Let me start by wishing you all a very Happy New Year as this is my first blog for this year! It is that time of the year when the mind is still fresh and have lots of resolutions that we would want to do
I started writing a paper, along with a colleague, on indigenous social work in early 2019. It began as an exercise to read different perspectives of indigenous social work. Slowly, the exercise accumulated many research papers from various journals. This is when we decided that
Plagiarism is copying somebody else’s ideas and writings and presenting them as yours. It is important and good practice to respect and acknowledge others’ ideas and works through correct and complete citations. Respecting and acknowledging others works maintain your academic and research integrity. If presenting
Qualitative research is used when you want to have a rich understanding of the experiences, meanings and perspectives of people with regards to forms of practice, events, social problems, crises, and cultures. You may use it to explore voices that need to be heard, forms
Have you ever wondered what constitutes a high-quality paper or a good paper? Or wondered looking at another paper how that paper got published by the same journal that rejected your paper even when your paper has all the components of research in place? Well,
The introduction informs your readers about ‘What’ and ‘Why’ are you investigating the research problem. It should engage your readers with your research problem either by telling the significance of the problem, presenting facts or statistics or by providing interesting evidence that needs attention. The
In general, ethics means speaking or doing what is right, treating people fairly and not hurting anyone. In research, ethics means a set of principles that embody or exemplify what is good or right or allow us to identify what is bad or wrong. This
COVID-19 has shown the world that nature does not discriminate against people based on human-made distinctions. Neither military power nor wealth could stop a virus from spreading across the entire globe. The global health community declared a global pandemic. The modern world, which sought to
Policy responses to Covid 19 such as lockdown measures, social distancing, containment zones, travelling restrictions, and Covid testing procedures before admission in hospitals or clinics have created new challenges for women to practice safe, timely, and appropriate contraceptive use. The pandemic has exacerbated the existing
This month’s blog of Mel Insights focuses on Writing for Change and celebrates every woman. Happy Women’s Day! In view of a recent viral video of a newly married woman, in Manipur, following the post-wedding ritual of having the leftover food of her husband, but