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A discussion of some of the key elements that made Karpoori Thakur one of the tallest socialist leaders in Bihar. It discusses some of the important contemporary implications of the politics that Thakur espoused and practised.
An article commemorating the birth centenary one of the most noble persons in India’s politics, Karpoori Thakur, social reformer and two-time chief minister of Bihar.
The writer of India’s Constitution never favoured a time-bound framework for quotas. Misquoting him ducks questions on what has really changed for lower castes.
The Allahabad University professor is battling police cases, varsity raps on his knuckles and volleys of harassment over his comments against the caste structure of Hinduism. But he is unrelenting.
November 26 is celebrated as Constitution Day, when rich tributes are paid to the makers of India’s constitution, especially its principal architect B.R. Ambedkar, whose 67th death anniversary is today, December 6, 2023.
A complex caste history makes many Marathas reluctant to embrace the ‘socially inferior’ Kunbi identity – even if that can give them access to quotas.
Lack of quality education, facilities, guidance, economic deprivation and gender discrimination ensure that very few women from backward classes reach the threshold of STEM education.
The architect of the Indian constitution had to wait for 75 years after independence for a statue to be erected in his honour. All this while, a taller statue of Manu – whose teachings are against the basic values of the constitution – was unveiled on the premises of the Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan high court way back in 1989.
Why is the BJP uncomfortable with the caste census? Why are the social justice parties excited, given the ways in which BJP has turned the table against them in the recent past? What possibilities and challenges does the caste survey open up for both the BJP and the opposition?
Bihar has chosen the education sector as the central priority to follow up on after the recent caste survey report. Also, on the recent decision of the Bihar Cabinet demanding that the Centre incorporate hiked reservation for deprived classes in the constitution and give Special Category Status for the state.
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Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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