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Law fraternity rallies behind student protesters, condemns Delhi police crackdown
Over 650 lawyers, SCBA, SCAORA and bar associations demand accountability as Delhi HC preserves evidence of July 20 action
IMSD condemns ‘Maulana’ Sajjad Nomani’s Talibani firman
The cleric prays to Allah to condemn to eternal hell Muslim parents who send their daughters to college unaccompanied
Sajjad Nomani says girls should not be allowed to go to college alone
He spoke in a video uploaded on his Facebook page, speaking about Quran during Ramzan
Parenting in an Age of Unreason
There was a time when India’s history and social science official texts though burdened with a slew of dates and events in a top down linear narrative nevertheless celebrated the reality of the evolution of a rich and diverse civilizational ethos. Today, the corrosive power of exclusion and hate runs deep: eleven days ago, April 14, reports of a deeply-disturbing incident caused concern on social media but was met with a deafening silence by India’s political class: an 11-year-old boy was allegedly thrashed and stripped simply to pressurise him into “chanting religious slogans” in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. That is how deep of hate flows now in India’s veins
‘Rationalisation’ of Text books or Communalisation of the Polity?
Representation ImageText books of schools are also a site...
BHU: Students, Civil Society Members Protest Changes in Syllabi, Rising Religious Extremism
The protesters demanded strict action against miscreants and called for halt to ‘tampering’ with educational courses.
UP: Sonbhadra district directs govt teachers to partake in Ram Navami celebration
The teachers have been directed to go to temples and read Ramayana chapters
File FIR against Head Counsellor, Ms Hima Anaredy under Atrocities Act: NCST to IIT Mumbai
The NCST pulls up IIT-Bombay for its insensitivity, absence of adequate mechanisms or response and also directs implementation of measures to tackle lack of accountability towards Dalit students
Activist Harsh Mander addresses TISS event online after entry ‘barred’ on March 23
The activist had been invited, authorities pressurised students body to cancel event
67 suicides in central institutes of higher learning despite 80 % claiming SC/ST cells for “assistance”
While 87/108 such institutes, that is a high 80 %, have SC/ST cells for assistance according to a reply by the ministry of education in Parliament, the rates of suicides (67 over five years) is high, suggesting structural flaws, both in their construct and functioning
Towards Quality Universal and Accessible Education for All! Protests against NEP 2020
Roll Back NEP 2020! This was the resounding slogan at the Jantar Mantar protest on March 14, against the Modi 2.0 much touted New Education Policy (NEP)
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