2020

by Anil Kumar Kanungo
World economy to a great degree in 21st century has witnessed a paradigm shift in its economic policy thinking. Global financial crisis seemed to have triggered this. Such policy shift came in the form of increasing role of the government having accorded priority over the frenzied pursuits of market reform and market economy. The notion that markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity came under a scanner to only suggest that government sometimes can (…)

First KG Kannabiran Commemoration Lecture on Law, Justice and Human Rights

[Prominent Political Scientist Prof CP Bhambri who taught for decades at the Centre for Political Studies in JNU passed way on November 8, 2020. Here is a tribute from a former student of his]
by Prof Radhakanta Barik (retd)
In 1972 when we joined Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Prof Bhambri was an outstanding classroom teacher. Our MA class enjoyed his teaching. He was an articulate and erudite scholar. He could write in English and Hindi. In Dharmyug (the Hindi magazine) his (…)

by Showket Nabi *
Covid-19 is a world-wide challenge. It affected almost every sphere of human life. When it comes to formal education it was the first to shut: schools, colleges and universities have been closed ever since the pandemic broke out. The students have been forced to stay home-bound for an extended period of time and stand out of sync with institutional education. Globally 1.2 billion children are out of the physical classrooms. Freedom of movement is curtailed to a (…)

The Editors Guild of India
November 09, 2020
Sh. Yogi Adityanath Hon’ble Chief Minister Government of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s Secretariat Lok Bhawan, Vidhan Sabha Marg Lucknow-226001 Uttar Pradesh
Subject: Protection of press freedom and journalists’ rights in the state of UP
Sir,
We are writing to urge you to address vital issues with respect to protecting press freedom and the rights and safety of working journalists, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. In the recent past, (…)

Bundelkhand region spread over 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh is known for its mineral wealth in the form of stones for various types of construction work, river-sand considered to be of high quality for construction work, silica sand, rock phosphate and to a lesser extent diamonds ( in Panna district). Hence its mineral wealth is considered to be of great value particularly to the construction industry. If the mining and quarrying industry had been developed keeping in (…)

When Vivekananda arrived on the Indian scene, the British rule was in its heyday and the Indians were in a state of utter despair. Even the average Englishman in India considered himself lord and master of the world and treated Indians like dirt. Awed and intimidated by the foreign rulers, the Indian masses seemed to have lost all self-eastern and felt condemned to a life of everlasting servitude.
Vivekananda a young man of great sensitivity and extra-ordinary energy felt he must do (…)

by L K Sharma
They said this was HIS way of saving HIS Planet! By killing HIS people?
It looked promising in the bright morning. The window encased clear green and sky blue.
The scene unclouded by human smoke. Bird songs, clear and distinct, unmixed by human noise. Roads unsullied by dirty human feet. Stillness, undisturbed by human movement.
Dance of Death stopped. The world rid of its domineering species and its ceaseless chatter and endless clutter.
Not a soul, ugly or (…)

MUSINGS
November 11, 2020
The first and foremost aspect that strikes about Joe Biden, the President-elect of America, is the fact that he didn’t let any of the personal tragedies get him down. Perhaps, equipped with exceptional emotional strength, he could take on major setbacks, which the ordinary couldn’t have managed to go through.
In fact, for the last couple of days, I have been sitting reading details to the personal tragedies Joe Biden faced and overcame. Not one of those to (…)