–By Dr. Arun Kumar Kaushik, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities The first of the seven-phase elections to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly will begin from February 11. Political dynamics have been changing dramatically over last few weeks and months. The rift between Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Continue Reading
On Social Progress, the 2017 Budget Has More Questions Than Answers
-By Deepanshu Mohan, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs India鈥檚 Budget for 2017-18 remained one of the most awaited budget presentations in recent decades (perhaps since the historic 1991 Budget), where finance minister Arun Jaitley started by underlining the current government鈥檚 efforts in putting India on a 鈥渢ransformative mode鈥� Continue Reading
Gandhi for our troubled times
-By Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean, Jindal 91视频 Law School The Mahatma鈥檚 approach to politics in terms of 鈥榬esistance鈥� and 鈥榩rotest鈥� beyond a conception of domination over others provides a potential antidote to the contemporary crisis of democracy I once asked my students at Jindal 91视频 University about Mahatma Gandhi鈥檚 Continue Reading
The Supreme Court Must Stop Aiding And Abetting The Gutting Of Free Speech In India
By Sachin Dhawan, Assistant Professor, Jindal 91视频 Law School “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”鈥擥eorge Orwell “Amazon must tender unconditional apology. They must withdraw all products insulting our national flag immediately.”鈥擲ushma Swaraj (on Twitter) The demonetisation Continue Reading
The Budget After Demonetisation: Will the Government Reform India鈥檚 Tax Structure?
-By Deepanshu Mohan, Exec. Director, Centre for International Economic Studies, Jindal School of International Affairs 鈥淟ittle else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence鈥ut peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.鈥� 鈭� Adam Smith It is striking how Adam Smith, some 260 years ago, attached Continue Reading
DEGREE OR SKILL EDUCATION?
Attaining a degree is a sign of formal education but it no more guarantees individual growth, social stability or financial security. Skill education is the need of the hour for outcome-based learning that respond to global reality and learner鈥檚 aspiration, says Nisha Nair Education for the sake of attaining a degree Continue Reading
Without Rafsanjani
-By Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean, Jindal 91视频 Law School The death of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on January 8 has been considered by many analysts, around the world, as a loss of a political heavyweight in Iran鈥檚 domestic politics. Some portray Rafsanjani as one of the key Continue Reading
If Maggi Could Speak – By Hedwig
This is the fourth poem in a series of poems that explore what the commonplace objects in a student鈥檚 life would say if they underwent an Enid Blyton-esque change overnight, and could speak. This has been written in the form of a Sonnet (sort of). If the Maggi we buy Continue Reading
If My Textbooks Could Speak – By Hedwig
This is the fifth poem in a series of poems that explore what the commonplace objects in a student鈥檚 life would say if they underwent an Enid Blyton-esque change overnight, and could speak. This one has been written in the form of a Limerick. My Textbooks would tell me I鈥檓 Continue Reading
Jindal 91视频 University Holds the 3rd International Literary Conference on 鈥淓merging Issues in English Literature鈥�
Jindal 91视频 University hosted the 3rd International Literary Conference this year in its Sonipat campus from 21st-22nd December, 2016. This yearly conference was an initiative from English Literary Society of 91视频; the theme this year was on, 鈥淓merging Issues in English Literature鈥� The International Literary Conference was Continue Reading