Nikhil Sanjay-Rekha Adsule The hands Confined To pull Dead carcasses, Started to write And, and They wrote poems Beautiful stories Of their lives. – Yogesh Maitreya, ‘The Bridge of Migration’ The above lines by the poet-writer Yogesh Maitreya, themselves mark an assertion of a new …
What is the significance of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion framework in Indian Higher Education?
Bharat Rathod After Rohith Vemula’s Institutional murder in 2016, public protest and media discussion had created a political pressure on the Government of India to take institutional measures to prevent such type of incidents. Therefore, as a reactionary measure, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) had announced that a new policy will be prepared …
Global Buddhist Congregation-2019
Pradnya Jadhav Global Buddhist Congregation, 2019 is a Mega-Conference with the noble motive of spreading the teachings of the Lord Buddha on mindfulness, compassion and peace. It is being organised under the guidance of All India Bhikkhu Sangha, in the historical city of Aurangabad, Maharashtra. And it is being blessed by the auspicious presence of …
Dr. B R Ambedkar’s Caravan Marching Globally
Mahesh Wasnik Vishwa Ratna, Bharat Ratna, Bodhisattva Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s last message: “Whatever I have done, I have been able to do after passing through crushing miseries and endless struggle all my life and fighting with my opponents. With great difficulty, I have brought this caravan where it is seen today. Let the caravan …
Draft NEP 2019: A non-inclusive policy
Naaz Khair Currently, in circulation is the revised draft of NEP 2019 (National Education Policy, 2019) after incorporating feedback from around the Country and stakeholders at various levels. It is 1/8th the size of the earlier version. One is thankful that the demand for a smaller size policy document has been effectively met by …
ഫാത്തിമയുടെ ആത്മഹത്യയും ഐ.ഐ.ടി സമീപനങ്ങളും
വിജു വി.വി (ഈ എഴുത്ത് സമഗ്രമോ നിഷ്പക്ഷമോ ആണെന്ന് അവകാശപ്പെടുന്നില്ല.. വ്യക്തിപരമായ നിലപാടുകളോ പ്രത്യയശാസ്ത്രസ്വാധീനമോ ഒക്കെ കടന്നുവന്നിട്ടുണ്ടാകാം. എങ്കിലും എന്താണ് ഇവിടെ സംഭവിച്ചത് എന്നതിനെകുറിച്ച് ധാരണയുണ്ടാക്കാന് ഈ കുറിപ്പ് സഹായിച്ചേക്കും) ഒന്ന് ശനിയാഴ്ച ഉച്ചയ്ക്ക് ഭക്ഷണം കഴിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നതിനിടയിലാണ് ഐ.ഐ.ടിയില് വിദ്യാര്ഥിനി ആത്മഹത്യ ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ട് എന്ന വിവരം അറിയുന്നത്. സ്വാഭാവികമായ ഉത്കണ്ഠയുടെ ഭാഗമായി നടത്തിയ അന്വേഷണത്തില് അത് എന്റെ തന്നെ ഡിപ്പാര്ട്ട്മെന്റിലെ(ഹ്യുമാനിറ്റീസ് ആന്ഡ് സോഷ്യല് സയന്സസ്) ഇന്റഗ്രേറ്റഡ് എം.എയിലെ പെണ്കുട്ടിയാണ് എന്നറിഞ്ഞു. അപ്പോഴാണ് എനിക്ക് പരിചയമുള്ള ആര്ദ്രയെ വിളിച്ചതും …
Statement condemning the unjust introduction of the TISS-MAT exam
Educate!!! Agitate!!! Organize!!! AMBEDKARITE STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (ASA)-TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (TISS), MUMBAI Statement condemning the unjust introduction of the TISS-MAT exam for Management school courses and the unfair proportional weightage given to the TISS-NET exams in general As the application window for the academic year 2020-2022 is out open, it is a very …
Inscrutable Islam and Kerala Modernity
Umar Nizar There is a ‘scramble for Muslim intelligentsia’ going on along with a clamour for token inclusivity from the left-leaning, upper-caste politically correct elite, and yet even this tokenistic Islamic presence proves elusive. Islam has become that wide gaping wound on the side of a cancerous polity that festers. The agalma of Islam, as …
Unpacking the akaal (crisis) of the so called “Bengali Vivek”(conscience) with Ravish Kumar
Nasima Islam On the occasion of its celebration of the 6th Rituparno Ghosh Memorial Lecture, 2019, Pratyay Gender Trust invited Ravish Kumar as its chief guest-speaker. The event took place on October 19 at the famous Basusree Cinema hall, Kolkata. It was not for the first time that Kumar, the recipient of the prestigious Ramon …