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• When Everything Turns Communal

  21 December 2019, by T J S George
  IMPRESSIONS
  Come to think of it, everything in our country has a religious dimension to it—food, clothing, universities, hospitals, civil service, the professions like law and journalism, and even this column because its byline has a religion’s  (...)

• Has Indian School Curriculum Neglected the Modernisation of Mind?

  21 December 2019
  by Arup Maharatna
  The following is a piece based on one chapter of the author’s recent book titled, The Indian Metamorphosis: Essays on its Enlightenment, Education and Society, Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.  
  In global historical  (...)

• On the Centenary of the Amritsar Congress (December 1919 - December 2019)

  21 December 2019, by Anil Nauriya
  The new Act... ignores the insistent demand of the country for a Declaration of Rights... A feature of the Act which has disappointed me much is the failure to do justice to the political rights of Indian women... To the Kisan delegates present  (...)

• Uttering the Unthinkable, Bizarre Outburst

  21 December 2019, by Humra Quraishi
  MUSINGS
  Don’t know how today’s rulers can go on condemning terrorism at the various national and international forums, when they have a terror accused sitting right inside Parliament! Obviously, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur got the vital ticket to  (...)

• A Blueprint for Protecting Small Farmers

  21 December 2019, by Bharat Dogra
  In most parts of the world farmers are in distress, soil quality is deteriorating rapidly, farm animals/birds are suffering, sustainablity is in crisis and food is less safe. The overall drift is towards high and increasing greenhouse gas  (...)

• Talking Faiz: ‘In this Hour of Madness’

  21 December 2019, by Subhash Gatade
  Academician, writer and social activist Zaheer Ali is in Conversation with Subhash Gatade about his latest book ‘Romancing With Revolution : Life and Works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’ (Aakar Books, Delhi, 2019) and why Faiz is ‘extremely relevant in  (...)

• Mahatma Gandhi’s }Ahimsa {as a Science of Love and Social Action

  21 December 2019
  by Divya Nair
  Impure means result in an impure end. Hence, prince and the peasant will not be equalled by cutting off the prince’s head, nor can the process of cutting off equalise the employer and the employed. One cannot reach truth by  (...)

• Pre-and Post-Legalities of Police Encounter: Perspective of Hyderabad Incident

  21 December 2019
  by Ahmed Raza
  The recent encounter by the Hyderabad cops during the investigation process of rape and murder of a vet doctor tempted no of question-marks on the legalities of the encounter. The inhuman, cruel and ruthless offence could not be  (...)

• Understanding Development through a Gendered Lens

  21 December 2019
  BOOK REVIEW
  by Vishwa Nath
  Women and Development: Issues and Challenges by Rekha Kaul and Anita Malhotra (eds): Elite Publishing House, New Delhi; 2018; pp. 216; Rs 995
  Recently, on November 25, the world cele-brated the ‘United Nations  (...)

• The Idea of Belongingness and Citizenship

  21 December 2019
  by Anujaya Krishna
  The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (“Amendment”) passed by both Houses of Parliament recently is an epitome of discrimination, not ‘reasonable classification’. It was tabled as a “BILL further to amend the Citizenship Act,  (...)

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