-TheNewsMinute.com The film is based on real events, and the character Sengani played by Lijomol Jose, is based on Parvathi. Actor, director and choreographer Raghava Lawrence has announced that he will build a house for Parvathi, whose life events inspired the recent Tamil film Jai Bhim. The film, which has won wide critical acclaim, tells the story of a landmark legal battle LED by Sengani (based on Parvathi) and lawyer Chandru, when...
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‘Jai Bhim’ director Tha Se Gnanavel: ‘More brutal than lock-up torture is the silence of society’ -Nandini Ramnath
-Scroll.in The Suriya-LED legal drama is based on an actual incident of police brutality in Tamil Nadu. Tha Se Gnanavel’s phone has been ringing non-stop ever since his movie Jai Bhim started streaming on Amazon Prime Video on November 2. “I thought people would say this is a good film, but the response has been far more than expected,” Gnanavel told Scroll.in. “The film has now has LED to a discussion. In...
More »Kerala must prepare to face future with increasing ageing population, says study -KA Martin
-The Hindu The study was done by the Centre for Socio-Economic and Environmental Studies in Kochi Kerala needs to focus on the challenges posed by an increasingly ageing population in the midst of a demographic transition that has seen fertility levels falling below the replacement level and life expectancy remaining at 75 years. The State must draw up long-term strategies to face a situation in which there is a decline in the...
More »Misleading’ Statement Puts Centre’s Commitment Towards MGNREGA in Question -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in On Saturday, the Ministry of Rural Development denied that the rural jobs scheme was facing a shortage of funds. Its response, however, “leaves many questions unanswered,” according to civil society members. Activists have questioned the Centre’s response to media reports on the shortage of available funds for the rural employment guarantee scheme in the current financial year, by alleging that it is “misleading” and that it leaves many raised questions “unanswered.” Last...
More »Why counting caste matters -Kalaiyarasan A and Trina Vithayathil
-The Hindu Caste data will help us understand the contours of inequality and craft reasoned and inclusive policies The debate about whether the decennial Census should collect data on caste from individuals who fall into the administrative categories of ‘General’ and ‘Other Backward Classes’ (OBCs) has been argued by public intellectuals, politicians, and government administrators for decades. As the Census currently only collects data on ‘ScheduLED Castes’ (SCs) and ‘ScheduLED Tribes’ (STs),...
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