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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Topic: Social Justice

Modi govt’s social justice approach is ‘secularism in action’, Sitharaman says in budget speech

Presenting the interim budget Thursday, Finance Minister Sitharaman accused previous governments of indulging in tokenism and using social justice as a mere ‘political slogan’.

Karpoori Thakur’s politics of social justice cost him CM post. But he wasn’t power-hungry

Karpoori Thakur, often referred to as the 'Annadurai of North India', played a vital role in bringing socialist politics and consciousness to a semi-feudal and backward state like Bihar.

India has entered a new era of reservation devoid of social justice

The demand for a quota by the comparatively socially and economically privileged Maratha community prompts a reevaluation of the very bedrock of reservation policies—social justice.

Add ‘3rd gender’ category for civil service aspirants, let trans people inherit agricultural land, says NHRC

In advisory to states & UTs, rights panel gives 32 suggestions for welfare of trans people, from free education & scholarship provisions to sensitising families.

Stabbed 70 times in court — why the women who killed Akku Yadav were hailed as heroes

In ‘Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence’, Joanna Bourke provides a global history of social violence from date rape in America to Caste-based violence in India.

Amid incidents of caste discrimination in TN, ‘Maamannan’ echoes DMK’s message of ‘social justice’

Starring CM MK Stalin's son & DMK leader Udhayanidhi, the film portrays caste oppression within a fictional political party. AIADMK says, 'DMK has nothing to brag about, not done anything'.

Rahul Gandhi can drive Mandal 3, reverse social justice politics that BJP pushed to dead-end

Rahul Gandhi's Kolar speech wasn't a momentary reflex. Congress is looking to recover lost ground and be the favourite party of poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and Muslims again.

SubscriberWrites: Social justice needs an upgrade. Decadence has seeped in everyday life

We need to restore confidence among the citizens in the judicial system, either by increasing the number of judges in all courts and better judicial facilities, writes Pradyumna Dutta.

Lalai Singh published Periyar in Hindi. But he’s still not a social justice hero in North India

Lohia-BSP-led social justice movement in North India had a different frame and trajectory than in the South. Periyar and Lalai Singh didn't fit in them.

For long, Congress wavered on social justice. Now it’s waking up to BJP’s OBC politics

Many wanted Congress to focus on secularism, diversity and pluralism. But party has realised that the Shudra/OBC/Dalit/Adivasi aren't interested in these abstract ideas.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.