कानून का बोलबाला
January 22, 2016
भारत के कैंपस में असंतोष सतह के नीच अरसे से खदबदा रहा था. हैदराबाद सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी के पीएचडी स्कॉलर रोहित वेमुला की सांस्थानिक हत्या ने तापमान को बढ़ाकर वहां पहुंचा दिया, जहां यह असंतोष फट पड़ा. आज पूरे देश में, हर यूनिवर्सिटी में छात्र और तमाम अन्य लोकतांत्रिक और न्यायप्रिय जमातों के लोग जिस तरह सड़को पर उतर आए हैं, उसकी बुनियाद पुरानी है और बेहद सख्त भी. इसलिए उसमें किसी भी तरह की...
January 22, 2016
This witty, tongue-in-cheek novel that laughs at the foibles and hypocrisies of Brahmins and upper castes across India begins with a crime. Paraiah, a dalit, is beaten to death for the crime of thinking about God, which might well lead to thoughts of equality ...Six men representing the remarkable Brahmins of India celebrate his death, Veda Shastry of Tamil Nadu (where the purest examples of...
January 18, 2016
Khandadhar Surakhya Sangram Samiti and Lok Shakti Abhiyan organise a Satyagraha to protect the Khandadhar Hills in Odisha from mining companies. On Republic Day, a sit-in Dharna will start, which will end on 28th January with a massive rally at the same location. Mr. Prafulla Samantara, President of Lok Shakti Abhiyan, and the...
January 15, 2016
क्रिकेट मेरी रगों में है। भारत मैच के दौरान मुझे बचपन में बड़ा टेंशन होता था। अगर वनडे मैच आखिरी ओवर तक खिंच जाए तो मैं बेचैन होकर टहलने लगता था। नाखून चबाता था और क्रिकेट को लेकर इस पागलपन की वजह से अक्सर परिवार वालों की डांट भी खाता था। लेकिन मेरा लंगोटिया यार मुझसे चार कदम आगे था। जब तक मैच चलता वह जावेद मियांदाद और सलीम मलिक के करीबी रिश्तेदारों को पंचम स्वर में बारी-बारी से याद...
January 15, 2016
Dear Friends,
The Committee for the Defense and Release of Dr. G.N. Saibaba, Delhi University Teachers' Association along with several other students', teachers', civil liberties, women's and workers' organizations and various left political parties are holding a United Protest meeting in front of the Arts Faculty in Delhi University on the 16th of January (Saturday),...
January 12, 2016
Alas, Your Lordships!
Aligarh Muslim University has been frequently in the news this year. In May, with the consent of the Union Ministry for Human Resources Development, the university announced a new admission policy for its main professional courses (engineering, medicine etc.) whereby only 25 per cent of the total seats were to be left open to merit alone. Fifty per cent of the seats...
January 9, 2016
A protest will be organised at the Kalina Campus Gate, Mumbai University, on Sat, 9th Jan 2016, 11 AM against the atrocities of the government and police.
As you all are aware, students of FTII are fighting against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan and other incapable person to FTII governing council. Today, they assembled at main gate of the FTII to protest against Gajendra Chauhan who had...
January 8, 2016
Legal luminaries H.M. Seervai, Nani A. Palkhiwala, Fali S. Nariman, Soli Sorabjee and Hosbet Suresh express shock and dismay at the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the special leave petition against the Bombay High Court’s failure to direct the government of Maharashtra to prosecute Saamna for inflammatory writings. Plus an appeal to the Chief Justice of the highest court in the land...