COVER STORY
At least 27 cows had died at a government-aided cow shelter run by Verma in 3 days in Durg district of Chhattisgarh, who was arrested on Friday.
Outlook Magazine - 24 September 2018
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This willingness to understand and joyfully fulfil your needs, just as a close friend might, is what was so wonderful about the Dalai Lama, and remains so, even today, when he is a Nobel Peace Laureate and the world reveres him as an icon.
It’s easy to thwart constitutional guarantees using draconian laws and the police
Keralam has its own set of vandals of free expression
According to the Monster Salary Index, 2017, women, who only make up 27 per cent of the Indian workforce, are paid 20 per cent less than men overall, and 68 per cent of working women report having experienced wage inequality.
Amnesty International India executive director Aakar Patel says our society lags behind the Constitution’s standards in ensuring democratic rights, and it’s high time we caught up.
Cases of arrest of Adivasis collecting forest produce for their livelihood abound in the area and they lived in constant fear of being dispossessed of their land. Now with the FRA’s legal force on their side, their struggle for their land continues.
Prof Shoma Sen was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, as were activists Rona Wilson, Mahesh Raut and Sudhir Dhawale, and lawyer Surendra Gadling as part of the police probe into the violence at Bhima-Koregaon.
"I don’t like tea ever since I had to sell my cow out of fear that anyone seen with one these days can be killed. My tea used to be made with its milk.”
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This willingness to understand and joyfully fulfil your needs, just as a close friend might, is what was so wonderful about the Dalai Lama, and remains so, even today, when he is a Nobel Peace Laureate and the world reveres him as an icon.
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It’s easy to thwart constitutional guarantees using draconian laws and the police
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Keralam has its own set of vandals of free expression
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Law guarantees a right to minimum wage. But the rates are too low.
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According to the Monster Salary Index, 2017, women, who only make up 27 per cent of the Indian workforce, are paid 20 per cent less than men overall, and 68 per cent of working women report having experienced wage inequality.
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Amnesty International India executive director Aakar Patel says our society lags behind the Constitution’s standards in ensuring democratic rights, and it’s high time we caught up.
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Cases of arrest of Adivasis collecting forest produce for their livelihood abound in the area and they lived in constant fear of being dispossessed of their land. Now with the FRA’s legal force on their side, their struggle for their land continues.
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Prof Shoma Sen was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, as were activists Rona Wilson, Mahesh Raut and Sudhir Dhawale, and lawyer Surendra Gadling as part of the police probe into the violence at Bhima-Koregaon.
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"I don’t like tea ever since I had to sell my cow out of fear that anyone seen with one these days can be killed. My tea used to be made with its milk.”
OTHER STORIES
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The 2017 annual report of the Central Information Commission of India states that four out of every ten RTI requests are rejected on unknown grounds.
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Manjunath, a manual scavenger from Davanagere in central Karnataka, cleans pit latrines and drains in his shorts and a loincloth. “We shouldn’t be doing this, but who will feed us then?” he asks. “We have been doing this all our lives.”
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Kausalya Shankar started the Shankar Social Justice Trust to fight for a casteless society and assist inter-caste couples in their struggles. She is spearheading a campaign for a special law to protect such couples.
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Citizens fighting for their rights keep alive the spirit of the Constitution
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When a right is decriminalised, the most vulnerable feel the change the most
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Taxes on oil provide for the state. Rise in global crude prices will have to be sat out.
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Taxes on petrol and diesel contribute a huge chunk to the government’s revenue.Funds are needed to implement crucial social schemes that the PM has announced, and there is no scope for any cut as of now.
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Watergate is still a far cry, but the howls at Trump sound more like shrieks now
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The CJI, who retires in October, cannot give a ‘final verdict’ on Ayodhya, contrary to media speculation
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In Chennai, a man has been locked in a legal tussle with a dead litigator. Meanwhile, in J&K, the lights are going out all over Dal Lake. Read this and much more in The Subcontinental Menu this week.
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A regular column on the essential buzz
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Meghalaya’s rich forests are role-models for community-based conservation efforts
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Bengal’s fishing cat and its habitat in the wetlands are endangered. Activists sing of their symbiotic beauty.
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Psychiatric wings in Maharashtra’s jails have no resident doctors, only visiting psychiatrists.
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J&K militants mastered the use of social media. Army, police now aim to catch up.
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SFS, with Kanupriya as the candidate, managed to win the top post in the students council election at Panjab University, defeating ABVP’s candidate Ashish Rana by a margin of 719 votes.
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Rumours fly as a nun’s allegation of rape by a bishop makes little headway
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Hardik Patel's deteriorating health prompted the politicians on his side to ask him to give up his fast and preserve his health “for the larger cause of farmers and for the bigger fight that lay ahead.”
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Telangana pits gravy train maths against Opposition equation
