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Problems With The Right to Education Act – I
After India’s Independence, one of the foremost concerns in acknowledging a fundamental right to education had been the problem of ‘economic capabilities’ of the State. Indeed, subsequent Governments have chosen to hide under the garb of unavailability of resources in implementing National Policies on Education. Several high-level Committee Reports have debunked the myth of financial [...]
Posted in Constitution, Court, Democracy, Featured, Reforms Also tagged Education, Governance 1 Comment
Obama’s AfPak Speech and India.
Here’s a very interesting take on the India connection from Obama’s speech yesterday, by Robert Kaplan, known for his controversial views on foreign affairs. The statement has been sourced from the Centre for a New American Security (more specifically, from comments by National Security Experts on Obama’s speech). The full statement may be viewed here. [...]
Posted in Democracy, Foreign Affairs, india Also tagged AfPak, Foreign Affairs, india Leave a comment
Indo-U.S. Relations – A culture of solidarity?
In his op-ed on Foreign Policy, Daniel Twining speaks on the significance of considering the US’ relationship with India as a value-based interaction among the world’s largest and most populous democracies. He criticizes the Obama Administration for attempting to engage China in a near zero-sum, interest-based relationship, one that is myopic in nature. Taking a [...]
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Twitter and the NREGA: A Case for Web 2.0 in India
The screenshot’s from Serve.gov, a U.S State website that encourages community service and volunteer work. Ever since the Obama administration took office at the beginning of the year, the White House has embraced online social interaction, using tools like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to facilitate a two-way flow between Government and civil society. Web 2.0, [...]
History Repeating Itself
Camus idea that dissent must never be confused be disloyalty may find new vigour with the events unfolding in Pakistan. President Zardari has applied Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the country thus giving a free hand to the security officials to make arrests of those protesting against the state of that [...]
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Problems with the Right to Education Act – II