-The Hindu The Indian education system would be a good place to start with reforms, says the development economist Jean Drèze is possibly the world’s most famous Belgian-Indian. He has lived in India since 1979, and is an Indian citizen. As a development economist and activist, he has helped draft some startlingly pro-people legislations, such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, and the National Food Security Act, 2013....
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Meet this iron lady who helps create 'happy learning spaces' for Ladakh's kids -Rohit E David
-The Times of India GURUGRAM: Many years back, Sujata Sahu was hiking the heights of Ladakh when she came upon local teachers heading back to Leh to get midday-meal supplies and uniforms for their students, a journey that usually takes a minimum of four days. Seeing such commitment inspired this resident of Sohna Road to start an initiative to improve education for kids in the remotest of villages. "Since then, I have...
More »Being a nationalist is a lot easier than being civilised -Anup Sinha
-The Telegraph Severe air pollution due to Diwali firecrackers is but one example of the average Indian's disregard for others and for the law The recent air pollution of severe proportions in cities like Calcutta and New Delhi resulted from a failure to comply with a Supreme Court order that banned firecrackers during Diwali. The unabated pollution from fireworks cannot be blamed on politicians and the police alone. We as citizens have...
More »Ahead Of Rajasthan Polls, WhatsApp's TRAIning Programme Against Fake News
-IANS The TRAIning told users to differentiate between rumours and opinions; shared subsequent steps to tackle instances of false news and tips to stay safe on WhatsApp. Jaipur: Aiming to address the challenge of misinformation during the upcomimg Rajasthan Assembly polls, WhatsApp today conducted TRAIning for community leaders in Jaipur, in partnership with the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), the Facebook-owned mobile messaging platform said. The education workshop encouraged WhatsApp users to see...
More »Why the farmers want to march again -Rishi Majumder
-The Telegraph 1 lakh farmers and farm labourers plan to march towards Parliament on November 30. But what do they want? Mumbai: We, who are not farmers, tend to think of farmers as a catch-all word. A word that signifies to us a people who work to cultivate something. I have no idea why. I can never see ‘journalists’, for instance, as a catch-all word, even if some others do. This is...
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