Blog on Research

Interview method as a qualitative research tool Interview method is the most common format of data collection in qualitative research. Qualitative interview are either semi-structured, lightly structured or in-depth. Unstructured interviews are generally done in conducting long-term field work and allow respondents to express themselves in their own ways and pace, with minimal hold on respondents’ responses. Unstructured interview resembles a conversation more than an interview and is always thought to be a “controlled conversation” which is skewed towards the interests of the interviewer. Semi-structured interviews are based on semi-structured interview guide, which is a schematic presentation of questions or topics and need to be explored by the interviewer. To achieve optimum use of interview time, interview guides serve the useful purpose of exploring many respondents more systematically and comprehensively as well as to keep the interview focused on the desired line of acti...

As a student during my studies I have heard drag king and queens who cross-dresses to amuse others. Long ago I learned about how Hijra’s who are distinct community of people who are thought to be marginalised and have different way of earning money. People call them beggars but calling them beggars would comparing them with priest as both give blessing upon getting the money and many of my known people found blessing of Hijras auspicious also there are instances where people says how curse of Hijras have brought bad omens to their family. I have never interacted with hijras except once when they asked for money and I refused and astonishingly after that no one ever approached me for money. I don’t know the reason but it makes me curious.     Moving forward to recent past when I joined an organisation which support a LGBTKH(lesbian gay bisexual transgender kothi) community I came across people who identify themselves as transgender and It confused me as I used think that af...

jesadaphorn/Shutterstock.com Why I love research because before writing this Blogpost I actually done a research about tools that I need to use to write. Research is no rocket science but it addressing your inquisitive nature. A research can be done anywhere and anyway to satisfy ones needs and people who gossip are the excellent example they are most apt for any personal research about their known people.  But the type of research that I am going to address here is more of a professional and academic one. The limit is not known to me and I don’t claim to be cent percent true but for understanding purposes there are two main goals for research. 1. Academic reasons 2. Professional reasons.  1. Academic reason are those which include writing for Master Thesis, PhD thesis and doing Post-doctoral research.  2. Professional research all other research except above fall in this category. Teachers doing research at university, doing research for pharmaceutical compa...