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ప్రైవేట్‌ స్కూళ్ళను రద్దు చేయటమే పరిష్కారం!ఆకునూరి మురళి, IAS

ప్రైవేట్‌ స్కూళ్ళను రద్దు చేయటమే పరిష్కారం!                                               ఆకునూరి మురళి,IAS              నాణ్యమైన విద్య అందాలంటే దేశంలో ప్రైవేట్‌ పాఠశాలలను పూర్తిగా రద్దు చేయడం ఒక్కటే పరిష్కార మార్గంగా కనపడుతుంది. అప్పుడు ముఖ్యమంత్రుల పిల్లలు, మనుమలూ మనుమరాళ్ళు, అధికారుల పిల్లలు, ధనవంతుల పిల్లలు, పేద వారి పిల్లలు అందరినీ ప్రభుత్వ బడిలో మాత్రమే చదివించాల్సి వుంటుంది. దాంతో బడుల పని విధానం, సౌకర్యాలు, విద్య నాణ్యత అన్నీ మెరుగవుతాయి. మండలానికి ఆరు నుండి పది పాఠశాలలు పెట్టి మిగతా చిన్న గ్రామాలకు రవాణా వ్యవస్థ ఏర్పాటు చేయడం ద్వారా పాఠశాలల సంఖ్య తక్కువై, సౌకర్యాలు మెరుగై విద్యాప్రమాణాలను పెంపొందుతాయి.   భారత రాజ్యాంగంలో పేర్కొన్నట్టు ప్రభుత్వమే అందరికీ నాణ్యమైన విద్యను అందించాలి. ఏ దేశంలో అయినా పేదరికం పోయిందంటే, బాగా అభివృద్ధి జరిగిందంటే దానికి పునాది పాఠశాల విద్య, కాలేజి విద్య, విశ్వవిద్యాలయ విద్య అనేది చారిత్రక సత్యం...

First-generation Dalit learners

"For first-generation Dalit learners, getting acclimatised to the campus lingo takes time. Many of them are not conversant with the discourse on sexuality, gendered relationships, and the jocular “language” resorted to by the privileged students and the faculty." "Unfortunately, institutions of higher learning mirror stereotypical social and political bigotries and stifle any expression of intellectual creativity. For many such students, the easiest mode of survival is to keep your head down, maintain silence, collect your degree and attempt to lead a “normal” life. Many others, unable to cope with the oppressive system, either drop out or kill themselves as a silent protest. As per the data shared by Union minister of state for education Subhas Sarkar in Rajya Sabha, dropouts from the OBCs, SCs, STs in all central universities, IITs and IIMs during the period 2018-2023 has crossed 19,000." Very often the methods of discrimination are subtle and sophisticated — disg...

బలగం సినిమా లో కాకి అనే ఒక పక్షిని మన తెలంగాణా ఆచారంలో భాగంగా చూపించారు...

*బలగం సినిమా లో కాకి అనే ఒక పక్షిని మన తెలంగాణా ఆచారంలో భాగంగా చూపించారు...అయితే చాలా పక్షులు ఉన్నప్పటికీ కాకికి మాత్రం ఆ గౌరవం దక్కింది..ఎందుకంటే* ----------------------------------------కాకి - కాలజ్ఞాని' అంటారు... ®️వేకువ జామునే '(బ్రహ్మ ముహూర్తంలో)' మేల్కొని స్నానం ఆచరించే పక్షి కాకి. ®️'కావు కావు' అంటూ ఈ బంధాలు, ఈ సిరి సంపదలు.. ఏవీ నీవి కావు, ఏవీ శాశ్వతమూ 'కావు కావు' అని  అందరికీ గుర్తు చేస్తూ 'బోధిస్తూ'.. అందరినీ తట్టి లేపేది కాకి. ®️ఎక్కడయినా ఆహారం కనిపిస్తే అందుబాటులో ఉన్న 'అన్ని కాకులకు' సందేశం పంపి గుమిగూడి అన్ని కాకులు కలసి  ఆహారం ఆరగిస్తాయి అంత స్నేహపూర్వకంగా మసిలేది కాకి. ®️శత్రువులను గుర్తించిన వెంటనే అన్ని కాకులకు సందేశం పంపి అన్ని సమీకరణలు చేసి 'సంఘటితంగా పోరాటం' చేపట్టేవి కాకులు. ®️ఆడ కాకి - మగ కాకి కలవడం కూడా 'పరుల కంట' పడకుండా ఎంతో గోప్యంగా కలుస్తాయి. అంత గుప్త జ్ఞానం కలిగి ఉండటం చెప్పదగ్గ విషయం. ®️ఒక కాకి మరణిస్తే అన్ని కాకులు గుమిగూడి సంతాపం తెలియజేస్తూ కాసేపు అరుస్తూ రోధనలు చేసి స్నానమాచరించి గ...

What it means to be a Dalit

School left my father traumatised. He could never recover from the caste insults and the oppression. My freedom, hence, is always about making sure that my existence can never be erased anymore, whether as history or a story Source :  https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/what-it-means-to-be-a-dalit-500007 Updated At: Apr 23, 2023 07:03 AM   What it means to be a Dalit Yogesh Maitreya Water in a broken pot can flow freely, without any shape or course to follow. But freedom comes with a lot of risks, especially when one does not know what to do with it. For most of my life, I have been surrounded with things that tend to belittle me, discourage me and make me feel as if I do not matter in the larger reality of the caste society within this nation. How am I supposed to feel ‘free’ in the ecology of social affairs in which I was historically unseen, cunningly invisible-ised, and silently erased? To gain my freedom in such circumstances is to shout out my existence so lou...

Dig deep to explore Ayodhya’s Buddhist link

Mallepalli Laxmaiah Chairperson, Centre for Dalit Studies, Hyderabad Many remnants of Buddha’s era came to light in the excavations by Cunningham, a British archaeologist, based on the historical findings in the diaries of Chinese travellers Faxian and Xuanzang. Cunningham concluded that there were remnants in Ayodhya as well. After the survey in 1862-63, Cunningham conducted another one in 1889-92. Then also, he came to the same conclusion. Yet another survey was conducted by AK Narayanan, who also confirmed the conclusions  There are about 100 Buddhist monasteries in Ayodhya. Over 3,000 Buddhist monks conduct their activities from these facilities. They are learning many things about Mahayana and Hinayana philosophies even today. Ayodhya also has an old Buddhist monastery. Vasubandhu, prominent among Buddhist philosophers, used to deliver sermons here. They also study various aspects of philosophy of life. Further, he wrote many books there,” wrote Xuanzang, a Buddhist traveller ...

Social justice : More about representation to social groups and less about redressing disadvantages, deprivation and discrimination that characterised the caste system

Kickstart a reversal  Disadvantages, Deprivations and Discrimination based on Caste  Social justice was more about representation to social groups and less about redressing disadvantages, deprivation and discrimination that characterised the caste system. This was linked to a steep decline in the very imagination of social justice. In politics you don’t stand at the dead end for too long. Someone comes and pushes you where you did not want to go. Or walks away with your valuables. That is precisely what the BJP has done to the politics of social justice through devious but dynamic strategies of selective accommodation of leaders, powerful appropriation of symbols, and micro targeting of smaller and sub-communities within the Bahujans. This is the challenge that the Congress faces today. A reversal of this sorry state of affairs would take a careful rethink of the theory and practice of policies and politics of social justice. Here are four concrete ideas to kick-start this thi...

The hidden caste codes of Silicon Valley

BBC World Service  The Documentary Sam, Harsha and Siddhant are tech workers of Indian descent, who all say they have experienced discrimination in corporate America. They are not being singled out on the basis of race, gender, religion or nationality, but by an invisible factor; one they were born into, and one that others like them come to the US to try to escape. They say they have faced discrimination because of their caste. A recent court case highlighted the issue. In 2020, California regulators sued the tech giant Cisco, claiming it discriminated against a worker on the basis of his caste. He was Dalit, the most oppressed caste, and his manager was from a dominant caste. Soon afterwards, a US Dalit civil rights group received more than 250 claims of caste discrimination from workers at numerous other tech companies. But what is it? How does it affect workers with Dalit heritage? And why do some people say legislating against caste discrimination in the US would be 'Hinduphob...

Overhaul of indirect tax laws

BloomBerg India is preparing an overhaul of its direct tax laws to replace a byzantine matrix of rules and help Prime Minister Narendra Modi reduce income inequality if he returns to power next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. At the heart of the rework is potential increases in capital gains taxes for top income earners, the people said, asking not to be identified as the details are private. For instance, while India levies a tax of as much as 30% on income, it taxes gains on certain asset classes such as equity funds and stocks at a lower rate.  This isn’t progressive and goes against the principle of equity, said one of the people. A panel may be appointed to build on proposals submitted to the Finance Ministry in 2019 with an eye to implement in 2024, though no final decisions have been made, the people added. A Finance Ministry spokesman didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comments. The benchmark stock index fell as much as 0.6% in Mumbai aft...

తమ ఐదు దశాబ్దాల‌ పాలనలో, బీసీల్ని వారి హక్కులకు దూరం చేసి, అణచి వేసిన చరిత్రే తప్ప, అభివృద్ధికి సహకరించిన చరిత్ర కాంగ్రెసుకు ఏనాడైనా ఉందా ? లేదుకదా !

*తమ ఐదు దశాబ్దాల‌ పాలనలో, బీసీల్ని వారి హక్కులకు దూరం చేసి, అణచి వేసిన చరిత్రే తప్ప, అభివృద్ధికి సహకరించిన చరిత్ర కాంగ్రెసుకు ఏనాడైనా ఉందా ? లేదుకదా ! 1.    *బీసీలు* అమాయకులు. శతాబ్దాలుగా సామాజికంగా, విద్యాపరంగా, ఆర్ధికంగా కూడా వెనుకబడిన వారు. అణగ దొక్కబడినవారు. రాజకీయంగా, పూర్తిగా పక్కన బెట్ట బడిన వారు. రాజ్యాంగ గుర్తింపు లేకుండా చేయబడిన వారు. అందుచేత  లోతైన అవగాహన లేని వారు. తమ భాగస్వామ్యం తక్కించు కోవడానికి ఏంచేయాలో ఈనాటి కీ  తెలియని వారు. ఎవరు ఏంచెబితే దాన్ని ఏమాత్రం ప్రశ్నించ కుండా తేలిగ్గా నమ్మేవారు. ఒక విధంగా బీసీలు అల్ప సంతోషులు. బీసీలు మాత్రమే, స్వాతంత్ర్యం అనంతరం, ఏడు దశాబ్దాలుగా దామాషా హక్కులకు దూరం అవుతూ వస్తున్న ఏకైక అధిక సంఖ్యాకులు. ఎస్సీ ఎస్టీలు దామాషా అవకాశాలు పొందు తున్నారు. ఓసీలు దామాషా కు మూడు నాలుగు రెట్లు అవకాశాలు చే జిక్కించు కుంటున్న ఆధిపత్య శక్తులు.‌ అటు ఈ ఆధిపత్య శక్తులకు, ఇటు ఎస్సీ ఎస్టీలకు బీసీలు కరివేపాకులుగా మిగిలి పోతున్న సందర్భాలే చరిత్ర లో కనబడతాయి తప్ప, వారు బీసీలకు ఉపయోగ పడిన సందర్భాలు కనబడవు.  2.    నెహ్రూ, ఇందిరాగాంధ...

Interfaith marriages: Bupesh Baghel statement

"They talk about love jihad. If we talk about senior leaders of BJP their daughters have married to Muslims. Doesn’t it fall in the category of love jihad? You ask where the daughter of the biggest leader of the BJP in Chhattsigarh has gone. Is that not love jihad? When their daughter does it then it’s love but someone else does it, then it is jihad ." Bupesh Baghel https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-love-jihad-chhattisgarh-bhupesh-baghel-8553709/ Here is a list of interfaith marriages of prominent personalities 1. Actor Sunil Dutt married Nargis, a Muslim. . Their son Sanjay is now married to Dilnawaz Sheikh (screen name Manyata). 2. Actor Hritik Roshan married Suzanne Khan, daughter of actor Sanjay Khan (Actual name Abbas Khan). 3. Actor Atul Agnihotri married Alvira Khan, actor Salman Khan’s Sister and Salim Khan’s daughter. 4. Actor Feroz Khan’s daughter Laila Khan Rajpal married Rohit Rajpal. 5. Urdu author Krishan Chander married Salma Siddiqui. 6. One of the t...

THE_DAFFODILS_By_WILLIAM_WORDSWORTH_in_Detail

#THE_DAFFODILS_By_WILLIAM_WORDSWORTH_in_Detail. William Wordsworth wrote Daffodils on a stormy day in spring, while walking along with his sister Dorothy near Ullswater Lake, in England. He imagined that the daffodils were dancing and invoking him to join and enjoy the breezy nature of the fields. Dorothy Wordsworth, the younger sister of William Wordsworth, found the poem so interesting that she took ‘Daffodils’ as the subject for her journal. The poem is written as an appreciation of daffodils, and contains six lines in four stanzas. In the first stanza, the writer finds himself as a lonely cloud floating over the valley. The author describes himself ‘lonely’ because his brother John was dead, leaving him alone and sad. Then he encountered the yellow daffodils beside the lake. The flowers were swaying here and there due to the heavy breeze, as if they were dancing happily. Second stanza is about how amazing the daffodils looked in the spring season. The author found those flowers lik...

Making it to the UN Security Council

Source: Facebook post  MOHAN GURUSWAMY: !   Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a permanent seat for India in the United Nations Security Council, saying it should get it as a "right" for its immense contribution to global peace. "Those days are gone when India had to beg. Now we want our right. No other country has such moral authority," he said while addressing the Indian community in Paris.   He also said that on its 70th anniversary the UN must see this as "an opportunity to recognize a peace-loving nation like India," and its position on this. That will happen sooner or later, particularly if India regains its sharp climb on the economic ladder and as a military power. But the question that will also need to be addressed apart from the expansion of the UNSC, is what kind of a permanent membership will India get or should take? Even though the UN was fashioned by the victors of WWII, its birth had its origins in the darkest days of tha...

Human beings are of four types:

1. A man who knows, and knows that he knows. This is the scholar, so take and patiently learn from him. 2. A man who knows, but does not know that he knows. This one has forgotten, so quietly remind him. 3. A man who does not know, and knows that he does not know. This one is a student, so teach him continuously because he will be a great scholar one day. 4. A man who does not know, and does not know that he does not know and isn’t even interested in knowing. This one is an idiot, so reject him". ~ ECSaayli

The number of Indians who sleep hungry rose from 190 million in 2018 to 350 million in 2022

♦️ " The number of Indians who sleep hungry rose from 190 million in 2018 to 350 million in 2022, and malnutrition and malnourishment killed nearly two-thirds of the children who died under the age of five last year.  At the same time, Modi’s cronies have flourished. The Economist estimates that the share of billionaire wealth in India derived from cronyism has risen from 29 per cent to 43 per cent in six years  According to a recent Oxfam report, India’s richest 1 per cent owned more than 40.5 per cent of its total wealth in 2021 – a statistic that the notorious oligarchies of Russia and Latin America never came close to matching. The new Indian plutocracy owes its swift ascent to Modi, and he has audaciously clarified the quid pro quo. Under the ‘electoral bond’ scheme he introduced in 2017, any business or special interest group can give unlimited sums of money to his party while keeping the transaction hidden from public scrutiny."

Decades After Pakistan Govt 'Disappeared' Hassan Nasir, His Legacy Still Shines Bright

SUPPORT Decades After Pakistan Govt 'Disappeared' Hassan Nasir, His Legacy Still Shines Bright The Communist Party of Pakistan leader was disappeared on November 13, 1960. For conscious youngsters of the country, his message is still alive. Raza Naeem Nov 13, 2020         Hassan Nasir. Photo: public domain Aavaaz, aazaad ho to naara-e- Mansoor Aur ghut jaaye to Hassan Nasir ban jaati hai (The voice becomes the shout of Mansoor, if it is free And if throttled, becomes Hassan Nasir’s plea) Kishwar Naheed People with such power have held sway in Pakistan that their feet used to be kissed and they were surrounded by crowds of devotees and lovers. Their narratives and photographs adorned the first page of newspapers and every word uttered by them had the status of law. After their death, nobody remembers their birthday nor the day of their death. Their memories have left the hearts of people. But in this country, there have also been such people who were neither fated to ...