Commentary
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ASSAULT ON THE IDEA OF EDUCATION
The Sangh Parivar claims to be a cultural organization. Core supporters of its ideology are upper caste and/or the educated elite. Quite naturally it gives importance to education. It is opposed to caste based reservation in the name of honouring merit. The irony is among the top leadership of Sangh Parivar or it affiliate…
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A Messiah For Humanity Passes Into The Ages
‘I am convinced secularism can only survive if there is quality education among Muslims and Dalits’ A Messiah For Humanity Passes Into The Ages By JYOTI PUNWANI, January 31, 2022https://www.rediff.com/news/column/professor-j-s-bandukwala-a-messiah-for-humanity-passes-into-the-ages/20220131.htmProfessor Juzar Bandukwala’s death is a loss not only to the city of Vadodara, to its poor Muslims, to the cause of education, but to the…
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Khurram Parvez
Khurram Parvez would have known it was coming. Two weeks back, Mr Shah opened his dog-eared copy of the 2019 illustrated edition of The Standard Playbook for Indian Dictators, beamed around at approving looks from his team as he landed on the chapter – “UAPA for Professional Dummies” and promptly got Khurram arrested. But then, Khurram is…
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The Problem of Unemployment article by Sandeep Pandey.
An advertisement of Bhartiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh proclaims, ‘Educated woman is our resolve, She is an alternative for golden future.’ However, an educated woman Shikha Pal is perched on top of an overhead water tank for more than hundred days at the height of about hundred feet aspiring to become a teacher…
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UP govt ‘ignoring’ demand to fill up teachers’ posts despite unemployment: Rights groups
Commenting on the unique protest undertaken by Shikha Pal atop an overhead water tank for nearly four months, the Socialist Party (India), in association with several civil rights group, Yuva Shakti Sangathan, Socialist Yuvjan Sabha and Rihai Manch, have wondered why has the Yogi Adityanath government is so “insensitive” towards her demands’ and is looking…
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Dalit men enter Kerala temple that had denied entry to oppressed castes
Dalit men enter Kerala temple that had denied entry to oppressed casteshttps://www.justicenews.co.in/dalit-men-enter-kerala-temple-that-had-denied-entry-to-oppressed-castes/In a historic event against caste oppression in Kerala, a group of Dalit men entered a temple in Enmakaje panchayat in Kasaragod district on Sunday, November 14. The group stepped into the Jadadhari Boothasthanam temple, which until now, had kept its doors firmly closed…
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रिहाई मंच’ के महासचिव राजीव यादव पिछले करीब 17 वर्षों से लगातार दलितों, पिछड़ों और अल्पसंख्यकों के मसलों पर लड़ रहे हैं।
शिवांगी गुप्ता | उत्तर प्रदेश के उस चेहरे से मिलिए जिन्होंने पिछले एक दशक से अधिक समय से जनता के मुद्दों पर संघर्ष कर उन्हें राजनीति के केंद्र में लाया.
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Dr Lubna Sarwath’s Multifaceted Approach to Tackle Pollution and Conservation of Urban Water Bodies
Rahul Reddy Bikka | “She believes in empowering locals on the waterbodies with requisite knowledge on how to tackle bureaucracy and ways to litigate the issues.”
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In Praise of Inclusive Nationalism
Chaitanya Pandey and Sandeep Pandey | The inclusive nationalism nurtured by the freedom movement is being challenged by Hindutva’s exclusionary version. A strong nation is possible only when all citizens feel they are part of it.
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Why Coercive Population Control Measures are a Bad Idea
Shriya Bajaj and Sandeep Pandey | The number of missing girls at birth has increased from 35 lakh in 1987-96 to 55 lakh in 2007-16. Such laws might worsen the sex ratio in states where sex-selective abortion is still practised
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विकास ही सबसे अच्छा गर्भ-निरोधक है
बाॅबी रमाकांत व संदीप पाण्डेय | ज़ाहिर बात है कि जब तक हर प्रकार की लिंग और यौनिक असमानता नहीं समाप्त होगी, तब तक महिला कैसे विकास के हर संकेतक में बराबरी से हिस्सेदार बनेगी?
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Corruption of Police Devastates Human Lives
Mohammad Shoaib and Sandeep Pandey | It has now emerged as a common phenomenon that police more often than not register false cases because of which individuals have to spend number of years in jail.