-The Hindu Facts show that the Services are the last bastion of male dominance, with women even denied a permanent commission Despite the latest move by the Army to induct 800 women into its ranks, cold facts show that the Indian military is the last bastion of male dominance in the government. Many women in uniform are hoping that the country’s first full-time woman Defence Minister will take bold decisions against what...
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Jats think they’re backward; there’s a reason -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Agriculture doesn’t pay that much, land is no longer the source of power it once was, and the community has failed to keep up with a changing India. The Jats conform fully to the idea of a ‘dominant caste’, a term the eminent sociologist M N Srinivas used to refer to any community that is both numerically strong in a village or local area, as well as wields...
More »A missing girl, a known militant story in Manipur -Esha Roy
-The Indian Express Imphal: Alice Kamei had been missing for two days when Sundari got the call. What the voice on the other end said about her 14-year-old daughter has turned the world of this family living in Chingphu Kabui village in Manipur's Bishnupur district upside down. "It was a call from the RPF (Revolutionary People's Front). They said that Alice had come to them of her own will," says Sundari. "They...
More »‘How can caste, region-based recruitment go on in Army regiments?’
-The Hindu Supreme Court to examine petition against ‘British legacy’ The Supreme Court will examine whether Army recruitment can take place on the basis of caste or region to its regiments. A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishanan and Dipak Misra on Monday asked Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman to assist the court in deciding a public interest writ petition filed by I.S. Yadav of Rewari in Haryana, who alleged that such discrimination was still...
More »AFSPA in J&K can’t be revoked: Shinde -M Saleem Pandit
-The Times of India SRINAGAR: Notwithstanding the improvement in the security situation in the Valley, Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde ruled out the revocation of the contentious Armed Forces Special Powers Act here on Sunday. The Act gives sweeping powers to the Army including to arrest without a warrant anyone who has committed offence or even suspected of having done so, and to enter any premise to make such arrests. Chief...
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