How Community participation influences National Health Mission (NHM)
Launched in 2005, NRHM ensures community partnership in making health systems efficient, need based and accountable. Community partnership has been institutionalized from the village...
Taliban: Has America Lost to China in Afghanistan?
How do we explain utter surrender of 300,000 strong Afghan Army fully trained and militarily equipped by US before ‘’volunteer’’ force of 50,000 strong...
Pathaan Movie: Games People Play for Commercial Success
Perpetuating myth of caste supremacy, lack of respect for religious sentiments of fellow citizens and cultural incompetency, the Sharukh Khan starring spy thriller Pathaan...
R.N. Ravi: The Governor and his Government of Tamil Nadu
The tussle between Governor and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is becoming murkier day by day. The latest in the series is Governor’s walk...
The Offensive Verse from Tulsi Das’s Ramcharitmanas must be deleted
Swami Prasad Maurya, a leader of Samajwadi Party of Uttar Pradesh who champions the cause of backward classes, has demanded the deletion of "insulting...
Sabrimala Temple: Are Menstruating Women Any Threat to Celibate Gods?
It is well documented in the scientific literature that taboos and myths about menstruation impact on girls’ and women’s mental health. The current Sabrimala...
Narendra Modi: What Makes Him What He is ?
Minority complex involving insecurity and fear is not limited to Muslims alone in India. Now, Hindus too seems to be affected by sense of...
The Sordid Saga of Indian Baba
Call them the spiritual gurus or thugs, the fact remains that the babagiri in India is today mired in obnoxious controversy. There is a long list...
India’s ‘Me Too’ Moment: Implications for Bridging the Power Differential and...
The Me Too Movement in India is certainly helping ‘name and shame’ sexual predators in work places. It has contributed in de-stigmatising survivors and...
‘Shameful for a Nuclear Power Country to beg, seek Foreign Loans’:...
Financial affluence is the fountainhead of influence in the comity of nations. Nuclear status and military power do not necessarily guarantee respect and leadership....
