CSPS Book Discussion: Narratives of Trauma in South Asian Literature
Asian American Hate Crimes and the Failure of the Criminal Justice System
Book Discussion: Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India- authored by Dr. S.Y. Quraishi
Mapping Electoral Strengths and Comprehending Ground Realities: A Response to Hurried Obituaries of the BJP After the 2023 Karnataka State Elections
Research
CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: GENDERED SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS
There have been attempts to understand the existence of gender stratification historically and across cultures. The long-drawn struggle of feminists fighting for access to certain spaces has been predominantly regarding their participation and occupying public spaces. Why is it important to redefine the concept of public spaces? What is the need for safe public space, and why is it necessary to claim public spaces for women and, thus, for the feminist movement to succeed? Some of the major themes this article engages with are the inseparability of knowledge and spaces, the connection between space and gender stratification, and notions around women’s access to certain spaces and within supposedly correct timing brackets.
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.
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Seminar Report
CSPS Book Discussion: Narratives of Trauma in South Asian Literature
The Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) organised an online book discussion on...
Book Discussion: Population Myth: Islam, Family Planning and Politics in India- authored by Dr. S.Y. Quraishi
The Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) organised a Book Discussion on Population Myth:...
Book discussion: Maulana Azad: A Life by S Irfan Habib
The Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) organised a book discussion on Maulana Azad: A...
Webinar Report: The Cunning of Gender Violence
Centre for Studies of Plural Societies (CSPS) organised a special webinar on “ The Cunning of...
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.
