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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
On his 69th death anniversary, remembering Acharya Narendra Deva’s contribution to India’s socialist movement and freedom struggle, his literary work on Buddhism, and more. Also: “Sarojini Naidu: A Poet, Patriot and Pioneer”.
One million people mobilized in the City of Buenos Aires … the march on February 1st was a massive and distinct call that sprang from an anti-fascist and self-convened assembly, and that multiplied throughout the country and the world.
Let us hope and trust that the future has stored a better India, with a strong democracy and complete and truthful enforcement of fundamental and constitutional rights, says the senior advocate.
Long before the BJP came into existence, nearly four decades ago, the Sangh Parivar has many times betrayed its uneasiness with the Constitution. In fact, many of the sarsangchalaks of the RSS took a public stand for scrapping the Constitution.
Budgets for most of the schemes and departments, such as education, health, social security pensions, and mid-day meals, are either stagnant or have increased only nominally. Accounting for inflation, the NREGA budget is effectively lower by ~Rs 4,000 crore compared to the FY2025 budget.
In a recent speech, PM Modi stated that agriculture is at the centre of India’s economic policy. He also highlighted the initiatives being taken by his government in promoting natural and climate-resilient farming. We examine these claims in the context of the eleven budgets presented by the Modi government since 2014.
In this article, we first discuss the National Education Policy 2020, and then the budget allocations for school and higher education in the eleven budgets presented by the Modi Government from 2014-15 to 2024-25.
A right-wing, pro-government, Islamophobic wave has swept India’s films, especially from Bollywood, after 2014. Although the Tamil and Malayalam film industries, in addition to independent and documentary filmmakers, are pushing back against the trend, self-censorship and extra-judicial pressure to conform to unwritten restrictions is now routine across India.
As the BJP’s obsession with conformity gathers pace, it is challenged by India’s defiant nature and lived heterogeneity.
A century after Narayana Guru’s reforms, the debate over men wearing shirts in temples lays bare shifting caste alliances and Hindutva’s influence.
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