There is a high probability you had agreed to a set of terms and conditions that you never read while downloading an app this month. I recently did, with a clear knowledge, that whatever I signed up is watching me. A virtual panopticon in motion only that you sometimes are oblivious to its existence. The …
Rev. C B Samuel 1.0 Introduction The present pandemic has not only taken hold of our fears but also of our imaginations!! A welcome development is the increase in social media presence even by groups that earlier shunned it as destructive and counter-productive. Recently I read about new initiatives and alternate entrepreneurial drives that …
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Raaj Mondol The shocking incident of rape and strangulation of a 19 year young Dalit woman in a paddy field in a village of Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh on September 14,2020, her subsequent death in Safdarjang hospital, New Delhi on September 29th and a hurried cremation in the village field in the early hours …
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Dr Jamila Koshy Defenceless under the nightOur world in stupor lies;Yet, dotted everywhere,Ironic points of lightFlash out wherever the JustExchange their messages:May I, composed like themOf Eros and of dust,Beleaguered by the sameNegation and despair,Show an affirming flame. W. H. Auden (1939) Our hopeless world Hopelessness has pervaded the world since the Fall. The present …
Prof Sonajharia Minz, Prof Sybil Thomas & Dr Ashish Alexander Introduction In its simplest sense, policy refers to a broad statement that reflects future goals and aspirations, and provides guidelines for carrying out those goals. Our National policy of Education is one such public policy based on the perceived educational needs that the country visualises …
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Introduction The contemporary international relations (IR) are at an inflection point in their evolution. In the last few months, they came under immense pressure from a small virus, whose origins are fiercely contested, but its debilitating and destructive implications are felt across the globe. Lives are lost; global economy is crippled, adversely affecting farmers, laborers, …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been a time of unprecedented global uncertainty for all of humankind with government administrations, healthcare & other essential service providers and humanitarian agencies struggling to mitigate its adverse impact on lives and livelihoods. While there have been many lessons learnt over the last several decades in dealing with disasters like floods, …
INTRODUCTION Delhi was bloodstained while fighting its battle against communal hatred when the world woke up to this nightmare and realized Corona virus is here and is here to stay for a while. Suddenly everything seems new, unbelievable and overwhelming. Who would have known visiting your loved ones would no more be an act of …
INTRODUCTION Christians, like other religious communities, have for long wrestled with changes in modes of communication and what that means to the expression of faith. To begin with Christians have felt that the sacredness of the word is tied to its form and later Christians pondered whether the word of God and the mission of …
INTRODUCTION The central focus of this article is on the practical aspects of a life of faith and not on faith as a belief system. It is about the faith that is required as we encounter life and its challenges each day. Barring a few exceptions, much of the church teaching encourages a spirituality, which …
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