The Vidarbha Gazette

Voice of Law, Society & Culture

  • Tomorrow’s India Should Not Be Like Today’s Afghanistan

    TOMORROW’S INDIA  SHOULD NOT BE LIKE TODAY’S AFGHANISTAN  Bilkis Bano, a 21 yr. old woman who was carrying 5 months of pregnancy with a 3 yr old child, was brutally gangraped during 2002 Gujarat riots when Mr. Narendra Modi was the then Chief Minister of Gujarat. Today Mr. Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India,…

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  • Can Hinduism Accept Plurality, Human Dignity and Social Justice?

    Can Hinduism Accept Plurality, Human Dignity and Social Justice? Ancient Hindu Temple Complex, Angkor Wat, Cambodia   I am a Hindu. And I am a conservative. An essential aspect of conservatism, one might say, is cultural rootedness. As an individual, thus, I am rooted in Hinduism. It defines me in terms of certain fundamental principles…

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  • वर्गात गुरुजींचे फोटो लावा!!

    ‘वर्गात गुरूजीचे फोटो लावा’ सरकारी फर्मान निघाला     ‘वर्गात गुरूजीचे फोटो लावा’ सरकारी फर्मान निघाला.. खरचं ज्या प्रश्नासाठी ‘असा’ आदेश निघाला, त्या कारणांसाठी, ‘फोटो’चा उपाय उत्तर आहे काय? राज्य विधीमंडळात, शालेय शिक्षण विभागावर चर्चा सुरू असतांना, प्रश्न उपस्थित झाला. राज्यातील काही शिक्षक हे स्वतः अध्यापन न करता, पगारी व्यक्ती ठेवून, त्यांचे मार्फत अध्यापन करतात.…

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  • Chandrapur District Bar Association ‘Forgets’ Mahatma Gandhi on his Jayanti

    Chandrapur District Bar Association ‘Forgets’ Mahatma Gandhi  No Official Function on Gandhi Jayanti   It is shocking news that the Chairman and other elected office bearers of the Chandrapur District Bar Association (CDBA) simply ‘forgot’ to organise official function on 2nd October Gandhi Jayanti to pay respect to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi. Not only…

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  • Mahatma Gandhi at Mul

    At Mul – a small block town of Chandrapur district –  Gandhi Jayanti dawned with people singing the Mahatma’s favourite bhajan Vaishnav Jan to Tene Kahiye led by the Ashok Yerme of Kala Niketan, a local cultural organisation. A couple of hours later there was  a Mook Shanti Andolan at the same spot to protest against…

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  • The Intellectual Heritage of Marxism

    The Intellectual Heritage of Marxism   The Three Aspects of Marxism What is ‘Marxism’? Well, let us say that it is a discursive field comprising the perspectives and positions of people who term themselves ‘Marxists’. And who might be the ‘Marxists’? Simply put, they are a set of people who operate with a world view…

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  • मध्य प्रदेशातील मराठी प्रांत

    मध्य प्रदेशातील मराठी प्रांत ब्रिटिश भारत सोडून गेल्यावर देश स्वतंत्र झाला. राज्य कारभारासाठी प्रांत रचना होऊ लागली. ब्रिटिशांनी आपल्या राज्यकारभारासाठी भारताची विभागणी वेगवेगळ्या प्रांतांत केली होती. परंतु ती भाषेप्रमाणे नव्हती. भाषावार प्रांतरचना व्हावी, यासाठी  स्वातंत्र्य पूर्वीपासूनच चळवळ सुरु होती. बिहार राज्याची फाळणी करून ओरिसा हे भाषावार प्रांतरचना झालेले पहिले स्वातंत्र्यपूर्व राज्य होय. “एक भाषा; एक…

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  • क्या पसमंदा मुस्लिम जातिवाद के शिकार है?

    क्या पसमंदा मुस्लिम जातिवाद के शिकार है?  जुलाई २०२२ मे भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय सभा में प्रधान मंत्री आदरणीय नरेंद्र मोदी जी ने अपने पार्टी के नेता तथा कार्यकर्ताओं से पसमंदा मुसलमानों के तरफ ध्यान देने की बात कही। तब से देश में चर्चा शुरू हो गई कि कौन है पसमंदा मुसलमान, उनके बारे में क्यों…

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  • Becoming a Teacher of English

    Becoming a Teacher of English  इंग्रजी माऊली । इंग्रजी वैखरी । शुद्रांना उध्दारी । मनोभावे ।। इंग्रजी माऊली । नाही मोगलाई । नाही पेशवाई । मुर्खशाही ।। इंग्रजी माऊली । देई सत्वज्ञान । शुद्राला जीवन । देई प्रेम ।। इंग्रजी माऊली । शुद्रांना पान्हा पाजी । संगोपन आजी । करतसे ।। इंग्रजी माऊली । तोडते…

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  • Why is the Bharat Jodo Yatra Neglecting Vidarbha?

    Why is the Bharat Jodo Yatra Neglecting Vidarbha? Vidarbha GazetteSeptember 07, 2022 Why is the Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra bypassing Vidarbha? Unlike many esteemed commentators (Tavleen Singh of Indian Express for instance) we welcome the Congress Party’s decision to rejuvenate the party through a Padyatra covering more than 3000 kms from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. As…

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