Sachin Kamal After 70 years of extinction, the roar of the cheetah is back in Indian forests. On Sept 17, 2022, eight African cheetahs (5 female and 3 male) aged between 4-6 years, were introduced in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is believed that the existence of the Cheetah is important to conserve …
Bilkis Bano and the Murder of her Seven Family Members
Adv Soniya A Gajbhiye For the brutal, inhuman and barbaric murder of seven members of a Muslim family and rape on Bilkis Bano, the punishment of life imprisonment was awarded to all 13 accused. The premature release of the said convicted offenders by remitting the duration of their sentence by the state of Gujarat on …
Caste Discrimination In India’s Urban Private Sector
Preeti Chandrakumar Patil Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine Newman in their article ‘Caste and Economic Discrimination: Causes, Consequences and Remedies’ have defined Social Exclusion as a process by which certain groups are denied full or partial access to the economic, educational, and social institutions that determine social membership. Exclusion in India is defined by systems that …
What is a National Emblem?
Adv Soniya A Gajbhiye A national emblem is the official seal of a sovereign state. On 26 January 1950, India had adopted its national emblem, which was an adaptation of Emperor Asoka’s Lion Capital at Sarnath. The original Lion Capital at Sarnath has four lions mounted back-to-back on a circular abacus. This circular abacus rests …
Hidden Casteism In Indian Educational Institutions
Ankush Bicka Rahul was studying in 11th standard in a good private school. Like many of his friends and classmates, he wished to prepare for the IIT JEE. For those who don’t know, it is among the most challenging entrance examinations. However, Rahul’s struggle began even before he began preparing for the exam. The struggle …
EWS Quota is not in the Constitutional Spirit
Santhosh J The controversial EWS quota for the savarna people is not true to the Constitutional spirit. The constitution guarantees justice to the socially discriminated groups and to ensure their adequate representation in the administration and educational institutions so that they can be made part of social life of the country by providing reservations to …
Caste-based Violence And The Elixir Of Freedom
Dr. Sheetal Dinkar Asha Kamble I am very upset today. Amrit Mahostav is going on in the country. It has been 75 years since the country became independent. But is the caste system over? This task is still incomplete. A Dalit student was killed after drinking water from a pot in Rajasthan’s Jalore district on …
The Long Struggle for an SC/ST Students Cell in IIT Bombay
APPSC IIT Bombay We have been getting requests from fellow student organizations in other institutes to document our journey in setting up a functioning SC/ST Students Cell in IIT Bombay. This article is a brief history of the long struggle APPSC had engaged for the last 8 years. In September 2014, Aniket Ambhore, a …
India should reject the Eat Lancet Commission report and any other groups that push for predominantly plant-based foods
Dr. Sylvia Karpagam The Eat Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health was launched on April 4, 2019 at the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) headquarters, New Delhi, India with the question “Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries?’. Dr. Brent Loken from the …