2023

by Justice Katju
These days there is a lot of controversy on the social media about the Hindi film Adi Purush, some saying it is an insult to Lord Ram, Hanumanji, the Ramayan, and Hinduism. Play
Adipurush : Honest Review | Adipurush Movie Is The Biggest Insult Of Ramayan | Jay Naik by Jay Nayak Talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eBSZcjJWSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw3LGEZGFxs&pp=ygUKYWRpIHB1cnVzaA%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzqyI3sdwSU (…)

by Shibaji Ray *
Abstract
As the Digital environment increasingly exerts an influence on the creation and dissemination of artwork, it accordingly reveals the inner workings of the Infrastructure behind such artistry. This has made for changes in Art Exhibition in online spaces where an artwork’s origin is also a measure of infrastructural protocols that place it as original or otherwise. Seeing however that infrastructure in its Digital domain is more an issue of dissemination (…)

With Ajit Pawar taking oath as Deputy Chief Minister and eight other Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs as Cabinet Ministers in Maharashtra, both Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah nourish the fond hope that such inductions from NCP would bolster their political strategy, after splitting Shiv Sena in 2022, for winning most of the State’s 48 Lok Sabha seats in 2024 general elections. After Eknath Shinde took over as Chief Minister last year an aggressive campaign has (…)

by Prothoma Rai Chaudhuri*
Abstract:
The Coronavirus has unleashed a pandemic whose consequences and implications go far beyond the parameters of the medical sciences. In creating global terror, in paralysing human civilisation, and in receding and letting the world breathe, quite literally, unmasked, the virus has been so much more than a micro-organism, invisible in itself but with conspicuous manifestations in societal settings. As the 2023 world has progressed towards a semblance of (…)

The Union Cabinet last week approved the establishment of the National Research Foundation (NRF) to promote Research and development in the country. The Rs 55 thousand crore funded scheme (through a period of five years) is aimed at fostering research and development in various national institutes, IITs, Universities, and local colleges with an emphasis on innovation. As part of the controversial National Educational Policy, the task is to reorganize the foundations of Indian science with (…)

by P. S. Jayaramu *
5th July 2023
The initiative for the establishment of the National Research Foundation (NRF) as an agency for centralised funding for research across the country was spelt out in the NEP document in 2020. But sadly, it took virtually three years for the Union Government to give approval for its creation. A bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha in the upcoming monsoon session. Once the bill is approved by the Parliament, NRF will become a reality. Better late than (…)

The D.D. Kosambi Research Foundation and Library is a Society being set up to do basic and in-depth studies into the vexed problems and questions facing our country and the world’s people. It will only have one criterion — a burning desire to seek the truth, irrespective of the ideology one holds. Pre-conceived ideas will not be encouraged as we have recently found many left/liberal narratives seriously flawed. Today much of the truth lies below layers of obfuscation, and confusion abounds (…)

Karnataka was the first State to implement the NEP-2020 with all pomp and glory, obviously in a hurry and claim some brownie points. Unfortunately, it is also the first State planning to scrap it and develop its own policy (State Education Policy- SEP), for whatever reasons. This can lead to a chain of reactions and precedence for other States, especially those not governed by the central ruling party. In fact, many States are still wavering to implement it. However, even in such academic (…)

by Dr. Beena
Introduction
India’s rich history has seen it become a refuge for countless individuals seeking safety and shelter from conflict and persecution. As a nation that has traditionally welcomed refugees, India hosts a diverse range of refugee communities, each with unique socio-cultural backgrounds and integration challenges. However, the current landscape of refugee integration in India is marred by the absence of a robust and comprehensive refugee policy, leading to numerous (…)

by Sandeep Pandey and Sophia Rahman
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi is known for his supreme sacrifice at a young age of 41 years in trying to stop communal violence in Kanpur in 1931, two days after his colleague Bhagat Singh was hanged. He was part of the struggle for freedom both as part of the Congress led movement and with the revolutionary group led by Bhagat Singh and Chandrasekhar Azad. Through his newspaper Pratap he raised issues of common people and became part of struggle (…)