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• Violence, Militancy and Terrorism: A way forward | S.G.Vombatkere

  23 October 2021, by S G Vombatkere

  Terror, terrorism, terrorists
  Terror is the emotion of “extreme fear” caused by the threat or use of violence. Terror is also an instrument to cause fear, “a weapon of the impotent, the disenfranchised and the unorganized in the face of profound grievance“. Causing extreme fear using the instrument of terror are both age-old.
  However, only in recent times has terrorism been defined: “The use of violence or the threat of violence to harm or intimidate civilians for political purposes”; (…)

• Chronology Samjhiye Rajnath Singhji: Do not Outrageously Falsify History by Linking Gandhi with Savarkar’s Mercy Petitions | S N Sahu

  23 October 2021, by S N Sahu

  V D Savarkar who desperately submitted multiple clemency petitions to the British authorities from 1911 onwards for his release from Cellular jail of Andamans was also charged with conspiracy to murder of Mahatma Gandhi and the then Home Minister of India Sardar Patel wrote to Prime Minister Nehru on 27 February 1948 that ““ It was a fanatical wing of the Hindu Mahasabha directly under Savarkar that hatched the conspiracy ( to murder Gandhi Ji). “ Seventy three years after Sardar Patel’s (…)

• J P and his many experiments with democracy | Murari Sharan Verma

  23 October 2021

  by Murari Sharan Verma *
  Jaiprakash Narayan was one of the leading lights of India’s freedom movement and an iconic figure in post-independence India. He inspired millions but his ideas also evoked cynicism in several quarters. Ironically, J P has been more pilloried than eulogized and more respected than accepted. But he has an abiding place in the history of Indian political thought. The critics often miss the logical connection in his evolving thoughts and worldviews. Much of the (…)

• JP as a failed politician | Radhakanta Barik

  23 October 2021, by Radhakanta Barik

  by Prof Radhakanta Barik
  JP Narayan (JP) after leaving his party politics he decided to enjoy his freedom. He felt restricted in his freedom to think and act as free intellectual as a member of the party. He defined it as “freedom of the mind, freedom of spirit’ He left the party and but remained active in public life. He joined the sarvodaya which meant welfare of all. This is a utopian idea guided him for some years. He campaigned for the sarvodaya which demanded the rich to hand (…)

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  Caste, Class Combined to Make Bombay | M R Narayan Swamy

  23 October 2021, by M R Narayan Swamy

  by M.R. Narayan Swamy
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  Outcaste Bombay:
  City Making and the Politics of the Poor
  by Juned Shaikh
  Orient BlackSwan
  Pages: 226; Price Rs 995
  ISBN 9789354420405
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  When Bombay expanded in the 19th century from a trading town into a manufacturing hub, it became heavily dependent on cheap labour provided mainly by low caste Hindus. Shudras and Dalits comprised 59-64 percent of Bombay’s population between 1864 and 1881. Many Dalits migrated to the city in the late 19th (…)

• Justice Lokur’s Strong Advocacy of Protective Role of Judiciary Strengthens Democracy | Bharat Dogra

  23 October 2021, by Bharat Dogra

  Recently eminent jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Madan B. Lokur, made three important points which have been widely welcomed by all citizens devoted to strengthening democracy in India (interview with Karan Thapar, the Wire.in, October 6 2021). Firstly he stated that the reason why our Supreme Court has been called the most powerful court internationally is that it derives its strength from the people. The constitution provides fundamental rights to people and (…)

• COP26 and Climate Justice | Soma Marla

  23 October 2021, by Soma S. Marla

  Remember the 2004 science fiction climate movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, that predicted extreme global warming, floods and other frightening weather changes. Proved true today with extremely high summer temperatures, blazing forest fires and floods in many regions across the planet. Today climate change is a reality. COP26, the next round of UN climate talk Conference of the Parties will be held in person in Glasgow, UK, from 31 October to 12 November this year.
  The meeting attended by (…)

• Reviving Social sciences in Karnataka to implement the NEP 2020 | P S Jayaramu

  23 October 2021

  by P. S . Jayaramu
  (11th, October, 2021)
  Karnataka Government has embarked on implementing the New Education Policy 2020 in a mission mode from the academic year 2021-22, by starting the introduction of four years UG programmes, along with Certificate and Diploma Courses, with provision for exit and re-entry options, credit transfer facilities, etc, without adequate preparations. My focus here is on the initiatives to be taken to revive Social Sciences in the State..
  Social Sciences (…)

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  Radical Socialist Statement Condemning the Brutal Killing of Lakhbir Singh | Oct 18, 2021

  23 October 2021

  In the early hours of October 15, Lakhbir Singh, a 35-year old labourer from the Mazhabi Sikh community (Dalits who converted to Sikhism), was brutally tortured and murdered at the protest site at Singhu border near Delhi. It has been alleged that Lakhbir Singh had attempted to steal the holy scriptures of the Sikh community. Members of the Nihang Sikh sect have come forward and taken the responsibility for the barbaric act. Not only have the leaders of the Nihang community not shown any (…)

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  Release of Fact-finding Report on Attack on Christians in India - 305 incidents in 9 months | Oct 2021

  23 October 2021

  PRESS RELEASE
  October 21, 2021
  Fact-Finding Report Released
  In the wake of the massive surge in the recent attacks against Christians in India , United Against Hate Along with Association for Protection of Civil Rights and United Christian Forum organised a joint Press Conference addressing a series of attacks against Christians and Churches in UP and other parts of the country. Three Hundred and Five (305) incidents of violence 273 Days of 2021 were reported on UCF toll-free helpline (…)