by Parul Jain
1. Introduction
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence (IPV), is defined as a pattern of abusive behaviours by one partner against another in an intimate (...)
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Ramifications of Domestic Violence
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Glorifying Motherhood: The Power of Identity
10 March 2014by ambika dutta
Motherhood has always been glorified in the Indian social reality from the ancient times. From her image as Goddess to as Motherland or to a women’s role as mother; she as Maa-Mai-Mother has always explored a distinct identity (...) -
People who Shame the Country become Heroes at Home. What’s this Democracy Worth?
10 March 2014, by T J S GeorgeEveryone was shocked by the recent crimina-lities in Parliament, but was anyone surprised? And does anyone believe that this is the last time such scenes of shame will be seen in the House? Our politics turned criminal when criminals turned (...) -
The Subaltern Can Speak
10 March 2014by l.k. sharma
The Jaipur Literature Festival has not just grown; it has evolved into an Indian show. The global meets local will be one way of describing this transformation. The literature in Indian languages, the culture of the State of (...) -
Stop Pentavalent Vaccine Before It Is Too Late
10 March 2014, by Bharat DograThe introduction of pentavalent vaccine in place of DPT vaccine in India’s universal immunisation programme has become one of the most controversial public health decisions in recent times. The proposal—already under implementation to push (...) -
Reports of Large-scale Deaths of Students in Bapu Asaram’s Schools
10 March 2014COMMUNICATION
According to reports in two leading Hindi newspapers Nai Duniya and Dainik Jagran, dated February 19, 2014, a parliamentary committee has found that 800 children in various schools associated with Asaram in Maharashtra died during (...) -
Tribute: P.C. Joshi
10 March 2014Dr P.C. Joshi was close to N.C. and Mainstream. Many of his articles and reviews appeared in this journal. As a token of our sincere homage to his abiding memory we reproduce here one of his contributions—based on his keynote address delivered at the National Conference of the Society for Communal Harmony, New Delhi, on September 26-27, 1998—that appeared in the Mainstream Annual 1999.
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Twelve Years after Gujarat 2002
3 March 2014, by SCEDITORIAL
Have the Gujarat riots of 2002 been consigned to the dustbin of history? This question assumes importance in the context of the somersault of Ramvilas Paswan, the LJP supremo. In the wake of the horrendous happenings in Gujarat (...) -
Addressing National Imperatives
3 March 2014, by Uttam SenAs of now, there appears to be between 200 and 250 Lok Sabha seats outside the influence of the two principal coalition configurations of the NDA and the UPA. Most of the south and east, with the exception of Karnataka, appear to be beating the (...) -
Armed Rebellion in Ukraine and its Implications
3 March 2014, by Arun MohantyUkraine, with a troubled history, particularly during the past two decades following the Soviet Union’s dissolution, has witnessed yet another coup engineered by armed ultra-nationalists and fascists. The Supreme Rada, the parliament of the (...)
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