John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University is a classic work on university education which conceptualised university as a society in which the student absorbs the graces and accomplishments of a higher form of life. It is a place where the pursuit of truth and the active discussion of its...

In 1998, while being the head of an alliance of 26 political parties, the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpaee, once frustratingly said that India should look for the possibility of adopting the presidential system which, in his view, would be more permanent and representative....

The Gandhian idea of governance and development at the community level is a people-centered approach that combines a number of activities to ensure people (rural people) access to relevant information so that they shall collaborate and participate in development. Through information and...

Information is a core community need in any democracy whether it is digital or conventional. People having access to information always have an edge over others who were denied the access due to their sociopolitical backwardness. The digital media not only accelerates the access to information...

This article addresses the objectives, philosophy, and need assessment of connect exchange programmes (CEP) in media studies. It underlines the importance of CEPs as an effort to mitigate the chasms created by a discriminatory, hierarchical, and fragmented society. Simultaneously, this article...

In recent years, the low-cost communication activities performed in rural communities of developing countries have been greatly expanded due to new communication technologies that make it possible to deliver development messages at high speed at affordable cost. This paper deals with a case...