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 […]

Academic Dishonesty

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

  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

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?

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 […]

Recent Social Movements in Andhra Pradesh

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 […]