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First reported 44 mins ago - Updated 44 mins ago - 1 reports

Ambedkar had suggested Hyderabad as second capital

NAGPUR: The question, or need, to have a second capital has not cropped up now. The architect of the Indian Constitution, BabasahebAmbedkar, had raised the issue in his book titled 'Thoughts of Linguistic States' published in the 50s. In fact, he dedicated ... [Published India Everyday - 44 mins ago]

Entities: Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India), New Delhi (India), Nagpur

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

India’s dark underbelly: neglected youths

Talk about India always begins with recognition that it’s one of Asia’s rising powers, a state with a fast-growing economy and burgeoning political influence on the world stage.But a closer look shows a dark underbelly that portends a sad time ahead.Put ... [Published Korea Herald - 12 hours ago]

Entities: India, Malnutrition, Workers

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

59 long years since Brown v. Board of Education

By Damon HewittOn May 17, 1954, the United State Supreme Court decided a case that changed the course of American history. In Brown v. Board of Education, which was litigated by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a unanimous Court declared ... [Published Hudson Valley Press - May 22 2013]

Entities: Brown v. Board of Education, National Association for the Advancement of Col..., Affirmative Action

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

New Delhi (India)

India lacks political will for science communication

[NEW DELHI] Budgetary constraints and political apathy are hampering poor science communication in India, says Archita BhattaThe centenary celebrations of the Indian Science Congress held in Kolkata in January saw technical papers on subjects like 'Use ... [Published SciDev.Net - May 21 2013]

Entities: India, New Delhi (India), guidelines

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Photos: Saturday's GoogaMooga Was Food Fetishization At Its Finest

The elitist monkey was gone, as was the beer cup caste system. Lexus was still "The Preferred Vehicle of GoogaMooga," but we didn't see any coupons for $1,000 off our next luxury car purchase. Whether it was the persistent drizzle or the slew ... [Published Gothamist - May 20 2013]

Entities: caste system, Voodoo

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Great Gatsby's world is every bit as unequal as Britain under the coalition

Leonardo Dicaprio as Jay in The Great Gatsby. Photograph: Warner Bros/Everett/Rex Features "Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: The Great Gatsby, Coalition, United Kingdom, Leonardo DiCaprio

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Nick Clegg

The Great Gatsby's world is every bit as unequal as Britain under the coalition | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wealthy in America and Britain no longer resemble the prewar elite, but appearances cannot mask how cut off they are from the rest of us "Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: Inequality, United Kingdom, caste system, The Great Gatsby, Nick Clegg

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Walking towards justice and peace," Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking towards justice and peace" is the theme of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity being held (from May 19 to 26) in different cities of Colombia."This year, the reflection is inspired by the complex reality faced by Dalits. ... [Published Agenzia Fides - May 20 2013]

Entities: Colombia, Dalit, caste system, Episcopal, Bogota

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

2013_05_19 link pile

Data The Man Who Turned Off Cookies In Firefox Doesn’t Care If It Hurts Advertisers Dynamic pricing vs./+ savvy consumers Mozilla stalls on privacy patch: ‘needs more work’ A shortage of privacy engineers , by Lorrie Faith Cranor and Norman Sadeh, ... [Published Doc Searls Weblog - May 19 2013]

Entities: Philip Sheldrake, Andrea Seabrook, Google Glass

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Sundarayya Centenary Seminar in Hyderabad: India Today - Looking Back, Looking Forward

EMINENT economist Professor Prabhat Patnaik has warned about growing signs of creeping fascism in the country as a result of the neo-liberal economic policies being pursued by successive governments that were creating vast unemployment. One of the signs ... [Published Communist Party of India - May 19 2013]

Entities: Prabhat Patnaik, India Today Group, Hyderabad, caste system, B. V. Raghavulu

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Dashiki Dialogues: The caste system is alive and well

You’ve got to wonder if President Jacob Zuma and his circle are treated like Harijans by the Guptas too.Harijans are the untouchables, or the lower caste (class) of Hindu India. In the Indian cultural system of social classes, the group is regarded ... [Published City Press - May 19 2013]

Entities: caste system, Jacob Zuma, India, Brahmin

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Fight caste system: Raghavulu

CPI(M) State secretary B.V. Raghavulu has called upon his party cadre to continue their fight against caste system and inequality in society which are hampering the development of the nation. He has also said that those who give equal status to women ... [Published The Hindu - May 17 2013]

Entities: caste system, Dalit, Inequality, B. V. Raghavulu

Quotes

Ambedkar asked, "Can India afford to have one capital? That we have one capital now does not close the question. If the capital is not satisfactorily located, now is the time for considering the question."

Ambedkar had suggested Hyderabad as second capital [Published India Everyday - 44 mins ago]

...it has been found that while the income from alcohol is 85 paise while the expenditure on alcohol-related problems, like accidents or diseases is ` "1.25. So, promoting alcohol is counter-productive.”"

Man for the masses [Published New Indian Express - 21 hours ago]

..."The state has built a new $100 million prison in Grayson County and there is talk of expanding our local jail," he says. "All of this in spite of declining crime rates. It is time to stop feeding the prison-industrial complex. I believe the goal of the justice system should be to empty out spaces in the jails and prisons -- not to fill every available space!"

David Swanson: Death Penalty Dying Out [Published Scoop - May 22 2013]

...in March 2012 showed that the space given to science and technology news in India's national newspapers ranged between six and eight per cent. "Though the number of programmes has definitely increased in the recent years, it is nowhere adequate" says Rakesh Adani, proprietor of Credence Media, a New Delhi-based company which develops science programmes for Lok Sabha TV

India lacks political will for science communication [Published SciDev.Net - May 21 2013]

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