Public Health is an investment, not expense
The corona pandemic has underlined the need to strengthen the Public Health system (not ‘healthcare’ mind you). ‘Public health’ really is an investment and not expenditure. Healthy population is what …
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Statement by students of IIT Roorkee regarding circumstances of their protest
The students of IIT-Roorkee organized a protest against the violent actions of police in DU, Jamia Millia and AMU in front of the Students Club, IIT-Roorkee at 6:30 pm on …
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Colleges protesting after attacks on college campuses #CABProtests
Here is a quick map with colleges that have organized student protests against Citizenship Amendment Act and the attacks on the university campuses by police at Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh …
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#IndiaUnites Day 5: Civil Society unites, #IndiaRejectsHate
Day 5 of #IndiaUnites saw a strong representation from civil society members who spoke, demonstrated and recited their rejection of hate crimes and bigotry. Hannan Mollah of AIKS flagged off the day with an outline of the 9-day long Agitation. Prashant Bhushan started for civil society, highlighting the good experiences between different communities, which he…
Press Statement: India Unites – Joint Agitation from Jan 30 to Feb 7 2019 at Jantar Mantar
Starting January 30, a joint agitation will begin amplifying some of today’s most critical issues affecting Indians everywhere. We, as citizens, intend to set out an agenda to which we …
Joint Statement condemning arrest of activists and public intellectuals
We, the undersigned, are shocked by the serial raids across the country on the homes of activists and public intellectuals who are critical of the government and the ruling party …
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India’s Great Leap Forward
A year on the Prime Minister’s Great Idea may have turned out to be a dud Mao ZeDong’s Great Leap Forward [1] has to be the most outstanding example of …
Some questions about this demonetisation thing
Does the demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes really benefit India? To what extent? What is the cost to benefit? How do we measure success? And more questions.
Discrimination against rural and lower class students in Allahabad University #DigitalIndia
The latest rabbit from the same old hat. That of discriminatory policies by college managements against interests of socially or economically backwards students and then disproportionate and unjust action against …