The mass media plays an essential role in society's sustainable development. For over twenty five years, different ways to communicate sustainability have been explored and there is still much left to explore regarding better communication practices to build citizenship and encourage movements that bring us closer to a sustainable society. Communicators and journalists have the potential to contribute to founding a society that will satisfy its current needs, without sacrificing the future of new generations, by looking after the ecological and social systems that life depends on. Which...

The Mahatma of the masses, Gandhi has not only inspired the India's freedom struggle but also has redefined the boundaries of communication. All through the struggle for independence, Gandhi had left imprints of his vision of communication. May it be spoken or unspoken; his language of communication didn't always need words to express. As the leader of the freedom movement, as the orator of masses, as the pillar of Satyagraha, Gandhi in all walks of his life portrayed his communication traits visible in each of his actions. Gandhi's deeds never went unnoticed, for his followers and the...

Words conquer the minds of people if presented in a way that ignites their senses. Just as any other art form such as dance, music etc, even Public Speaking is a skill that needs practice to sharpen the ease with which the speech is rendered. It is the art of public speaking that has made the ruthless, heartless, strong headed Hitler, a leader, it is the art of public speaking that leads to the rise and fall of governments. If it was not public speaking, Shakespeare would have had very little to write about in his masterpiece, 'Julius Caesar', if it was not public speaking, the world would...

Indian literature has always been painted with the colours of cultures ruling the land and its incredibility. The word 'culture' is hybridized with various human emotions. Culture Shock is one such hybridisation that has produced intercultural literature which has crossed the differences in culture and language. And this Literature that has taken birth at the boundary of cultures is Diaspora Literature. Diaspora writings occupy a significant position around cultures and countries. Cultures travel and take root or get dislocated and individuals internalize nostalgia or experience amnesia....