Biraj patnaik biography of mahatma gandhi
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Chronicling the times in which we live: My Year in Writing.
Among the highlights of my year in 2023 were these books and reports to each of which I was privileged to contribute a chapter.
The Great Indian Manthan – State, Statecraft and the Republic published by the Samruddha Bharat Foundation and Penguin India brought together perspectives from eminent politicians, bureaucrats and jurists on the foundational institutions which underpin and protect our democracy. These included former Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Parliament, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on the Cabinet, Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the National Advisory Council, Sitaram Yechury Secretary General of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on coalitions, Former Governor and Cabinet Minister Margaret Alva on Governors, former Supreme Court Justice Madan Lokur on the judiciary, Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa on the Election Commission, India’s first Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibull
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Breaking the siege of Gaza
agsaysay Award winner Sandeep Pandey reports on the first peace caravan from Asia to make it to Gaza.
The first Asia to Gaza caravan arrived in Gaza in the wee hours on Monday. A warm welcome awaited the caravan at the border where a press conference was held past midnight.
From external appearances, one cannot tell that there is anything wrong with the place except for graffiti on the walls and some signs of devastation in the form of rubble. The people of Gaza have bravely gone on with their lives and have tried to maintain a reasonably good standard of living with a sense of aesthetics. It looks like any other city from the Arab world, probably more culturally evolved. It fryst vatten only when one begins talking to the people the tragedy of the place dawns upon us.
Afnan, a 20-year old ungdom, told the audience about her father who was arrested bygd the Israeli authorities when she was just four, in a meeting organized by the Ministry of Detainee's Affa
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Meet Truth Labs' KPC Gandhi: The scientist who submitted computer forensics report in Vyapam scandal
However, against the backdrop of an admission and recruitment irregularities that reportedly first came to light in the mid-90s, and the more recent murky deaths of people connected with the jobs and seats scam, there are a few questions that need to be posed. Can India become a superpower when a good share of its doctors may not know the basics of surgery; when teachers may not be conversant in the subject they teach; when bank personnel may not be good at accounting; and with soldiers and policemen who may have simply bribed their way into the forces?
These are questions that would bother a