Dr.Shobhana Singh

  Meditation: A Quantum Leap Dr. Shobhana Singh           In today’s hustle bustle and chaos we miss out many important processes and joy of our life which is connected with ourselves only. We forget the strength of our inner self and keep on chasing our superficial desires and disturb the peace of our minds. We only pay attention towards outside the world but what about the inner world and we keep on making connections with this materialistic world and disconnecting with the world which is connected with ‘ Supreme Almighty’ . Which means that if we connect with ourselves we connect ourselves with the ‘ Divine ’ Many things moves outwards like, science but there is one thing that moves inwards is, ‘I’ . This inward movement of ‘I’ leads to meditation. There are three simple steps for this inward movement which ultimately leads to the fourth steps. In the first step we need to observe all our activities of our body like: walking, e...

                                             Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the interim budget said that government’s vision for ‘Viksit Bharat’ is that of a “prosperous Bharat in harmony with nature, with modern infrastructure, and providing opportunities for all citizens and all regions to reach their potential”. Viksit Bharat @ 2047 is a vision and a roadmap of the current government that is the outcome of intensive preparation and hard work which has inclusive approach and involves all miniseries, state governments, academia, civil societies, scientific organizations, industries and youth of India for achieving the vision. Why 2047? The answer is that in 1947 we got independence from British rule and in 2047 we will be completing 100 years, so Prime Minister has this action plan of ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047’ to transform...

  Recently we all came to know about some unprecedented news about UAE as some parts of it like Dubai, Sharjahan and the northern Emirates saw more than 100 millimeters (4 inches) of rain between on 16 th April— a 75-year record since the country started recording rainfall, according to its National Centre of Meteorology. The government on Tuesday closed the offices, school and banks, as it was declared National Emergency Crisis. On the other hand there are continuous news about Taiwan in which it was told that it was hit by dozens of strong after effects of deadly earthquakes especially on 3 rd April and 22 nd April, the day when the whole world was celebrating Earth Day. Since 22 April up to 45 earthquakes with magnitudes up to 6.1 M had occurred in the area of Hualien County lies at eastern Taiwan . There are many incidents and phenomenon we observe on our earth that we never expected to see, like extreme cold in this year and then sudden transition from the cold of February ...

  The Stories of Subalterns: Gender Violence in Manipur and Intolerance in Madhya Pradesh By Dr.Shobhana Singh    In 1930s, an Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, politician and journalist Antonio Gramsci, who was in prison at that time,  coined the term subaltern in his widely known book “Prison Notebooks” to identify the cultural hegemony that excludes specific people and social groups from the socio-economic institutions of society, later on t he term's semantic range has evolved from its first usage by  an Indian historian , Ranajit Guha , who studied them from the perspective of the under classes term " subaltern ".  Now the term refers to any person or group of inferior rank or station, whether because of  race ,  class ,  gender ,  sexual orientation ,  ethnicity , or  religion . Unfortunately even in post-colonial era we still consider tribals, women, minority groups etc. as subalterns and treat them like that . ...

                             A Mentor’s Blessings                                                                                                                               Life may surprise you with twists and turns      But dear never give up to learn                                                  When any challenge presses you d...

    Dr. Shobhana Singh-Assistant Professor                                                                                                                     Water Wives-the Scarcity Effect Polygamy is illegal in India for non-Muslim people under Hindu Marriage Act , but in drought stricken region like Denganmal in Maharashtra, men are getting married multiple times. Maharashtra has a history of droughts, during 1970-79; 1980-1989; 1990-1999; 2000-2010; etc. due to which state has reported the highest number of farmer’s suicides in the country. Polygamy is very common in the Denganmal village, an area in wh...