Research Inspiration

Robotic Consciousness and the Ethics of Care in Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun: An Analytical study

Kavita Bhadoriya — 2026-03-30

This paper explores the question of artificial intelligence and emotional consciousness in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun from a literary and philosophical perspective. The novel introduces Klara, an “Artificial Friend” created to provide companionship and emotional support to children. Through Klara’s perspective, the narrative raises an intriguing question: can a robotic being truly understand emotions, even if it may not experience them in the same way humans do?
Klara observes the human world with careful attention. She studies gestures, expressions, and relationships, gradually forming a deep concern for Josie, the sick girl she is meant to accompany. Although Klara is a machine, her responses often appear thoughtful, patient, and deeply caring. Her quiet devotion to Josie encourages readers to reconsider the assumption that emotional understanding belongs only to human beings.
The paper argues that Klara and the Sun challenges the clear boundary between humans and machines. Ishiguro suggests that emotional awareness may not be limited to biological experience alone but may also emerge through relationships, care, and responsibility. By presenting a robotic narrator who can recognize and respond to human vulnerability, the novel invites readers to rethink what it truly means to understand emotions and, ultimately, what it means to be human in a technologically evolving world.

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Contemporary Media: Technological Advancements and Ethical Concern

Dr. Arpita Sneh — 2026-03-30

In the second decade of the twenty-first century, the interrelationship between media and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has developed rapidly. Digital technologies, big data, machine learning, and automation have fundamentally transformed the nature of media production, distribution, consumption, and regulation. From traditional print and electronic media to digital, social media, and OTT platforms, AI has made processes such as news gathering, editing, translation, personalization, advertising, fact-checking, and audience analysis faster, more accurate, and more efficient. At the same time, serious questions have arisen regarding fake news, deepfakes, algorithmic bias, privacy, and ethics. This research paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of AI in media and its social, political, economic, and cultural impacts. The study clarifies that AI is making media more participatory, data-driven, and global, but its balanced and responsible use requires policy-making, media literacy, and an ethical framework.

Effect of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Mental Health: A Theoretical Framework

Sharma Charu Mukeshwar.P. — 2026-03-30

Mental health has become one of the most significant concerns of the present era. Increasing levels of anxiety, depression, stress, emotional instability, low self-esteem, and maladaptive coping patterns have affected individuals across age groups and social backgrounds. In this context, there is a growing need for practical, evidence-based, and psychologically meaningful interventions that not only reduce distress but also strengthen mental well-being. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely accepted psychological approaches for this purpose. The present paper is theoretical and review-based in nature and aims to explain the effect of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on mental health through an integrative conceptual framework. The paper is based on the understanding that mental health is strongly influenced by the interaction of cognition, emotion, and behaviour. CBT addresses these areas by helping individuals identify distorted thinking patterns, challenge maladaptive beliefs, regulate emotional responses, and adopt healthier behavioural strategies. The paper examines how CBT contributes to the reduction of anxiety, depression, stress, low self-worth, and dysfunctional coping, while simultaneously improving self-awareness, resilience, emotional regulation, and psychological functioning. It also reviews key theoretical foundations and recent literature supporting the relevance of CBT in mental health care. The paper concludes that CBT should be understood not only as a treatment method for psychological disorders but also as a broader framework for promoting mental health, emotional balance, and adaptive living. Therefore, CBT holds substantial value across clinical, educational, occupational, and preventive mental health settings.

Liminality, Gender Performativity and Transgender Subjectivity: A Study of A. Revathi’s The Truth About Me

Shikha Soni — 2026-03-30

This paper critically analyzes the lived realities of transgender persons in India via an analysis of the autobiography of A. Revathi, The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story. The study draws on Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity and Simone de Beauvoir’s notion of “becoming” to explore the deep dissonance between biological assignment and internal selfhood. The paper maps this trajectory through Arnold Van Gennep and Victor Turner’s anthropological frameworks of the rites of passage, specifically the stages of separation, liminality, and incorporation. This analysis shows how institutional trauma and social alienation push transgender persons into the marginal space of the hijra gharana, a site of communitas, yet unable to protect them from structural hostility. The paper also discusses the medical and biopolitical challenges of Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) and claims that physical integration into a female body does not mean social integration. Transgender people are consistently and constantly put into a liminal space, with the fierce and heteronormative society and the continued global transphobia, despite the immense psychological and physical trauma that they go through. In the end, Revathi’s story is an important critique of strict gender binaries and calls for a radical rethink of social inclusion, bodily autonomy and human dignity.

Status of Structural Reforms in Higher Education Under NEP 2020: Implementation, Challenges and Suggestions

Prof. Sanjay Kumar M Gupta — 2026-03-30

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in higher education seeks to serve global excellence in addition to nurturing local values and Bhartiya Gyan. It is concentrated on core values such as curriculum flexibility, inter-disciplinarity, equity, autonomy and innovation through research. This paper is a critical assessment of the reforms undertaken in NEP 2020, such as academic restructuring, regulatory restructuring and the faculty development and their implementation by 2025. While the policy is ambitious, its roll-out is facing challenges like bureaucratic delays, staffing, digital divide, and infrastructure. The paper identifies the key challenges and suggests solutions based on the policy documents, academic reviews and government data on institutional capacity building, financing, stakeholder engagement and effective governance. The paper concludes with evidence-based suggestions to ensure inclusive and sustainable implementation of the structural reforms of NEP 2020 to help in internationalising higher education in India.

Exploring the Bio-Legal Labyrinth: A Critical Review of the Regulatory and Jurisprudential Challenges of Genetically Modified Crops in India & giving emphasis to Gwalior Chambal Belt

Ankur Shrotriya — 2026-03-30

A twist in India's farming future came with Bt Cotton boosting exports fast. Yet hesitation followed when new crops like Bt Brinjal faced roadblocks despite years of study. One reason sits buried in outdated rules drafted back in 1989 under broad environmental laws. Tensions flare where patent rights meet traditional seed-saving habits protected by separate farm acts. Courts now step in often, filling gaps left by slow-moving agencies. Landmark rulings have shifted how risk assessments unfold across states. Global promises made through treaties nudge policy but clash with local resistance. Progress stalls not from lack of science, but fractured oversight without clear authority. A single dedicated body might cut delays, some argue, though debate drags on.