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Seven decades of political turbulence have turned Kashmir into the most dangerous and highly militarized place in the world. No one has been lucky to escape the constant violence. Women have suffered the worst; their storytelling needs a lot of courage and endurance. She has been at the forefront of massacres, encounters, crackdowns, or extrajudicial killings in the patriarchal society of Jammu and Kashmir. There have been no suffragette or women’s movements in Kashmir like in other parts of the world. Rather, women are forced to take the role they could never have dreamed of. Political turmoil offers her no choice but to leave four walls of a home in search of her dear ones. She is losing her home, dignity, and peace while visiting forbidden institutions such as a police station, court, or prison where she goes in search of her disappeared son, arrested brother, or to plead for the release of her husband. The father leaves home in the morning. It is a jackpot if he returns in the evening. The arrested son disappears in the thin air of a prison. And, the brother could get killed whilst being released by the court. The woman is known to be the best storyteller and a creator of life. But, the Kashmiri woman has become a painful story of our times. She is the protagonist of ‘beyond silence’ who is risking her life to break the shackles of patriarchy in unusual circumstances. Seeking justice from the muted world of ‘collective conscience’ has become her destiny as she has no choice living a normal life in an abnormal Kashmir.
Nothing can stop me is a story inspired by true events of a fictionalised character called Sonali. The story chronicles her extra – ordinary personal and professional journey from her birth in Rajasthan’s small village call Parasuram to be totally independent young women. From the youngest pampered kid at home to managing her life single handled, without any support in spite of being differently-abled. Moving from pink city with negative memories to landing in commercial capital, to get pure love with lot of dreams and togetherness in IT city. Beautiful moments pass and come to a halt with a departing soul. Proving her inner strength being more powerful moves to small room, struggles and then finds her wings to fly. A candid, self-deprecating portrait of the person behind the persona, it talks about her life, many choices, battling stereotypes, then and now. And how she may not be as conventional as people think her to be.
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This book is a humble attempt to look at how the needs of ruling bodies for information have led to the development of identification systems across history. It tries to understand how Aadhaar is a break from the older system where the role of ID systems was limited to identifying the beneficiary correctly, and in fact initiates a new era where ID systems would create personalised profiles of beneficiaries to ultimately determine whether they (otherwise eligible) even deserve to avail the said benefits.
It is a major flaw of humans to take any event as per se. What meets the eye is a manifestation of an inherent concept or a construct. Some souls become irritated when the story starts in its middle, they always long for the seed; the genesis. We may all share this torment Orwellian in nature. The Faustian hunger drags us from pillar to post.
The musings are hand-picked out of his scores of editorials and articles published in Dailies of repute.
All citizens were given equal opportunity before the law but the fact remained that the social system which was prevailing for thousands of years in India, did not allow this to happen so easily. The majority of political parties in India use the people based on their Caste and Religion as a vote bank for favouring some segments of society and thereby depriving the right of other communities, which was guaranteed by the Constitution. Even today, thousands of people are subjected to caste discrimination and the capability of a person is still determined by caste by Social Order. The former Untouchables have a different socio-economic environment in which their upbringing takes place and it has an effect on achieving proficiency in their chosen profession and career.
बाबा साहेब अम्बेड्कर के महापरिनिर्वाण के बाद उनके अनुयायियो ने बहुत मेहनत से अम्बेड्करी विचारधारा का झंडा बुलंद किया और अधिकांश लोगो का फोकस समाज और सांस्कृतिक परिवर्तन रहा. सत्ताधारियो ने महत्वाकांक्षी लोगो को प्रलोभन देकर उनकी राजनितिक विरासत को जरूर कुंद किया लेकिन अम्बेड्करी मिशन की ताकत उसका विचार और सांस्कृतिक परिवर्तन का भाव ही रहा. श्री भगवान दास, एल आर बाली, सदानंद फुलझले, एन जी ऊके, के जमनादास उस दौर के उन लोगो मे थे जिन्होने बाबा साहेब के साथ काम किया और उनके मिशन को आगे ले जाने मे बेहद बडी भूमिका निभाई. राजा ढाले ने दलित पैंथर्स के जरिये, कुमुद पावडे ने अम्बेड्करी नारीवादी अंदोलन के जरिये और विजय सुरवाडे ने अपने ऐतिहासिक दस्तावेजीकरण के जरिए नई बातो को लोगो के सामने रखा और और अम्बेड्करी विचार धारा को बढाने मे बहुत महत्वपूर्ण कार्य किया. 80 के दशक मे वी टी राजशेखर ने दलित वायस के द्वारा बहुजन आंदोलन को एक बेहद मज़बूत धार दी. भदंत नागार्जुन सुरई ससई, जो जापान से आये लेकिन भारत मे ही बस गये, ने बौद्ध गया आंदोलन के लिये बहुत बडी लडाई लडी. ष्री मनोहर मौली विश्वास ने बंगाल मे अम्बेड्करी साहित्य को मज़बूत करने मे बहुत बडी भूमिका निभाई है. श्री धर्म कीर्ति जी ने आगरा मे ऐतिहासिक रामलीला मैदान मे बाबा साहेब को सुना और वहा बुद्ध विहार के उद्घाटन के अवसर भी मौजूद थे. आज के दौर मे अम्बेड्करी विचारधारा की दिशा के एक बेहद महत्वपूर्ण आलोचक है आनन्द तेलतुम्बडे जिनका विस्तृत साक्षात्कार भी इस पुस्तक मे है. हिंदी मे यह पहला वाल्युम है और उम्मीद है इसके बाद की कडिया भी नये लोगो के साथ आयेंगी. इस पुस्तक मे प्रस्तुत हर एक साक्षात्कार इतिहास का एक दस्तावेज है और अम्बेड्करी-बहुजन आंदोलन की दशा और दिशा को समझने मे मदद करेगा.
a fantastic work in compiling Bengali language poetry (translated to English) written by nine poets – Dronacharya Ghosh (1948-1972), Murari Mukhopadhyay (1945-1971), Timir Baran Sinha (1949-1971), Amiya Chattopadhyay (1940/41-1971), Ashutosh Majumdar (1945/46-1971), Tushar Chandra (1943/44-1971), Kalachand Dalal (1921-1972), Sudipto Bandyopadhyay {1952(?) – disappeared with encephalitis while underground)} and Saroj Dutta (1915-1971). The similarities between these men are that all of them had joined the Naxalite Movement in the late 1960s and that all of them have fallen martyrs to police action in the early 1970s during the rule of the United Front Government in West Bengal.
No study of this kind has been attempted so far. Here is an effort been made to study the resistance shown by the village society of Maharashtra during the Maratha Rule, and this aspect has been framed in the present thesis as a military culture and how the famous Koregaon battle has been fought by the Mahar Community at Koregaon. How this entire history has been seen today. It is the first effort made to bring to light the original thoughts, ideas and materials on this subject that had remained untapped hitherto.
The primary sources for this thesis have been drawn from Maharashtra State Archives, Mumbai, National Archives of India, New Delhi, Pune Archives and the Peshwe Daftars available in Pune. Private papers and contemporary records of Bharat Itihas Sanshodhan Mandal, Pune have also been consulted Journals and periodicals, as well as reports from Native Newspapers, have been used. A special effort has been made to bring the oral History aspect in this thesis by taking interviews through questionnaires to arrive at the right conclusion.
This volume will give you an insight into the #MeToo movement as it is happening in India and the way it should be taking to bring justice to millions of rural women especially belonging to Adivasi/Dalit/OBC communities. This book is a search for justice. This book also is a tool for empowering women.
Through a combination of desk and field study, this research attempts to look at the curricular and pedagogic aspects of social science education being imparted in schools. It is a comparative analysis of various social science curricula, with a focus on what has traditionally been taught as ‘Civics’. The sample students for the field study have been drawn from upper primary classes of municipal schools, as well as a private school in Mumbai. While the prime focus of the study is on the curricular aspects, a brief attempt has also been made at analyzing the role of teachers in the teaching-learning process. A central theme that revolves around the interpretation of the term ‘patriotism’ has been chosen to understand the impact of the various curricula on students.
This thesis book is an attempt to explore the tussle between freedom of expression and religion in India. Based on a Case study with small sample size, this study does not claim to fix any problem or to create any new theories. This study has explored perception of Hindu and Muslim graduate students in three universities, located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, particularly on the conflict between freedom of expression and religious intolerance in India. This study showed India’s response in tolerating religion over freedom of expression as a product of its unique multicultural situation where dialogues among communities is dialogically constituted and collective principles are generated within a particular moral and political structure. Within scope of Indian style of secularism, as found out in this Case study, absolute freedom of expression is neither required nor possible.
Intersections between caste and gender are dealing with the ways and circumstances in which caste and patriarchy work together. Caste system always acts as representatives through which the whole setup for the subordination of women particular lower caste women are constructed. The collective forces of caste tradition, patriarchy and untouchability have made lower caste women lives very miserable they are denied socio-economic, political, education, cultural opportunities and rights and still forced to perform inhuman, dangerous and unprotected work. Further, the key criteria are caste attitudes towards lower caste women because dominant caste always claiming superior status of caste purity against the low or impure status of the lower caste women and committed sexual violence and atrocities as a punishment to challenges traditions and norms of caste and gender and assertion of power. The systemic factors of caste, patriarchy and gender controls over lower caste women are seen in their living arrangements, resources and livelihood, right to work, women’s rights over their bodies and decisions, controlling of sexuality of women, and revenge attacks. Exploration of the various forms of deprivation and harsh reality of the caste and gender discrimination, violence and struggle that lower caste women face everyday of their miserable lives. Caste based discrimination and atrocities continue and widespread as well as sexual violence are rampant and controlling lower caste women as a way of taking caste revenge which means caste has played major role in protecting and maintaining their interest this mindset run through with hierarchical practices in society. Though the increased control and violation of lower caste women’s rights are biggest characteristics of the intersections of caste and gender that clearly represent caste needs to be understood in gendered structure.
Consent remains the most important part of democracy and all the land conflicts world over happens because of denial of it to those who get affected by a project hence it becomes essential for peacebuilding as well as strengthening democracy. Land essentially is a state subject in India and therefore state laws and the consent parts in them should be understood in all the right perspective. The importance of this volume is that it consists of not just activists who have been working on the issue for long but some of them have also been engaged in academic exercise. This book is about India and its land laws. The bone of contention was to remove the consent clause as it was becoming an ‘obstacle’ for those who wish to acquire people’s land in the name of ‘National Interest’.
57 well-curated articles on Beef and the politics around it, how it has affected the social fabric of India and the people, their lives and economy. Highlights the Idea of India, the constitutional India and how the nation is turning to a fascist regime
Articles by Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. B R Ambedkar, along with contempory writers viz. Afroz Alam, Aftab Alam, B.F.Firos, Binu Mathew, Cynthia Stephen, Dr Akhileshwari Ramagoud, Gaurav Jain, George Abraham, Imran Khan, K.P. Sasi, Kavita Srivastava, Manali Chakrabarti, Megha Bahl, Sharmila Purkayastha, Mohammad Ashraf, Neha Saigal, Oliver Dsouza, Parul Verma, Parvez Alam, Prof. Shah Alam Khan, Ram Puniyani, Sally Dugman, Samar, Satya Sagar, Shamsul Islam, Sheshu Babu, Subhash Gatade, Suhail Qasim Mir, Sukumaran C V, Susmit Isfaq, T Navin & Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Aditya and Anjali are classmates, they become friends and gradually Aditya falls in love with Anjali, he proposes her and she replies with a ‘No’, later she confesses her love to him and they being their happy relationship.
Everything was going smooth between them, they both were enjoying each others company, and being a beautiful couple anyone would envy. Suddenly Anjali starts to ignore Aditya, stops receiving his calls, stops replying his messages.
What is the reason for this change of behaviour, what can Aditya do to win her back and how?
This book is a compilation of articles published in different newspapers and magazines on issues relating to the marginalised communities of Odisha. Manas Jena has been part of people’s movements, rights based work and policy advocacy for building and inclusive Odisha by including the historically marginalised communities in the bottom of socio-economic strata who are left out in the ongoing development process and further pushed into the periphery. Their issues and problems get a very minimal space in media and state policy making process in spite of constitutional mandate to establish equality and ensure equal opportunity in all spear of social, economic and political life. He has tried to highlight the gaps at a different level from policy to programme implementation and also suggested for possible intervention by state and other concern.
The book is divided into four sections which includes towards building economic inclusiveness (access to land, forest, water, credit, budget, wage, and employment, social security and basic services) strengthen inclusive governance (electoral Reforms) and towards social inclusion these four are interconnected and very much require for inclusive development of Odisha. We hope this book will be used as an instrument in the realisation of the basic rights of the marginalised in Odisha by strengthening people’s movements and struggles and contribute to the process of building of an inclusive, democratic and vibrant Odisha.
This book is a compilation of articles published by the author in different newspapers and magazines on issues relating to the marginalised communities of Odisha. He has a been part of people’s movements, rights based work and policy advocacy for building and inclusive Odisha by including the historically marginalised communities in the bottom of socio-economic strata who are left out in the ongoing development process and further pushed into the periphery. Their issues and problems get a very minimal space in media and state policy making process in spite of constitutional mandate to establish equality and ensure equal opportunity in all spear of social, economic and political life. Author has tried to highlight the gaps at a different level from policy to programme implementation and also suggested for possible intervention by state and other concern.
This book will be used as an instrument in the realisation of the basic rights of the marginalised in Odisha by strengthening people’s movements and struggles and contribute to the process of building of an inclusive, democratic and vibrant Odisha.
12 selected case stories from across India on Environmental Issues, Struggle, Litigations, Law Violations, Fight for livelihood, People’s Movement, Ecological Issues from Raigad, Maharashtra | Dadri, Uttar Pradesh | Ramabai Nagar, Uttar Pradesh | Garhwal, Uttarakhand | Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand | West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh | Rayagada, Odisha | Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh | Ranchi, Jharkhand | Kutch, Gujarat | Kollam, Kerala | Mizoram