Monthly Archives: November 2018

THE NEW LEAM VIEW The recent bout of violence in poll bound Chhattisgarh; once again brings us face to face with the question of whether violence can be a means to social justice and in the absence of State led dialogues with anti-electoral forces can the cycle of allegations and counter-allegations ever stop. The historically deprived Adivasis of Central India surely deserve an answer.

POLITICS The first phase of polling in the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections has started despite the presence of anti-electoral and Maoist forces in the state. The results are awaited to determine the mood of the region.

HEALTH What would be a bigger scare for parents then to know that their child has died in the children’s ICU after being bitten by rats? The stark reality of the Indian healthcare infrastructure is far grim than we imagine it to be.

POLITICS Gorakhpur’s Urdu Bazaar is now Hindi Bazaar while Allahabad has become Prayagraj - the trend of changing names of significant towns and cities of the nation reminds us that a politics based on differentiation and alienation of the minority is opposed to the growth of the nation as a whole.

EDUCATION Knowledge, it is often said, is not outside power. What does happen when a teacher engages with her students in the classroom? Is it possible for her to activate the agency of her students as active participants in the learning process?

VIEWPOINT ‘Death Watch’ is a recent report brought out by the IPI regarding the hostilities offered to journalists in nations such as India where in contemporary times several journalists have been at the target for speaking against the establishment.

CRITICAL INSIGHT The hunter who killed Avni said that he did so in self-defence. We have just 3,900 tigers remaining and in urgent need of immediate plans to save our tigers.

A new politico-psychic and pedagogic struggle involving the teaching community must begin to restore the ethos of JNU.

LITERATURE Literature is philosophy—the way we see the world, feel its many layers, and learn and unlearn. How important it is for the child to grow with good literature! And when a sociologist with profound literary sensibilities writes  about it we rediscover yet another meaning of education

AGRICULTURE The agricultural domain is undergoing a moment of difficulty as the selling price of Kharif crops is falling short of the MSP promised by the State. The loss that have incurred in the process is more than 1,000 Crore so far.