ENERGY SOURCES

Antecedent the expansion of coal in the mid 19th century, where energy used was renewable, established to be the oldest from more than million years ago where traditional biomass manifests as fuel fires and it is prevalent till date. Also it is used to mobilize the wind in order to stimulate ships over water. Paleolithic…

SURVIVAL OF FITTEST

The word was coined by English sociologist and philosopher Herbert Spencer in his book Principles of Biology, published in 1864.  Also, the term “survival of the fittest” was coined by British naturalist Charles Darwin in the fifth edition of “On the Origin of Species” (published in 1869), which argued that creatures that are best adapted…

Violence against doctors: Protection under Epidemic Disease Act

In wake of the COVID-19 crisis and nationwide lockdown, India has been grappling with unprecedented challenges that range from maintaining law and order, access to medical facilities, food, social security to availability of medical facilities. The newest hurdle to join this bandwagon has been a systematic increase in incidents of attacks and harassment of its…

Sociology of Science : G.S. Aurora

This article is authored by G.S. Aurora. In the introductory part three basic questions posed by social scientist are discussed which are as follows – the first centres around the structure and function of relationships within or between groups or categories, the second is concerned with the relationship between an individual’s biography and the group’s…

Is Attempt to Suicide a Crime or a Mental Health Issue?

“A nonfatal self-directed potentially injurious behaviour with any intent to die as a result of the behaviour” More than 7 lakh people die by suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds and almost 25 times as many do a suicide attempt. Over 139 thousand suicides were recorded in in in the year…

BRINGING ARCHY

UNDERSTANDING PATRIARCHY Patriarchy is a social system in which men have primary power and predominate in roles such as political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and property control. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, which means that property and title are passed down through the male lineage. Patriarchy is associated with a set of ideas,…