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• Is EWS reservation an appeasement of upper caste? | Faraz Ahmad

  12 November 2022, by Faraz Ahmad

  ‘The spirit behind the [Economically Weaker Section] EWS law (now ratified by our highest court) achieves exactly what it aims for and struggles hard to avoid stating openly—reservation for the Hindu upper caste’, observed Sociology professor of Delhi University Prof. Satish Deshpande, reacting to the majority judgement of the Supreme Court on November 7, the last working day of the outgoing Chief Justice of India, Justice U.U. Lalit. Significantly Justice Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat (…)

• Himachal Pradesh elections: Will the rhythm of democracy survive? | Prem Singh

  12 November 2022, by Prem Singh

  Shimla has been my second home after Delhi since 1991, the year I joined the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) as Fellow. During this long period of my association with Himachal Pradesh, I have been fortunate to have visited a larger number of cities, towns and a few villages of Himachal Pradesh. I got an opportunity to interact with people from all walks of life: agriculturists, business persons, administrators, politicians, lawyers, students, litterateurs, critics, journalists, (…)

• Government setting bad precedent by questioning the functioning of the judges and judiciary | Arun Srivastava

  12 November 2022

  by Arun Srivastava
  Kiren Rijiju, law minister, must be feeling depressed and also angry at the Supreme Court judges, Justices K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy who dared the government to take action against corrupt officials who according to them were a bigger threat to the country’s security. Through their observations the judges had sent the strong message that the executive was the biggest threat to the country. Rijiju has often been accusing a section of the judiciary of not working in a (…)

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  Ela Bhatt (1933 - 2022) | Sagari Chhabra

  12 November 2022, by Sagari Chhabra

  On my eighteenth birthday, my mother gave a me a ticket to Ahmedabad with the words, ‘Go, meet Ela Bhatt’.
  ‘Who is Ela Bhatt?’ I asked, bewildered.
  ‘She’s a Gandhian,’ replied my mother.
  ‘So?’ I countered, with my just turning eighteen brashness.
  ‘Go, find out for yourself,’ replied my mother.
  Elaben as she was known to all, was short-statured, soft-spoken, dressed in a white khadi sari with a green border. She took all of us — it was a conference - in a bus to Sabarmati ashram. As (…)

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  Best Tribute to Ela Bhatt is to Increase Justice-Based Opportunities for Women Workers and Small Entrepreneurs | Bharat Dogra

  12 November 2022, by Bharat Dogra

  Ela Bhatt breathed her last on November 2 at the age of 89. With important contributions extending over 67 years, her name has become synonymous with struggles and efforts to improve the employment and income prospects of self-employed women workers, artisans and small entrepreneurs. She was founder of SEWA, India’s most well-known organization of women self-employed workers and its general secretary for 24 years ( 1972-1996). She played a leading role in starting the SEWA Bank so that women (…)

• Aruna Asaf Ali and Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: Revolutionary Women in the Freedom Struggle | Chaturvedi and Raju

  12 November 2022

  by Nandita Chaturvedi and Archishman Raju *
  Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and Aruna Asaf Ali were two prominent women in the freedom struggle who were near contemporaries. On the surface, their lives took different paths; Kamaladevi is chiefly remembered for her work on handicrafts, and Aruna for her work with the Link and Patriot. Our generation has the benefit of hindsight and can examine their lives together. Doing so uncovers an essential unity in their vision, which may not have been (…)

• Airport in Azamgarh – Development or Destruction? | Rajeev Yadav, Arundhati Dhuru and Sandeep Pandey

  12 November 2022, by Arundhati Dhuru, Rajeev Yadav, Sandeep Pandey

  Azamgarh is a lively district of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Because of the entrepreneurial nature of people here Azamgarh is described as Kerala of U.P. People from here not only go to different parts of the country but also to abroad. Descendent of an indentured labourer family from here who migrated to Trinidad and Tobago, Basudeo Pandey, became the Prime Minister of this group of islands country in the Caribbean. Most of the people who migrated from Azamgarh in the past did not use an (…)

• ESG Approach: Ranking and Regulation of Management Institutions | Nand L. Dhameja and Manish Dhameja

  12 November 2022

  by Nand L. Dhameja & Manish Dhameja
  Education spreads seed of development. In the words of Benjamin Disraeli, fate of a country depends upon the education of its people. Development of education institutions is measured in terms of ranks developed on the basis of certain parameters. As such, ranking is a communication about the institution to various stakeholders - to students, parents interested, management, government to ascertain how the resources are being utilised.
  The National (…)

• Developing nations bear the brunt of climate change | Soma Marla

  12 November 2022, by Soma S. Marla

  Mia Mottly, PM of Barbodos, speaking at the ongoing ongoing COP27 UN climate summit, attacked the rich nations for their historical criminal past for present climate crisis and demanded 1 trillion US$ compensation to low income countries to tackle natural disasters. Madam Prime minister from a tiny Carribean nation is known for her bold speeches in world forums in advocating interests of developing South.
  Her demand is justified. In the past centuries, the West colonized the South and (…)

• The ecological crisis in the Arctic Ocean | Letizia Tedesco

  12 November 2022

  by Letizia Tedesco
  Arctic sea ice, under threat from climate change, holds the key to many forms of life. It could be gone before we understand it.
  Sea ice holds the key to understanding the entire Arctic marine ecosystem. But it’s melting faster than we can unravel its complexity.
  In our planet’s far north, an extraordinary ocean exists. The Arctic Ocean is special in many ways but its sea ice, floating on the frigid water, holds the key to a food web and ecosystem that supports (…)