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September 10, 2014
September 10, 2014   Sadbhav Mission B16, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi 110017     Prof. V. K. Tripathi Convenor   Shri Narendra Modi Hon’ble Prime Minister South Block New Delhi 110001   September 10, 2014   Sub.: Prime Minister’s Address to Children on Shikshak Divas   Hon’ble Sir, Shikshak Divas has a sanctity. It has...
January 16, 2014
Independent India’s rendering of a historical understanding of colonialism and all its manifestations has been sorely wanting leading to the birth of a dominant elite that in fact has no real understanding of the critical issues that lay behind India’s struggle for Independence from foreign yoke. Relieving our past from colonial, non-indigenous and prejudicial categorisations and...
November 1, 2008
Will they bash up universities in Jakarta and other places for teaching different versions of the Ramayana?: Romila Thapar The controversial decision earlier this month by the Academic Council of Delhi University to drop AK Ramanujan’s celebrated essay on the Ramayana, ‘Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation’, from the BA history (honours)...
December 1, 2005
Introduction The Constitution of India, under the original Article 45, directed the State to “endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years.” This provision implicitly covered Early Childhood Care and Education (including pre-primary...
September 1, 2004
Contrary to deeply rooted stereotypes, madrassa students are not all die-hard conservatives, vehemently opposed to change and reform. In India today, many younger generation madrassa graduates, especially those who have gone on to receive higher education in regular universities, are ardent advocates of reforms in the madrassas. Unfortunately, their voices do not get the attention they so sorely...