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• To love, PAWS and Oreo | Swaswati Borkataki

  28 September 2024

  They say it is extremely difficult to write about something which is close to one

• What

  28 September 2024, by Sagari Chhabra

  Last night a man
  knocked at my door.

• The reality of the historic Poona Pact! | Suresh Kairnar

  28 September 2024, by Suresh Khairnar

  On 26 September 1932, 92 years ago, the historic Poona Pact was signed inside the Ervada Jail. As usual, some people are spreading misinformation about the pact even now.
  Mainly when Honorable Kanshi Ram ji stayed in Pune for a few days for a job in the defence, during that time, whatever he studied, he first studied about the historic Poona Pact of 92 years ago. A Dalit Marathi speaking professor, and he was like an official walking reference book in Marathi on Dalit literature and caste (…)

• Doctors

  28 September 2024

  Doctors

• In Response to Sunil Ray’s A Cry For Humanity and the 2024 Bengal Uprising | Pradip Kumar Nath & Hemprabha Chauhan

  28 September 2024

  A Cry For Humanity and the 2024 Bengal Uprising by Sunil Ray Published in this esteemed journal (Saturday 14 September 2024) - is a reminder of the lost ground in the collective amnesia that a new generation of academicians flourishing in this country and rightly dubbed as

• R.G. Kar Rape-Murder and its Aftermath: A Review in Feminist Perspective | Manas Mukul Bandyopadhyay

  28 September 2024

  The Supreme Court is overseeing the CBI

• Commendable decision by the Telangana Government for the Trans Community | Thejaswini Ambrose

  28 September 2024

  The conservative society has always looked down on the transgender community even in this post-modern period, especially in India, However, a great move was initiated by the Telangana Government by Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for taking a milestone decision to recruit transgender persons as Traffic management volunteers who would be roped in to perform the duties to assist the home guards and monitor the congested areas in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and will be (…)

• Rape & Murder at R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital : Implications in Society and Politics in West Bengal | Sujit Kumar Paul & Souradeep Sarkar

  28 September 2024

  The Incident and Allegations
  On 9th August 9.30 am, a 31-year-old lady who was a trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar room in R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata by a first-year PGT doctor. As per the report, her body was half-dressed. It is on the opinion that the hospital authority and police personnel were not working properly. The principal of the college, when questioned by the media, raised concerns about why the victim was in the seminar room. However, the truth (…)

• Blood and Bias: The Case for Reforming India’s Outdated Donation Policies | Disha

  28 September 2024, by Disha

  Abstract
  This article explores the ongoing debate over blood donation policies in India, focusing on the restrictions imposed on LGBT+ individuals and transgender people. Originating from global responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, these restrictions were initially justified by fears of HIV transmission but have persisted despite advancements in HIV detection technology. In India, the National Blood Transfusion Council and the National AIDS Control Organization’s 2017 guidelines

• Ensuring Integrity in University Leadership: GIPE’s Path Forward |

  28 September 2024, by S N Tripathy

  Higher education is critical to national development as it enhances intellectual capabilities and improves living standards. The National Education Policy (NEP)