Day May 24, 2016
It’s a joke in poor taste to use the word #Divyang (Divine) in a country where people with disabilities can’t even ENTER a place of worship . The Central government will now use term ‘divyang’ (divine body) instead of… Continue Reading →
Hindutva organisations answer the problem of caste and untouchability by seeking to give Hindu pride to Dalits and OBCs. The effort has seen mixed results, but can’t be called successful by any standards. What they never seek is confrontation… Continue Reading →
AIFRTE salutes APSEC for its success in making the Government of Andhra Pradesh retreat from its earlier move to close down around 4,800 Government Primary Schools affecting around seventy thousands of children, reduce around 8,000 primary schools to single… Continue Reading →
Such results may not be reflective of the true ability and potential of a student. UTKARSH SRIVASTAVA The CBSE class 12 results have been declared, and the number of students with over 90 per cent marks entering the admission market have… Continue Reading →
Designer babies: Where should India draw the line on gene editing? (JGI/Getty Images) We need a national conversation before we think about changing the genetic material of our children, writes oncologist and author of `The Gene’, Siddhartha Mukherjee. A few… Continue Reading →
Sadia Dehlvi Patriarchy remains deaf to the Quran’s call for justice, equality and compassion Whenever Muslim women approach the judiciary in a quest for justice, Muslim orthodoxy rallies against the abolition of Personal Laws. Their rhetoric of `identity under attack’… Continue Reading →