Introduction: Award Season and the Idea of Titles in the Constitution Each year, the National Film Awards and Dadasaheb Phalke Awards fill the country with pride — rewarding India’s creative genius as well as the spirit of excellence. They honour merit that binds together the cultural and moral fabric of the Republic. But, isn’t it […]
Article 18 Explained: Why Padma Awards Aren’t ‘Titles’ Read More »
“Untouchability shuts all doors of opportunities for betterment in life for Untouchables. It does not offer an Untouchable any opportunity to move freely in society; it compels him to live in dungeons and seclusion; it prevents him from educating himself and following a profession of his choice.”- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Chairman of the Drafting Committee)
Introduction- Khajuraho temples met Judiciary Recently, intense debate has engulfed the peaceful stone carvings of Khajuraho, as during a hearing on a public interest petition that sought the restoration of the head of a Vishnu idol in the Chaturbhuj Temple in Khajuraho , CJI said that “This is purely publicity interest litigation… Go and ask
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Introduction – The Core of Equal Opportunity “Equality has no meaning if it does not guarantee equal opportunities.” Article 16 of the Indian Constitution establishes equality of opportunity in public employment and ensures that birth, caste, or wealth do not determine access to government jobs or offices, but ability and merit do. But this promise
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Introduction– Pandita Ramabai Professor Meera Kosambi recounted Pandita Ramabai as an individual whom one can see as… “the site for a series of overlapping encounters – primarily that between Hinduism and Christianity, rationalism and dogma, individuality and Church hierarchy. Surrounding this there was the larger confrontation between Indianness and Western culture, feminism and patriarchy in