List Of Essay

I.          REFORMS
 

• Education Reforms
  • Education in India – In search of Equality, Quality & Quantity
  • Education – An unplanned Expansion
  • Quality deficit in Education
• Pension Reforms in India – The Unfinished Agenda
• Corporate Reforms
• Financial Reforms
• Administrative Reforms
• Judicial Reforms
• Police Reforms
• Electoral Reforms

 
II.        SECURITY
 

• Food Security
• Energy Security
• Cyber Security
• Internal Security
• National Security
• Social Security – Freedom from Want
  • Society Security – Preventive Promotional & Protective Measures
  • Society Security in Developing Countries: Myth or Necessity
  • Socio-Economic Security in context of Pervasive Poverty
• Issue of Nuclear liability

 
III.       GOVERNANCE
 

• Internet Governance
• Good Governance vs. Democratic Governance
• Redesigning Local Governance in India
• Good Governance: An Utopia

 
IV.       ACTIVISM
 

• Judicial Activism: Decriminalization of Politics
• Civil Servants Activism
• Civil Society Activism
• Social Media Activism

 
V.        LOGJAM
 

• Policy Logjams
• Parliament Logjams
• Constitutional Logjams

 
VI.       CRISIS
 

• Water Crisis
• Averting Water Crisis
• Towards Water Wisdom: Limits, Justice and Harmony
• Crisis in Government Accountability
• How to Avoid Economic Crisis
• Syria Crisis
• Governance Crisis
• Ignoring Crisis of Democracy

 
VII.     GLOBALIZATION
 

• Cultural Dimensions of Globalization
• Globalization and Economic Growth
• Globalization and Social Systems
• Globalization and Ethics
• Impact of Globalization on Small Scale Industries
• Globalization and Nationalism
• Globalization: Implications for India
• Globalization and Foreign Direct Investment
• Globalization Governance and Sustainable Development

 
VIII.    RIGHTS BASED APPROACH
 

• Drinking water as a Fundamental Right
• Right to Education
• Right to Services
• Right to Food
• Right to Information
• Right to Voting
• Right to Rejection
• Right to Sanitation
• Right to Employment

 
IX.       ISM

• The Cult of Violence: Terrorism
• Terrorism and Organized Crime
• Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
• The Impact of Capitalism
• Hindu, Nationalism and Communalism
• The Performance of Nationalism
• Fundamentalism in India
• Communalism and Intelligentsia
• Modernism vs. Traditionism
• Extremism
• Imperialism
• Revisiting Communalism in India
• Syncretism and Pluralism
• Globalism and Localism

 
X.        GREEN
 

• Green Economy
• Green Energy
• Green Revolution – II
• Green Therapy
• Global Green New Deal

 
XI.       DEVELOPMENT
 

• Insurgency and Development in India
• Environment, Technology and Development
• Sustainable Development
• Anti-Development Thesis
• Indigenous Development as Freedom
• Mainstreaming the Marginalized in Development: Conceptualizing Challenge in India
• Composite Development Index (CDI) and Human Development Index: Towards Social Inclusion
• New Millennium Development Goals (MDG): A New Version, An Old Wish List
• Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development

 
XII.     UNIVERSAL
 

• Feasibility of Universal Health Coverage in India
• Universal Education
• Social Assistance Programs: Relevant only for Development Countries

 
XIII.    EMPOWERMENT
 

• Planning for Empowerment and Local Governance
• Empowerment and Reservation
• Political Empowerment
• Women Empowerment
• Participatory Development and Empowerment: The Dangers of Localism
• XIV. POLITICS
• Between Ethics and Politics
• Changing Electoral Politics in India
• Caste Politics
• Politics of Representation
• Participatory Planning as an Instrument of Politics

 
XIV.    VERY IMPORTANT BROADER TOPICS
 

• Decentralization, Corruption and Social Capital from India to West
• Khap Panchayats: A Socio-Historical Overview
• Enabling to Deliver Values: Transforming Indian Education System
• Higher Education in India: Vision 2030
• Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Paradox: Promise and Perils of PPP
• Challenges of the Twenty-First Century: A Trans-Disciplinary Perspective
• Public Accountability, Inclusive Growth and Social Transformation
• Global Unrest
• Environment Protection and Ecology Conservation
• Social Protection vs. Social Promotion
• Race, Amnesia and Education of International Relations

 
CONCLUSION
 
Remember Idea of India, marked by 4 Tropes:
 

1. Antiquity – Continuity
2. Diversity – Unity
3. Massivity – Democracy
4. Multi-Confessionality – Secularity