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आज काफ़ी दिनों बाद दिल्ली की हवा में एक अजीब सा नशा महसूस हुआ। अपने रात के सन्नाटे में, दीवाली की रौशनी को खुद में समेटती हुई दिल्ली ने जैसे मेरे बेचैन  और अंधेरे रूह  को एक पनाह दिया। एक घर दिया जिसकी तलाश थी कबसे और कुछ अपना सा महसूस हुआ। बहुत अपना। और फ़िर याद आया  की यही तो इसकी नियत है। सबको अपना सा महसूस करा कर खुद ख्वाबों के तले दब जाती है दिल्ली। कुछ हमारे ही तरह शायद। एक ख्याल आया फ़िर ये भी, कि शायद कुछ हमारे ही तरह कहीं थक तो नही गयी होगी दिल्ली? मैंने कोशिश की कि पूछूँ उससे भी उसके जज़्बात ओ हालात। कि कहानी सुनूं कुछ उसकी भी जो शायद किसी को बताने के लिए बेताब होगी दिल्ली। कुछ चाय हो, कुछ बातें हों। कुछ ग़ालिब ओ मीर के शेर  कुछ मुग़ल दरबार के राज़, कुछ बगावत की बातें कुछ बटवारे के एहसास, मेरे साथ बांट कर, बयान कर शायद अपना भी दिल हल्का करना चाहती थी दिल वालों की दिल्ली।  लेकिन वक़्त शायद थोड़ा कम था मेरे पास। मंज़िल आ चुकी थी, जाना था। पर इतना तो तय है कि किसी रोज़ मजबूरियों से फुरसत ले कर रात के सन्नाटे में, दीवाली की रोशनी में, एक चाय का कप हाथ में लेकर दूसरा ...

  Clothes veil the body. They are part of a cultural politics by which nations are actively produced. [1] They are a form of social control, a mechanism of inclusion and exclusion, mirroring social hierarchies and moral boundaries. [2]   British imperial presence in India had introduced not only new forms of government, language, education and social etiquette, but also a new set of criteria of civilisation with a new set of clothes to go with it. It was only in the early Twentienth Century India that the nationalist movement begun to perceive cloth and clothing as central symbols in the struggle to define a national identity. Women, as such, emerged as important bearers of this identity.   While the dress of British women who came to live in India were conformed to sartorial conventions of a memsahib, draped clothes (Sari, in this case) were of prime importance in the Indian nationalist discourse. However, many women from elite families began adopting the stitch...

  On 4 th October 2020, The History Department of Kirori Mal College along with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Kirori Mal College organized a 5-day International Webinar on the topic RELEVANCE OF MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE 21ST CENTURY: PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL IDEAS AND SOCIO-SPIRITUAL DIMENSION to observe the 150 th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In the 2 nd day of the Webinar, we have had with us Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya, UNESCO Chair for Peace, Benaras Hindu University, Global Fellow, Peace Research Institute Ohio (PRIO), who spoke on the 4 th October 2020 at 3pm IST on the Gandhi in Contemporary Peace Continuum . Prof. Upadhyaya holds M.Phil. and Ph.D from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and holds Advance International Diploma(s) in Conflict Resolution from Uppasala University, Sweden. He is also a scholar of University of London and the Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Scholars, Washington DC. He is a recipient of many...

As the International Webinar on The Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the 21 st Century : Philosophies, Political ideas and Socio-Spiritual Dimensions came to an end on the 5 th and the last day of the Lecture Series on 7 th October, 2020 organised by The Department of History, Kirori Mal College and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), the participants shared their knowledge and understanding which was enhanced by the prior lectures. On 7 th October, the platform of the Webinar was thrown open to all the participants for learning through the discourse of debate and discussion. Due to the constraints of the online platform and managing between two different time zones, the organizing committee could not give chance for a discussion that usually follows after a lecture. However, the organizing committee was aware that no clarity could be gained in the field of social sciences without allowing the scholars to discuss and debate and thus on the last day Gandhi Gatha was organized w...