Share “GANDHI, UNTOUCHABLES AND ME” : a short movie by Rao Rampilla, an indian origin Hollywood actor, producer and writer Rao Rampilla Rao wrote his participation in the struggle of Dalits at JNU, New Delhi as a play (Gandhi, Untouchables and Me) and to reach greater audience made it as a short film. Attached is a synopsis of the short film. This includes a 40 minutes film and a bonus half an hour episode from Bollywood to Hollywood […]
Share Brain Drain Continues –Chaitanya Davé Chaitanya DavéHonourary Editor, Ground Report India Ever since 1960s, immigration of medical doctors to America and other western countries continues unabated. It is noteworthy that India supplies the largest number of Medical Graduates to the US. With 59,523 physicians of Indian origin working in the English speaking Western world (the US, UK, Australia and Canada combined), India […]
Share CONFERENCE ON “SOCIAL JUSTICE: PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE” Samajik Samanta Sangathan 17-18 March 2018,Timing- 9 AM to 6.0 PM, Chief Guest- Uday Narayan Chaudhary Venue- J-12/3, Kan kunj Vaishya samaj, Nati Imli, Bhrat Milap maidan, Panchayati Bhavan, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Our Great social heroes like Birsa Munda, Bhagat Singh, Mahatma Phule, Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar and BP Mandal envisioned an India where all sections of […]
Share Swarna Bharat Party invites young leaders to a workshop in Allahabad in April to change India’s future Mr Rahul Pandit, Working President of Swarna Bharat Party, India’s only liberal party, issued an invitation to those youth of India who are determined to transform India’s future to express their interest in attending a Young Leaders Workshop on 5 and 6 April 2018 in Allahabad. Details are on the party’s website at http://swarnabharat.in/workshop-allahabad. Swarna Bharat Party […]
Share Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking on “Peace, Environment and Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch” Indresh Kumar (centre) with Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel (right) and Deputy Speaker Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok (left) of the Tibetan Parliament (Photo-courtesy-tibet.net)Indresh Kumar is the senior member, National Executive, Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh. Indresh Kumar is also the patron and the key person of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), an organisation of RSS, Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh. Vivek Umrao interviewed Indresh […]
Share Indresh Kumar, central executive member of Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh RSS, talking about Rashtriya Muslim Manch RMM of RSS Indresh KumarIndresh Kumar is the senior member, National Executive, Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh. Indresh Kumar is also the patron and the key person of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), an organisation of RSS, Rashtriya SwayamSewak Sangh. Vivek Umrao interviewed Indresh Kumar in January 2010 on various issues.
Share National Campaign: Save the Constitution, Save the Nation Statement approved by participants of National Meeting of Activists organised by Hum Samajwadi to launch nationwide campaign on:Save the Constitution, Save the NationI It was after a long struggle, in which the vast multitudes of our country participated and made innumerable sacrifices, that the country won freedom in 1947. The Indian Constitution embodies the dreams and […]
Share In Conversation witih Mr Arun Kumar, General Secretary, Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisation, UK Mr Arun Kumar is the General Secretary, Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisation ( FABO) UK. He originally hailed from Punjab and migrated to UK in 1977 after completing his matriculation. He has been a very hard worker who had documented huge amount of glorious work done by Ambedkarites in United Kingdom. He lives in […]
Share Has India done enough for Tibet’s cause? N. S. Venkataraman Nandini Voice for The Deprived More than six decades have gone after China forcibly entered Tibet and occupied the land and unjustifiably claimed that Tibet belongs to it.. His Holiness the Dalai Lama had no alternative other than leaving Tibet with his disciples and he entered Indian territory on 31st March,1959. When China […]
Share Musings: Christianity’s social message of Love conquers all still remain most powerful Vidya Bhushan Rawat I never got the luxury of studying in the schools owned by the Christians but learn a few things about them when my daughter got the opportunity to study there. Most of these schools are purely commercial and cater the middle class upper castes. The children will learn values of different faiths in […]
Share Champaran Online: A Gandhi Model Of Journalism Adarsh Shukla Journalism is about asking questions. Credibility has been the key for this profession since inception. Now when the 21st century is about to turn 18 things have changed a lot. President of USA is bashing media on almost daily basis. Questions on Journalism and Journalists is being asked more frequently. Fake News and other […]
Share Is there an alimony scam in India? Rajesh Vakharia There are 500,000 marriages are breaking every year. This number may look small compared to a total population of 125 crores. However when we compared this number with 85 lakh marriages per year, the marriage breakdown rate is almost 7%. One time alimony payments have become a nightmare for separated young men in […]
Share Sunday is International Men’s Day: Men’s Activists demand a discussion on Men’s Issues at Parliament Rajesh Vakharia All over India, people are celebrating Movember to create awareness about Men’s Health and well being are being conducted all over India this month. Men grow mustaches during this month to create this awareness. November 19 is also International Men’s Day, which was first celebrated in the year 1999. Today, people in more […]
Share Three crore men are facing domestic violence: We need laws to protect them Rajesh Vakharia In most countries in the world, the laws against domestic violence provide protection to both men and women. Men can also seek restraining orders from courts, which restrain the abusive partner or wife from perpetrating abuse and even contacting the victim. However, in India family violence against men is almost legal as there […]
Share Scientists discover groundbreaking facts about human gut mesentery: May radically change the fundamentals of anatomy and embryology and related surgical approaches In a breakthrough study, a group of doctors and basic scientists from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Research, (JIPMER) Puducherry have laid the long held debate to rest by validating, in human cadavers, that mesentery is a single entity. This debate is continuing since hundreds […]
Share Inviting you for an education project towards Social Harmony and Sustainability Vivek Umrao Glendenning “Samajik Yayavar” I believe, we need to think about the contents and the goal of the education at each level, primary to higher to research education. We need to redesign our universities, their purpose and the content of the education. At every level, the education must lead towards actual sustainability, peace and […]
Share Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature :: a book by Jairam Ramesh Portrait of India Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi, 1966.Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India for sixteen years, was as charismatic as she was controversialat once admired and criticized for her political judgements and actions. Yet beyond such debate, what has not been fully understood is her life-long communion with nature and how that defined her […]
Share Launch of "Sabka Bharat" Campaign A press conference was held to announce the Sabka Bharat campaign. It was addressed by Mohan Philip, Annie Raja, Apoorvanand, Sunaina Singh, Shabnam Hashmi and Arun Philip. An increasing number of us are very concerned about the direction this nation is being thrust into. The threat is clear and imminent. It’s destroying the fundamental idea of […]
Share How to Revive the spirit of Quit India Movement? Ram Puniyani [themify_hr color=”red”] The ‘Quit India’ movement 1942, whose 75th anniversary is currently being celebrated, was the major landmark in the struggle for India’s Independence. On 8th August the Indian National Congress Working Committee Meeting at Gowalia Tank Maidan (now August Kranti Maidan) decided to launch the movement against British rule. This was the […]
Share Benguluru Declaration on Women Affected by Mining and the District Mineral Fund of the state of Karnataka Several mining affected communities, women, NGOs, legal and medical experts came together for a Karnataka State level Consultation on the 19th of August, 2017 at Indian Social Institute, Bengaluru to deliberate on the need for proper and speedier implementation of the District Mineral Fund and the Karnataka special fund, the KMERC. The introductory address at […]
Share Custodial death in 2013. After 4 years, victim family is going to be paid meager amount as compensation. No one is guilty, No one is accountable. Hence no justice was provided [themify_hr color=”red”] To The Chairman National Human Rights Commission Manav Adhikar Bhawan Block-C, GPO Complex, INA New Delhi – 110023 13 January 2014 District Magistrate, Murshidabad (Ref No. MASUM/DM/MSD/483/3731/14) Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad (Ref No. MASUM/SP/MSD/483/3732/14) Respected Sir, I want to draw you kind attention regarding one incident of custodial death of Mr. Rafikul Seikh […]
Share Indian Higher Education Institutions: Loser in Global Market Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth Director, Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies [themify_hr color=”red”] India has tremendous potential to attract international students from all over the world. Sadly, our institutions of higher learning have not been able to capitalise on this opportunity. International students are just not applying to Indian universities, recording a drop in the […]
Share Liquor revolution in Bihar towards Social Harmony and Sustainability – a grassroots movement (2011-2015) of around one million women Vivek Umrao GlendenningThe Founder & Editor, Ground Report IndiaThe Vice-Chancellor, The Gokul Social UniversityCo-Founder, The Gokul Social University The inception and dispersal of the new liquor policy in Bihar state In the year 2005, the alliance of Janta Dal United (JDU) and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) formed the state government in Bihar. Nitish Kumar of JDU and […]