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“Political Hindutava”
Pavan K. Verma , author, politician and a former bureaucrat, while speaking on his new book at the Times Lit. festival in Delhi on 02.12.2018 stated that “the political manifestation of Hindutava is aggressive, exclusionist and opposed to Hindu philosophy … Continue reading
. New India
The resounding win of his party in the elections to the largest State in the heart of India, Uttar Pradesh, made the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi revive the talk about a New India. In a radio talk on Sunday, … Continue reading
Discrimination hits all
An unfortunate suicide by a Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar, named Muthukrishnan, was reported on Monday this 13th March. His being a Dalit revived memories of another suicide by a Dalit scholar, Rohith Vermula, in another University over a year … Continue reading
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Tagged Dalit, misuse of benefits, Reservations, suicides
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Pitfalls of Democracy
We in India take pride in the country being a democracy though some aspects of how it works in our country also shame us. We have political parties, each of whom is supposed to have a political ideology based on … Continue reading
The Fight Against Corruption
Some videos posted on Facebook by a jawan in India’s Border Security Force have again brought into focus the practice of corruption both in civil and defense/security services in India. The Jawan has alleged that jawans manning security posts at … Continue reading
Incentives & Awards
The Government of India has launched a drive to make India digital. It wants India to become a cash less (or less cash) economy in order that the evils inherent in a cash economy, such as lack of transparency leading … Continue reading
India Deserves Better
The Times of India, New Delhi’s prominent national English daily, cited the following as the quote of the day in its November 28 edition: “Tomorrow someone who doesn’t eat Patanjali biscuits may be declared anti-national” 2.Nothing more than a ludicrous … Continue reading
Kashmir & India
As I see it, Kashmir is more a matter of ideology than of territory to India. 2. During the struggle for India’s independence, the Muslim League pressed for the partition of India on the basis of a two nation theory … Continue reading
Policy Driven Poverty in India
I was hurt to read a statement yesterday by the Chairman of India’s Niti Ayog (a relatively newly found body in place of the former Planning Commission) that wages in India were 2 or three times lower than in China … Continue reading
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Tagged labour exploitation., low wages in India
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Public (Dis)Services in India
It is too well known that the so called public services in India are anything but public services. It is also well known that the worst sufferers of the apathy of these services, which are paid for from the taxes … Continue reading
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