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Oct 5, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vikas Meshram |Renu Singh |Sumit Gupta |Pratap Narayan Singh
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has directed all states and union territories to immediately amend prison rules to stop caste-based discrimination and segregation of labor in prisons. The court stated that this is a violation of Article 15 of the Constitution. It noted that dividing tasks such as cooking and cleaning based on caste is inappropriate. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court highlighted that prison regulations discriminate in the allocation of work based on caste.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Renu Singh |Sumit Gupta |Pratap Narayan Singh |Cynthia Stephen
Amid the twin issues of Caste Census and Sub-categorization of reservation of SCs/STs and ‘creamy layer’ among SCs, it must be remembered that caste issues have always been tweaked and twisted by politicians for their windfall gains to fortify their political positions in the name of social justice. Sub-Categorization of ReservationWhy sub- categorization within SCs on the first place?
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sumit Gupta |Pratap Narayan Singh |Cynthia Stephen |MA Krishna
The one-man committee of Justice K Chandru handed over its 600-page report to the the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin (second from Right) on June 18, 2024. Three months after that, there is still no news whether it was officially ‘accepted’ by the government, presented to the legislature, nor there is any Action Taken Report. The DMK conducted its platinum jubilee event on Sep 17th commemorating the party’s 75th anniversary.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Dhiraj Singha |Dinkar Kapoor |Pratap Narayan Singh |Cynthia Stephen
How does the moral obligation to ‘pay back to society’ manifest in the lives of early-career researchers (ECRs) from the Dalit community? While this obligation is imperative for social justice, and they attempt to contribute to society either through political activism or creative expression, this often appears as a source of anxiety and guilt, especially among those who are already grappling with low self-esteem and self-doubt.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sumit Gupta |Pratap Narayan Singh |Cynthia Stephen |MA Krishna
The caste system in India, a rigid social hierarchy that classifies people into different groups based on birth, has long been a source of inequality and discrimination. Despite numerous efforts to address and dismantle this system, including religious reforms, social movements, legal changes, and modern interventions, caste-based discrimination persists.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Rakesh Shukla |Bharat Dogra |Pratap Narayan Singh |Samaa Abu Sharar
That is the message they left behind for democrats and revolutionaries in India“It is a constitutional autocracy,” veteran communist revolutionaries, T Nagi Reddy and DV Rao, told a special court in 1971 December, when they were tried in the famous Hyderabad Conspiracy Case, under the most draconian sections of IPC, including the sedition law. We remember the immortal leaders on the occasion of death anniversaries (July 12 and 28) of both comrades.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Rakesh Shukla |Madabhushi Sridhar |Bharat Dogra |Pratap Narayan Singh
Coverage of the Commander Nanavati Jury Acquittal Case (Courtesy, Blitz)The acquittal of Commander Nanavati for murder by the jury played a pivotal role in the abolition of the jury system in India. Perhaps, a psychoanalytical lens may throw some light on the role of the unconscious and irrational in the decision to acquit by the jury, despite clear evidence of guilt.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Pratap Narayan Singh |Samaa Abu Sharar |Jon Rainwater
The USA is a country blessed with enormous resources and suitable geographic location (particular in terms of geo-strategic advantage). The USA’s quest for dominating the world has been in news repeatedly—generally in the context of a lot of distress and destruction. However there can be a different path—not of dominance but of enlightened leadership. Whereas dominance is based on force and threats, enlightened leadership is based on goodwill earned justly from a record of peace and justice.
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May 26, 2024 | 
vnexplorer.net | Pratap Narayan Singh
Viksit Bharat@2047 is the vision to make India a developed nation by 2047. (Image/PTI)By Pratap SinghFor a developing country like India, economic growth and development remains a major macroeconomic objective. World over, governments are saddled with the responsibility of providing public goods, like health, education, transport, and social welfare along with basic infrastructure for the citizens to improve their quality of life and overall well-being.
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May 26, 2024 | 
technologyforyou.org | Pratap Narayan Singh
By Pratap SinghFor a developing country like India, economic growth and development remains a major macroeconomic objective. World over, governments are saddled with the responsibility of providing public goods, like health, education, transport, and social welfare along with basic infrastructure for the citizens to improve their quality of life and overall well-being.
