21 February, 2022
Mayank Jain Parichha On the eve of polls, educated Purvanchal youth are in a bind – whether to vote for caste and creed or choose job security by sacrificing their core convictions
21 February, 2022 Asad Ashraf Decades after Independence and despite its leaps in science and technology, India is yet to find an alternative for manual scavenging
India could be well staring at a demographic disaster and Bihar could be at the centre of the disquiet over joblessness
21 February, 2022 Amit Thorat The pandemic and the job cuts that came with it led to a double exclusion of the dalits, who anyway have limited options for employment
Is unemployment an economic issue or a governance failure? Is unemployment a true reflection of the actual rate of joblessness in the country? We explore.
The migrant workers, the fringe labourers and the last man, it has been a testing time for the lot as the pandemic took away every ounce of security from their lives.
Why have erstwhile reforms failed to help India generate jobs and gainfully employ its skilled youth?
They don’t have jobs nor do they have direction. There is an increasing discontent among the youth of India
How practical is it to aspire to be self-employed? Does it pay off for all those who venture? What are the pitfalls?
Instead of providing employment, experts believe the post-pandemic Union budget is likely to deepen the distress in the rural economy
A more important role the government has in the matter of job creation is that of building an ecosystem conducive to creation of jobs
The promised jobs are yet to materialise and India’s unemployment problem continues to grow bigger.
An exclusive extract from Kajri Jain’s book, ‘Gods In The Time Of Democracy’
Dalits have crafted unique visual metaphors to assert their identity and mark their place in politics and BSP played a big role in the process.
The world’s tallest statue, of Shivaji Maharaj, will be the jewel in Maximum City’s crown
The statues mark a point of time; time removes them; the new statues represent some different ideology; common men and onlookers remain unchanged beyond their individual lifetime and psyche.
In a contest of sorts, some recent announcements around statues show how each one is being built to be bigger than the other
Sandstone mining, to build the Ayodhya temple among others, provides vital employment, but endangers lives, livelihoods and the environment
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
PTI Photo
Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
PTI Photo
A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
PTI Photo
Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
