Monthly Archives: November 2018

FILM REVIEW The recent flick Badhai Ho delves into the tabooed questions surrounding late motherhood and the societal ridicule that it generates. The film also shows how judgments around women’s sexuality are often passed without genuine empathy.

VIEWPOINT In this brief note based on the lecture delivered at  a convention organized by the JNUTA on November 28, the author has reflected on a set of socio-political and pedagogic reasons for the crisis confronting the sphere of higher education in India.

Pakistan’s launch of its part of the Kartarpur project involving a road link for Sikh pilgrims to visit the revered Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan became the centre of its controversy in recent times after India’s External Affairs Ministry expressed that the inception of such a project did by no means guarantee bilateral talks between the nations.

It will be in January that the Supreme Court will decide when it wants to hear on the Ayodhya case, but we are already seeing a string of political rallies organised by right-wing groups pressurising the government to build the controversial Ram Mandir before the 2019 elections.

The Caribbean island of Cuba is all set to draft a new constitution and while it is in the process of doing so, aspects as controversial as same-sex marriage, private ownership and presidential terms are being debated.

From feet tied in heavy shackles, nails hammered on their bodies and their tusks pulled out to be traded- respite comes to Indian elephants as an entire hospital is dedicated to them in Agra.

HEALTH It is widely known that when pregnant women are exposed to very low levels of organophosphate pesticides, the development of the IQ becomes difficult for their children.

The condition of Anganwadi and ASHA workers is a story of commitment amidst hardship. These are women who have committed themselves to working for rural healthcare but find their own lives in distress.

Is there deep pain in a busy metropolis as trains come and depart at the metro stations without ever acknowledging our living humanity? 

The incidences of everyday life can teach us to rethink the domains of living that we tend to take for granted. The author talks about the lack of human to human communications despite social media.