU. Twenty‑eight semi‑structured interviews were conducted. In the course of their analysis, six themes emerged: 1) the place and role of religion in society; 2) religion as ‘religiosity/spirituality’ or sanatana dharma vs. political ideology/communitarianism; 3) religion vs. dharma; 4) secularization; 5) religion in education in general; and, 6) religion in the education at BHU. The informants agreed on the increasing importance of religion in India, and most of them viewed the meaning of secularization as being ‘equal respect for all religions’. Moreover, a majority distinguished between ‘religion’, in the Western sense, and the Indian conception of dharma, considering it regrettable that the latter, described as the common ground of all religions, is not taught more extensively at BHU. They also considered the original ideal of BHU’s founder, Madan Mohan Malaviya, to be of significant importance. That ideal involved not only teaching students the knowledge and skill sets found in a standard modern university, but also equipping them with a value‑based education, grounded upon sanatana‑dharma. As our project progresses, further understanding of this turn toward dharma education is something we intend to pursue through the lens of multiple modernities, developed by Marian Burchardt et al. as multiple secularities.

Vier Bengali Gedichte in deutscher Übersetzung von Lothar Lutze: 1. Pulak Chanda: Jetzt greift der Kampf 2. Amitabha Chakravarti: Im Hafen ist Streik 3. Sushil Saha: Gefühlvolle Verse 4: Subhoranjan Das Gupta: Nichts als Kapitulation, Internationales Asienforum, Bd. 4 Nr. 4 (1973): Internationales Asienforum