FCRA impact on education
While the menace of missionaries in religious conversion and the impact of FCRA on it, is being discussed widely, the way evangelists use to tap into the 4/14 window, that…
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The Bogey of Majoritarianism in Bharat: The Half Truths and Whole Lies
Majoritarianism became an overused and abused word in Bharat from 2014 onwards. Democracy which has always been an exercise of expressing the majority view suddenly became a rigged exercise that…
Babus Caught Red-Handed Accepting Bribe from School to Release RTE Funds – Pune
Two zilla parishad education department officials, who were caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, while receiving a bribe from a school principal, have now blamed their senior…
“Hindus Don’t Want Superiority, But Give Us A Level Playing Field” – Interview on Lingayat Minority Demand
The Congress decision to grant ‘minority religion’ status to Lingayat community in Karnataka has predictably kicked off similar demands from the Kodavas and is likely to reverberate throughout Hindu society in…
Why is BJP-run Maharashtra Punishing Hindu-Run Schools Using RTE?
Unaided non-minority (i.e. Hindu run) schools in Maharashtra have decided to boycott the Right to Education (RTE) Act quota admissions next academic year if the state fails to reimburse them for the…
Christian Minority School in Tamil Nadu Punishes Students for Bursting Diwali Crackers, Putting Mehandi
Tiruchirappalli city police have launched an inquiry on a complaint lodged against Servite matriculation school at Keezhapudur by a parent whose son was punished by the school authorities for having burst…
Core and the Rationale Behind Equal Rights for All Institutions
This article is a response to the article titled “Jamia and the Rationale Behind Special Rights for Minority Institutions” published by The Wire on the 22nd of August 2017, in which the…
“Lack of Peer Review by Traditional Dharmic Institutions Has Given Rise to Fake Babas”: Swami Vigyananand
In the wake of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insaan’s 10-year sentence for rape, a question rises as to why controversial self-styled spiritual leaders are gaining mass following in Bharat these days?…
Rajasthan : RTE Schools Data
The Rajasthan Elementary Education Department has a good website where quite some data is available with regard to RTE. It maintains a separate Private School Portal where this data is…
Telangana : State Funding Of Religious Instruction
The government of Telangana has come up with a new scheme called the “Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions”. The aim of this scheme, in the words of the Telangana government itself,…