Opinion

Here is the full text of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief and parliamentarian Thol. Thirumavalavan MP's speech about the recent National Education Policy on 31 July 2020.

It shouldn’t be groundbreaking to say that language is consequential to socio-political conversations, especially for already marginalized communities.

One year has passed and the impact of the revocation has been disastrous as the education, industries, mental health, and life of Kashmiris has crippled. The complete closure of schools, universities, no access to distance learning, and no proper internet connectivity to take part in the online academic adventures of the institutions, only designed and well-crafted for the privileged class has isolated and alienated the people of Kashmir from the world.

The new National Education policy is out after a long wait. Here is a quick take on top ten recommendations in relation to school education in this policy. These are categorised into what is good, bad, and iffy – provisions that are high on rhetoric but may be difficult to realise.

The cabinet approval for the long-awaited National Education Policy 2020 has brought with it a fair share of criticism. Aiming to overhaul the education sector of the country after a 34-year gap, the policy is not without its fault. Even though it aims at revamping the whole schooling structure with a focus on the future, the issues are too glaring to be left unnoticed.

The Sessions Court successfully overturned the principle of bail and concluded that “Jail is the Rule, Bail is an Exception”, particularly when the State wants the individuals from the marginalized and vulnerable groups of Indian minorities behind the prisons, as long as the authoritarian State demands.

In the last week of March, Childline activists lodged a complaint against Padmarajan, a local BJP leader, at the Panoor police station, Kannur, alleging that he sexually abused his student, a fourth-grader, from the school toilet in Palathayi, Kannur.

In contemporary history, a lot has been ruminated upon the Muslim woman. In the wake of a global effort to unveil her agency, from the USA’s Afghan invasion to BJP’s rhetoric around saving Muslim women, she has been a subject of immense scrutiny. Yet, despite the great number of academic work produced about her, somehow, the imagery of the ‘elusive’ Muslim women seems to escape translatability. Who is this seemingly ‘gendered’ Muslim, whose act of covering her body seems to have been understood as an act of veiling her self?

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in his press meet on 10 July 2020 informed that from 25 March 2020 onwards,i.e. ever since the lockdown to contain COVID-19 came into effect in the state, 66 children had died by suicide.

Even in Hagia Sophia, the Christian iconography has largely remained intact and remains there to this day. However, relating this act to current BJP government's verdict on Ram-Mandir/Babri- Masjid in India enlightens the insatiable appetite for whataboutery -- as BJP has long been known for a glorified history of discrimination against Muslim minority and Dalits.

Manner of Sharjeel’s detention and arrest is no new episode in the rouge reality of Muslim youth in India. “Every Muslim teenager is obligated to inform their family that...

While it is up to investigative agencies to ascertain what circumstances led to Sushant’s death, it remains important to be aware of the dubious track record of right-wing social media and news channels currently propelling much of the discussions surrounding the actor’s demise.