Category: Civil Services

  • Migration and Caste In India

    India’s caste system is among the world’s oldest forms of surviving social stratification (“What is India’s caste system?”, 2019). The caste system in India has existed for eons now and while some claim caste-based discrimination does not take place anymore, it is very much alive and kicking. Most scholars believe that occupation, survival of tribal…

  • Mahatma Jyotirao Phule: Life and Contributions

    Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, also known as Mahatma Jyotirao Phule was a social worker, activist, teacher, and writer, regarded as one of our country’s most important anti-caste figures. Along with his wife, Savitribai Phule, he is most well-known for his contributions towards the education of women and oppressed castes. This article aims to provide an overview…

  • What is Postcolonialism? An Overview

    Postcolonialism (postcolonial theory, postcolonial studies) is the academic study of the impact colonization has had and continues to have on cultures and societies around the world, and surrounding discourse on the same. It is an umbrella term and thus does not have one single definition. It is a term rooted in literary criticisms and used…

  • Shakuntala Devi: Biography, Contributions and Facts

    A household name throughout our country, Shakuntala Devi – famously known as “the human computer” was someone who carved a name for herself in Indian history as a mathematical genius and writer, in a country where women in STEM research fields are underrepresented even today. She took people across the world by storm in the…

  • Vandana Shiva: Biography and Contributions

    Dr.Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned ecological feminist and activist who has campaigned against GMOs, intellectual property rights and free trade. Time magazine named Dr. Shiva an “environmental hero” in 2003. This article outlines her early life and education and then moves on to her various fields of activism. Afterwards, the institutions founded by her have…

  • Trade Unions: History, Role, Objectives, Functions, Types, Problems

    Trade Unions or labour unions can be described as a form of workplace association that is created along the lines of concern regarding wages, benefits, political and social power enhancement, and is created by a community of workers in a particular trade or association. One of the main principles utilised by unions as a whole…

  • Understanding Police Brutality: Custodial Deaths of Jayaraj and Fenix

    A democratic society is comprised of three primary forms of power the legislature, the system that creates the laws which are passed by elected members of the parliament, the executive, the system that ensures the implementation of the laws approved by the legislature and the judiciary, the system that decides consequences for those who disobey…