B R Ambedkar (1936) had suggested inter-caste marriages as one of the potential remedies to annihilate caste system. He later contradicted this stance in the latter half of his academic journey by comparing inter-caste marriages to „force-feeding and…
Reproductive health in general and adolescent reproductive health in particular has not received concerted attention in our country so far. The traditional view of marriage as "protection' to girls in puberty from premarital sexual exploitation…
This edited volume explores the different ways in which members of theEuropean Union have interacted with Kosovo since it declaredindependence in 2008. While there is a tendency to think of EU states interms of two distinct groups – those that have…
The hybrid war in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine is linked to history, geography, demography, local and national power play, and International level power politics between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Russia. Russia has strong…
On December 31, 2015, China elevated the status and stature of its nuclear and missile forces by making the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) a fourth military Service alongside the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Since then, the…
In recent times Japan and India are moving closer in the area of security. The rise of China, US strategic withdrawal from the Indian Ocean and Japan‟s increasing profile in the Asia-pacific region have contributed towards Japan‟s strong security…
Social media platforms have become an integral part of society, serving to connect individuals across the world and making the world a globalised place. The development of self-esteem in today’s world has been hypothesised as being closely linked to…
The aim of the study was to assess the subjective well-being, negative evaluation and problem solving skills of adolescents with locomotor disability. The sample comprising of 60 adolescents with locomotor disability was selected using simple random…
The paper is a study of transformation that the Nair society underwent in Travancore in the state of Kerala in India,in the latter part of nineteenth century under the impact of education,a cash economy ,increases in social assertiveness and…
