-The Hindu Message that Mob action will invite ‘wrath of law’ to start on TV, radio in a week: Govt. tells SC The Centre on Monday assured the Supreme Court that the Union and State governments would, within a week, start broadcasting on radio and TV a stern message that Mob lynchings and violence would invite the “wrath of law”. The Centre’s promise came in response to a query by a Bench...
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In Terms of Educational Mobility, India's Muslims Worse off Than African-Americans
-TheWire.in A recent study has found that higher caste groups have experienced constant and high upward Mobility over time, a result that contradicts a popular notion that it is increasingly difficult for upper-caste Hindus to get ahead. New Delhi: A new study focusing on intergenerational Mobility – changes in social status between different generations within the same family – claims India’s Muslims to be the least upwardly Mobile group, Indian Express reported....
More »Why organic farming is yet to bear fruit -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu Despite concerted efforts to promote this alternative system of food production, a majority of agriculturists are yet to jump on the organic bandwagon, as factors such as costs, land size and viability remain sticking points Chennai: Nearly 25 years ago, an event held at the American Center Auditorium in Chennai on the topic of the Green Revolution witnessed a lively debate on the merits and demerits of organic farming and...
More »Upward Mobility: Muslims down; SCs, STs up; upper-caste & OBCs unchanged -
-The Indian Express The study also says that Mobility levels for African Americans in US are better than those for Muslims in India but the movement of Dalits and Scheduled Tribes is comparable to that of African-Americans. New Delhi: As rising aspirations of India’s demographic dividend shape social and political discourse, comes a sobering new study: Looking at education and income, there is little inter-generational Mobility (upward Mobility from parent to child)...
More »The power of Kudumbashree -Brinda Karat
-The Hindu The Kerala model can be implemented across India with the same secular and gender-sensitive spirit Kumari died on September 1. She had contracted leptospirosis while doing relief work in Kerala after the floods, away from her own home which had not been affected. She was a health volunteer and prominent member of the Kudumbashree Mission in her panchayat in Ernakulum district. Kumari’s work and life symbolises the spirit of Kerala...
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