Tag: PROTEST

THE BRIEFING Where is the farmer who cultivates the land and feeds the nation, why is the farmer so disillusioned and tired?

POLITICS The farmers constitute an important vote bank, but should the nation-state’s bond with them limit itself to mere political rhetoric?

POLITICS The nation-state is jolted and compelled to rethink itself when thousands of ordinary farmers joined by students, teachers, activists and doctors walk together to claim their rights.

REPORTAGE The United Committee of Manipur staged a mass rally in Imphal to demand protection of the state’s integrity and unity and had requested no one to disturb their coexistence and cooperation.

POLITICS The Seoul Peace Prize was awarded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fostering economic growth and furthering the development of democracy, as several Korean civil society groups staged a protest against the awarding.

POLITICS A bandh was organised in Assam to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 to grant Indian citizenship to all non-Muslim refugees who left India due to religious persecution and entered India prior to December 31, 2014. The BJP opposed the bandh and the Congress and AGP supported it.

MATTER OF CONCERN Subjective type answers allowed criticality and creativity while MCQs will endanger the culture of reflexivity and bring about the culture of cramming. Amid a range of pedagogic and ethical dilemmas, students and teachers at JNU are resisting the administrative onslaught.

REPORTAGE Recently thousands of farmers marched from Haridwar to Delhi with a series of demands. While some important demands have been agreed upon by the government several other critical demands still remain unattended to. Editorial Staff

REPORTAGE | The Hidayatullah National Law University witnessed the resignation of its vice-chancellor after sustained student resistance and a short-lived hunger strike. The students protested against inflexible hostel and library curfew timings and a vice-chancellor alleged of malpractice and corruption. Sundaresha D. S.

Thousands of farmers from various parts of Uttar Pradesh have marched to the capital to assert their demands before the Centre. Will the nation turn a deaf ear to their rights or will it pay heed to its demands?