राजनीती
December 9, 2015
#OCCUPY UGC
March To Parliament
9th December 2015, 1:00pm
@University Grants Commission, Near ITO metro station Exit Gate no -3
EDUCATION IS OUR RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE!
Our Demands
1. Restore, Increase and Expand Non-Net Fellowship- no merit/criteria based exclusion;
2. India withdraw from WTO negotiation;
3. Halt the process of fund cut in Education...
December 8, 2015
Meanwhile, in October the University Grants Commission announced their decision to scrap non-NET fellowships, which would leave many students unable to pursue their research, as they are dependent on the funding of the UGC. This sparked off the occupy UGC movement which has been ongoing from October 2015. Protesting students were lathi-charged twice, badly beaten by the Delhi police, abused...
December 8, 2015
Demolishing a Dream
This volume is essential reading for those who want to know why a religious issue so dominates the political landscape of a modern, resurgent nation in the 21st century. The politics, the legality and the morality of those who would make Ayodhya an epitaph for the vibrant democracy that is India is what this compilation of CR Irani's writings lay bare.
Hardcover: 210...
December 7, 2015
पिछले हफ़्ते बड़ी बहस हुई. सेकुलर मायने क्या? धर्म-निरपेक्ष या पंथ-निरपेक्ष? धर्म क्या है? पंथ क्या है? अँगरेज़ी में जो 'रिलीजन' है, वह हिन्दी में क्या है—धर्म कि पंथ? हिन्दू धर्म है या हिन्दू पंथ? इसलाम धर्म है या इसलाम पंथ? ईसाई धर्म है या ईसाई पंथ? बहस नयी नहीं है. गाहे-बगाहे इस कोने से, उस कोने से उठती रही है. लेकिन वह कभी कोनों से आगे बढ़ नहीं पायी!
The Great...
December 5, 2015
March to Parliament - 15 December 2015
Forest Rights Day
Chetavni Rally at Jantar Mantar
Implement Forest Rights Act ! Intensify Opposition to Anti-People Land Policies !Stop illegal Land acquisition! Land rights to landless and peasants
Sovereign Rights over natural resources in the forest region have always remained a core demand...
December 4, 2015
असली बात शुरू करने से पहले मैं आपको अपने बचपन की एक छोटी सी कहानी सुनाता हूं। हमारे स्कूल में हिंदी के एक मास्टर साहब हुआ करते थे। आदमी बुरे नहीं थे। लेकिन कायदे-कानून और अनुशासन को लेकर लगभग जुनूनी थे। क्लास में कभी-कभी अचानक बच्चो के मोजे तक चेक कर लिया करते थे। नेवी ब्लू की जगह अगर किसी ने काली जुराबे पहनी हो तो उसे क्लास से निकाल देते थे। मास्टर साहब की सबसे बड़ी शिकायत ये थी कि बच्चे...
December 4, 2015
Tamil Nadu: Illegal arrest and detention under fabricated charges leading upto 10 days of judicial custody of RTI Activists and human rights defenders Mr. N. Shanmugam and Mr. Senthilkumar by government officials and police in Karur district of Tamil Nadu- Regarding
Dear Colleagues,Greetings!
Human Rights Defenders Alert - India has issued urgent appeal to the Focal Point for Human...
December 2, 2015
The NTUI marks Bhopal Day as the day of countrywide action for safe and secure work.
Today, NTUI affiliates will hold a rally at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, will stage a protest in Kolkata, and will hold demonstrations in Kanyakumari and Raipur. Yesterday we protested across the state of Assam.
Just as we demand safe and secure work we know, today, that we must protect and defend our...
December 2, 2015
This is to update you on the campaign against the India-Japan nuclear agreement. When PM Shinzo Abe comes to India on December 11th, we must mount strong protest across the country. During Shinzo Abe's visit to India last year, protests were organised - both in places like Jaitapur, Mithi Virdi and Koodankulam etc where new nuclear power plants are coming up, as well as in cities like Delhi,...