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The greatest lesson from the Covid challenge of the past year and more is that the lifestyle that has been promoted worldwide during the colonial epoch and continued in the post-colonial years and accentuated (...)
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Thoughts on Bandung Day 2021: The Covid Moment and the Civilisational Crisis | Manoranjan Mohanty
1 May 2021, by Manoranjan Mohanty -
Sincere Self-Introspection and Reforms will Strengthen Left Forces | Bharat Dogra
1 May 2021, by Bharat DograLeft forces have generally been a source of hope and justice, but at certain junctures of history and in certain places these have also been a source of despair and injustice. Human beings are at a critical stage of their history, and we need (...) -
Covid: Glimpses of Indian political scene amid mayhem | Pramod Ranjan
1 May 2021by Pramod Ranjan *
Even as I write these lines in the last week of April 2021, many cities and towns across various states in India have been locked down again. This is the second wave of lockdowns though the first lockdown had never actually (...) -
A Circle of Fire: A study on rural Anganwadi workers during the Covid-19 pandemic | Sengupta & Pal
1 May 2021by Atanu Sengupta and Asish Kumar Pal *
“Kintu ebaro akasmat Anander nrityo theme gelo. Aguner aro nikote se thomke daralo. Agun taar matha chariye aro uchute utheche, Anandokeo mone hochhe aguner shikha.
Herombo nischal hoye takiyeroilo. (...) -
Covid Crisis | Sagari Chhabra
1 May 2021, by Sagari ChhabraIn February end I went to a meeting at India’s premier Centre wearing two masks. I noticed that unfortunately very few present were wearing masks and there was no social distancing as well. I asked the organizer - a well known academic - to (...) -
Covid 19 Resources - Suggestions About Masking / Home care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
1 May 2021[1]
[2] Recommended readings:
Home care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and management of their contacts - WHO https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/home-care-for-patients-with-suspected-novel-co -
Caste in India: ‘blind recruitment’ for the civil service won’t fix the system | Srilata Sircar and Vignesh Rajahmani
1 May 2021April 6, 2021
“What is your full name?” This question – when asked of an Indian – is often intended to determine the respondent’s caste. In a society where rigid hierarchies run deep, the answer to an innocuous question can hold the key to many doors (...) -
Reforms In Civil Services: Issues and Challenges | Nisha Mishra
1 May 2021by Nisha Mishra*
“We need government servants with commitments to the development of the country and personal involvement in the tasks.” — Indira Gandhi
The civil services, the administrative apparatus of the state and the architecture of (...) -
Without ‘Annihilation of Caste’, Agenda of Social Transformation Will not be Possible | Badre Alam Khan
1 May 2021by Badre Alam Khan*
“Until 1990, Ambedkar was untouchable to all mainstream political parties’’ -Prof. Kancha Ilaiah
On the auspicious occasion of the 130th birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar (celebrated as the Ambedkar Jayanti on14th Aprilevery (...) -
Revisiting the writings of Dr B.R. Ambedkar through the feminist discourse | Arpita Giri
1 May 2021by Arpita Giri*
Despite the phenomenal impact it had in transforming the lives of women and his contribution to the contemporary feminist movement, Dr Ambedkar’s thoughts remain marginalized and unacknowledged in the feminist discourse. As a (...)
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