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State of refugee law in contemporary times: In conversation with Suraj Girijashanker

June 20, 2020July 14, 2020 Editor 0 Comments 1951 Refugee Convention, Bangladesh, camps, challenges, communities, COVID-19, Cox’s Bazar, EU-Turkey deal, expert, gender, global north, global south, human rights, humanitarian, Justice, lawyer, legal, Legal Aid, LGBTQ community, malnourishment, migrants, organisation, outbreak diseases, overcrowding, politicised, Politics, poor sanitation, refugee day, refugee law, refugee rights, Revolution, settlements, Social Justice, Sri Lankan Tamils, Tibetans, UNHCR, United Nations, xenophobia

Refugees across the globe, more often than not have been subjected to crisis in some way or the other. The displacement of livelihood once, becomes a running metaphor throughout their lives. ITISARAS conducted a very informative interview with Suraj Girijashanker, a Refugee law expert.
This World Refugee Day lets gain more insights into the realities of refugees.

Culture History

The Gendered Silencing of the Partition 1947

May 9, 2020May 9, 2020 Editor 0 Comments 1947, abduction, colonialism, Crime, families, hindu, honour, humanity, independence, india-pak partition, kafila, Mahatma Gandhi, muslim, partition, rape, Society, thoa khalsa, women survivors of partition

The unheard narratives of women, the ones who bore the most gruesome brunt of the India-Pakistan partition.

Culture

Cultures of Consumption

May 3, 2020May 8, 2020 Editor 0 Comments British colonies, British empire, classism, colonial housing, colonial india artwork, colonialism, consumption, Culture, edward said orientalism, Indian architecture, Indian culture, Marx, Orientalism, post-colonial era, Public and private spaces, segregation in British India, spatial segregation, unity in diversity, white and black town during British era

Consumption can have different meanings, for different people and in different
contexts. Also interesting is the still lingering shadow and influence on the cultures of
consumption in India. Read here to know more about it.

Society

The New Age of Covid-19 Learning Space

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 Editor 2 Comments academic session, Anglicists, artificial intelligence, books, classroom, computer engineers, COVID-19, cyberlearning, cyberspace, Eagle 2.0, education, Education For All, educators, English Language, Englishman, expert, humanoid robot, india, inferiority complex, job, knowledge, leadership, learning models, live storyteller, machines, mechanical teacher, meetings, mother tongue, Online, outdated, regional dialects, school, self-esteem, socio-economic, Super 30, teaching, teaching platform, teaching-learning, technology, traditional methodology, UNESCO, unskilled, work culture, work from home, workshops

The Covid-19 pandemic has made us experience a new culture of education. But what if this temporary measure is the inception of something permanent? Here’s an interesting take on the same.

Polity

How Democratic is India’s Grass-root Democracy?

April 24, 2020April 27, 2020 Editor 0 Comments 24th April 1972, 73rd Amendment, Arthashastra, Article 15(3), Article 243(D)cl.(2)(3)(4), Article 325, Article 326, Article 40, assembly, citizens, Conformity Bias, Constitution, Corruption, decentralised, democracy, developed nation, Dictatorship, doctrine of Democracy, egalitarianism, Elective Participation, equality, equitable participation, female representatives, governance, Gram Panchayats, Hon’ble Court, I.C., illiterate, india, Indian constitution, judicial, Kautilya, legislative, Little Republics, Mahabharata, Panchayat, panchayat laws, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Panchayats, patriarchy, Politics, post-independent India, Preamble, PRIs, progress, Proxy Women, Ramayana, rational, Reservation for women, responsibilities, Right to Vote, roles, self- governing bodies, semi-autonomous governments, Sir Charles Metcalfe, Socrates, State of U.P. V Pradhan Sangh Kshettra Samiti, Statutory Right, Universal Adult Suffrage, villages, Vote, Women

The heart of any Democracy lies within the people, and the heart of India lies in her villages. But how effective is democracy at the grass-root? Find out more in this article.

Polity

Assamese Nationalism and the Project of Enclosing History

April 21, 2020April 22, 2020 Editor 1 Comment Asomiya, Assam, Assam Accord, Assamese, Bangladesh, Bengal, Bengalis, Britain, Culture, Government, groups, historiographic, historiography, History, identity, illegal, linguistic, Memorandum, migrants, minorities, Miyahs, Muslims, National Register of Citizens, nationalist, Nellie Massacre, NRC, Pakistan, past, Postcolonial, present, social groups, Society

In the midst of an outbreak of violence all across India over CAA and NRC, one often fails to ignore the intricacies linked with the history of each region, especially that of Assam which initiate a different debate altogether. Don’t we all then agree that a rich understanding can only be achieved when these regional intricacies which form the collective, are together analyzed?

Culture

Story through Sculptures

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 Editor 2 Comments architecture, Bhakti Movements, Buddhism, carve, caves, cultural, Culture, icons, Indo-Aryan, Jainism, kings, Mahabalipuram, monuments, origins, Pallava kingdom, political, sacrificial rites, sculptors, sculpture, Shiva, shrines, social, South India, temples, Vedic corpus, Vishnu, yajna

A sight almost unforgettable, wherein the streets of Mahabalipuram are seen flanked on both sides by sculptors immersed in the art of carving deities out of raw black granite pieces brings to light the entire evolution of temples in South India which now a large part of our rich cultural heritage.

Society

Kabir and the Anti – Caste Narrative

April 14, 2020April 27, 2020 Editor 0 Comments awadhi, Brahmanical, braj, dalit, Dalit Community, Dalit Literature, Devotion, Discrimination, divine, division, dohe, faith, hierarchy, hindu, idol worship, Kabir, knowledge, literature, muslim, mystic poet, mysticism, poet, Religion, Rituals, saint, social orders, sufi, verse, Writer

“Kabir ke dohe '' have been an integral part of Indian literature from ancient times. Through his writing he has preached us about life lessons but what if we tell you there is more to his writings.Could you ever imagine similarities between Kabir and Ambedkar?
Read the link below to find out why he wrote the way he did.

Polity

Were We Prepared?

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 Editor 0 Comments 13th Finance Commission, 15th Finance Commission, Capacity-Building, CM, coronavirus, COVID-19, Disaster, Disaster Management, Disaster Management Act of 2005, District Collector, District Disaster Management Authorities, DM Act, doctors, hazmat suits, healthcare services, Important Letters, india, J&K, Jammu and Kashmir, Leonardo da Vinci, manpower, materials, MCD v Association, MHA, Ministry of Home Affairs, mitigate, National Disaster Management Authority, National Disaster Mitigation Fund, National Disaster Response Fund, National Disaster Response Reserve, National Executive Committee, ndmindia.nic.in, NEC, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Peter Drucker, PM, policies, preparedness, prevent, provisions, Reconstruction, Recovery, Relief, resources, Response, Revolving Fund, Secretaries to the Govt. of India, services, State Disaster Management Authorities, State Disaster Reserve Fund, Strengthening of SDMAs and DDMAs, Supreme Court, Swaraj Abhiyan v Union of India, Uphaar Tragedy

TweetShareSharePin0 SharesUnveiling the Curtain of Disaster Management in India By Srishty Jaura All of us are awake now that we

History

Recovering from the Colonial Hangover: The Life of Tawaifs After the Colonial Era

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Editor 0 Comments alam ara, british cantonment act 1864, british law prostitution, fatima begum, mughal courtesans, mughal culture, prostitution in india, sex work, tawaifs, zubeidadas

The tawaifs, who held a prestigious position in the Mughal era, found their liberties restricted with the coming in of the British, and surprisingly even after they went. Find out here why.