The Aura of Maharajas, Zamindars, and Bada Sahibs:The Sociology of VIP Culture in India

Devendra Kumar Budakoti The thought of writing on this topic came to me when my padosi, Commodore (R) Ravi Nautiyal, ...
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Remembering Gaura Devi on Her Birth Centenary

Devendra Kumar Budakoti My mind goes back to my field visits as a Community Health researcher from JNU, studying health ...
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Will Increased Human Resources in Public Health Improve Health Services?

Devendra K. Budakoti The inadequacy of health services in the country is often viewed primarily as a shortage of human ...
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Poor Indian Roads and Illegal Constructions Are Hurting the Economy

Devendra Kumar Budakoti Roads in India are, more often than not, in a poor state of construction and maintenance. Frustrated ...
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Is Indian Politics Being Reduced to Appeasing the Unemployed?

By Devendra Kumar BudakotiOne India dreams of becoming a Neta or Abhineta, while the other strives to be a Mantri ...
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Is Reverse Migration a Romantic Thought?

— Devendra Kumar Budakoti In an interactive session with students of a government intermediate college in the hills, one student ...
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क्या स्कूल में ‘श्रमदान’ को कोर्पोरल पनिशमेंट माना जाना चाहिए?

—देवेंद्र कुमार बुड़ाकोटीदेहरादून के एक सरकारी प्राथमिक विद्यालय की एक वीडियो हाल ही में इंटरनेट पर वायरल हुई, जिसमें छात्र ...
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Dialects, Folk Culture and Oral Traditions in Uttarakhand

-Devendra K Budakoti A language and or a dialect carry the cultural heritage of the community in their geographical area. ...
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Appointment of Fourth Class Employee: Unending Feudalism

-Devendra Kumar Budakoti In British period, the feudal system was promoted to collect revenue from the individuals and from group ...
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Morals, Ethics, and Blackmailing in India

Morals, Ethics, and Blackmailing in India-Devendra K Budakoti India keeps witnessed a disturbing rise in cases of molestation and rape, ...
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