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Goodbye Bhai : The struggle will continue
Obituary Goodbye Bhai : The struggle will continue Prem Singh His full name was Bhalchandra Bhai Vaidya but people used to call him Bhai Vaidya. I always addressed him as ‘Bhai’. In our village, it was an accepted norm to call a father ‘Bhai’ and a majority of people followed this practice. I came in personal…
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Fixing Minimum and Maximum Income Bars is Vital for Equitable Society
Fixing Minimum and Maximum Income Bars is Vital for Equitable Society Government doctors (and other employees) demanding salary hike is a common news. Succumbing to the temptation of greener pastures, government doctors moving to private hospitals in the country or migrating abroad is also fairly common. But what is turning heads around is the…
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Academic Dishonesty
This piece is in response to an article by Geeta Kingdon, Professor of Education Economics at University of London and President, City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, that describes the Right to Education Act 2009 of Government of India as disastrous and calls for scrapping of the harmful Act. In our response, we address the grounds…
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समय आ गया है निजी विद्यालयों को स्थाई रूप से बंद करने का
समय आ गया है निजी विद्यालयों को स्थाई रूप से बंद करने का निजी विद्यालयों ने मुफ्त एवं अनिवार्य शिक्षा के अधिकार अधिनियम 2009 के क्रियान्वयन से बचने के लिए 7 अप्रैल 2018 को एक दिवसीय बंद का आयोजन किया। इन विद्यालयों को अधिनियम के माध्यम से तथा कई राज्यों द्वारा…
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An Anti-People Regimen
AN ANTI-PEOPLE REGIMEN The 2018-19 budget of the Narendra Modi government has been touted as catering to interests of farmers, rural workers, women, Dalits and small businesses but nothing can be farther from truth. A strikingly paradoxical feature of this budget is the announcement of new schemes for farmers and poor accompanied with a…
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When has the Bureaucracy Treated People with Respect?
WHEN HAS THE BUREAUCRACY TREATED PEOPLE WITH RESPECT? There is pressure from the government officials in Delhi that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should apologize for the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash inside the CM’s residence by Aam Admi Party Members of Legislative Assembly. Two MLAs Prakash Jarwal and Amanatullah Khan have been…
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No Conflict between Hindi and State Regional Languages
No Conflict between Hindi and State Regional Languages Rajindar Sachar For some time past a misguided effort is being made to castigate India for asking U.N. General Assembly of U.N. to include Hindi as one of the languages at U.N. They seem to suggest that English should be recognized as language of India because Hindi…
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Recent Social Movements in Andhra Pradesh
RECENT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH Immediately after the Right to Information Act was implemented in 2005, under the aegis of United Forum for Right to Information Campaign activists like Ram Krishna Raju of National Alliance of People’s Movements organised camps in different districts of undivided Andhra Pradesh with the help of local organisations to…
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Both Nehru and Patel were the need of hour in 1947 – 48
Both Nehru and Patel were the need of hour in 1947 – 48 Rajindar Sachar Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking on Budget made one of grievance that Congress did not make Patel as the Prime Minister. Unfortunately no one had advised Modi that the Nehru was Gandhi Ji choice. He had equal respect for…
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Meaning of Education
MEANING OF EDUCATION Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently gave tips to students on how to clear the Board examinations with flying colours. Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University are protesting against a newly introduced policy of making attendance in classes compulsory. Do these things have anything to do with education? Now educationists globally agree…
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If Modi Believes Palestine-Israel Problem is Tractable, Why not India-Pakistan?
IF MODI BELIEVES PALESTINE-ISRAEL PROBLEM IS TRACTABLE WHY NOT INDIA-PAKISTAN? Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has claimed that their organisation can raise a combatant force in three days whereas it’ll take the Indian Army about six to seven months to prepare for a war. What can be better than this? The country will…
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अगस्त क्रांति और भारत का शासक वर्ग
(राम पुनियानी ने भारत छोड़ो आंदोलन की 75वीं सालगिरह के मौके पर – ‘हाउ टू रिवाइव द स्पिरिट ऑफ़ क्विट इंडिया मूवमेंट’ – (पीपल्स वोइस, 21 अगस्त 2017) लेख लिखा है। लेख का हिंदी अनुवाद हाल में प्रकाशित हुआ है। इस लेख में पुनियानी जी ने प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी द्वारा ‘मन की बात’ और भाजपा…