Late Monday afternoon, the tide began to turn. On TV news channels, such as Republic and CNN News 18, a ‘riot toolkit’ appeared on screen, with fingers pointed at ‘foreign elements’.
The force for the operation was to be maintained by air through para drops by fixed wing aircrafts while the helicopter effort was primarily earmarked for tasks such as reconnaissance.
The current transformation is best understood not as a transition to formalisation, but as a transition from invisible labour to visible informality. Women's work is far from secure.
If the 'math' fails this time, it would have less to do with the voters changing their minds, and more to do with the very ground beneath all calculations being swept away.
There is a broad consensus across Chinese online platforms that US and Israeli actions have driven unilateral tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, troubling global energy markets.
On subjects such as climate change, thinktanks produce technocratic reports on grid modernisation and green hydrogen while academics debate intersectionality and justice. The two worlds must meet.
Jyotiba Phule went beyond parochial constructs to empower the masses to reclaim their sovereignty by seeking and rejecting slavery. This discourse was later taken up by BR Ambedkar.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
The need of the hour is a regulator. We first need a regulator in place before the government lets go the temple administration.
Something like RCIRA (Religious and Charitable Institutions Regulatory Authority). We can also meet the Jitni Aabadi Uthna Haq of RaGa in this. This authority can be made up of members from all castes/communities in proportion to their population.
These members can elect a Governing Council which will have the final say on the administration of every Religious and Charitable Institution. State Govt secretaries can be ex-officio members of the council. Such a Governing council can also establish regional tribunals for dispute resolutions and such problems of Laddus/ Ghee.
The word should be ‘peopleised’ not privatised. From governmentalisation it should be peopleisation. Owned, managed and run by the bhaktas and ordinary people, not government bureaucrats who neither have the necessary devotion nor the skills.
The need of the hour is a regulator. We first need a regulator in place before the government lets go the temple administration.
Something like RCIRA (Religious and Charitable Institutions Regulatory Authority). We can also meet the Jitni Aabadi Uthna Haq of RaGa in this. This authority can be made up of members from all castes/communities in proportion to their population.
These members can elect a Governing Council which will have the final say on the administration of every Religious and Charitable Institution. State Govt secretaries can be ex-officio members of the council. Such a Governing council can also establish regional tribunals for dispute resolutions and such problems of Laddus/ Ghee.
The word should be ‘peopleised’ not privatised. From governmentalisation it should be peopleisation. Owned, managed and run by the bhaktas and ordinary people, not government bureaucrats who neither have the necessary devotion nor the skills.
Nice to see the author here. Firstpost flourished under him, comment section was lively there. I miss those days.