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A Different Distance: A Renga
In March 2020, when the world went into lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, poets and friends Marilyn Hacker and Karthika Nair — living mere miles from each other but separated by circumstance, and spurred by this extraordinary time — began a correspondence in…
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“ढाई आखर प्रेम”: एक अनोखी पदयात्रा
देश की राजधानी में भगत सिंह के जन्मदिन की पूर्व संध्या 27 सितंबर पर इस यात्रा का शानदार आगाज़ होगा जिसमें पूरी दिल्ली के तमाम अमन पसंद लोग, शिक्षक, छात्र, वैज्ञानिक, पत्रकार, संस्कृतिकर्मी शामिल होंगे।देश की राजधानी में भगत सिंह के जन्मदिन की पूर्व संध्या 27 सितंबर पर इस यात्रा…
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Experience as a Muslim Student in a Different era
Dehradun: It was a message from Col. Anil Chandra (retd), a brilliant Judge Advocate General (JAG) retired army officer and an equally talented sportsman, my schoolmate in Chandigarh, reminding me of a poignant incident of my first day in the new school which I had joined in…
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Constitution of India feels like home, says Indira Jaising at 112th Lawyers Round Table
Summing up her decades-long career as an advocate and her relationship with the Constitution of India, senior advocate Indira Jaising on Friday said her experience has been of a “constant romance with the Constitution, which has served me more like a home.” Jaising had been…
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Casteism caused significant damage to science; Everyone paid the price – Prabir Purkayastha
If science is a better way to understand nature, then knowledge should be used for the benefit of humanity. Instead, capitalists have profited immensely by exploiting scientific knowledge. A prime example is seen in the pharmaceutical companies’ profiteering. Prabir Purkayastha,…
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Our Struggle for Emancipation
Our Struggle for Emancipation: The Dalit Movement in Hyderabad State, 1906-1953 (Hyderabad Book Trust, 2020) by P R Venkatswamy, details the history of the dalit movement in Hyderabad State. The book spans from Nizam’s rule, opposition to it from the Congress and Andhra…
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What’s Forced Dalit IITian To End His Life?
The recent death of Anil Kumar, a 21-year-old student studying at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D), who recently died by suicide has once again sparked a conversation on the institution’s mode of education. A resident of Banda district in Uttar Pradesh, Anil…
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International Equal Pay Day: It will take India decades to bridge the gender pay gap
On March 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a post-budget webinar on Economic Empowerment of Women that, “India can move forward only by raising the levels of the respect for women and the sense of equality.” On August 15, in his Independence Day speech at the Red Fort,…
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Shhh… Just Pray
© Gopika Nath
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Sálim Ali for Children
Sálim Ali, or Sálim Bhai as he was called, was one of the foremost ornithologists in the world. Called the Birdman of India, his life was as extraordinary as his work. Sálim Ali for Children: The Bird Man of India (Hachette India, 2023) by Zai Whitaker brings to life the story…