In his powerful deposition before the Hunter Commission in 1881, Jyotirao Phule urged the British government to open its eyes to a 'pernicious system of high-class education.'
On 22 December 1952, during a debate on the Delimitation Commission Bill in Rajya Sabha, legislator and freedom fighter K Rama Rao criticised India's electoral representation structure and called for deeper reforms.
On 18 September 1964, during a no-confidence motion against his government, India’s former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri strongly reaffirmed the principles of democracy.
On 13 January 1948, in his presidential speech at the 14th session of the Central Advisory Board of Education, Maulana Azad argued that India could not follow the West in keeping religion out of education.
On 24 May 2013, former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam delivered his Wernher Von Braun Memorial Award acceptance speech at the 32nd International Space Development Conference in California.
At the 2001 Aalmi Mushaira in Dubai, Phoolan Devi spoke of survival, injustice, and defiance—rejecting the 'dacoit' label and demanding dignity for the oppressed.
On 5 November 1971, at the National Press Club, PM Indira Gandhi spoke about India's resilience, political change, and the burden of the Bangladesh refugee crisis.
On 15 April 1967, CN Annadurai spoke at the Bureau of Tamil Publications ceremony in Madras, defending Tamil's legacy and opposing Hindi imposition in India.
On 8 August 1949, India’s last Governor-General C Rajagopalachari spoke about the state of higher education in India and its shortcomings at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
On 19 June 2004, G Parthasarathy, India's former Ambassador to several countries, spoke at the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Lecture, examining India’s foreign policy challenges in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
And Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru continued the same pernicious practice by completely neglecting primary education, whilst pursuing his obsession of IITs, IIMs, national science labs divorced from day to day education of the masses. All his efforts created a bunch of literate coolies to serve the West.
And Brahmin Jawaharlal Nehru continued the same pernicious practice by completely neglecting primary education, whilst pursuing his obsession of IITs, IIMs, national science labs divorced from day to day education of the masses. All his efforts created a bunch of literate coolies to serve the West.