Category: Research Articles
September 16, 2023
Haiku, one of many notable imports worldwide from Japan, represents a characteristic way of expressing soulful thoughts in the form of a three-line verse pattern. The verses generally follow the 5-7-5 rule, corresponding to the number of syllables in each line. The haiku is capable of conveying s...
Ganesh Singh Dharmashaktu
September 13, 2023
Chadhi Nabhan, Toxic Exposure: The True Story behind the Monsanto Trials and the Search for Justice, Johns Hopkins University Press, February 2023, 328 pgs. $ 29.95 (hardcover), ISBN-13:9781421445359,
Till Bruckner
September 08, 2023
Recently, the data quality of the National Sample Surveys (NSS) and the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) has become the centre of discussion [1,2]. Two issues that have been raised include the overestimation of the rural population in these surveys and greater response rates in poorer wealth...
Siddhesh Zadey, Parth Sharma, Pushkar Nimkar
August 22, 2023
Over the last few months, established data systems in India have been the target of heated dispute, chiefly by members of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, ranging from the inflation numbers [1], to the sampling frame for surveys done by the National Sample Survey Organisation ...
Siddharth Joshi , Veena Shatrugna
August 10, 2023
The colour pink has undergone several generational shifts - from Barbie’s iconic branding, synonymous with fragile femininity, the rise of women’s empowerment movements and gay activism, to its current guise as androgynous and inclusive across sexual identities. Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated ...
Aashna Viswanathan
August 04, 2023
In January, 2023, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward to 90 seconds before midnight, reflecting the growing risk of nuclear war [1]. In August, 2022, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world i...
Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Marcel GM Olde Rikkert, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand, Richard Horton, Bob Mash, Arun Mitra, Carlos Monteiro, Elena N Naumova, Eric J Rubin, Tilman Ruff, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski
August 03, 2023
Researchers often neglect adolescents’ willingness to participate in research. The granting of permission by parents is sometimes not in accordance with the unwillingness of adolescents. Relational ethics is the right approach to overcome inconsistencies between legal and ethical agreements in gr...
Happy Indri Hapsari , Mei-Chih Huang
July 27, 2023
In the twenty-first century, there is still a taboo on frank discussion of menstruation in Indian society, particularly with men. This inadvertently widens the gender/equity gap in families and in society. Even men in the healthcare sector are uncomfortable talking about this because the societal...
Nilanjana Ghosh, Limalemla Jamir
July 18, 2023
This is in response to Dr. Harish Gupta’s letter [1] commenting on my editorial titled "Police investigation and unethical ‘scientific interrogation’” [2] in the January-March 2023 issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. I had written in light of the resurgence in the use of narcoanalysis ...
Jinee Lokaneeta
July 14, 2023
Aruna Gopakumar, Yashodhara Lal, And How Do You Feel About That? Breakdowns and Breakthroughs in the Therapy Room, Penguin, December 2022, 376 pages, Rs 243 (Paperback) and Rs 230.85 (Kindle), ISBN-10: 014345742X, ISBN-13: 978-0143457428.
Melvin Mathew Thomas