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• Rape & Murder In Kolkata Hospital | Kobad Ghandy

  17 August 2024, by Kobad Ghandy

  On 9 August 2024 (exactly a year after the 17 year old Jadavpur University student killed himself due to ragging 31 year old junior doctor, ‘ Abhaya’ (from Panihati in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district), at the R.G Kar Hospital in the heart of Kolkata, was found dead - apparently gang-raped and brutally killed on the night of August 8/9th 2024 at about 3 am. She was initially reported missing by colleagues. Later that morning, at about 8 am the trainee doctor’s body was discovered in (…)

• The Church, and India at 77 | John Dayal

  17 August 2024, by John Dayal

  Independence Day is a good time to remember opportunities lost and be ready for new ones that may come
  August 15, 2024
  Away from the contentious arithmetic of Church growth in the country since its independence in 1947 is the loaded question of how it has engaged with the Indian state in negotiating a protected niche not just for itself but for more robust religious freedom for people of all faiths.
  India completes 77 years as a free nation and a sovereign people. Jawaharlal Nehru in (…)

• Free thinking on the occasion of 77 years of independence! | Suresh Khairnar

  17 August 2024, by Suresh Khairnar

  Tonight at 12 o’clock India is completing 77 years of independence. Similarly, in neighboring Bangladesh, 49 years are being completed since the martyrdom of Sheikh Mujbur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh. On 15 August 1975, some people of the Bangladesh Army attacked his residence and killed him and all the people present in that residence at that time, including small children. Sheikh Hasina was in Germany at that time, so she was saved. And ten days ago, Sheikh Hasina Wajed not only had (…)

• Azaadi and where do we go from here? | Sagari Chhabra

  17 August 2024, by Sagari Chhabra

  As we celebrate 77 years of freedom and head towards our 78th Independence day on 15th August 2024 my mind flashes back and remembers all the freedom fighters I have met and recorded over the years. I met Kannusamy, at his modest residence at Prai in Malaysia, who was with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army. I asked him that since he had been born and raised in Malaysia and had never set foot on Indian soil what motivated him to join the freedom struggle for India? He lost (…)

• A new model of employment creation in rural India | Sunil Ray

  17 August 2024, by Sunil Ray

  The question is: How to create productive and sustainable employment opportunities in rural India? I am here putting the question straight because I am yet to see any significant measure available to resolve the crisis of uninterrupted growth of unemployment particularly in rural India. Hardly any attempt is made to look beyond what is being suggested or implemented traditionally for decades. No worthwhile outcome the rural economy is left with as a result. The academic community is (…)

• Haryana Government’s Exploitative Temporary Employment Policy as Hidden Cruelty against Unemployed Youth | Som Nath & M.M. Goel

  17 August 2024

  In the diverse nation of India including Haryana, where the principles of socio-economic justice and equal opportunities are enshrined in the constitution, the reality for many young job seekers paints a starkly different picture. The government’s increasing reliance on part-time, temporary, and contractual employment for its workforce is not only an economic issue but a matter of ethical concern, amounting to what can be described as cruelty against the unemployed youth. The Haryana (…)

• Unheard Voices of Autonomous Colleges | Justine George & Savitha K.S

  17 August 2024

  Keywords: Autonomous College, NEP 2020, University Grants Commission Most affiliated colleges in India are now in a dilemma to seek autonomy status or continue their affiliation with a university when UGC relaxed the application norm in April 2023. The condition was reduced to a minimum of A Grade accreditation by NAAC or NBA accreditation for at least three programmes alongside a minimum of 10 years of existence. There has been an unprecedented increase in applications to get autonomous (…)

• Algorithm of July Rebellion in Bangladesh: Not Armageddon but A Protracted Struggle Unfolds | Gouri Sankar Nag

  17 August 2024

  Just prior to monsoon in 2024, Bangladesh found itself on the brink of a significant crisis as widespread protests erupted in June, primarily driven by students pouring out in umpteen numbers in opposition to the government’s quota system for public sector jobs. This system traditionally favoured the descendants of those who fought in the country’s liberation war in 1970-71. Although the movement began with the agenda of Gen Z of Bangladeshi society viewing such job reservation policy as an (…)

• India Must Wake Up to A Destabilizing South Asia | Nandita Chaturvedi

  17 August 2024

  The sudden ousting of Sheikh Hasina from power in Bangladesh has been shocking news to much of the third world. For the past few years, the stability and economic progress in Bangladesh had been lauded by economists and political theorists in India and elsewhere. Bangladesh was held up as a model for growth and poverty removal in South Asia. The nation had joined the Belt and Road initiative, entering into a fruitful relationship with China, while maintaining their trade relationships with (…)

• Riots in UK: Bias of “White-Ego” Against Non-Whites! | Nilofar Suhrawardy

  17 August 2024, by Nilofar Suhrawardy

  Fake news about the criminal’s identity is said to be responsible for riots in United Kingdom targeting minorities and people of colour. Yes, this refers to murder of three young girls at a dance event in Southport on July 29 by a British citizen of Rwandan origin, a Christian by birth. Initially, his identity was not revealed but reportedly “news” spread about his being a Muslim leading to riots. The concerned authorities disclosed his identity to check this unrest. However, racial riots (…)