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open letter to the UN, highlighting the persecution of the Hazara Shia community in Taliban-occupied Afghanistan

A panel discussion (in two parts) participated by Anita Rampal, Pravin Sinclair and M.V. Srinivasan besides others. Organised by Edu-Adda at the SDMC Pratibha Vidyalaya (school), Nizamuddin West, New Delhi, March 2016.

We, the members of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA) are extremely concerned about the ongoing state-led and state-sponsored targeted violence and discrimination which is particularly directed against Muslims, while also affecting groups like Christians and Dalits. This violence has been particularly witnessed in Karnataka and BJP ruled states, as well as in some other states like Delhi and Rajasthan. JSA is a national level network working across various states on public health issues, w

The CBSE has made drastic cuts to the syllabus for classes 10 to 12. Chapters on democracy, diversity and central Islamic lands have been dropped. The translated excerpts from two Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmad Faiz have been excluded. What are the values that the education system should be imparting to Indian students, and is the process of the decision-making transparent?

In this paper, I explore the body/work nexus in the context of young lower-middle-class women