Dr Brainerd PrinceDirector, CTLC and Associate Professor, Plaksha UniversityBoth civilizational and family cultures play a critical part in determining fundamental behaviour patterns from childhood. Civilisatio
We have finally come to the end of this long series on research design and how to write a research script. In the last column, we looked at how we could articulate our voice through the argument that we put for
Anagha VasistaA woman in Bangalore spent years battling fatigue, weight gain, and depression. Doctors attributed her symptoms to aging and stress—until one physician tested her thyroid hormone levels and disc
While inflation has pinched the wallets of many, it’s ironically fueling the growth of luxury fashion. As most consumers scale back on spending due to rising costs, iconic brands like Chanel, Rolex, and Herm
Dr Brainerd PrinceThe research is finally complete. We began with a significant problem in the world and identified a theme we wanted to pursue. Then we looked up the correlating thematic within a particul
Ishrat BombaywalaPlaksha University Imagine waking up one day and not recognizing the faces of your loved ones. Imagine forgetting their voices. Their names slip out of your grasp like grains of sand slipp
Morung Express NewsChümoukedima| February 19At the second edition of The White Owl Literature Festival and Book Fair, a thought-provoking panel discussion titled “Trendspotting: The Virtue Trap—The Immoral
Dr Brainerd PrinceIn the last column, we looked at how we could use research methods, both quantitative and qualitative, to collect and analyse different types of data. We made the distinction between data in t
By Brainerd PrinceIn our last article, we started the conversation about methods, and methods being the hands of research. To recap, the red bucket gives us a research question; the green bucket gives us the da
Aadi Arora, Sadhika Anand, Rithwik AgarwalIn a world full of environmental hazards, where global warming and climate change is on the rise, sustainability is a key agenda. Through the years, sustainability has
Dr Brainerd PrinceIn our previous article, we discussed the "yellow bucket" of methodology, discussing how methodology pertains to both the eyes and the hands of research. The eyes represent conceptual framewor
Sameera John, Rahul Aggarwal, Malini Sen, Prajyot Raut, & Vyshnav KPMeditation as a spiritual practice has been reported to have a wide range of physiological and psychological efficacy, including regulated
Niranjani, Aishwarya Menon, Arvind Kumar"Water is the soul of the Earth." – WH AudenIndia is a land of paradoxes. “Jal hi jivan hai (Water is life)” is a household saying in the subcontinent, while a
Brainerd PrinceThis article continues our conversation on research methodology. In the last column, I introduced the idea of eyes and hands as two parts of methodology for any research. We had a little introduc
DNA is the building block of life. It consists of a recurring sequence of four chemical bases. The arrangement of these bases encodes vital information necessary for various biological processes. Each of the ba
Jia Bhargava, Tanay SrinivasaDNA is the building block of life. It consists of a recurring sequence of four chemical bases. The arrangement of these bases encodes vital information necessary for various biologi
Dr Brainerd PrinceWe’ve spent a lot of time looking at how a research project begins in the real world of the researcher and then transitions into the world of texts, within the boundaries of a discipline and
Every two minutes a woman in the US is diagnosed with breast cancer, as of 2024 and, unfortunately, especially in developing countries like India , the cases of breast cancer are only going uphill. Although suc
Dr Brainerd PrinceIn the previous column, we spoke about the green bucket being the bucket of primary sources and solutions to the research question. The goal was to identify an appropriate object of research t
Dr Brainerd PrincePreviously, in this column, we discussed the idea of the three buckets, red, yellow, and green, as an analogy and visual metaphor for the process of research. We focused on the red bucket as f