Vidyapith (વિદ્યાપીઠ)

Technological Approaches for Advancing Sustainable Development

Patel, Satish — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Technology is instrumental in advancing sustainable development, offering innovative solutions to tackle pressing environmental, social, and economic issues. This paper delves into the diverse role of technology in promoting sustainable development goals (SDGs) across various sectors. It examines how technological advancements enable environmental conservation, resource efficiency, sustaina-ble infrastructure development, and access to information and education. Additionally, the abstract highlights the importance of technology in promoting social inclusion and bridging the digital di-vide, particularly in underserved communities. By utilizing digital technologies like IoT, AI, and big data analytics, societies can optimize resource utilization, boost resilience, and improve quality of life while reducing environmental impacts. However, the abstract also underscores the need for re-sponsible technology deployment guided by principles of equity, inclusivity, and environmental stewardship to ensure that technological innovations contribute positively to sustainable develop-ment outcomes."

The Flipside of Digitization with special reference to India

Bandookwala, Nasheman, Jagani, Hitesh N. — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The incredible and tremendous usage of digital platform across world and in India has resulted into a horrendous situation where society and nations are vulnerable to cybercrime. A cybercrime is one that uses computers as a means for perpetuating further crimes. It is defined as an unlawful act committed through computers and computers are used as tool or target or both. A criminal is not constrained by geographical location as cyber space is borderless and free flowing. The criminals do not abide by the law of one nation and have many escape windows. Countries across world are attending to this problem with bilateral and multi- lateral agreements. The present study is about understanding internet user in counties of world and cybercrime e in India and its states. Growth in cybercrime in India. Digital India campaign has propelled internet usage and crime as well. The study is an overview of cybercrime in India as a whole.

Hindustani Prachar Sabha and Hindi-Urdu Debate

Pandey, Amarendra — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The history of Hindi-Urdu debate traces its lineage from 1860s with Bhartendu Harishchandra. It began with the search for a modern language different from Persian and Arabic. Very soon it took the form of assertion of ‘Hindu’ culture different from Muslim culture. The presence of British rule in India acted as a catalyst in the language debate as colonial masters created a division in the Indian society along religious lines. In the aftermath of 1857 revolt in India, the colonial masters sought to cultivate the friendship and affection of Hindu upper classes and castes. This was done by presenting a false narrative of British rule in India as a emancipation of Hindus from centuries-old Muslim rule. The colonial masters sought to highlight and deepen the cultural differences between Hindus and Muslims. As a result, Persian and Arabic which were the official languages in India for more than five hundred years came to be seen as foreign languages. Hindus started seeing Muslims as outsiders and sought to do away with those cultural practices which they saw as Islamic. The search for Hindi as a language of Hindus can be seen in this light. With rise of freedom movement in India on a mass scale under the leadership of M.K. Gandhi, the Hindi-Urdu debate entered a new terrain. Gandhi believed in the necessity of a common language across India which can be used by the masses. Clearly, he sought to use language as a binding force for the Indians across region and religion. Gandhi rejected both Persian/Arabic on one hand and Sanskritized Hindi on the other and he advocated the use of Urdu was commonly spoken across large parts of north India and Deccan plateau.

He called this language Hindustani and advocated both Devnagri and Persian script for it. Also, he started a committee for the propagation of Hindustani across India, especially south and north-east India. This Committee is known as Hindustani Prachar Sabha. Many people were associated with the Sabha but it got a fresh lease of life when Kaka Kalelkar was given the responsibility of the Sabha by Gandhi. As the head of this committee Kalelkar had to face the Hindi-Urdu debate. He tried to strike a balance between the idealism of Gandhi and the orthodoxy of the advocated of Hindi as well as Persian/Arabic. This paper seeks to trace Kalelkar position in this debate and analyze its implications in the larger cultural domains of 20th century India.

આદિ અંંત્યજ-અવધૂૂત : માામાાસાાહેેબ ફડકેે

Chauhan, Ashwinkumar — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

વિનોબાા ભાવેેએ કહ્યું છેં કેે , બુુદ્ધેે ભિક્ષુુઓનેે તૈયાર કર્યાા મહાવીરેે, શ્રમણોને, શંંકરેે પરિવ્રાાજકોનેે. ગાંંધીીજીએ રચનાાત્મક કાાર્યયકર્તાઓ પર ભરોસો રાખ્યો” ગાંંધીજીના રચનાાત્મક કાર્યયક્રમોમાંં અસ્પૃૃશ્યતાનિવાારણની કામગીરી પાયારૂપ અનેે પડકારરૂપ છે. ગાંધીજીએ અંંત્યોદયનેે જીવનધ્યેેય બનાાવ્યુંં અનેે બતાાવ્યુંં. તેમણેે તૈયાર કરેેલી ભોંંય ઉપર એવાા કાર્યયકરોનો ફાલ આવ્યો કેે જેમણેે અંંત્યજસેવાે માટે આખું આયખું અર્પપણ કરી દીધુંં. આ પૈકીનાા અગ્રજ અંંત્યજસેેવક એટલેે વિઠ્ઠલ લક્ષ્મણ ફડકે (જન્મ : ૦૨-૧૨-૧૮૮૭, નિધન : ૨૯-૦૭-૧૯૭૪). તેેઓ લોકહૃદયમાંં મામાસાહેેબ ફડકે તેરીકે પ્રસ્થાપિત થયેલાે છે