http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/6602 2026-07-27T10:53:43Z 2026-07-27T10:53:43Z Sawaiker, Vasudha http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7905 2026-07-16T07:05:03Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethics and Social Justice Pedagogy Transformative Possibilities through a Phule Ambedkarite Philosophy of Education Sawaiker, Vasudha

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Maktedar, S. Thakur, S. Dongare, R. Sadhale, S. Chhatre, Y. Menezes e Rebello, M. http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7902 2026-07-14T10:32:55Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

A comparative study of family values in the Ramayana and the modern world Maktedar, S.; Thakur, S.; Dongare, R.; Sadhale, S.; Chhatre, Y.; Menezes e Rebello, M. अयं निजः परोवेति गणना लघुचेतसाम् || उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् || It is one of the most important concepts of Indian culture. Because it emphasizes on family and social welfare over individual interests but nowadays due to the increasing influence of indulgent ideas this concept has been lost and its selfish and very evil attitude is giving further impetus to the nuclear family system. And members of nuclear family are facing many psycho, social, and economic problems. "Ramayana" is the best guidebook in our Indian culture on all these problems. The characters of Ramayana are full of moral principles essential for life such as life skills, loyalty, devotion, faith, unwavering faith, support, truth, religion, sacrifice, courage, commitment, respect, love, forgiveness, compassion, harmony, perseverance and inspire us to live a better life. Ram's deep affection for his parents demonstrates the profound respect and care he had for his family members. He gives more importance to following the duty and that too without any bitterness. In today's society, there is a lot of misunderstanding about the equality of men and women. We don't find dedication towards performing duties instead everybody talks about the 'rights'. With the cute name "My Life My Way" people are going wild. Avoiding family responsibilities. We see equality between men and women in Ramayana too. Women of that time were highly educated. Women were getting the same respect as men. Women like Ratnaprabha, Sabari, Mandavi, Urmila, Shrutkirti were in the Ramayana who followed the path of duty, religion and devotion. Before going to Vanavasa Ram told all the people in the palace to take care of all the royal ladies especially his stepmother Kaikayi. He loved her unconditionally. We can see Rama's love for his country. He did not think of leaving his home and country for money unlike the people of today. After conquering Lanka, Rama gave the kingdom of Lanka to Bibhishana saying "जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी". In the Ramayana, there was no struggle to dominate one another. Among brothers, sisters or even Swami and dasa, there was no selfishness, jealousy, but an effort to fulfill one's duty by knowing one's place, so each person is great and role model for us. And hence that society became Purushottama's. Taking Ramcharitra as an ideal, everyone in the family can destroy his ego and selfishness and live in harmony.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Prabhu Gaonkar, D.R. Lohar, S.L. Maitri, S.K. Bhattacharya, A. Chhatre, Y. Menezes e Rebello, M. http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7901 2026-07-14T10:33:29Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

A comparative study of the environment protection values as depicted in the Ramayana and the modern world Prabhu Gaonkar, D.R.; Lohar, S.L.; Maitri, S.K.; Bhattacharya, A.; Chhatre, Y.; Menezes e Rebello, M. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in a resolution 2030 Agenda (September 2015), formulated and adopted seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as Global Goals, which are roadmaps for the well-being of the people and the planet. In today's world, we face many environmental issues which have put human and planet's life sustainability in danger. Major pollution issues include air, water, soil, marine life and soon drifting us away from environmental concerns. A proper balance between development and environment protection is need of the hour, which the UNGA rightly addresses. In this paper, we attempt to evaluate and compare today's environment protection values with that of the Ramayana period. Ramayana period was a perfect period with beautiful portrayals of different aspects of nature, life in vanas, animal characters, flora and fauna, rivers, mountains, etc. reflecting the integral relationship of human life and its interdependence with the environment. Almost all the events in Ramayana happened in the forest during the 14 years of vanvasa of Lord Rama. He stayed in ashramas in deep forests with tribals and at places such as Panchvati which was located near unpolluted river and fruit bearing trees, medicinal plants, herbs etc. and moreover very fresh and pure air all around. There is also a mention of wild animals, squirrels, birds etc. Famous story of Lord Hanuman lifting and bringing Dronagiri Mountain having Sanjivani to save the life of Lord Laxmana depicts that knowledge of such miracle plants existed during that period. The references to rivers such as Ganga, Yamuna, Sharayu, Alaknanda etc. is found and stories were related to animals and birds such as Jatayu, Bali, Sugriva, Hanuman, Angada and so on. It teaches us how we must protect our nature and go close to the environment and ecology. There existed a system of Devrai (sacred groves) meaning God's forest and protection of the same benefited people with the fresh air from the groves, flora and fauna. The paper also aims to depict the bonding of human life with nature during the Ramayana period and attempts to address modern-day environment protection issues.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Pereira, S.F. PaiVernekar, S.D. http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7885 2026-06-15T10:54:12Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethical dilemmas and decision-making processes in healthcare rationing within resource-scarce environments: a critical analysis Pereira, S.F.; PaiVernekar, S.D. Ethical dilemmas arise in healthcare rationing when the allocation of limited resources for care and the making of difficult decisions are involved. Similar situations occur in resource-scarce environments such as public hospitals in Goa, India. In this context, allocating clinical care resources is hindered by poor infrastructure, including a lack of consistent clinical protocols and unclear ethical guidance for healthcare practitioners in cases of potentially resource-rationing decisions. A Textual-Analytic Mixed Method (TAMM) containing secondary data from books, academic texts, policy documents, and news media. The oxygen crisis at Goa Medical College was a sobering reminder of the need to develop ethical frameworks and prepare for contingencies. Health practitioners implementing informal clinical processes based on urgency rather than formal triage criteria inevitably allow for bias and moral distress. To combat these situations, health practitioners need more formal ethical training, formal triage policies, possibly multidisciplinary review boards, and decentralized supply systems. If health practitioners are relying on institutional ethics to guide them in decision-making, the institution and the conditions of care must also be strong and ethical. Only then will health practitioners be accountable for fair decisions, and people will understand the difficulty of that accountability for care-oriented decision-making during crises when resources are limited.

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