How RSS/BJP is Hijacking Revival of Buddhist Movement
Before the last assembly election in UP, the RSS/BJP commanded an army of the Buddhist monks and entrusted them with vehicles and money to scout the state of UP and interact with the followers of B…
9th Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lecture delivered by Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat
“Incidences of untouchability not only persist, they are increasing”, argued Padma Shri Prof Sukhadeo Thorat, former chair of ICSSR, while delivering the ninth Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lect…
What is RSS Agenda in Education?
In its recommendation to NCERT, Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas, an RSS affiliate asks for removal of English, Urdu and Arabic words, the thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore; extracts from painter M F Hus…
अनपढ़ लेखक की सामाजिक, राजनीतिक एवं साहित्यक यात्रा
सफ़ेद धोती सफ़ेद कुर्ता,आँखों में सामाजिक उद्धान की प्रतिबद्धता और शरीर में प्रतिबद्धता को प्रतिपादित करने की ऊर्जा मुंशीजी की यह छवि मिलने वालो के मन में सहज स्थान बना लेती थी।
इस छवि के पीछे का …
Modi’s Independence Day Speech – Beginning of the Political Campaign for the Next Election
The PM Modi addresses the nation on the so-called day of independence every year and they use it to celebrate the nation and underline the problems facing the nation, but Modi’s Independence day sp…
Freedom v/s Fraternity – Contradiction of so-called Freedom Movement
Among the trinity of liberty, equality, and fraternity, liberty is very abstract and the most concrete is equality as one can actually measure it if the society is equal or unequal.
It is also e…
“वर्ण व्यवस्था” शीर्षक नामक पुस्तक के अनुसार गांधी द्वारा वर्णव्यवस्था की व्याख्या
1925 में गुजराती भाषा में “वर्ण व्यवस्था” शीर्षक नामक पुस्तक के अनुसार गांधी द्वारा वर्णव्यवस्था की व्याख्या –
1- मैं विश्वास करता हूँ कि वर्णों का विभाजन जन्म के आधारित है।
2- वर्णव्यवस्था म…
Interesting Electoral Stats that You Should Check
One statistical fact reflects our greatest change: in our first elections (1951-52), our electorate was 173 million, the turnout was 110 million; last time (2014) 815 million could vote, but only 5…
गांधी के वर्णव्यवस्था पर विचार
1921-22 का गुजराती पत्रिका “नवजीवन” में गांधी का संपादकीय लेख, जिसमें गांथी के वर्णव्यवस्था पर विचार –
1- मुझे विश्वास है हिन्दू समाज जो आज तक खड़ा रहने में समर्थ हुआ है तो इसलिए क्योंकि वो वर्ण…
National Songs and Nationalism
As India sets to celebrate her 70th anniversary of the transfer of power, many contradictions are arising after seven decades. Babasaheb Ambedkar tried to force the national attention to the glarin…
Therigatha – A Brief Note on Introduction and Translation by Charles Hallisey
Therigatha (Poems of the first Buddhist women) is the extant anthology of the poems of the Buddhist women. Judging by the history, it is the first anthology of poems by women in the world.
It ha…
Murdering Innocence – Dance of Death in BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur
Modi Saheb (as the honourable PM is referred as since his Gujarat days!) has no time to talk about Gorakhpur massacre of 63 children who died due to lack of oxygen supply in five days.
Modi Sahe…
Economic Survey – Why is the “Welfare Economics” Missing from India’s Economic Policy Discourse?
The Ministry of Finance released Vol. – II of the Economic Survey in August 2017. The Chief Economic Advisor claims that this is the analytical survey and the Vol. – I which is generally released i…
Understanding The “Pro-poor Rhetoric” of Modi
India is a country of paupers. The middle class is emerging due to many global factors, but still, India remains the poor and unequal nation. Unlike China, which fought the problem of inequality an…
गोरखपुर के अस्पताल में मौत का तांडव – जिम्मेदार कौन? एक डॉक्टर की नजर से
11 अगस्त की खबर है कि गोरखपुर के बीआरडी मेडिकल कॉलेज में ऑक्सीजन की सप्लाई रोक दिए जाने की वजह से 40 बच्चों की मौत हो गई। ये सभी बच्चे एनएनयू वार्ड और इंसेफेलाइटिस वार्ड में भर्ती थे। जनवरी से लेकर…