Who Are India’s Labharthis– the Visible and the Veiled
Is there something wrong with 'labharthi' schemes? Why has this issue become important of late?
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India’s Reliance on Russia Tested by China’s Growing Influence
As the world order continues to evolve, key players are reconfiguring their policies as a response. The West is being challenged internally as domestic aspirations change under the onslaught of global forces, even as the global balance of power remains in a state of flux. Though China is viewed by the West and the US in particular as the most significant long-term challenge, the Ukraine war has ensured that most of the Western efforts and resources are now directed at managing a crisis on the European periphery. Russia has once again bounced back as a serious threat in the consciousness of European policy elites.
Men Without Women: Powerplay of Patriarchy and Politics
India, being a democratic country follows the principle of “ Government Of the people, For the People, and By the people”. Indian political system is such that it is elected by all the sections of society but doesn't comprise all diverse sections such as minorities, women, entrepreneurs, etc, equally. According to political scientist Carole Pateman, patriarchy refers to "The patriarchal construction of the difference between masculinity and femininity that is the political difference between freedom and subjection."Women comprise 50% of the population of India, and their non-participation in significant positions specifically in politics can gender-inclusive policies, programs, etc as a result it is necessary to take steps towards ensuring equal representation of women at the political front that will open the door for several opportunities for women as shift can be seen from data released by Election Commission of India for the current elections of 5 states in India that show a surge in women voter ratio that depicts that women are not only shedding the shackles of patriarchy but keeping their front foot in important decision making that will decide the future of our country.
North-South Divide in India: Exploring the Debates
After the Congress rout in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, even as the party staged a comeback in Telangana, there has been much commentary on a North-South political divide in India,
Critics are valuable and fair
A brief but powerful meditation on the politics of reasonableness and unreason.
IS it not reasonable to expect reasonableness in discourse?
A doctor friend set me thinking when she commented that such and such person is reasonable. In TV debates, after a critical comment, the anchor often asks the panelist, is there one thing that the policy maker has done right? In heated conversations, often it is said: be balanced— which is similar to saying be reasonable.
Bunkum or Brilliance? Chris Wood’s Confidence in India’s Economic Growth Beyond Political Transitions
In the same breath, he also said that such is India’s economic momentum that the markets would bounce back as well.
The Politics of Law and Deficits of Implementation
LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship is an Online National Summer School Program, a Two-Month Online Immersive Legal Awareness & Action Research Certificate Training Course and Internship Program, from June-August 2023 by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute. An informative and interactive panel discussion on “The Politics of Law and Deficits of Implementation” was held by Professor Amrita Singh, President of NAPSIPG Disaster Research Group, NDRG, Distinguished Visiting Professor, NUJS Delhi and Senior Fellow at ISS Delhi and a retired professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.