Tag: india
The COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on the Elderly Workforce in the Informal Sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed innumerable challenges before us and among them an increased vulnerability of an aged workforce demand our urgent attention. The deteriorating and worrisome plight of the elderly especially in the informal sector needs to be given adequate attention.
Sikkim’s urban sacred groves mitigate double the carbon compared to a natural rural forest
A quality unique to Sikkim has been the role played by its religious and cultural institutions in the preservation of forests, these forests also help fight the impact of climate change and mitigate environmental degradation to a large extent.
Reforms to Play Critical Role in Effective Vaccine Strategy
For vaccines to make their important and useful contribution, their use must be based on rationality and scientific facts as well as acceptance of short-term and longer-term public good over narrow selfish interests
Wage Labourer Builds Library, Displays Miraculous Determination to Rebuild it After it is Set...
Syed Issaq's library containing thousands of books on different religions of the world was recently burnt down by a mob of miscreants, but he is determined to rebuild this site of hope despite the odds.
An Analysis of NCF 2005 From the Caste Perspective
The NCF 2005 is a pan Indian educational policy but its impact on different sections of the population is diverse, the article analyses the policy from the perspective of Dalits.
The Ongoing Farmers’ Movement: The Need for a Holistic Picture
The main point is that the entire discourse should be based on identifying the most basic improvements and striving to create conditions in which such an agenda of comprehensive improvements can move forward steadily.
The Intermeshing Histories of a Nation and a School
In his latest book, 'The Modern School (1920-2020)' historian Rakesh Batabyal takes us on an engaging historical journey where we find the pasts of a nation and a school meshing beautifully into one another.
Why did we Boycott our Countrymen in the Darkest Hour?
The pandemic wounded the nation's underprivileged population the worst, abandoning them to a fate of unmeasurable pain and suffering and compelling us to ask whose nation is it really, if not of its most hardworking section?
The Dalit Priest of Bhilwara’s Chamunda Temple
This interesting story from rural Rajasthan depicts the unique trajectory of a temple where breaking traditional customary practices, the role of the priest is played by a Dalit man.
Remembering the Revolutionaries of the Freedom Movement while Commemorating the Martyrs’ Month
As we observe Martyrs’ Month it's important to remember the most important messages of justice, equality, unity of farmers and workers, communal harmony and peace.
