Jawaharlal Nehru University

Unity in travesty: reimagining the nation on the national stage

The essay discusses the use of a national institution, the National School of Drama, by the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh) and its political wing BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) as a hyphen, cobbling together the Hindutva configuration of the two words ‘nation’ and ‘state’ to cons...

Seeing, hearing, and moving: Inequalities in assistive device use and health outcomes among older adults in India

Functional limitations related to hearing, vision, and mobility are common among older adults and may adversely affect mental health and functional independence. However, nationally representative evidence from India on assistive device use, unmet need, and related health outcome...

Efficient Feature Selection with Multiple Equivalent Subsets Using a Multi-objective Quantum-inspired Evolutionary Approach

Abstract In many real-world applications, it is useful to identify multiple distinct feature subsets that achieve the same classification accuracy with the same number of features. This gives domain experts more flexibility to choose feature combinations based on cost, availabili...