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Indian philosophy beyond Vedanta: Meet the Charvakas, the …
WEBOct 1, 2021 · The Charvakas do not deny the fact that we are conscious, in fact self-conscious; and that each one of us has a self. Nor, unlike the Buddhists and Jains, do they deny the reality of a conscious self, as also of this world. Both are held to be real. What they do say, like modern neuroscientists [theory of Emergentism] is that the conscious self arises out of your body naturally.
Muslims in India facing social, political & economic exclusion.
WEBApr 4, 2022 · The gap between the SCs and Muslims was four percent in 2017-18. Six years earlier, in 2011-12, SC youth were just one percentage point above Muslims in educational attainment. The gap between all Hindus and Muslims widened from nine percentage points in 2011-12 to 11 in 2017-18. Muslim youth in the Hindi heartland – where the BJP is dominant ...
Gandhi & Nehru: poles apart but they transformed each other and …
WEBNov 13, 2019 · Nowhere is this trend more conspicuous than in Gandhi-Nehru encounters stretching over three decades. No two leaders of the freedom struggle were so different from each other, and also so intimately connected to each other, as were Gandhi and Nehru. Superficially it would appear that the two were poles apart.
With younger Indians and children dying by suicide, it is a new ...
WEBFeb 18, 2022 · The NCRB data showed approximately 31 children died by suicide every day in 2020, with a total of 11,396 deaths across the year. This is an 18% increase from 9613 such deaths in 2019 and 21% increase from the figure of 9413 such deaths in 2018. The increased rate in 2020 is a dramatic rise compared to …
Fali S. Nariman: The judiciary's 'Bhishma-pitamah' minced no words
WEBFeb 22, 2024 · Nariman, variously termed Bhishma-pitamah, 'conscience keeper' and 'the man with a giant intellect', died in New Delhi on Wednesday, 21 February. He was 95 years old. The eminent jurist and author, a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan in 2007 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991, was a renowned votary of civil liberties and secularism.
India still among the world's unhappiest countries, finds World ...
WEBMar 20, 2024 · Happiness inequality has increased in every region except Europe, which the report's authors describe as a "worrying trend". The rise is especially distinct among the old and in Sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting inequalities in "income, education, health care, social acceptance, trust, and the presence of supportive social environments at the family, community and national levels," the authors said.
Passage to India: refugees of 1947 remember the flight and their ...
WEBAug 15, 2021 · Passage to India: refugees of 1947 remember the flight and their struggle to rebuild their lives. Those who survived the passage to India did not have it easy. They faced discrimination. Few were willing to employ them. Police treated them with suspicion and new neighbours were not always helpful. Representative image.
Why is India still the world’s dirtiest and most polluted country?
WEBDec 9, 2020 · The Economist recently carried a story about India’s environment headlined “Why is India one of the most polluted countries on Earth”. The Economic Times followed this with a story headlined “India alarmingly filthy even by standards of poor countries”. Nobody living here can deny it. Most of our lakes and rivers are severely poisoned with urban and chemical effluents.