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The National Education Policy, announced, without debate in Indian Parliament and without adequate inclusion of concerns and criticisms sent in by diverse Indian groups has raised several questions of concern, especially with related to access to education for all, democratisation of education, the language formula articulated, diversity concerns and worst of all, the all out privatisation of higher education. This note looks at the implications of the language policy in education as articulated in NEP 2020

A man accused of blasphemy and facing trial for...

July 31 marks 140th birth anniversary of a renowned Indian author, the late Munshi Premchand.

The journalist was released after a call from a senior police official confirming his identity as a journalist

Image Courtesy:desidime.com It was 80 years ago (July 31, 1940)...

Persecution Relief report details increasing attacks on the community including murders, rapes, lynchings,vandalisation, excommunication, urge PM to break his silence on the subject

New education policy that comes into force, ironically at a time when the Parliament is not in session, and schools are virtual

A ‘bhoomi-poojan’ is scheduled to take place at the site of the Ram Temple on August 5

Writes to NHRC saying the slain journalist was a human rights defender doing "public service by attempting to lodge a police complaint against sexual harassment."

Was it just an auspicious date, or was there another nefarious agenda... one to assert dominance of the ‘majority’