CALL FOR PAPERS

Date: 30. 03.2025

For July 2025-August 2025 Edition

INCLUSIVE (multi-disciplinary social science and humanities) is an open access bi-annual peer reviewed international E-Journal. We invite academics, scholars and students all over the world to contribute articles, essays and original research works based on the topics mentioned below:

Due to huge submissions publication in the next edition will be restricted.

No paper will be considered submitted before 30. 03.2025

• Indian cinema and history: connections and disconnections
• Future of democracy in India
• Fundamentalism and political turn in Bangladesh
• Islam and identity politics in India
• Hinduism and identity politics in India
• Language question in India
• Conflict and violence in the Middle-East
• Constitution and the politics of citizenship
• Gig economy and unemployment
• Peasant movements and resistance
• Women’s safety and movements in India
• Genocide
• Animal rights
• Bio-diversity
• Culture of silence
• USA and contemporary world politics
• Debates on India as an emerging global power
• India, China and Pakistan
• India and Bangladesh
• Fundamentalism in South Asia
• Ukraine, USA, Russia and Europe
• Environmental refugees
• Climate change
• Women in politics
• Natural disasters
• Human right
• Women in politics
• Tradition and Indian women: private vs. public
• Interpreting India’s past
• Social justice movements and Indian politics
• Dravidian movement and Indian nationalism
• Terrorism
• Colonial India and jurisprudence
• Political violence
• Indian federalism
• North-East and the Indian state
• Corruption and the political class
• Social media and virtual public sphere
• Post-truth
• The city and its migrants
• Dalits and the Indian nation
• Kashmir and the Indian nation

Guidelines and Instructions

Due to huge submissions publication in the forthcoming edition will be restricted.

Priority will be given to the topics specified above. However, few papers may be considered for publication on the basis of merit, importance of the topic and author’s writing ability. Decision of the editor and reviewers on matters of publications is final.

• Deadline for submission: 22.04.2025

Book reviews and essays for Commentary and Perspective sections are also invited. Preference will be given to the Books (for Reviews) published not before 2022.

In-text citations are mandatory and they must have year of publication and page numbers.

All in-text citations should be entered in Bold Letters.

As per INCLUSIVE’s Peer Review Policy, papers will be selected only after double-blind Peer Review.

Contributors are required to carefully check and follow the instructions and guidelines without fail before submission of papers.

Authors are advised not to send or insist on paying the processing fee without permission.

Papers and articles must be submitted on or before 22.04.2025

Authors are also advised to strictly follow the Chicago Author-Date Style for in-text citations & notes and references.

An article/essay must not have more than two authors.

All contributions must be sent only to submission2inclusive@gmail.com No personal submission/communication will be acknowledged.

To avoid confusion authors are asked not to submit papers twice. Papers submitted only through ‘submission2inclusive@gmail.com’ will be acknowledged.

Authors are requested to conduct check/verify plagiarism by himself/herself. Plagiarism Verification Report only by URKUND or TURNITIN or UGC/University approved software will be accepted. Authors are asked to send the original scanned plagiarism verification report in times of paper submission.

Publication in INCLUSIVE is not guided by payment of processing fees. Hence, authors are alerted that many papers submitted in previous editions were rejected due to plagiarism, duplication, poor writing and non-compliance with the clearly stated ethical guidelines and instructions.

Payment of processing fee (non-refundable) does not ensure any claim of the author for publication.

Following the UGC’s emphasis on ethical policy papers will be judged for publication on the basis of merit, importance/relevance of the topic and writing ability.

Important Instructions:

• All contributions must be original, not published elsewhere and cannot be sent to other journals simultaneously.
• Full-length academic papers should be in 4000 words (max.) including notes & references. Commentary & Perspective should be in 2000 words including notes & references.
• Book review should be within 1600 words. Word limits should be strictly followed.
• Survey reports and field work reports are not considered for publication.
• Contributors are specifically asked not to furnish tables, diagrams and charts, overview of literature, objectives of the study, hypothesis, research questions, etc
• Contributions without page mark must be submitted in MS-Word (.docx), Font must be Times New Roman, Font Size 12 pt., Line Spacing 1.5, Paragraph Spacing 0 pt (before paragraph) & 6pt (after paragraph). Page margin must be 15mm. (0.59") on all four sides. All citations must follow the Chicago Author-Date Style (this is mandatory).
• There will be no footnotes at the end of each page. The end-note must be with the caption "Notes".
• In the text, do not write �%� or �percent�, write �per cent�.
• Spell the words in British style.
• Use single quotation mark to quote a sentence or statement. Use double quotation mark only when you need to quote a statement or expression within a sentence with single quotation mark.
• Author’s Name, Designation, E-Mail Address and Contact number must be furnished (mandatory) at the end of the paper.
• Decisions of the Editor and Editorial Board regarding publications are final. The editorial team has the right to keep any paper on hold for publication in future edition.
• If required, contributors will be asked to provide hard copies of their papers/articles/essays.
• Authors are again asked to follow the Chicago Author-Date Style for notes and references. Any other style for notes and references will be rejected.
• A brief guide on the Chicago Author-Date Style is available here: http://davidson.libguides.com/c.php?g=349327&p=2357431. Browsing the archive may help understand the Chicago Author-Date Style.

Email address for submission of paper: submission2inclusive@gmail.com