Research
Depicting Dementia: Representation of Cognitive Health and Illness in Select Animated Short Films
Patients who have dementia are unable to remember events or happenings for more than a few moments at a time, resulting in them repeating their conversations, forgetting people’s faces, linguistic capabilities, etc. Unlike the popular notion, dementia affects the patient more than merely losing their immediate memory of things, events and people. At the onset, the patient may have difficulty navigating familiar environments like the supermarket or the park. Their attention span is also highly affected, with the patient zoning out of a conversation and merely staring into space mid-sentence.
The Popularity of India’s Cinema and the Role of Soft Power
Joseph Nye defined the concept of ‘Soft Power’ as the ability to obtain a preferred outcome by attraction rather than coercion or force. Thus, if a country aims to influence the choices of another country in contemporary times, it must take the route of co-option and seduction rather than threats and inducements.
Opportunities and Challenges of India’s G-20 Presidency
As India has assumed the G-20 Presidency, the international political discourse and global agenda are going to see many new narratives – non-traditional issues, and of course, non-Western assertions.
India’s steady rise on the world stage is a better-late-than-never moment that many world powers, middle powers, and smaller nations expected and desired to happen, in the hope of a more balanced world order. Financially, India promises them a vast and demanding market; offers more non-prescriptive trade relations and investments to smaller nations; carries limited unilateral military and strategic ambitions, and gets along with both Western and non-Western blocs.
Antisemitism and Perception of Hitler in India
Antisemitism has been rhetorically used by Indian leaders (irrespective of their political or religious persuasion) since the time of the Freedom movement. Hindu nationalists like M.S. Golwalkar, K.B. Hedgewar, and V.D. Savarkar have used Nazi Antisemitic rhetoric to further their Islamophobic agenda in India to the extent of justifying Nazi treatment towards Jews and wishing for similar treatment against Indian Muslims.
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Seminar Report
Prophet Muhammad beyond Islamism
The Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) organised a webinar on 19th July 2022,...
Book Discussion: Born a Muslim
Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) organised a book discussion on Born a Muslim: Some...
Book Discussion: Many Mahabhartas
The Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) organised a book discussion on Many...
Reforming Medical Education In India
The Centre for Studies of Plural Societies organized an online ‘Distinguished Lecture’ on...
Videos
Academic Writing Workshop: Avoiding Plagiarism and Publishing in Best Journals
Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) conducted an Academic Writing Workshop on How to Avoid Plagiarism and Publishing in Best Journals by Dr Akhtar Parvez on 16th July 2022 at 3:00 PM IST.
Book Discussion on Born a Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India by Ghazala Wahab
Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) organised a book discussion on Born a Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India on 3rd July 2022 at 4.00 PM (IST), authored by Ghazala Wahab.
Further in the discussion, Wahab highlighted the lack of participation in establishing institutions either of modern education or charitable organisations, working on modern transparent, trustworthy principles by the modern, educated, upwardly mobile Muslims. She believes that the opinions of modern people are inclusive in their outlook and conscious of the deliberate marginalisation of Muslims. However, they are discarded because the people within the community believe that modern, educated, upwardly mobile Muslims do not have any locus standi, which proved detrimental to the community. Regarding qualitative Muslim-minority educational institutions, Wahab related it to her experience living in Western Uttar Pradesh. The drive for education amongst the business families or the landed gentry is much less than families with a background or history of education, who are third or fourth-generation educated people in their homes because the former do not expect the children to seek employment outside the family businesses.
Many Mahabharatas: Book Discussion by Dr Sohini Sarah Pillai and Nell Shapiro Hawley
Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) conducted a book discussion on Many Mahabhartas, co-edited by Dr Sohini Sarah Pillai and Nell Shapiro Hawley on 29th June 2022.
Workshop on Research Methodology: How to Conduct Research in Literature by Dr Muhammed Aslam Kunnathil
Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) conducted a Workshop on Research Methodology: How to Conduct Research in Literature on 25th June 2022 by Dr Muhammed Aslam Kunnathil
Academic Writing Workshop: Statement of Purpose and Research Proposal
Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) conducted an Academic Writing Workshop on Statement of Purpose (SoP) and Research Proposal on 28th April 2022 by Dr Omair Anas and Dr Abdul Rahim Shariq.
Reforming Medical Education In India: Distinguished Lecture by Prof Furqan Qamar
Prof. Furqan Qamar commenced the talk by asserting that the interest in reforming medical education has grown since the war in Ukraine. He iterated that the capacity of the medical field is severely restrained in India. However, this does not mean that the number of medical colleges and their intake capacity has remained stagnant since independence. India had only about 28 medical colleges and in 2021-22, the number of medical colleges has gone up to 595. While in 1950-51, almost all medical colleges were under government domain with the idea of training people to serve the nation. During 1991-92 this started changing as high fee charges in medical education started making entry into the system. In today’s scenario of the above 600 colleges, almost half of them are private or in the private domain. The intake is deficient, with less than 100,000 students every year, half of which goes to the government and half to the private sector.
