The notion of politics and policy have a powerful and very often a contentious meaning. Politics is essentially a power relation between people and political groups. It is that part of our governmental system where different political parties vie for the acceptance and votes of the constituents in their respective regions. Political parties are discrete organizational entities, contesting votes and seats, articulating and aggregating prevailing divisions in society.

May 17, 2014 06:37 AM

The Humanities

http://www.thepointmag.com/2014/culture/the-new-humanities

May 17, 2014 06:34 AM

Piketty on Inequality

http://www.ippr.org/juncture/juncture-interview-thomas-piketty-on-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century

May 12, 2014 09:37 AM

America is an Oligarchy

Something from the Princeton University's research

http://www.policymic.com/articles/87719/princeton-concludes-what-kind-of-government-america-really-has-and-it-s-not-a-democracy

May 12, 2014 09:34 AM

Steven Pinker on Teaching

A must read piece for all teachers and students. Apart from the small excerpt there is a weblink there as well.

Steven Pinker, a psychology professor at Harvard, on what makes a great teacher (fromhttp://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/05/what-could-be-more-interesting-than-how-the-mind-works/)

May 7, 2014 11:13 AM

A Theoretical Enquiry into the Relationship between Democracy, Development and Justice in India

Annapurna Krishjeev

I. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPTS
Democracy, development and justice have been cherished ideals of humanity. These three ideals have inspired many philosophers and practitioners both in the past and the present. The future of humanity depends on how the philosophy inspires the practice of these three ideals across the world.

May 6, 2014 07:25 AM

Support for Buddhist Philosophy from Modern Logic

http://aeon.co/magazine/world-views/logic-of-buddhist-philosophy/

May 5, 2014 07:14 AM

Teaching Plato to Plumbers

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/plato-to-plumbers/361373/

May 2, 2014 07:08 AM

Analysis of Total Sanitation Campaign

Prudhvi Pavuluri

Understanding Sanitation:

May 2, 2014 07:05 AM

EKO model, an innovated financial inclusion model

Prudhvi Pavuluri

India has the second largest financially excluded poor in the world. Given a rising mobile phone usage in the country, M-Banking has a great potential for reaching unbanked population. EKO mobile banking is an early mover in offering s basic saving account to the poor.

May 2, 2014 07:01 AM

Overview of the Non Farm Sector in India

Prudhvi Pavuluri

Non Farm Sectorincludes all economic activities like household and non-household manufacturing, handicrafts, processing, repairs, construction, mining and quarrying, transport, trade, communication, community and personal services etc. in rural areas. These activities in rural areas are very important in providing additional income to households. As per government statistics (1998) more than 81.9 percent of rural enterprises were non-agricultural in nature which includes wide range of activities.

May 2, 2014 06:58 AM

Financial inclusion in Kenya

Prudhvi Pavuluri

Brief Country Profile
Kenya is a sovereign state in east Africa.The country has a warm and humid climate along its Indian Ocean coastline, with wildlife-rich savannah grasslands inland towards the capital Nairobi. The capital, Nairobi, is a regional commercial hub. The economy of Kenya is the largest by GDP in East and Central Africa. Agriculture is a major employer and the country traditionally exports tea and coffee, and more recently fresh flowers to Europe. The service industry is a major economic driver.

May 2, 2014 06:52 AM

Self

April 29, 2014 09:13 AM

Political Competition in the Heartland : Emerging Patterns in Uttar Pradesh

Sudha Pai

* Sudha Pai is Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and the Rector of the

University. She was Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi from 2006-09. She is the author of

Dalit Assertion (Oxford India Short Introductions, 2013); Developmental State and the Dalit Question in Madhya Pradesh:

Congress Response (Routledge 2010); and Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: the BSP in Uttar Pradesh

(Sage 2002). She has edited/co-edited among others: Handbook on Politics in the Indian States: Regions, Political Parties and

Economic Reforms (Oxford University Press, 2013); Interrogating Reorganization of States: Culture, Identity and Politics in

Independent India (with Asha Sarangi, Routledge, 2011) and Political Process in Uttar Pradesh: Identity, Economic Reforms

and Governance (Pearson/Longman 2007)

All are cordially invited | Kindly join us for a cup of tea at 1030 a.m. in the Cafeteria |For further information on the speci

Abstract: Uttar Pradesh (UP) provides a useful site to examine the pattern of political competition in the forthcoming national

elections 2014. It has always mirrored major transformative developments in the country: shift in the party system, rise of

the Hindutva ideology, movements such as Mandal or the Dalit upsurge. Moreover, with regional and state parties becoming

partners in national coalitions, the importance of key states such as UP has increased. Upto the 1980s UP was an excellent