Indian and World Politics, International Relations, Issues in Indian Society, Contemporary Issues.

All Indian parents, at least once in their lives, want their offspring to prepare for IAS. This, however, is quite the misnomer. The term IAS actually  refers to all civil services under the UPSC. It Includes the Indian Administrative Services, Indian Police Services, Indian Revenue Services and of course, Indian Foreign Services. The beauty and glamour of being Ambassadors and High Commissioners to various nations always has its own charm. Today, Discuss you to a number of highly accomplished women who have been the pioneers of the Indian diplomacy. A tribute to Indian Women Diplomat Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit History remembers her brother as the first Prime Minister of Independent India and her niece as the first female prime minister of India. Even when people write about Gandhi and Nehru Family, she seldom gets to share their fame. Everyone knows Jawahar Lal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. Yet, how many of us have heard of this diplomat of modern India? The first In...

In this Article we discuss the role of gender in global politics.  Study of international politics has traditionally been gender- blind. In a discipline that focused primarily on states and inter- state relations, sexual politics and gender relations appeared to be of little or no relevance. Since the 1980, However,  Feminist perspectives on World affairs have gained growing prominence. Gender analysis is thus the analysis of masculine and feminine identities, symbols and structures and how they shape global politics. Gender matters in global politics Varieties of Feminisms Feminism can broadly be defined as a movement for the social advancement of women. As Such, Feminist theory is based on two central beliefs: that women are disadvantaged because of their sex; and that this disadvantage can and should be overthrown. Feminism theory of IR First wave of feminism The early form of feminism form the mid- nineteenth century to the 1960, which was based on the liberal ...