By Dr. Gyan Pathak The pre-draft of the National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023 prepared by the National Steering Committee for National Curriculum Frameworks and released by the Union Ministry of education is objectionable in several counts including vagueness and contradictions that they contain in themselves. A modern...
By Sushil Kutty The Congress party says the BJP-led Modi government “tutored” Padma Shri awardee Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri of Bidar in Karnataka to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi in lieu for the Padma Shri, which had been eluding the master Bidri craftsman for years despite investing Rs 12,000...
By Rahil Nora Chopra The political buzz around the formulation of a National Front is back, with the major difference being that this time the Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao is discussing with like-minded parties and trying to forge a viable alternative to take on the BJP. According...
By Prabir Purkayastha The British saw the Mysore Kingdom of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali as a significant obstacle to the British Empire in India. The British lost the first three Anglo-Mysore wars before defeating Tipu in the fourth war. The British allies were the Nizam of Hyderabad and...
By Prabhat Patnaik Rubber prices, which had recovered a little after the fall during the pandemic, have collapsed again, with the farmers in Kerala, which grows 80 per cent of the country’s rubber crop, being badly hit. The central government has flatly refused to help the rubber growers, and...
By Anjan Roy So much for the much vaunted solidarity in the free world. The liberal and democratic nations of western Europe and America had vowed they were all standing firmly behind the besieged Ukraine to defend the free world against alleged Russian autocracy. The wide-ranging sanctions against Russia...
By Prakash Karat The violence and clashes that erupted in various places during Ram Navami observance on March 30 was an event foretold. Over the years, the Hindutva forces have shaped the Ram Navami processions into an instrument for aggression and attacks on Muslims. Last year, in 2022, the...
By Arun Srivastava The communal riots that shook Bihar and Bengal for three consecutive days in the wake of Ram Navami celebrations have been the part of the saffron conspiracy with three distinct motives, to destabilise the states governments of the two states, terrorise the Muslims and smash their...
By Hrishi Raj Anand Thousands of workers and peasants participated in a massive rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on April 5 voicing their anger against the anti-people policies of the Narendra Modi Government and resolving to fight them unitedly. The rally was jointly organize by the CITU, All...
By Sushil Kutty Politics is dirty business. A lot of dust and dirt sticks to politicians. BJP Telangana unit Chief Bandi Sanjay will testify. Bandi Sanjay was dragged on a road by uniformed police officers and taken into custody, yet another “casualty” of the ongoing war between Telangana Chief...