by Dr. Sandeep Pandey Dimapur Conclave for ‘Save the Peace,’ organized by Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights on 25-26 March 2022, adopted the following resolution: Indo-Naga political talks must be supported and protected till it achieves the desired goal of honourable and lasting peace for both parties in talks. The Framework Agreement signed on […]
FINALLY BJP FORCED TO FOCUS ON PEOPLE’S ISSUES
In the middle of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections the Bhartiya Janta Party published a full front page advertisement a day before and on the day of polling for fourth and fifth phase. This advertisement is basically electoral promises. According to Section 126 of the Representation of Peoples Act all campaigning must stop 48 hours […]
Covering Ukraine: A mean streak of racist exceptionalism
What Achebe wrote, regarding Africa is true of much of the non-white world which “is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray – a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical and moral deformities so that he may go forward, erect and immaculate”. Ironically, European moral deformities have been on open display […]
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 […]
Rajeev Yadav gets helicopter symbol from Nizamabad, Azamgarh for UP elections 2022
Rajeev yadav, a sp(i) supported candidate from nizamabad constituency in azamgarh successfully filed his nomination and got helicopter as symbol to contest the election for u.p. assembly. polling in his constituency is scheduled on 7 march, 2022.—————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Appeal for contribution…For the General Secretary of Rihai Manch, Rajeev Yadav, who is contesting from the Nizamabad assembly […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sign the petition: Subject surveillance to democratic norms and full transparency
Endorse/sign the petition here:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEZGBpdVZ50fg-KIajTo7SOyzqNRqXqmJtv2GwJ7R7_lioHw/viewform?usp=sf_link We believe that the Pegasus spyware is intended to create a chilling effect on freedom of speech which is a brazen constitutional undercutting. Article 19 of the Indian Constitution is the bedrock of a healthy society – people freely able to speak their mind – even when their opinions might go […]
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 […]