Author: Rituraj Sharma Author Affiliation: Research Scholar, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Abstract: This work attempts to provide the centre stage to children’s views and their voices in the research. Situated at the interface of childhood studies, urban design and mental health, this work…
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Author: Sweta Author Affiliation: Research Scholar, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Abstract: This article explores the vulnerable conditions of informal labourers during the coronavirus induced lockdown. The lockdown brought the economy at a standstill across India. Millions of labourers lost their jobs which also forced…
Local Food System and Resilience During COVID-19: Agriculture in the Time of Pandemic and Thereafter
Author: Pushpa Singh Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Miranda House, University of Delhi. Abstract: Amid the unprecedented crisis created by Covid-19, there has emerged a fresh perspective on food and farming, reaffirming our faith in the resilience of the local food production system. The vagaries of pandemic has led us…
Author: Reena Devi Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Kamala Nehru College. Abstract: In India, whilst contribution of agriculture to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has declined considerably over the years (i.e. only 14.39 percent of GDP during 2018-19), agriculture still remains a dominant mainstay of the rural economy as 53.2 percent of…
Authors: Renu Soni, Kirti Sharma, Sanchita Kumar and Samira Chugh First Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Gargi College, University of Delhi; Second Author Affiliation: Graduate student, Department of Botany, Gargi College, University of Delhi; Third Author Affiliation: Graduate student, Department of Botany, Gargi College, University of Delhi; Fourth Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor,…
Author: Meena Kumari Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. Abstract: This article is an attempt to explore major shifts in the food policy framework of India. Though the food policy in India experienced various changes in pre-reform period i.e before 1991and during the reform period…
Authors: Monica Prabhakar and Soma Sengupta First Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi. Second Author Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. Abstract: Covid-19 has impacted all sectors of the country including the education sector. In this new normal situation, though…
Author: Twinkle Siwach Author Affiliation: PhD Research Scholar, Centre for Media Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Abstract: The paper explores the impact of COVID-19 on news media workers in Delhi, through direct structured, open-ended, in-depth telephonic interviews with six journalists, selected through snowball sampling; from print, visual and digital media platforms. We…
Author: Suyasha Singh Author Affiliation: Doctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi. Abstract: The past century has seen development in environmental consciousness. Gandhi’s writing on varied subjects was always interrelated with ethical laws. Just like he believed in the ‘Advaita’ concept which promotes the unity of humans with everything else, similarly the…
Author: Mahima Yadav Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. Abstract: This paper attempts to understand the effect of the COVID-19 shock on the unemployability of the labour workforce and professionals in India. This pandemic is like a wildfire wherein all global economies faced the heat and…