Visitors: 309The urgency to intervene in defense of democracy, secularism and justice has never been more pressing than in the conditions prevailing in the country today. There is a recognizable change in the general tenure of public discourse; unlike in the past, it is informed more by the communal than by secular ethos. The prejudices against the minorities […]
Visitors: 318A five member committee appointed by the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi has recommended that a few students, who are found guilty of indiscipline and even sedition charges, have to be punished suitably. While the committee has decided the quantum of punishment, JNU student union and JNU teacher’s association members have burnt the pages of the committee […]
Visitors: 401The issues related to our educational institutions-patriotism started coming up to the fore with this Government coming to power (May 2014). One after the other news of Government intervention in different institutions, more so the nationally well known ones started disturbing us. There was the case of IIT Madras where Periyar Ambedkar Study Circle was banned. Then IIT Bombay […]
Visitors: 376 It is distressing to learn about the accident in a temple in Kollam, Kerala where more than one hundred unfortunate persons have perished and many others have been injured. It causes concern that safety measures in many temples are taken for granted , exposing the pilgrims to potential danger. Conditions in Tamil Nadu temples are no […]
Visitors: 482Jason Hickel PhD How do we measure inequality? From some angles, things appear to be improving, but from others the situation is getting worse and worse It’s familiar news by now. Oxfam’s figures have gone viral: the richest 1% now have more wealth than the rest of the world’s population combined. Global inequality is […]
Visitors: 274Mr Vishal Singh, President of the Swarna Bharat Party, said that India needs Constitutional nationalism, not sectarian nationalism of the kind that some saffron groups, supported by India’s ruling party, are attempting to forcefully impose on the country. While a nation needs a narrative, a sense of history, India is perhaps the world’s oldest […]
Visitors: 368Dr M. D. Thomas Chairman and Director, Institute of Harmony and Peace Studies, New Delhi Institute of Harmony and Peace Studies, New Delhi, organized a Round Table Discussion on ‘Harmony among Religions – Do’s and Don’ts’ at The Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, on 19 March 2016. Dr M. D. Thomas, Chairman and Director […]
Visitors: 559Kareena and Arjun Kapoor starred movie “Ki and Ka” by R.Balki is movie about freeing men from traditional gender roles and expectations. In this movie, Arjun Kapoor’s character Kabir refuses to work for his business tycoon father and instead he chooses to become a home maker, who loves to stay at home and take […]
Visitors: 310Swarna Bharat Party President, Mr Vishal Singh, said that Indian farmers live in a Kafkaesque world of self-defeating government interventions that are divorced from the imperatives of technology and economics. Farmers are held back by restrictions on access to technology and on trade, including on the movement, storage and processing of agricultural commodities, and […]
Visitors: 322The recent assertion by the Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur that the Judiciary is facing crisis of credibility is a very candid admission of the grim ground reality. The framers of the Indian Constitution had envisaged a free, fair and independent Judiciary. It was never visualized that Courts could end up as dens of chicanery and jugglery. It […]
Visitors: 402 Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), a human rights NGO fighting for gender equality and men’s rights in India, urges Mr. Modi to hold a discussion in the Parliament of India about the issues faced by Men, in the wake of recent suggestion by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to let only women talk in […]
Visitors: 4,120Jason Hickel PhD [themify_quote]We need to stop pretending that the United States, France and Britain are benevolent champions of the poor[/themify_quote] When it comes to international affairs, western politicians love to celebrate their devotion to development. In her flagship speech on development as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton offered stories about US aid transforming […]
Visitors: 309 Mumbai, 5th March, 2016: Last week, one of RNA builders’ thousands of cheated flat-purchasers sent the builder a legal ultimatum, and started taking steps for going to court after discovering that their promised 17th floor flat in RNA Regal, a project in Kandivali West, is the proverbial pie-in-the-sky! In February 2011, Sandeep Kothari […]
Visitors: 268 I was out on a run in a beautiful natural garden. Everything seemed so romantic. Beauty still exists in this world. In one corner of the garden, I saw some people cuddling up. There were huge cries. So I ran faster towards the crowd to be part of a celebration. I saw a […]
Visitors: 221Anuj Agrawal, Editor, Dialogue India Education system of the country is afflicted with a strange clash. Ideological clash is being reflected as hate, violence, anguish, political distance and factions. The education policy and structure followed for the last 67 years witnessed sweeping changes in 1985. It opened the doors for market forces in education. Education literally […]
Visitors: 286[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fbklkgwr-4[/embedyt] My dear fellow citizens, Namaskar. While listening to this month’s Mann Ki Baat, my inner thoughts, your mind must also be on your children’s exams which begin soon. Some of them have their 10th and 12th board exams starting from the 1st of March. That must be playing on your mind. I […]
Visitors: 43826 February 2016 PEN International is deeply concerned by the news that Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji was sentenced on 20 February 2016 to two years in prison for ‘violating public modesty’ in relation to the publication of excerpts from his 2014 novel Istikhdam al-Haya (The Use of Life) in Akhbar al-Adab magazine, also in […]
Visitors: 457Mumbai, Common people rarely turn up in good numbers to openly speak out against powerful builders, and so it was an unusual sight that about 200 rich and poor persons aggrieved by RNA Corp (owned by late Anil Aggarwal, Gokul Aggarwal, Anubhav Aggarwal and Saranga Aggarwal) stage a roadside gathering near Versova, Andheri West, […]
Visitors: 421 Holi (pronunciation: /ˈhoʊliː/; Sanskrit: होली Holī) is a spring festival, also known as the festival of colours or the festival of Sharing love. It is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of South Asia, as well as people of other communities outside Asia (quoted from Wikipedia)- and here in Australia and New Zealand. […]
Visitors: 362Pritam Rohila, PhD retired neuropsychologist Chair of Oregonians for Peace Football is one of the America’s most favorite sports. But many Americans do not know football players are prone to suffer traumatic brain injuries. It is indeed for this reason a recent USA Today report has described the game of football as “a violent, vicious […]
Visitors: 281Prof. Ram Puniyani (Rtd) On the back of the death of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), one of the most prestigious University of the country Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been targeted by the ruling Modi Sarkar. The frightening things which happened in HCU were just the beginning of attack on autonomy […]
Visitors: 347Prof. Ram Puniyani (Rtd) On the back of the death of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), one of the most prestigious University of the country Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been targeted by the ruling Modi Sarkar. The frightening things which happened in HCU were just the beginning of attack on autonomy […]
Visitors: 377Dear Prof. M Jagdeesh Kumar, Late greetings on your taking over as Vice Chancellor of JNU. I saw one of your interview in Navbharat Times (Hindi daily), when your appointment was announced, but you have not yet taken over. Interview was reassuring which mentioned your desire to have very open and frank relations with […]
Visitors: 326[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CcdBceUO9U[/embedyt] Respected senior dignitaries seated on the dais, brothers and sisters, Sai Ram. Venkaiah Ji has made my job easier; now I don’t have to spell the names. He is never worried; sometimes some names are left. You heard the speech of Venkaiah Ji like super fast express. A short while ago, Raman […]
Visitors: 321February 19, 2016 New Delhi Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, This is a joyous happening. We have gathered here to celebrate the conferring of an important award on a distinguished person who has contributed his bit, so meaningfully, to making our world a better place. I felicitate Shri Mumtaz Ali and commend the jury […]