For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Vikas Parasram Meshram Our country, which aspires to be a global leader, is currently suffering from hunger to the point where it ranks lower than neighboring countries Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh in the 2022 Global Hunger Index. According to the report, India is ranked 107th out of 121 countries, while neighboring Pakistan is …
Sachin Kamal After 70 years of extinction, the roar of the cheetah is back in Indian forests. On Sept 17, 2022, eight African cheetahs (5 female and 3 male) aged between 4-6 years, were introduced in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is believed that the existence of the Cheetah is important to conserve …
Adv Soniya A Gajbhiye A national emblem is the official seal of a sovereign state. On 26 January 1950, India had adopted its national emblem, which was an adaptation of Emperor Asoka’s Lion Capital at Sarnath. The original Lion Capital at Sarnath has four lions mounted back-to-back on a circular abacus. This circular abacus rests …
Santhosh J The controversial EWS quota for the savarna people is not true to the Constitutional spirit. The constitution guarantees justice to the socially discriminated groups and to ensure their adequate representation in the administration and educational institutions so that they can be made part of social life of the country by providing reservations to …
APPSC IIT Bombay We have been getting requests from fellow student organizations in other institutes to document our journey in setting up a functioning SC/ST Students Cell in IIT Bombay. This article is a brief history of the long struggle APPSC had engaged for the last 8 years. In September 2014, Aniket Ambhore, a …
Dr. Sylvia Karpagam The Eat Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health was launched on April 4, 2019 at the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) headquarters, New Delhi, India with the question “Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries?’. Dr. Brent Loken from the …
Jerald D’souza The Oxford dictionary defines education as, “a process of teaching, training, and learning, especially in schools or colleges, to improve knowledge and develop skills.” . The gurukul is envisaged as “a place where students live together as equals, regardless of their social standing at birth to create an environment and share a vision …
Chhotelal Kumar Adivasis’ claims over land do not just demand material rights but also the recognition of their unique identity or, in other words, Adivasiness. Adivasis of Jharkhand recently marched over 175 kilometres from Latehar to Ranchi over four days to stage a dharna in front of Raj Bhawan on Monday, April 25 and submit …
ಆಹಾರ ನಮ್ಮ ಹಕ್ಕು–ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ Ahara Namma Hakku/Our food, our right Open letter released on 5th May 2022 As a group of concerned activists, doctors, nutritionists, parents, advocates and researchers, we are deeply concerned at the recent irrational attacks on the food habits and nutrition rights of people, in the form of laws, bans and calls to …