संस्कृति
October 27, 2016
A worrisome figure that has emerged from World Economic Forum’s (WEF) report estimates that the global gap between the earnings of men and women will not be closed for another 170 years, providing current trends continue to exist.
Representational picture. Image credit: Behind the Door of 104
The Swiss forum based out of Geneva has published its Global Gender Gap report for the year...
October 24, 2016
The structure dates back some 1,400 years to the first era of the Umayyad Caliphate, and talks about the history of the Palestinian people.
Tourists visit the historical Umayyad Palace which is the largest ancient mosaic in Middle East. 20th October 2016 [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu]
Tourists visit the historical Umayyad Palace which is the largest ancient mosaic in Middle East. 20th...
October 24, 2016
आरएसएस के सहयोगी संगठन शिक्षा संस्कृति उत्थान न्यास ने मानव संसाधन मंत्रालय को अपनी रिपोर्ट में अंग्रेजी में शिक्षा देने की व्यवस्था खत्म करने की सिफारिश की है। उसकी यह सिफारिश दलितों और हाशिये के समुदायों को और पीछे धकेलने की कोशिश है।
आरएसएस के एक सहयोगी संगठन ने अंग्रेजी माध्यम से पढ़ाई खत्म करने की सिफारिश की है। देश भर के दलित स्कॉलर्स और कार्यकर्ताओं ने संघ के इस कदम का कड़ा विरोध...
October 24, 2016
Some Summations from India’s Partition Story
My engagement with partition and separatism is largely confined, I must confess, to South Asia, where I have studied the India/Pakistan question, the break-up of Pakistan into two, and the Sinhala/Tamil issue in Sri Lanka.
In my research I have focused also on India’s freedom movement, the movement for Pakistan, and the...
October 23, 2016
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as trafficking, forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation occur both in public and in private spaces.
Image Courtesy: Jonathan Stening/Flickr, CC BY-NC
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as...
October 23, 2016
It was a sad day for many of us when we saw Karan Johar’s video requesting not to ban an Indian film in India. Film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, that features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, ran into trouble after Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) said it won’t allow release of any movie in India that featured Pakistani artistes . It is due for release on October...
October 22, 2016
As the dust surrounding the issue of abolition of triple talaq and reform in Islam refuses to settle, another altercation took place on Friday in Govandi, (Mumbai), where local women running a signature campaign against the controversial practice of instant divorce were allegedly ill-treated and abused verbally by some of the locals.
Representational Image: Indiatimes
Women activists from...
October 21, 2016
The recommendations made by an RSS affiliate for gradual removal of English as a medium of instruction has elicited a strong response from Dalit scholars and activists across the country. Dubbing the move as ‘anti-development’, it is alleged that the recommendation has been made with an intention to hamper the progress of the Dalits.
An Indian Express report today revealed a...
October 21, 2016
For all who are terrified of real baddies such as Dracula and Satan, and have not known where to look, help is finally at hand: sprinkle cow urine and all ghosts will run for cover.
Such is the advisory put out in the public interest by the Gujarat Gauseva and Gauchar Vikas Board, a government body, the Times of India has reported.
The Aarogya Geeta, while elaborating on the importance...
October 19, 2016
A deconstruction of the filmmaker’s statement asking protestors to allow his movie ’Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ to be screened without violence.
Image: Scroll.in
Karan Johar’s video statement on Tuesday pleading for his new movie to be allowed to run in theatres without disruption looks like a better lit version of the victim videos released by kidnappers and terrorists....