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...
‘Swadeshi’, Globalisation and ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’: Why India Fails to Learn...
To an average Indian, the very mention of the word ‘Swadeshi’ reminds of India’s independence movement and nationalistic leaders like Mahatma Gandhi; courtesy collective...
Why BBC Documentary on Modi at this Juncture?
Some say white man's burden. No. It is primarily election arithmetics and Pakistan's manoeuvring though their UK diaspora with the active help of left...
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...
India, Pakistan and Kashmir: Why Any Opposition to Abrogation of Article...
It is important to understand Pakistan’s approach towards Kashmir and why Kashmiri insurgents and separatists do what they do. Apparently, both Pakistan and the...
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...
Kabir Singh: Bollywood Reinforcing Inequality, Non-Egalitarian Aspects of Indian Culture
These are prime examples to explain how Bollywood reinforces non-egalitarian aspects of Indian culture because if a majority of a theatre audience laughs at...
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...
‘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....
Untimely demise of Nandamuri Taraka Ratna: What gym enthusiasts should note
Nandamuri Taraka Ratna, the celebrity actor of Telugu cinema and grandson of legendary NT Rama Rao, suffered cardiac arrest while on padyatra and passed...
