The Impact of Consecrated Life on Indian Society

2001 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-277
Author(s):  
Mathew M. VALLIPALAM
Keyword(s):  
Indian Society ◽  
Consecrated Life ◽  
The Impact

Societal and Economical Impact on Citizens through Innovations Using Open Government Data

2015 ◽  
pp. 147-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. Misra ◽  
Alka Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Data Platform ◽  
Data Policy ◽  
Government Data ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

This chapter analyzes the impact that an open data policy can have on the citizens of India. Especially in a scenario where government accountability and transparency has become the buzzword for good governance and further look at whether the availability of open data can become an agent for socio-economic change in India. What kind of change it can bring to India which has its own complexities when it comes to socio economic issues and whether the steps taken by the government are up to the mark to address these complexities through data sharing. In order to understand the changes which may occur for the good or the bad, the chapter looks at specific examples where the open data platform have been utilized in India and what impact they have had on the Indian society and how the citizens have responded to it.

IMPACT OF SEX COMPOSITION OF LIVING CHILDREN AND COUPLES’ AGREEMENT ON SUBSEQUENT FERTILITY IN INDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 666-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anshul Kastor ◽  
Sayantani Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Subsequent Pregnancy ◽  
Son Preference ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Fertility Desire ◽  
Sex Composition ◽  
Sex Preference ◽  
Subsequent Fertility ◽  
Living Children ◽  
The Impact

SummaryThe desire for children could be considered a reliable predictor of subsequent fertility. At the same time, the sex composition of surviving children, along with other demographic and socioeconomic factors, may affect a couple’s fertility desire and, therefore, their subsequent fertility. This study examined the impact of the sex composition of living children and a couple’s agreement on fertility desire on their subsequent fertility in India using data came from two rounds of nationally representative surveys: the India Human Development Survey (IHDS)-I (2004–05) and IHDS-II (2011–12). To understand which factors affect the chances of an additional pregnancy or childbirth, a random effects logistic regression model was applied to the panel data. It was found that the fertility desires of both marital partners were important in determining the chances of subsequent fertility. About 35% of the couples wanting to limit children had undergone pregnancy or childbirth, while 76% of the couples wanting more children had conceived or given birth to children. In the case of discordance between the spouses, subsequent fertility was found to remain intermediate between those agreeing to continue childbirth and those wanting to limit it. The findings also affirmed that child sex preference, specifically son preference, still persists in Indian society. More than 80% of the couples with only daughters in IHDS-I mutually wanted to have additional children, whereas in families that only had sons, the chance of a subsequent pregnancy was inversely associated with the number of sons. Strong patriarchal settings, combined with cultural and socioeconomic factors, affect the persistence of sex preference in India. Programmes aimed at increasing family planning use need to address son preference and should include components that promote the value of girl children.

Research publications to Indian Journal of Cancer: a scientometric analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Santhanakarthikeyan ◽  
M. Grace ◽  
R. Jeyshankar
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Authorship Pattern ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indian Journal ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The aim of the present study is to analyze the literature growth, author productivity, authorship pattern, average length of articles and country collaboration of cancer research in India. The Indian Journal of Cancer, which shows the progress of ontological sciences in India, was established in 1963. Indian Journal of Cancer is the first and only periodical serving the needs of all the specialties of oncology in India. The journal is the official publication of the Indian Cancer Society and Indian Society of Oncology. Design/methodology/approach – Thirty-nine issues of the Indian Journal of Cancer, published between 2003 and 2012, have been considered for the study. The collected data were recorded in an Excel spreadsheet and analyzed to find the degree of collaboration (DC) between authors, collaboration between countries and authorship pattern. Since the journal publishes research articles, review articles, editorials, letters to the editor, symposiums, forewords, case reports and special articles, only the 244 research articles published during 2003-2012 have been taken into consideration in this study. Findings – The study revealed that multi-authored papers were more common and that the average length of articles was 5-6 pages. Twenty-two countries contributed papers to this journal during the study period. Additional research is needed to assess the impact of diverse dietary habits, religious practices and lifestyles on the prevention of cancer. Originality/value – More than 50 per cent of the world’s cancer burden, in terms of both numbers of cases and deaths, occurs in developing countries and is rising. By 2020, it is estimated that 70 per cent of all cancer cases will be in these lower-income countries, and approximately one-fifth of these will be in India, with its (still increasing) population of over a billion. While research is necessary to inform effective programs, it is also time to move beyond research to act by implementing programs in cancer prevention and treatment. Cancer is disturbing the growing economy of the country, which can be saved by proper handling of this disease.

Impact of Education on Women Empowerment :A Study of Lucknow District UP

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-293
Author(s):  
Yatindra Kumar Jha
Keyword(s):  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Global Aspect ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

Women's empowerment is not limited only for the Indian society. If we deliberate the global aspect in this regard, we see that women are being given equal treatment in developed nations. In fact, if we take a recollection of history, we come to know that women have always been given secondary position in society, but the difference between men and women created by the Nature is but natural. It is education through which we realize this fact Education is the key factor for women empowerment, prosperity, development and welfare. Discrimination of women from womb to tomb is well known. There is continued inequality and vulnerability of women in all sectors and women oppressed in all spheres of life, they need to be empowered in all walk of life. In order to fight against the socially constructed gender biases, women have to swim against the system that requires more strength. Such strength comes from the process of empowerment and empowerment will come from the education. And rural development will come from women empowerment. This paper  aim to create the awareness among the women’s  about different empowerment and identifying the impact of education in women overall empowerment in  Lucknow  district. Totally 320   women respondents between 20-45 age group were selected for the study. Findings of the study shows that educational qualification play significant  role in women empowerment and it concludes that if women's empowerment is to be effected, it can be carried out only through the medium of education. Hence, it is of  foremost importance to raise the level of education amongst women.

Exploitation and Subjugation of Women in ‘The Dark Holds no Terrors’

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-42
Author(s):  
Nazia Rashid ◽  
◽  
Dr. Anshu Raj Purohit ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Working Women ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
Parental Love ◽  
Shashi Deshpande ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Given

Shashi Deshpande has been the champion of the disquietude and struggles of women. Her works, very indisputably depict the various roles of women in their life as a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter, , a daughter-in-law and so on. Her works can’t be called directly feminist since her works are not against man; in fact, her novel depicts the dilemma of the new educated modern working women in the traditional Indian society. This present paper attempts to critically analyse the selected novel of Shashi Deshpande _The Dark Holds No Terrors. The focus of the paper is to present why women are no longer afraid of darkness and why women are really oppressed in the society. Women, for ages altogether, have been subjected to exploitation and suppression; their lives have been spent in the darkness and thus, they are not afraid of darkness instead they feel comfort in the dark and even they feel estranged from others due to suppression by the patriarchal society. The study also attempts to highlight the fact that women are denied rights not only because of the circumstances but also because women themselves suppress other women and use men as instruments. The Dark Holds No Terrors is the story of Sarita, often referred to as Saru in the novel, and her disruptions and conflicts. The novel reveals the life of Sarita who is always neglected and ignored in favour of her brother. She is not given any heed-no parental love is shown upon her even on her birthdays. Her brother’s birthdays, however, are celebrated with full enthusiasm including the performance of the religious rituals. When her brother is drowned, she is blamed for it. Feminine sensibility is an appealing quality in literature. Almost all the writers in India express and expose this quality in their writings. The renowned novelist Shashi Deshpande is no exception in portraying this aspect in her novels. In this study, an attempt is made to study Shashi Deshpande’s women protagonists as portrayed in her novels, with a view to understand and appreciate their trials and tribulations under the impact of the conflicting influence of tradition and modernity. It critically analyses their response to the emerging situation in life so as to fit themselves in the contemporary society. The study considers the problems of her characters which have had to contend with the given situation.

Plague, Policy and Popular Unrest in British India

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 723-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ira Klein
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
British India ◽  
World War ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Indian Experience ◽  
White Plague ◽  
High Death ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The dark and fatal passage of plague across the Indian sub-continent in the early twentieth-century, and the inability of Western medicine quickly to halt its incursions symptomized disharmonies in the relationship between modernization and Indian society and ecology. The impact of economic development and environmental change on Indian mortality has been examined elsewhere, but the result was the perpetuation or increase of high death-rates from a multiplicity of diseases through the end of World War I. In the half-century 1872-1921 annual mortality ranged between 40 and 50 per thousand, more than twice the death-rates of the advanced West, and life expectancy fell from about 25 to 20 years. The Indian experience was not unique. Epidemics of cholera and the ‘white plague’ of tuberculosis in the industrializing West, and the ordeal of mortality in the colonial Philippines also illustrated how development activities induced social and environmental disruptions and sustained or promoted high death-rates.

Probing Gandhi’s Political Strategy in View of His Civilisational Politics in India

Social Change ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-116
Author(s):  
Arun Bandopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Political Action ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact

The present article seeks to critically probe Gandhi’s civilisational view of Indian society and politics both from his few articulate and many hidden statements at different stages of his life. His civilisational view is, therefore, analysed from a variety of perspectives: its origin, direction, advocated methods and long-time impact on Gandhian thought, philosophy and activities. It is presumed that such an analysis of Gandhi’s political philosophy with special reference to his civilisational view may clarify some of the mysteries associated with his much cited and often criticised ‘strategies’ of political activity. The article has three parts. The first dwells on the background of Gandhi’s civilisational critique and touches on some of its contents from the political standpoints. The second probes into the many meanings of civilisational politics both from Gandhi’s articulate and hidden statements on the subject. The third reviews the impact of Gandhi’s civilisational politics on the course and strategy of his political action, and its legacy for the future. The underlying idea is that satyagraha in the Gandhian philosophical context is most intelligible when viewed from the short- and long-term perspectives of civilisational politics.

scholarly journals THEATER AND HEALTH EDUCATION: REPRESENTATION IN SELECT PLAYS OF MAHESH DATTANI

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 3982-3988
Author(s):  
Asoke Howlader, Arindam Modak, Subrata Saha
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Indian English ◽  
Common People ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
The Impact

Theater plays a crucial role to represent the life and manners of a particular society. It acts as an informal tool for developing consciousness and promoting empowerment through education. Contemporary theater in India is no exception to this. It has the efficacy to build critical awareness among common people in general and women in particular. It critiques the social inequality and opens up the scope for bringing consciousness about gendered violence prevalent in contemporary Indian society. From 1970s onwards, the emergence of urbanization and industrialization had offered various opportunities for people irrespective of gender differences. Yet, it could not suppress the ‘other side’ of violence in Indian society. Mahesh Dattani, a pioneer in the world of modern Indian English Theater, is highly regarded as a social critic of contemporary urban life and manners. He sincerely presents dysfunctional families, individual dilemmas and societal problems, and gender issues including forbidden issues in his plays. As a conscious dramatist, Dattani reveals childhood maltreatment in his plays which focus on physical and mental illnesses among victims. He tries to sensitize the common people by representing the impact of discrimination on health as it is seen to be fatal in women. The present paper intends to analyze the impact of gender bias on women’s health as represented by Mahesh Dattani in his plays – “Tara” and “Thirty days in September.” In doing so, it embraces the educational implication of dramas through theater.

Growing Up in Rural Assam, India: The Experiences of Young Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-291
Author(s):  
Dipjyoti Konwar ◽  
Vinita Bhargava ◽  
Bhanumathi Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
The State ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Doctoral Work ◽  
The Impact

This paper offers a picture of the life of young women in rural India, specifically in the state of Assam. It is drawn from a doctoral work that is in progress. India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, yet nearly 69% of its population live in rural areas (Census of India, 2011). Numerous castes, creeds and religions co-exist in society with differing practices and opinions. Although conflicts of interest and incidents of violence occur from time to time, the ‘multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-dimensional’ Indian society still manages to hold itself together against all odds. Assam is a state with a predominantly rural makeup. The doctoral work drawn from for the purposes of this paper was conducted using a sample of 60 adolescent girls in school settings in Assam. The macro-philosophy of the research was to understand the impact of cash transfer in the form of scholarships on their overall wellbeing. The demographic profile of the state introduces the reader to the construct of the Assamese society. The three life sketches of young women narrated exemplify their dreams for a good life amidst challenges, both substantial and emotional. They show immense potential for a fulfilled life. There is need for support and guidance at different levels to enhance their capabilities. Importance of affective scaffolding at a personal level and affirmative action at governmental level is essential.

scholarly journals The Influence of the Partition on the Indian Family in Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (137) ◽  
pp. 51-66
Author(s):  
Noor Isa Abdullatif ◽  
Isra Hashim Taher
Keyword(s):  
Civil Wars ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Anita Desai ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Indian Family ◽  
British Rule ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact

Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day (1980) is a partition novel which depicts the influence of the Partition between India and Pakistan on the unity of the Indian family. In 1947, India witnessed a civil war which led to partitioning it into two countries along religious lines. These events coincided with the end of the British rule in India. As a result of that, the Indian individual started questioning his real identity. During the period (1947-1970), India witnessed dramatic social, political, economic changes and transformations In her sixth novel Clear Light of Day, Anita Desai studies the impact of the Partition on the country and on the personal lives of the Indian individuals. The novel is precisely a depiction of family disintegration which parallels the disintegration of India under the Partition circumstances. The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of the Partition on the Indian families which survive the civil wars between the Hindus and the Muslims. Also the study tackles the role of women in the Indian society and the influence of the western principles on them.

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