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Face must be visible, then hijab, burqa, dupatta or attire of choice permitted to TET candidates: MCSE

This clarification from the Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) came days after the council’s directive for the June 28 examination; the initial instructions stated that candidates will not be allowed to wear items such as dupattas, burqas, masks and caps inside examination centres which triggered a debate among teachers and various social groups

Education for All: Join the #Occupy UGC National Campaign

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Making Monsters of Our Young

  The 2015 Juvenile Justice Act puts troubled children in...

No to Hindutva, Yes to Hindustaniyat

Image Courtesy: V. Sreenivasa Murthy / The HinduCourtesy: www.indianculturalforum.inLet...

Lage Raho FTII: Resisting Saffronisation

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Kar Seva through Universities

Image Courtesy: APArundhati Vashishtha Anusandhan Peeth (AVAP), founded by...

Minority Institutions: Rights or Privilege?

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Swami Vivekananda, theirs or ours?

  A close look at the Swami on his 153rd...

Shakespeare and Islam

This article appeared http://blog.oup.com/2015/12/shakespeare-and-islam/ on December 27, 2015   Without Islam...

Save DU from the politics of hate and communal poison

Press Conference against holding of Ram Janambhoomi Seminar  A Joint...

Protests against colouring DU saffron

  A seminar on the Ramjanmabhoomi issue by a VHP-sponsored...

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