Who was Fatima Sheikh and Why we should remember her! https://www.facebook.com/peoples.union.for.civil.liberties/videos/700858338308030/ Arvind Narain
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Fatima Sheikh, a social reformer and an educator who was a close associate of Savitribai Phule, PUCL Karnataka has released a report titled ‘Closing the Gates to Education:Violations of Rights of Muslim Women Students in Karnataka’s Educational Institutions’.
This report documents the impact of the de facto imposed ban on the hijab, and foregrounds the testimonies of Muslim women students across the state, who experienced harassment, humiliation and isolation when the sudden ban was imposed.
The report also provides a legal framework to understand the Karnataka High Court’s verdict through the lens of the Constitution, and draws from the Supreme Court split verdict to elaborate on the violation of the rights of Muslim students.
the entire report: Closing the Gates to Education: Violations of Rights of Muslim women students
January 9, 2023 by PUCL Karnataka http://puclkarnataka.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PUCL-K_Closing-the-Gates-to-Education_Feb42023.pdf
Executive Summary (Eng, http://puclkarnataka.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Eng-Executive_Summary_PUCL.pdf
How India is battling deadly rain storms as climate change bites https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00341-5 08 February 2023 Gayathri Vaidyanathan
South Asian weather is becoming increasingly difficult to forecast as monsoons grow more erratic — and global warming is raising the risks posed by violent rain storms.
https://youtu.be/YMSB9f06G5A?t=51 Editorial with Sujit Nair: Feb 10, 2023 As many as 10,655 micro, small and medium enterprises closed down in the financial year 2022-23 – the highest in the last four years. This data also misses one year of the month, since the year is still ongoing – so the actual number may be even higher.
In 2021-22 that number was 6,222, which in 2020-21 it was far lower at 175 and in 2019-20 it was 400. In this episode of the Editorial our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take on the matter.