आसिफा के न्यायप्रिय हत्यारे! प्रेम सिंह ‘आसिफा को न्याय’ (जस्टिस फॉर आसिफा) की गुहार दिल्ली से संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ तक गूँज रही है. सामाजिक-नागरिक संगठन आसिफा की सामान्य और मृतावस्था की तस्वीर लगा कर अपने नाम के बैनर-झंडे लहराते हुए, नारे लगते हुए आसिफा को न्याय दिलाने के लिए सड़कों पर उतर पड़े हैं. […]
Hopeless Implementation of Right to Education Act in UP
It is now the fourth year since the government of Uttar Pradesh started taking Right to Education Act 2009 seriously. Section 12(1)(c) of this Act is the most attractive feature from the point of view of parents from Disadvantaged Groups and Weaker Sections as they can get their children admitted at the entry level to […]
अलविदा भाई : संघर्ष जारी रहेगा
श्रद्धांजलि अलविदा भाई : संघर्ष जारी रहेगा प्रेम सिंह उनका पूरा नाम भालचंद्र भाई वैद्य था. लोग उन्हें भाई वैद्य के नाम से जानते और पुकारते थे. मैंने हमेशा उन्हें भाई कहा. हमारे गाँव में पिता को ज्यादातर भाई कह कर बुलाया जाता था. हम सब भाई-बहन भी अपने पिता को भाई […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
