Vidya Bhushan Rawat on the insensitivity of the mediapersons who converged on a recent press conference in the capital:
They came in large number with their OB vans, photographers and anchor persons. Much before she could come and join the press, the hall at the Indian Social Institute in Delhi was fully overcrowded. Every body present [...]
Suresh ‘does not see any reason to tone down the criticism of someone who has the insolence to claim an essentialist, oppressive identity in public space’ even if the insolence was originally the hallmark of another group:
Being in this privileged position enables us to form a worldview that is often devoid of critical assessment of [...]
Anuradha Parekh too seems to like the central government’s new education policy initiatives:
We have all marveled at the excellent quality of Kendriya Vidyalaya schools set up by the Government, and wondered why the other government schools do not follow such stringent norms. Well, it seems like the Prime Minister has been wondering the same question. [...]
Tanushree Bagrodia endorses the Right to Education Bill:
There is also a requirement for private schools to reserve 25% of the class capacity at entry levels for the disadvantaged children from the neighbourhood. Now this makes complete sense as opposed to the caste based reservation that exists at the under and post graduate levels in India. [...]
With ’soft aggression’ says Mayank Austen Soofi:
The popular perception of Bihar is hardly flattering. “They have nothing in Bihar,” says actor Mr Roshan Seth. “They come to other places for work where they are exploited by others.”
According to a 2007 report by the Center for Advanced Study of India, Bihar has the lowest human development [...]
Gulzar lists a few reasons in a short but hardhitting post:
1. In the 2001-06 period, while the Indian economy grew almost 50%, the percentage of children under three who are moderately or severely under-weight dropped a mere 1%to 46%, which is worse than in most African countries! Four out of five children are anaemic.
2. Almost [...]
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