The Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation and People's Archive of Rural India invite proposals for the MMF-PARI fellowships 2023-24. Number of fellowships: Four Grant amount: Rs. 2 Lakh per fellowship Focus: Arts and Crafts from rural India Duration: One Year Deadline for application: July 31, 2023 Special Focus for 2023-24: Stories from Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, West Bengal, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand. Eligibility: Indian citizens who currently live and work in India...
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ST enrolments in higher education rise by 47%, OBC enrolment by 31%: Government survey
The growth in enrolments of Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in higher education between 2014-15 and 2020-21 has been 47%, while OBC enrolments have increased by 31.67% in the same period. These are some of the key findings of the All India Survey on Higher Education 2020-21 (AISHE) conducted by the Ministry of Education. Other AISHE findings include: * Enrolment of ST students has increased to 24.1 lakh in 2020-21 from 21.6...
More »Is Food Inflation in India Driven by Demand or Supply? -Deepanshu Mohan, and others
-TheWire.in While domestic food price inflation is high globally, consumer food price inflation in India has increased from 0.68% to 8.38% between September 2021 and April 2022. Inflation has continued to peak at an all-time high in all economies around the world, with food and energy prices skyrocketing to unprecedented levels. Even industrially developed nations like the US, Canada, and the Eurozone, which experienced decades-long of stable price levels have struggles to...
More »Apply for Rural Media Fellowship 2022: An opportunity for young scribes, last date to apply -- 2nd Oct. 2022
-Press release by Village Square Youth Hub dated 5th September 2022 The Rural Media Fellowship 2022 is for young journalists to tell the powerful stories of rural India. The 9 months fellowship will include a monthly stipend of Rs 35,000 along with training from leading sector-experts. An opportunity for young passionate journalists to leverage storytelling as a tool for social change Mentorship from Industry Experts, Stipend Included Village Square Youth Hub is launching a...
More »It’s Time We Stop Blaming School Children for Their Supposed Weaknesses -Gopal Midha
-TheWire.in Meena was walking back from gym in her pink shorts when a gang of hoodlums on bikes passed lewd comments at her. She reached home and cried. Her parents listened to her hurt and then asked her to dress “more appropriately”. Rahim scored poorly once again in math and the teacher remarked, “I know this is your best effort, why don’t you take Arts after tenth?” Later, in the staff room,...
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