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National Education Policy for a self reliant India

Jyoti Arora
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National Education Policy for a self reliant India

“The person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn …and change”

I really feel that we are blessed and fortunate that we are witnessing the history being created. The introduction of National Education Policy is indeed a revolutionary decision on the part of the Government and other stakeholders who designed the policy completely in sync with the modern-day demands wherein the learners are in dire need of honing their skills to come at par with the world. Moreover, the long-cherished dream of our father of nation Mahatma Gandhi and Honorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi which completely resonates with the core philosophy of being Swadeshi or indigenous also appears to be materializing now which is a good sign for every Indian to see. Once implemented, it will surely direct us to new reforms and we will get over from the education system which is limited by the filter of few. It is being perceived as the first step for reshaping the demand of long pending demand of every Indian.

The policy points out at making every child learning at least one vocational skill and exposed to several more, it will certainly open the doors and take us towards ‘Made in India’ and ultimately AatmaNirbhar Bharat. The policy’s focus on overhauling the curriculum, knowledge-based Board exams, rationalization of the syllabus to retain “core essentials” and thrust on “experiential learning and critical thinking” are really remarkable decisions.

A sampling of important vocational crafts, such as carpentry, electric work, metalwork, gardening, pottery making, etc., as decided by  States and local communities during Grades 6-8  as mentioned in the policy, will be a boon for the learners to recognize their talent and if this followed strictly then, by 2025, at least 50% of learners through the school and higher education system shall have exposure to vocational education which will take them towards becoming self-reliant which should be the real essence of every education system. 

Another aspect that I wish to point out is that is has diversified Higher education in India and led to rebuilding itself to make ‘New India’ as one of the vibrant knowledge economies of the world. New Education Policy has now reconstructed itself as a network of research, knowledge, and training knotted with the deep wisdom of social responsibilities, encouraging community involvement and social participation. The best higher education institutions of the world such as those in the US and the UK work as knowledge centres that facilitate social change in society. They also appear as a job provider and development facilitator and the same is going to be in India soon which is a welcome decision for all of us.

The Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Information & Broadcasting and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise, Shri Prakash Javadekar and the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ holding a press conference on Cabinet Decisions, in New Delhi on July 29, 2020. The Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Shri Amit Khare is also seen.

Experiential learning, which has been emphasized, includes hands-on learning, arts-integrated and sports-integrated education, story-telling-based pedagogy, among others, as standard pedagogy. Classroom communication has been directed towards competency-based learning, which I feel, are the pillars for self-reliance.

The real challenge lies in the implementation of the policy, but I am sure that stakeholders all across the country are highly enthusiastic about achieving the targets. I feel this policy is going to bring notable transformations and will make every learner feel empowered and skilled rather than being administrators only. It has proved that “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

Clubs for Coconuts

Veeresh Malik
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Clubs for Coconuts

When the British left in 1947, they left behind many of their worst symbols of colonial plunder, and one of these was the exclusive clubs for their own select few that they had built on our land. When I say “our land”, I mean community land, to be shared and enjoyed by all. Like a park, a forest, a library, a museum, a playground, a hospital, a school, so on and so forth.

There are thousands of such clubs all over India, sitting on vast estates, which could and should in an India have been used for better purposes than as “madhushalas” for a select few. This said “select few” chosen on their ability to carry off a colonial aura in their lifestyle, I may add, which is fine if they want to be white inside and brown outside like a coconut, then that is their business.

But why on community land and at taxpayer and citizen expense? Why were these 0.1% colonial relics given a high pedestal to sit and lord over the rest of us 99.9% and that too at our expense? Are they going to travel 1st Air Conditioned Class all their lives at our expense while we trundle on behind in General Un-Reserved Class?

There is no reasonable or legitimate explanation for this. Especially when some of these Clubs, till today, practice a policy of exclusion of new members on grounds of race, clothing and descent. Please bear in mind that membership of these Clubs even in British days was co-terminus either with life of the member or tenure or with a position held in some organisation. Membership in these Clubs sitting on our land does not and did not become the property of these members, to be bestowed, divided, multiplied or even traded.

The Delhi Gymkhana right next to the Prime Minister’s House in Delhi is an example. Another taxpayer funded property, but currently engaged in a dispute at the NCLT and NCLAT, and to be observed as well as not commented on.

Living in the Prime Minister’s House does not give the occupant life-long rights. Next Prime Minister comes, previous Prime Minister vacates. So what is so different or great about Delhi Gymkhana, which is also sitting on a tax-payer funded property, that membership becomes an inherited asset?

The complete issue of Clubs for Coconuts in India needs to be re-visited and segregated into two wide groups.

  1. Clubs that have membership based on some sort of designation or position or service. Like Clubs for Government Servants, employees of a particular organisation, or specific professions. Co-terminus with their tenures.
  2. Clubs that have become symbols of Colonial Oppression by reason of membership based on descent as well as Colonial practices, for example-wearing Western formal dress only, or demeaning “natives”.

And all such Clubs, in both categories above, if substantially financed by the Government, need to adhere to the Right to Information Act of India, 2005, at the earliest.

Coconuts are welcome to their Clubs. But they need to pay for their Coconut Clubs themselves. Not on our time and dime. The Colonials left in 1947.

Celebrities – a news factory

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Celebrities – a news factory

It is the silly season. And it has been triggered by the novel corona virus. How is it that a virus is responsible for it?

The lockdown announced by the government has forced us all indoors and made us stay indoors, with external movement limited to essentials only. Working from home is not any less stressful or easier than going to the office. And one has to manage all the the “homely” interruptions from time to time. I do not find any free time. I was working harder than ever I thought, what with the maid absent and my having to back up for her! Everyone would have lots of work at home. Or so I thought.

How wrong I was! Celebrities seem to be very unemployed. I guess it might be true as most of their work is done outdoors. All the indoor work is managed by their staff. So, with all the time on their hands, our celebraties have taken it upon themselves to educate us. On everything under the sun. There is no aspect of life that is left out. They are the new Vedas.

One actress showed us how to wash vessels. My wife and my maid wash vessels everyday. I do it quite often now that the maid does not come. I never thought much about it. But watching the actress’ video I realised how a mundane task becomes glorified in the hands of a celebrity. And there is so much science behind the act ! I would not learn so much if my science teacher taught me. The visual is accompanied by a commentary lest one does not understand. The actress will ensure the online training is successful!

Another tried baking. Yet another demonstrated sweeping with a broom. I was impressed. How often does one get to learn to sweep from a star? And then there are the workouts. India is dying to know how our stars are keeping fit when gyms are locked. So we have the full benefit of a workout regime on the roof. Ya, Indians can have their breakfast now; the stars are maintaining their washboard abs.

Then one must not forget the “goals” the celebrities set for us Indians. These are goals we Indians are expected to aim for. One gets to see photos of well known faces enjoying the sun, the beach, the pool, you name it. So you get various goals – vacation goals, beachwear goals, pool goals, PDA goals. The list is endless. There is no time or space left for your own goals! Just follow the celebrities.

And one must not forget those “throwback pics”. These are old photos of our stars with someone or all by themselves. These throwback pics can be decades old or less. They are supposed to make us nostalgic. And long for more. After all, how can India live without the news of its stars? Whether we have our dinner or not, we must feast on what is happening to the stars.

Add to this the sun-kissed photos, photos without makeup, bonding photos…. The list is endless.

So what does one make of all this? My take is that these celebs need to be in the news. Perhaps their market value depends on how popular they are, how many followers they have on Twitter, Facebook etc. So they have this compulsion to  keep their visibility high, at all costs. So what do you do when you have nothing to do? Well, anything that you can take a photo or video of and post for the world to see. And make news.

As Nirupa Roy would so often say in her movies, “Paapi pet ka sawaal hai”. Translated literally it means, “It is a question of the sinful stomach”. Or in other words, “I have to do all this to fill my stomach!”

उदारवादी या हिन्दू विरोधी?

Manish Singh
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उदारवादी या हिन्दू विरोधी?

5 अगस्त को होने वाले रामजन्मभूमि पूजन को लेकर देशवासियों में उत्साह का माहौल है। करीब 500 वर्षों का संघर्ष अब मूर्त रूप लेने जा रहा है, पर एक धड़ा ऐसा भी है जो इस भूमिपूजन को रोकने का हर संभव प्रयास कर रहा है। इसी धड़े ने इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट में इस भूमिपूजन को रोकने के लिए याचिका भी डाली थी पर हाइकोर्ट ने उस याचिका के पन्ने को गोल कर के याचिकाकर्ता को थमा दिया। आइए अब जानते हैं इस धड़ा को और हिंदुओं के प्रति इसकी घृणा के इतिहास को।

ये धड़ा है लिबरलों का, लिबरल शब्द से तो ऐसा लगता है कि ये उदारवादी प्रवृत्ति के होंगे पर ऐसा नहीं है। ये अव्वल दर्जे के पाखंडी हैं जिनका एक मात्र काम है हिन्दू धर्म के खिलाफ टिप्पणी या कार्य करना। ये हर वो चीज़ का उपहास करेंगे जो हिंदुओं की भावनाओं से जुड़ी हुई हैं। ये हिन्दू भावनाओ को आहत करने के लिए ‘बीफ फेस्टिवल’ का आयोजन करेंगे, हिन्दू देवी-देवताओं के अश्लील चित्र बनाएंगे।

ये हिन्दू त्योहारों में चुन-चुन कर दोष निकालेंगे, जैसे होली में पानी बर्बाद होता है,छेड़खानी होती है,दीपावली में पटाखे जलाने से वायु प्रदूषण होता है, छठ पूजा में अर्घ्य देने से जल प्रदूषण होता है इत्यादि इत्यादि, उदाहरणों की संख्या की कमी नहीं है। पर इनका मकसद त्योहारों में नुक्स निकलने तक ही सीमित नहीं है, ये इससे आगे भी जाते हैं।

दरअसल इनका एक समूह है जिनका एक ही काम है,हिन्दू त्योहारों के खिलाफ अदालत में याचिका डालना। ये कभी जन्माष्टमी में मटके की ऊँचाई को लेकर याचिका डालेंगे, कभी जलीकट्टू में जानवरों पर होने वाले अत्याचार पर, कभी रथयात्रा पर पाबंदी लगाने की मांग को लेकर याचिका डालेंगे।

देश के कहीं दूर-सुदूर गांव में अल्पसंख्यक पर अत्याचार होता है तो ये बिना जांच पड़ताल करे पूरे देश में हिंदुओं को हिंसक तथा असहिष्णु घोषित कर देते हैं पर यदि कभी ठीक इसके उलट हो तो ये चुप्पी साध जाते हैं। तिलक, जनेऊ और जय श्री राम के नारों में इन्हें कट्टरता दिखता है और आतंकवादियों में मानवीय पहलू ढूंढते हैं।

इनके निशाने पर हमेशा हिन्दू धर्म ही रहता है क्योंकि वो जानते हैं कि ये ऐसा कर के सुर्खियों में भी आ जाएंगे और सही सलामत भी रहेंगे, ये भूल कर भी कभी किसी दूसरे धर्म के बारे में नहीं बोलते हैं,शायद उन्हें अंदाज़ा है कि ऐसा करने पर उनका अंजाम क्या होगा।

हालांकि अब लोग इनके पाखंड को जानने लगे हैं,सोशल मीडिया की बढ़ती पहुंच ने इनको नग्न कर दिया है। लोग अब इनकी बातों का तर्क सहित उत्तर दे रहे हैं जिसका जवाब ना हो पाने पर ये फड़फड़ाने लगे हैं। जैसे दिया बुझने से पहले फड़फड़ाता है वैसे ही ये भी फड़फड़ा रहे हैं पर इनका तथाकथित लिबरलिज़म रूपी दिया आज नहीं तो कल बुझ ही जाएगा।

मानवता के नाम एक सन्देश

Anshu Tandon
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मानवता के नाम एक सन्देश

क्या आज एक मानव के जीवन का कोई मूल्य नहीं रह गया है ?

ऐसा क्यों होता है कि जब लोग जीवित होते हैं, तब हम उनकी कद्र नहीं करते हैं? क्यों उनकी कद्र, उनके इस दुनिया से चले जाने के बाद ही होती है? क्यों उनकी अच्छी बातें उनके इस दुनिया से चले जाने की बाद ही याद आती हैं? क्यों मानवता के रिश्ते से हम दूसरों को वह प्यार और सम्मान नहीं देते, जिनके वो असली हकदार होते हैं? क्यों जो जैसा है, हम उसको वैसे नहीं अपना पाते हैं? अगर आप कहेंगे की इसमें नया क्या है और यह हमेशा से ही होता आया है, तो आप इस बात को समझने की कोशिश कीजिये की यह कोई रीति नहीं है जो कि हमेशा से चली आयी है और चलती रहेगी। यह हमारी मानसिकता को दर्शाता है और हमें इसको बदलने की भरपूर कोशिश करनी चाहिए।

दुनिया में आज भी बहुत सारे ऐसे लोग हैं जिनके साथ आप कितना भी अच्छा व्यवहार कर लें, पर उनको हमेशा ही आपकी कमियां दिखाई देंगी। ऐसे लोगों को आपके जीवनसंघर्ष में कोई रूचि नहीं होगी, उनका तो बस एक ही ध्येय होता है की कहाँ और कैसे वो आपकी दुखती रग पकड़ ले। और भगवान् न करें, अगर उनको कभी आपकी कोई कमी पता चल जाए, तो उसका ढिंढोरा कैसे पीटना है, यह उन लोगों को बहुत अच्छे से आता होगा।

प्रायः देखा गया है कि हम अपनी जिंदगी में इतने व्यस्त हो जातें हैं कि दूसरों के लिए हमारे पास समय ही नहीं होता है। हमारी व्यस्तता दर्शाती है कि हम अपने जीवन में इतने रमे हुए हैं की हमारे आसपास क्या हो रहा है हमें उससे कोई मतलब भी नहीं रहता है। पर क्या यह व्यवहार पूर्णतः सही है? क्या हमको हमारे आस पास हो रही चीज़ों का ज्ञान नहीं होना चाहिए? क्या हमारे जीवन में दूसरों का कोई भी मूल्य नहीं है। क्या यह जीवन जीना का सही तरीका है प्रमाण यह सिद्ध करते हैं की अत्याधुनिक युग का मनाव स्वयं को सर्वश्रेठ समझने लगा है। उसे दूसरों के दुःख दर्द को देखकर, कोई भी कष्ट नहीं होता है।

क्यों कभी हम दूसरों की सहायता के लिए अपना हाथ नहीं बढ़ाते हैं? क्यों हम दूसरों का इंतज़ार करते हैं? क्यों हम दूसरों के दुःख को कम करने की कोशिश नहीं करते हैं?

सुशांत सिंह राजपूत के केस में जिस तरफ से हैरत-अंगेज खुलासे हो रहे हैं, उनको देखकर तो यही लगता है कि बहुत से लोगों को बहुत कुछ, बहुत पहले से ही पता था। पर अगर समय रहते लोगों ने उसकी सहायता करी होती, तो वो आज हमारे बीच में जीवित होता। अगर किन्ही कारणों से एक इंसान अपनी सहायता करने में अक्षम है, तो क्या उसके आस पास के लोगों का कोई फ़र्ज़ नहीं बनता। आज सब मीडिया में आकर खुलम खुल्ला या दबी आवाज़ों में अपनी ब्यान बाजी कर रहे हैं, पर जब इन सब घटनाक्रमों की शुरुवात हुई थी, तब यह सब लोग आगे क्यों नहीं आये और क्यों कुछ नहीं बोलें। शायद अगर किसी एक ने भी साहस करके अपनी आवाज़ उठायी होती, तो आज सुशांत हमारे बीच में जीवित होता।

यह वारदात हमको सबक सिखाती है कि अगर आपके आस पास किसी को आपकी सहायता की आवशयकता हो, तो आप सब सजग रहें। आपसी मत मुटाव को भूलाकर, मानवता को प्रधानता दें। ताकि भगवान् न करे अगर कल आपको किसी की सहायता की जरूरत पड़े , तो आपको भी सहायता मिल सके। हमेशा यह कहावत याद रखें ” जैसे को तैसा”। अगर आज आप किसी की सहायता करेंगे, तो कल जरूरत पड़ने पर आपको भी सहायता मिलेगी।

आज के युग में अपना भला तो हर कोई देखता है, पर जो दूसरों का भला भी देखता हुआ चले, वो ही सही मायनो में भला इंसान है।

यह बात हम सबको समझने की जररूत है कि समय बदल रहा है और बदलते समय के साथ हमको अपने जीवन के स्तर को भी सही मायनो में उठाना होगा। आप चाहें जहाँ भी रहते हों, आपको हमेशा कोशिश करनी चाहिए कि आप सही मायनो में प्रगतिशील बनें। सिर्फ भौतिक सुख सुविधाओं के आधार पर स्वयं का मूल्यांकन न करें। आध्यात्मिक प्रगति के पथ पर भी अग्रसर रहें। हमेशा याद रखें कि हमारा उठाया गया एक भी सकारात्मक कदम, हमारे साथ-साथ दूसरों के जीवन में भी सकारात्मक प्रभाव ला सकता है। हमारा दृष्टिकोण हमेशा प्रगतिशील ही होना चाहिए ताकि दुनिया में बदलाव लाना स्वत: ही सरल और सुगम बन जाये।

“Secular” Asaduddin Owaisi opposes Modi’s Ayodhya vist

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“Secular” Asaduddin Owaisi opposes Modi’s Ayodhya vist

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that PM modi should not visit Ayodhya for Ram Mandir Bhoomi Poojan because it is against Secularism. But how secular is Owaisi?

Today PM Modi tweeted Eid Mubarak:

So did Mr. Owaisi

And who is Owaisi: He is an MP, he has taken the constitutional oath so why he is he saying Eid Mubarak especially when he is from Hyderabad where majority population is Hindu.

Previous Year Diwali or even Diwali of 2018 he didn’t tweet Happy Diwali.

Modi works on inclusive Secularism whereas Owasi is a Radical Muslim and has no right to say on Secularism what so ever. Hindus of Hyderabad should also consider this fact before voting for him.

New Education Policy- Winning the world with the Bharat centric Values

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New Education Policy- Winning the world with the Bharat centric Values

Vidhya naam narasya kirtirtula Bhagyashaye chakshyo,
Dhenuh kamdudha ratishcha virhe netram tratiyam cha saa.
Satkaraytanam kulasya mahima ratrevirna bhushnam,
Tasmadnynupekshya sarvavishyam vidhadhikaram kuru

The first NEP in Bharat came in 1968 and the second in 1986, the NEP of 1986 was revised in 1992. The latest is the NEP 2020, released under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi.

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to revamp all aspects of Bharat’s education system that were in place over three decades and bring it closer to the best global standards of education. The NEP is a blend of tools enabling the students to compete with the global world, as well as to grasp the Bharat centric values, culture, and languages. Most importantly, the NEP has a clear vision and defined objectives, which includes,  pre-primary education to all by 2025, compulsory school education for all children in the age group of 3-18 years by 2030, the target of 50 percent Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) by 2035 and new curricular with 5+3+3+4 structure.

The NEP is an ambitious document, which is focused on the holistic and overall development of the students to make them Aatmnirbhar and to enable them to compete with the world while maintaining the Bharat centric values and culture. The new system will have 4 stages which includes the Foundational Stage (i.e. 3 years of Anganwadi or pre-school followed by classes 1-2), Preparatory Stage (i.e.classes from 3-5), Middle Stage (i.e.classes from 6-8) and lastly the Secondary Stage (i.e.classes from  9-12), and teaching up to at least class 5 in the mother tongue or a regional language (Languages of Bharat), etc. The curriculum will be reduced to its core and there will be more interactive teaching instead of textbook learning. To improve the classroom process, and to enable the professional development of teachers, the use of technology will be encouraged to impart education. In this regard, the New Educational Technology Forum (NETF) will be set up.

Under multiple entries and exit systems, degree students would be given a certificate after completing the first year, a diploma after the second, and a degree at the end of the program. Besides, Academic credits will be saved in DigiLocker, which will enable drop-out students to resume their program without having to take fresh admission.

The NEP aims at ensuring a transparent Recruitment Process for teachers, as the institutions will have to follow the robust transparent process for teacher recruitment. In this regard, New Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) will be developed by 2022. The promotion of the teachers will also be made transparently, thereby ensuring the eligible to get promoted. In the same manner, to ensure transparent entrance exams in the country, the National Testing Agency (NTA) will now be provided to conduct entrance examinations for admissions to universities.

Under the NEP, the school curriculum will aim for the holistic development of the students. To ensure learning opportunities for emphasize will be given to the  Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs). The NEP envisages clear, separate systems for policymaking and other matters. For the same, the States/UTs will set up the State School Standards Authority (SSSA).

To ensure quality education, the NEP has paved the way for a single overarching regulator, i.e. Higher Education Commission of India (HECI), which will replace the University Grants Commission and the All India Council For Technical Education. The HECI will regulate the 45,000 running affiliated colleges in the country. Further, to ensure greater flexibility, the NEP allows the students to choose subject combinations and to not stick to Science or Commerce or Humanities. Students with a three-year Bachelor’s degree can pursue a two-year Master’s program, and for students with a four-year Bachelor’s degree with research, there could be a one-year Master’s.

The NEP provides that the exams will be redesigned to ensure the holistic development of the students by testing their competencies. Under this, the new progress card will be a holistic, multidimensional report that will include self-assessment, peer assessment, and teacher assessment.

To make the students Aatmanirbhar and promote entrepreneurship, NEP emphasizes on the vocational education. It aims at the hands-on experience of students (from class 6 onwards) in vocational crafts, including metalwork, carpentry, electric work, pottery making,  gardening etc.

The NEP has also emphasized on promoting and preserving the regional languages as well as ensuring the  multilingualism, so that students should be made aware about the rich array of languages of Bharat. In this context, Mother tongue will be the medium of instruction till fifth grade. Sanskrit will be offered at the school levels after 6th as an option, including in three-language formula. Further, to compete with the global world, Foreign languages, such as Korean, Japanese, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian, will also be offered at the secondary level.

As more than 7,50,000 Bhartiya students study abroad, spending billions of dollars outside the country every year. The NEP, to ensure the best education within the country provides provisions for “entry of top world-ranked universities to open campuses in our country”.  The top 100 International universities  will, no doubt, prepare the Bhartiya students to compete and win in the global world. Also, to keep the institutions at par, common norms will be made for the public and private educational institutions. Further, the Segregation of the universities into Teaching and Research institutions will result in focused research and development in the country.

With the development of technology, access to the remote and far-flung area has become easy. Therefore, NEP aims at using technology and AI in improving the education system and reaching at the remote areas.

The crux of the gamut is, the NEP is the most planned comprehensive and exhaustive document which aims at ensuring the overall development of the students to prepare them to compete with the global world while preserving their Bharat centric values, ethics, and the culture.

Since education is a concurrent, the NEP only provides broad directions. The proposed directions can only be implemented by the Centre and the states collectively.  Also, the implementation of NEP will take a long time and therefore the government has set a target of 2040 to implement the entire policy.

To implement this ambitious project aiming for sweeping transformational reforms at all levels and to ensure quality education for all, the Centre has aimed to surge public spending on education to almost 6 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), i.e. a nearly 2 percent increase in spending.

The NEP could also be seen as the success of the educational organizations of Bharat including the Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM),  as the BSM had been demanding for major changes in the existing education system by inculcating and mainstreaming the Bharat-centric values, culture, languages. The preservation of the regional language and promotion & mainstreaming of Sanskrit language will ensure the long time survival of these languages in Bharat. The establishment of entities like the National Research Foundation and Prime Minister-led Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog will ensure the involvement of educationalists in the planning process. The major shift, i.e. the renaming of ministry had figured prominently at a Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal conference in 2018. At the conference, speaker after speaker had urged the government to change the name of the ministry.

Therefore with the change in the name of the ministry, with the introduction of Bharat centric values, languages and culture, as well as with the introduction of the regional and Sanskrit language, it could be said that the NEP is the result of the larger consensus of the people and the organizations who believe and respect the Unity and Integrity of Bharat.

Why are the left-liberals and placard holding gangs quiet on Sushant’s death mystery?

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Why are the left-liberals and placard holding gangs quiet on Sushant’s death mystery?

Perhaps the second-best way to get famous in Bollywood is by holding a placard on issues that plague an individual and the society at large with the latest trendy hashtags like #IamHindusthan, #IamAshamed, and #notinmyname. But perhaps we should not hold these placard-holding, pseudo-left-liberals at face value. There can be no doubt that their liberalism is biased. Otherwise, why would the entire Bollywood lobby remain silent on the mystery that encompasses the death of Sushant Singh Rajput? Despite multiple inconsistencies in the case, why do these ‘liberals’ choose silence over activism? Is it not true that the facts which have come to light since the Bihar Police started investigating clearly prove that his death can not be an ‘open-and-shut’ case of suicide?

As ‘celebrities’, is it not their duty to carry forward the voices of crores of Indians who have a great hand in making them what they are today? If not, they should at least answer the questions and let people have their closure in SSR’s mysterious death case. Before showing apathy towards the sentiments of crores of Indians, Bollywood biggies have to speak up and answer.

Secondly, the Maharashtra government and Mumbai Police should also be ashamed of itself for blatantly trying to cover up his unnatural death, which is gradually hinting at the possibility of a cold blooded murder. Some of the questions which surround the Maharashtra Govt. and the Mumbai Police are:

  1. Why would the Home Minister of MH Govt. use such an adamant tone and say that ‘under no circumstances are we going to let this case go to CBI’? Why so adamant? Do you have something to hide?
  2. MH Govt.’s sting stand on non-transfer of the case to CBI raises the question: Is there a politician from the ruling party involved in the deaths of SSR and his manager Disha Salian?
  3. Why was a politician’s owned ambulance called at the scene of the crime to take SSR’s dead body to the hospital?

Further questions stare at the Mumbai Police in their face. Some of them are:

  1. Why did they rush to declare SSR’s death as a suicide?
  2. If they are going by the suicide story, why are they questioning the Bollywood production houses? Is it a silly tactic to delay the delivery of justice to SSR and thereby, his fans?
  3. If they were looking at his death from a whole other angle, why did they not file an FIR based on circumstantial evidence? They do have the authority to do so.
  4. Why did they not seal the scene of the crime immediately upon arrival? Who did they unofficially allow to contaminate the crime scene and tamper with the evidence?
  5. Why was SSR’s flatmate Siddharth Pithani allowed to leave the city when there’s an ongoing investigation?
  6. Why did they not look into SSR’s financials (which could have substantiated their depression story) before the arrival of Bihar Police and gave a premature clean-chit to his ex-girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty?
  7. How on earth did Sandeep Singh reach the crime scene so quickly when he himself admitted on the Debate with Arnab Goswami that he was not in touch with Sushant for over 10 months?
  8. Why was Sandeep Singh allowed to dictate which hospital Sushant’s dead-body had to be taken to? Moreover, why are all actor’s dead bodies taken to Cooper Hospital in specific? It’s not the first time? Both Jian Khan and Divya Bharati’s body post ‘suicide’ was taken there. It’s not that Cooper hospital was the closest one available to all three of them? Then why do ‘suspicious suicide’ cases go there in specific?
  9. Why did the Mumbai police not allow Bihar Police to address the media on 31st July? What are they trying to hide or who are they protecting from getting exposed?
  10. Why was the Mumbai Police personnel afraid that if the public sees the (leaked) video, his diligence as an investigator will be at stake?
  11. Who brought down SSR’s hanging body? Some say that the police did, while the police say that Siddharth did before their arrival. Why this discrepancy?
  12. The details of their investigation does not leak out in the media. But when Siddharth Pithani sends them a mail saying that SSR’s family is pressuring him to lay blame on Rhea for embezzling money, that mail gets leaked to Rhea to support her petition at the Supreme Court to let the case be only in the hands of the Mumbai Police!

Moreover, there are so many inconsistencies with what SSR’s flatmate Siddharth Rajput has been saying. When the Republic Media went to Hyderabad to question the absconding ‘friend’ on the 31st of July, he said things which absolutely don’t add up, such as:

  1. Did SSR show any signs of committing suicide on the day he died? He says SSR’s behavior did not raise any eyebrows and yet he was so depressed that he just hung himself!
  2. For what illness was he giving medications to SSR on behalf of Rhea Chakraborty?
  3. How is it possible that he, who knows how to read, does not bother to check the name of the medicines he was giving SSR?
  4. When he himself claims that the psychiatrist was giving him medication for depression, why does he not know at present what to call the mental condition SSR was in just before his death?
  5. He could not even give a confident answer as to who would buy the medicines for SSR? First, he said that maybe Rhea would buy the medicines, and immediately the next moment he changes his statement and says that some helpers would be bringing it for him.
  6. Then he says that before Rhea left SSR and Rhea would be having a lot of conversations. When questioned by Arnab what they were talking about, he said that they spoke in the privacy of their bedroom upstairs and so he doesn’t know. What raises suspicion here is that, if they were really in the privacy of their bedroom, how did he know that they were ‘having a lot of conversations’ and not doing something else?
  7. Then he says that he doesn’t know what conversation he himself had with Rhea when she was leaving SSR’s house. When poked further, he quickly makes up a story in his head and says things which make Rhea look like an angel from above.
  8. He refused to acknowledge that there was a party the night before SSR ‘supposedly committed suicide’.
  9. He had no idea how Sandeep Singh landed up at the crime scene. How? Wouldn’t he have asked Sandeep out of curiosity?
  10. Why did Siddharth too not raise a question in front of media when he saw Sandeep tell the police where to take SSR’s body for post mortem?
  11. He gives a clean-chit to Rhea when evidence has already been found that she was exploiting Sushant and embezzling money from his account. Why would he do that? Is he too involved with Rhea in her conspiracy?

There are innumerable questions which would clearly refute the suicide theory. Questions like: why is Rhea in hiding? Why are the Mumbai Police hiding evidence like SSR’s journal? Why did they not draw a link between the deaths of Disha Salian and SSR especially when both their deaths happened within a week? Why would Sushant need to change 50 SIM cards and who would issue those SIM cards for him? And most importantly, how can a man living with a healthy dog be depressed? Dogs are perhaps the best anti-depressant medicine. He cared a lot about his dog and would not have left him and committed suicide. Even if he did commit suicide, he would have most definitely sent him off to someone whom he felt would take as good care of him as he did. Sushant Singh Rajpur most certainly could not have committed suicide. If he did, we would have had the answers to all the above questions by now.

Moreover, should Bollywood not come to the forefront and support their own fans and unanimously ask for Justice to be delivered to Sushant? Or are they getting paid for being silent listeners?

Do you think wearing the PPE is fascinating?

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Do you think wearing the PPE is fascinating?

Since the person after wearing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) kits look fascinating to others, the lesser known fact is the real struggle experienced by the one who has worn the PPE. It serves the purpose of safeguarding health workers from coronavirus but their struggle is a lot. It takes about 25-30 minutes to wear/remove it and they cannot even remove it in between work hours for the reason that it cant be used again or the chance of catching the virus. Hence, even if they are dehydrated, have skin problems, have period problems, they choose to wear the kits.

Within a span of last 3-4 months, the manufacturing of PPE kits reached from zero to 4.5 lakhs per day in India and over 600 domestic companies are being certified to manufacture the PPEs. Simultaneously the consumption of PPE kits is also increasing to fight the COVID-19. At a time when there were very few laboratories functional for the testing of COVID in India, now the number of laboratories has reached to 1300 plus for performing the testing through different methods.

Now PPE kits are not just used in the testing laboratories but it’s been used by the doctors, nurses, hospital security personnel’s, housekeeping staff of the COVID care centre’s and hospitals. Other than this there are various companies that are functional and are in threat of getting exposed so even they are making their employees to wear PPE when on duty.

We, as a collective society have a role to play. There are many perspectives to this. Firstly, we can begin to atleast empathize with the people who have been wearing the PPEs for serving the country during this pandemic. Imagine a situation when you can’t even go to a washroom because of the PPE kit and have to control until you finish your work. Its not an easy job.

Another perspective to imagine is when due to the kit, one is sweating profusely and is drained in it and can’t even get fresh air as the hours of duty still remains. In such drastic situations, we expect the person to work with effective quality or with full presence of mind. The condition of a  person in a PPE kit is far worse than that of a farmer who is working in land on a summer day but still his body gets the open air while sweating. The least we can do is be sensitive and understanding towards them.

Since we all are humans and they are fighting for everyone’s safety, so while we are pointing fingers at the government for various reasons, we may also need to think of the larger goal here, which is to make the health workers free from wearing the PPE kits. We can do this by staying at home, following the social distancing norms, by washing hands frequently and other suggestive measures to stop the spread of COVID in our country.

What is PPE? According to the World Health Organization, the protective equipment consists of garments placed to protect health care workers or any other person to get infected. These usually consist of standard precautions: gloved mask, gowns. If it is blood or airborne high infection, will include: Face protection, goggles and mask or face shield, gloves, gown or coverall, head cover, rubber boots.

Gendered social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Gendered social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

In the midst of a colossal pandemic, issues of gender inequality have taken a backseat. However, it is imperative to inspect the imprint of such a large-scale global phenomenon on gender roles in society. Data has shown that while both men and women are equally susceptible to contracting COVID-19, the mortality rate of men is higher than that of women. There is ongoing research on whether the extra X chromosome gives women additional immunity. However, the more generally accepted theory is that men have compromised immunity since they tend to smoke and drink more due to traditional definitions of masculinity and femininity that promote such activities among men and demote them amongst women.

The rest of the writing would focus on more indirect outcomes of the pandemic. Notably, the majority of the global healthcare workers, as well as informal caregivers, are female. Contrastingly, the majority of the political policy-makers are male. This itself creates an imbalance in the functioning of society. To begin with, let’s peek into the primary household entity – family. With the lockdown in place, everybody gets to experience more family time. While this serves as a wholesome change, the negative aspect is that traditional gender roles get magnified in times of crisis.

Traditionally, women perform most of the domestic tasks – cooking, rearing children, keeping the house clean, etc, and this workload has increased manifold. Working women, who extensively rely on domestic help cannot do so anymore and now have to juggle their profession through work-from-home with their household tasks. Children, especially younger ones and ones who would otherwise be at school, pose extra responsibilities – it becomes the job of the mother to educate them at home, acquaint them with precautionary measures and ensure that they follow the required sanitary practices. The situation is graver for women who are frontline health workers such as doctors and nurses, women who are part of the law enforcement, women who belong to the lower socio-economic classes, etc who are obligated to be both socially responsible and a nurturing figure. In addition to the physical burden, they are also faced with the psychological strain of ensuring the safety of themselves and their families. 

Moving on to more niche aspects, pregnant women are also subject to dire predicaments. The normally recommended regular checkups with the obstetrician are no more possible. With the severe restrictions on travel services, women having to go to the hospital either due to complications in the pregnancy, or even to give birth – becomes a Herculean task. Immunization of kids through vaccination has also been paused, causing additional distress to maternal figures. Moreover, this issue becomes worse with the possibility of increased pregnancy rates due to the lack of recreational activities and limited access to contraceptives.

Other unfavourable consequences of the situation include the possible rise in the rates of domestic and sexual violence, the mental stress caused by isolation with the abuser with no escape outlet and aggressive withdrawal behaviour from alcoholic men who now have no access to alcohol.  

Overall, there is a need for policy-makers to compensate women for their efforts and secure more gender-friendly policies and restrictions. The larger necessity, however, is to completely do away with the gender-based division of societal roles and responsibilities in the long-term, so that in the event of another such crisis, men and women are able to share the burden equally.

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