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On the back bench
- 19 May 2012
- pioneer
- Hits: 38
Entry of EWS children to private schools through RTE is getting mixed reactions from educationists, private and Government schools. Many feel that the Right to Education Act, though perfect on paper, is open to too many ambiguities in practise. SHALINI SAKSENA tells you more
Undead come alive
- 19 May 2012
- pioneer
- Hits: 41
Johnny Depp vs Robert Pattinson — the good vampire, bad vampire debate could be preposterous or sexy, depending on whose fan you are. But, be it Barnabas Collins or Edward Cullen, fact is that Hollywood’s undead have, over the ages, reflected the changing mores of American society — from fearsome blood-suckers to sexy dudes with six-pack abs, the revolution is far from over. MEENAKSHI RAO, with SHALINI SAKSENA, tells you why
Opp in you-first mode
- 19 May 2012
- Hari Shankar Vyas
- Hits: 54
The Opposition strategy is stuck on one question: Who will take the initiative against the Congress’ Presidential candidate? All Opposition parties are waiting for each other to take the first step. Many feel that the BJP, which is the main opposition party, should take the initiative. However, the party is too busy handling rebellions in Rajasthan and Karnataka to do anything about this other issue.
IPL5 has kept up the news — both good & bad
- 19 May 2012
- Meenakshi Rao
- Hits: 39
First we had some seldom-heard-before players pompously, and probably even falsely, declaring to a hidden camera that they draw more than their official auction figures.
It’s just not about the cartoon
- 19 May 2012
- Debraj Mookerjee
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The brouhaha in Parliament over the Ambedkar cartoon has been widely commented on. Save one member from the National Conference, and Jaswant Singh outside Parliament, Parliament in one voice managed to force the HRD Minister (Harvard returned, but not enlightened enough it seems) to pull out the offending Class IX text by NCERT from the school curricula taught across 15 States. That this was a case of competitive populism is obvious to all. The behaviour of the political class gives cause for serious disquiet. The focus of this piece is not the cartoon itself, or whether or not it is appropriate for school students. It seeks to examine certain underlying facets to the debate.
