Authored by Vinay Hejjaji Research Associate, Centre for Civilisational Studies, Rashtram School of Public Leadership Volume II, Issue 1 | May 29, 2021 Download the review by clicking hereRead More
The advent of new media technology and social media has revolutionized political communication. Such platforms have been capitalized by political actors not only for electoral victories but also for democratization of the ‘public sphere’ in the truest sense. Citizens can now contribute to public discourse and challenge mainstream narratives. It is against this background that...Read More
This paper explores the style of “leading from behind” in workplaces – also known as servant leadership (SL) -- and how it impacts behaviours in an organisation. At some point in the history of an organisation, a servant leader will influence employees, thereby leaving an indelible mark. Self-serving leaders will not find their place in...Read More
Without going into the merits or demerits of the alleged “digestion” (Malhotra, 2013) of Indic ideas into Western scholarship, this study proposes something new for a more transparent exchange that will do justice to both Indian and Western sources of knowledge. Given the vast scope, breadth and width of Indic knowledge systems, it introduces the...Read More
This paper briefly surveys the political developments at the beginning of the twentieth century and examines how those developments played a part in the Bengal Famine of 1943. The Bengal Famine of 1943 is arguably one of the worst man-made famines recorded in human history. There were a multitude of reasons behind it, each of...Read More
Satyabadi Bana Vidyalaya was a school established by Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, a freedom fighter, scholar, educationist and social worker from Odisha, along with his colleagues during the British rule in the village of Satyabadi near Sakhigopala temple, in the district of Puri. The residential cum day boarding school was popularly known as “Man Manufacturing...Read More