For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Veeravenghai Vinith Kumar This article does not presume to produce any new, ground-breaking insight. It is only a reflection of my disagreements with a film that has, for some reason received a lot of appreciation for its portrayal of the incidents that surrounded PhD scholar, Rohith Vemula’s death. The film in question is titled ‘We …
P Victor Vijay Kumar Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the first budget of the new government with the same old theme of verbosity and pompousness. Let’s look at a few of the things this exercise has clearly disclosed (for better readability and comprehension, the author has limited his analysis to only certain glaring aspects). …
Rajeev R Singh Railway employees are protesting. But who is listening? This government is hell bent on privatising the Indian Railways, but in today’s age and times, it’s a non-issue, as it’s the BJP who is at the helm and for them, all is maaf. While we have been busy since the last 5 …
Shivani Waldekar My dear society, do you know that I heard the word ‘society’ for the first time when I was in 11th standard when one of the teachers who loved me a lot taught us one day the valuable words of Maclver and Page, “Society is the web of Relationships.’ Back then, I …
Minal Sangole Based on the reflections and discussions with colleagues in the field of education, I attempt to engage with the issues that have arisen after the MHRD sought feedback on its Draft Education Policy 2019. I have included a number of points that I have heard being made that also resound with my …
Shafiullah Anis Various scholars have worked on casteism among Muslims starting with the premise that casteism among Muslims is an influence of “Hindu” caste structure present for centuries in Indian sub-continent. In this context, Imtiaz Ahmed (Ahmed, 2018) poses an interesting question: ‘If caste among Muslims owed itself entirely to Hindu influence, then the …
Naaz Khair The process of compromising the education system of the Country began in the mid-80s, preceding the Structural Adjustment Program, (SAP), which was introduced in 1991, and continuing throughout the duration of SAP and beyond. A much talked about consequence of this compromise was how the problem of poor Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) was addressed …
Manoj Meshram & Reena Dongre Songs have been a part of cultural existence not only for entertainment but also to express devotion to nature and gods and goddesses since time immemorial. Even as modern societies moved towards more influential media humans still find inspiration, motivation, entertainment and love through songs. Many songs, like the ones …
Pardeep Attri In the last few days, social media was buzzing with the war of two different ideologies over the “controversial” comments made by director Pa Ranjith, famous for movies such as Madras, Kabali and Kaala, on Chola empire and exploitation of Dalits. Pa Ranjith’s remark that rule of Chola emperor Raja Raja I …