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Government doctors (and other employees) demanding salary hike is common news. Succumbing to the temptation of greener pastures, government doctors moving to private hospitals in the country or migrating abroad is also fairly common. But what is turning heads around is the news of Canadian doctors declining a salary hike! Amazing as it may sound,…
– All India Forum for Right to Education (AIFRTE) In Justice Sachar’s demise, the nation has lost one of the last representatives of the generation that carried forward the socialist vision from the freedom movement for post-independence India. He would be remembered for his uncompromising commitment to building a secular, just, democratic society where civil…
In recent times the rapid increase in sexual violence against women and children has become one of the most worrying and shameful trends in India’s society. Several factors are important for this trend. One of these is the proliferation of pornography, particularly violent pornography. Several studies in various parts of the world have established a…
Ashish Joshi India will miss Justice Rajinder Sachar. He was a person who spoke his mind on issues that were and are still integral to the idea of India. I came to know about Justice Sachar on December 6, 2006, when I joined the Ministry of Minority Affairs under the Central government. On my joining…
The cry seeking justice for Asifa is becoming stronger and deeper. From Delhi to the United Nations, from social and civil rights organisations to civil society citizens, more and more people are out on the streets shouting slogans and demanding justice for Asifa. The social media is parading her pictures, right from happier times to…
Tanweer Fazal Justice Rajindar Sachar passed away on Friday. He was 94, so one could say that it was a life well lived, and that everything is eventually perishable in this world. What could be better than to be able to live by your ideals, and when you die, to have a ring of admirers…
His full name was Bhalchandra Bhai Vaidya but people used to call him Bhai Vaidya. I always addressed him as ‘Bhai’. In our village, it was an accepted norm to call a father ‘Bhai’ and a majority of people followed this practice. I came in personal contact with Bhalchandra Bhai Vaidya after my father passed…
It is now the fourth year since the government of Uttar Pradesh started taking Right to Education Act 2009 seriously. Section 12(1)(c) of this Act is the most attractive feature from the point of view of parents from disadvantaged groups and weaker sections as they can get their children admitted to even the most expensive…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now well in control of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He has installed his close lieutenant Amit Shah as the party president. However, people’s memory is short. The founding president of the BJP was Atal Behari Vajpayee who subsequently occupied the office of Prime Minister to lead the NDA government,…
It’s high time for India to understand and acknowledge what Israel is. They don’t have a law which they can be forced to follow. They follow their own law in their own way. Those who recognise Israel are not supposed to recognise that there is some country called Palestine. No, there is nothing called Palestine….
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