Gandhi in the 21st Century

Gandhi in the 21st Century

1 Understanding Globalisation and Its Ramifications-I (Economic and Technological)

  1. Genesis of Economic Globalisation
  2. Decelerating Global Economy and its Ramifications
  3. Globalisation of Science and Technology

2 Understanding Globalisation and Its Ramifications-II (Social, Political and Cultural)

  1. Understanding Social and Cultural Globalisation
  2. Socio-Cultural Ramifications of Globalisation
  3. Understanding Political Globalisation
  4. Political Ramification of Globalisation
  5. Introspective Reflection from Indian Realities
  6. Implications of Globalisation

3 Livelihood/Culture/Life Style and Environment

  1. Indian Culture and Environmental Values
  2. Debate on Lifestyle vs Environment
  3. Impact on Environment
  4. Is Sustainable Consumption Possible?
  5. Gandhian Alternative

4 Gandhiโ€™s Vision of a Global Order

  1. The Treaty of Westphalia: Reasons and Ramifications
  2. State Sovereignty and Global Order
  3. The Call for a Global Order
  4. Global Order and Gandhi
  5. Gandhiโ€™s prescription for Order in the World

5 Gandhian Idea of Man

  1. Views on Man
  2. Man, The Resident of Two orders of Existence
  3. The Idea of Man: Two Views
  4. How Gandhi Views Man?
  5. Elaboration of Gandhiโ€™s Idea of Man
  6. Man, Society and Cosmos

6 Debates on Nature of State

  1. Nature of Modern State: Hegel
  2. The Pluralist State
  3. Debate on Advanced Capitalist State
  4. Easton on Political System

7 Problems and Practices of Democracy.

  1. Meaning of Democracy
  2. Types of Democracy: Liberal, Marxist, Social Democracy
  3. Practice and Problems of Democracy

8 Gramswaraj Today

  1. India lives in villages
  2. Rural underdevelopment
  3. Gandhian Model of Village Development
  4. Village Reconstruction
  5. Gram Swaraj: Meaning and Content
  6. Basic Principles of Gram Swaraj
  7. Gram Swaraj- A Complete Republic
  8. Gram Swaraj: Contemporary Context

9 Sarva Dharma Samabhava

  1. Gandhiโ€™s views on Religion
  2. Religious Pluralism and Secularism
  3. Humanism and Universalism
  4. Impact of Gandhiโ€™s Secularism on India

10 Cultural Diversities

  1. India and its Cultural Diversity
  2. Gandhi on Religion and Cultural Diversity
  3. Inter-Faith Dialogues
  4. Assimilation of Cultures
  5. Unity in Diversity: Indiaโ€™s Approach

11 Social Inclusion

  1. The Contemporary Policy of Social Inclusion
  2. Social Inclusion as a Historical Process
  3. Exclusion and Kinds of Exclusion
  4. Forms and Experience of Inclusion
  5. Gandhian Ways of Social Inclusion
  6. Impediments to Inclusion

12 Empowering Women

  1. Gandhiโ€™s Idea of Woman as Mother
  2. Influence of Women Public Figures on Gandhi
  3. Gandhi against Gender-based Discrimination
  4. Gandhi and Empowerment of Women
  5. Gandhi on Womenโ€™s Contribution
  6. Relevance of Gandhian Legacy for the Contemporary Womenโ€™s Movement

13 Science and Technology

  1. Science and Technology in Ancient and Medieval India
  2. Science and Technology in Colonial India
  3. Science and Technology in Post-independence India
  4. Status of Science and Technology in India in 21st Century
  5. Gandhian Vision of Science and Technology

14 Media

  1. Importance of Media
  2. Gandhi and the Media
  3. Media in the Contemporary World
  4. Significance of Media Ethics

15 Terrorism

  1. Defining Terrorism
  2. Religious Connotations
  3. Case Studies: Jammu & Kashmir
  4. Case Studies: North-East
  5. Naxalism
  6. Implications of Terrorism on Human Rights
  7. Gandhian Method to Counter Terrorism

16 Human Rights

  1. Gandhi on Human Rights and Duties
  2. The Concept of Human Rights: Divergent Meanings
  3. Cultural and Religious Roots of Human Rights
  4. Major International Human Rights Treaties
  5. Regional Human Rights Mechanisms: A Brief Survey
  6. Violations of Rights: A Global Phenomenon