Global Social Change
Rise of Intolerance: Are we moving backwards?
In recent years we have seen a sudden and continuous rise of hate politics around the world, especially in liberal democracies. In today’s domestic...
Gender Discrimination in Pakistan
Discrimination mean social, cultural, political inequality in a society. It has required new orientation in the form of Men and Women status in a...
Moment of Truth: Russia Faces Demography Crisis
Russia has demographic crisis. Notwithstanding official efforts to boost birth rates, reverse brain drain, use immigration policy over the past few years, Russia's population...
To Realize Universal Health Coverage, Surgical NGOs Must Play a Crucial Role
Authors: John L. Dutton, Desmond T. Jumbam and Libby Bunker
The COVID-19 pandemic has eroded and exposed fragile health systems globally.
Health care workers have been...
Putin Celebrates Tatyana’s Day with Russian Students
As a good tradition observed in Russia, Jan 25 is popularly called Tatyana’s Day – the last day of the first study semester in...
India – Not a Safe Place for Women?
India, once known as the gem of the East is now going down on a path to self-destruction. Ever since independence, successive Indian governments...
COVID-19 Pandemic Dealt Women A Painful Blow
On January 28, Women Deliver and Focus 2030 released the first-of-its-kind multi-country public opinion survey,carried out in 17 countries spanning six continents, which captures...
Meritocracy in the Age of Mediocrity
Authors: Ash Narain Roy and Sophia Thomas*
Meritocracy, political theorist Hannah Arendt famously says, “contradicts the principle of equality. Without equality, it is no less...
Media, Democratic Politics and Citizen Journalism
Media plays a key role in liberal democratic regimes. There are many functions of media in enhancing democracy. Media freedom is essential to a...
An Analysis on Marshall McLuhan’s concepts
Marshall McLuhan is an important scholar who has made major contributions to communication discipline through introducing new concepts like “global village” and “medium is...