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Editorial 10.30954/2454-9525.02.2024.1 Category - Editorial
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    • Different periods in the world history differed in geitgeist (yugdharma in several Bharatiya languages implying periodic existential patterns). Passing away digital- industrial-capitalist developmentalist (DICD) period is no exception. Limitless aggression on natural ecosystem and moderate freedom of common man is the periodic pattern in DICD. It gave rise to the cry of being saved from the crises. Since then two patterns emerged as response to situation continued during moderate intermingling from different races.
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The Socio-economic Entitlements of Refugee Children in South Africa 10.30954/2454-9525.02.2024.2 Category - Original Article
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    • This research paper examines the impact of migration on development in South Africa, focusing on the legal and socio-economic challenges migrant children face. Migration, driven by economic opportunities and conflict, affects South Africa’s economy and social services. While migrants contribute to essential sectors, their presence can create job competition and wage suppression. The study highlights significant gaps in policy regarding the protection of migrant children, especially unaccompanied minors, and the barriers they face in accessing education and healthcare. Although the South African Constitution and the Refugees Act outline protections for these children’s rights, implementation challenges persist. This article explores the intersection of legal provisions and the needs of migrant children, aiming to inform solutions and enhance their protection under South African law.
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Breaking Barriers: Challenging Patriarchal Norms and Female Genital Mutilation for Gender Equality in India and Sri Lanka 10.30954/2454-9525.02.2024.3 Category - Original Article
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    • This study explores the cultural, religious, and socio-economic drivers that support the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) within specific communities in India and Sri Lanka, despite legal and health interventions. FGM, primarily practiced by the Dawoodi Bohra community in India and certain Muslim groups in Sri Lanka, is examined through the lens of tradition, social pressure, and misconceptions about religious obligations. FGM has devastating physical and psychological effects on women and girls, leading to chronic health issues, complications in childbirth, and mental health problems like anxiety, depression, and trauma. Additionally, it negatively affects women’s social mobility, limiting their access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. These impacts perpetuate gender inequality and cycles of poverty in affected communities. The study also identifies the barriers to eradicatin FGM and what we as, vigilant citizens, can do about it. By focusing mostly on qualitative data, this research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the implications of FGM and to suggest culturally sensitive approaches for its total eradication. By involving the entire community, including men and boys, in the fight against FGM, we can challenge the deeply ingrained patriarchal norms that sustain this practice and protect the rights of women and girls for future generations.
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Loving- Kindness as a Strategy of Conflict Transformation: An Exploration 10.30954/2454-9525.02.2024.4 Category - Research Article
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    • Every individual at some time or the other get into a conflict situation as conflicts are natural part of our lives. The real issue is how we handle the conflicts. There are times we handle differences or conflicts aggressively which leads to the aggravation of the situation. However, if we handle these disputes constructively, there can be transformation of relationships. It is in context, exploring the role of loving-kindness as a strategy of conflict transformation is significant. In this paper, an attempt will be made to delve on the finer points of loving-kindness and how it can be a powerful strategy for conflict transformation.
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Understanding Mahatma Gandhi’s Nonviolent Communication from the perspectives of Indian Communication Tradition 10.30954/2454-9525.02.2024.5 Category - Research Article
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    • The phenomenon of growing intolerance and the weaponization of various communication tools across the world to fan mistrust, racism, and xenophobia is leading to increasing conflicts in different parts of the world. This, in fact is a challenge to communicators who are constantly engaged in finding alternative and healthy voices to these toxic communication patterns. An important pillar to change this toxic communication ecosystem is nonviolent communication. It needs to be promoted worldwide. While there are different perspectives of nonviolent communication, the approach of Mahatma Gandhi has major global traction. Indian traditions and spirituality had major impact on the philosophy and perspectives of the Mahatma. In his writings and speeches he often quoted from these deep Indian value systems. This paper, in this backdrop, is an attempt to understand the Gandhian model of nonviolent communication from the Indian communication tradition.
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Book Review of “GeoPolitics and the Media in Asia and the Pacific: Pulling in Different Directions” 10.30954/2454-9525.02.2024.6 Category - Book Review
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    • Kalinga Seneviratne’s latest book “GeoPolitics and the Media in Asia and the South Pacific: Pulling in Different
    Directions” published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing (UK) is a timely publication that sheds light on the role of the media in matters of geopolitical diplomacy, particularly, in the Asian and the Pacific region. By taking a critical view of the manner in which the global mass media and the social media have been instrumental in fermenting geopolitical conflict between and among Asian and the South Pacific countries, the book offers a counter perspective on the growing responsibility of media platforms in the Asian and the Pacific countries to explore and foster mindful narratives that may contribute to curbing the tendencies of geopolitical conflicts rather than igniting and intensifying them.
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A Book Review on ‘Legacy of Palmyra’: “The Unnerving Yet Caste-Veiled Dual-Horizontal Inequalities in Northern Sri Lanka” 10.30954/2454-9525.02.2024.7 Category - Book Review
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    • The Sri Lankan civil conflict has majorly been framed as an ethnic struggle, with the LTTE, representing the Tamil minority, leading a separatist war against the Sinhala-majority state to secure their rights. However, in Legacy of Palmyra (2023), Balasooriya offers a fresh perspective that goes beyond the ethnic dimensions of the conflict, emphasising the critical role of intra-ethnic factors, particularly the caste system in Northern Jaffna. He argues that lower-caste Tamils faced two layers of discrimination: first, as an ethnic minority oppressed by the Sinhala-majority state, and second, as marginalised lower castes excluded from elite Tamil political power. Through empirical research, Balasooriya shows that many lower-caste Tamils joined the LTTE not only to escape socio-economic deprivations linked to their caste status but also because the LTTE’s ideology transcended caste barriers, providing opportunities previously denied to them. Extending Stewart’s (2011, 2010, 2002, 2001, 2000) theory of horizontal inequalities, Balasooriya introduces the concept of dual horizontal inequalities, positioning lower-caste Tamils as victims of these intersecting forms of discrimination in
    Northern Sri Lanka. This work has significant implications for post-war peacebuilding and reconstruction in Sri Lanka, where caste, often overlooked, remains a pivotal factor. Balasooriya’s findings underscore the need for tailored and sensitive approaches in post-war peacebuilding to address these nuanced dimensions of inequality.
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