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How NHRC Contributed to the formation of Shramik Elgar
District Collector K.B Bhoge, DGP Shankar Sen and myself, 1999 Around May 1999 I started work in the Chandrapur District Collectorate in a UNICEF supported programme called the Primary Education Enhancement Programme (PEEP) or Amchi Shaka Prakalp in Marathi. At that time there was another programme being implemented called the Swarnajayanti Shahari Vikas Yojana. The District Collector
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In the Wake of the Tragic Death of General Bipin Rawat
A military helicopter carrying the Chief of Defence Staff and others crashed on the slopes of Western Ghats near Kunnur in the morning of the 8th of December. Thirteen of those on-board have died, including the CDS, General Bipin Rawat. The helicopter was the Russian made M17V5, considered to be one of the best helicopters with advanced features like radar and weather
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प्रभू राजगडकर यांच्या दोन कविता
The following two poems in Marathi are written by Prabhu Rajgadkar, who retired as Additional C.E.O, Zilla Parishad. Even as an officer he was known to be sensitive to rural and tribal issues which were central to his poetry and writings. He is a well-known intellectual voice of the Adivasis. The two poems here are
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Sajida: The Conqueror of Darkness
(19 Feb. 1968 – 22 Sept. 2019) It is impossible not to be impressed by Tamollanghan (Conquering Darkness) – the autobiography of a strong and sensitive person told in a straightforward, thoughtful manner. Sajida Sheikh-Meshram born in a middle-class Muslim family of Hyderabad becomes blind in a childhood accident. With her father’s support she travels to Mumbai
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What Feeds the Indian Right Wing?
What feeds the Indian right wing? Undoubtedly, centrally orchestrated spectacles and narratives of fierce nationalism have strong roles to play but there are other equally important undercurrents that merit attention. For instance, at the very local level the right wing scores a few points every time the opposition fails to live up to its own
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Rising Age of Marriage for Girls: Shrugging Responsibility on Child Marriage Issue
The recent decision by the Central Cabinet to raise the age of marriage of girls from 18 years to 21 years does not even pretend to address the ground level concerns regarding prevention of child marriages. There is no doubt that early marriage has severely adverse effects on the health, education and social life of girls but the
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What’s your age? (A Poem)
What’s your age? Many a time people ask me- ” What’s your age?” Now ,what will I tell them? Do I really know for sure? The moment the plane goes zooming above me on the traffic packed overbridge , I am a five year old. While watching TV with my son, I am just
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Imroz (A poem)
Imroz I think passion I think of you I think devotion I think of you. I see you pouring a cup of tea More intense than her midnight poetry. Sometimes she appears, as she wrote she would Lighting your canvas with a spark Sometimes as a magical line Piercing right through your heart. Her tumultuous ink swirls and
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The Intellectual Pedigree of ‘Wokeness’
Saumya Dey What is wokeness? It is the advocacy culture, or the tendency to advocate and promote this or that cause. The apparent intention of ‘wokeness’ or the advocacy culture is to deliver greater justice and equity to the citizenry or members of the social body. It seeks to do so by making constant demands
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Yes to Kisan Drones and ULPIN numbers … But First Settle Land Claims
Pochu Lingu Sidam, a tribal who fought twenty years for restoration his entire village, Zaliguda, Tal. Jivti, Chandrapur Land issues are the most contentious ones in a India why is why it immediately caught my attention when land was mentioned in the budget of 2022. The Finance Minister announced the introduction of Kisan Drones
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