Mansab system under the Mughals
The mansab and Jagir system under the Mughals in India did not develop suddenly; they evolved steadily through the time. These institutions were borrowed in some form…
Deontology versus Virtue Ethics
Virtue ethics is “concerned with Being rather than Doing,” It is “agent-centred rather than act-centred.” Critics maintained that it was unable to provide action guidance and hence,…
Ethical concepts of Thomas Hobbes
In his classic book Leviathan named after the gigantic monster mentioned in the book of Genesis and which was his image of the all powerful state, Hobbes…
Environmental Ethics
Environmental ethics is a new sub-discipline of philosophy that deals with the ethical problems surrounding environmental protection. It aims to provide ethical justification and moral motivation for…
Ethical concepts in Gita
The realization of the Supreme Reality through a life of righteous actions is the central well-knit theme of all the eighteen chapters of the Gita. Actions are…
Constructivism and International Ethics
Constructivism focuses on things like foreign policy, diplomatic initiatives, etc to shape international relations and the international sphere where a country has credible influence. In these things…
Cloudbursts – short term extreme precipitation
What is a cloudburst? A cloudburst is short-term extreme precipitation that takes place over a small area; it is not, as is sometimes understood, the breaking open…
Why Assam is prone to floods and what’s the solution?
The Brahmaputra features among the world’s top five rivers in terms of discharge as well as the sediment it brings. At 19,830 cubic meters per second (cumec),…
How does the cryosphere affect global climate?
The cryosphere is those portions of Earth’s surface where water is in solid form. It includes sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps,…
Aerosols and Monsoon
Aerosols over South Asia Anthropogenic pollutant particles over South Asia comprise a mixture of light scattering species (including sulfate, nitrate and others) and light absorbing black carbon…