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                                                  Polygamy should also be      The high profile delegation                           under the Government of India,   Survey (ES) tabled in the Lok   women will commit ‘jauhar’ or
          Special: Dalit-Maratha clashes assuMe significance in nationwiDe anti-caste narrative   28  `  banned at the earliest  of 130 businessmen along   however, the awareness about   Sabha by Finance Minister Arun   self-immolation if Padmaavat
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          1 & 2                                   With reference to the report “Let it be clear,   with Netanyahu is further a       free leprosy treatment and free   Jaitley painted a rosy picture of   is released. The protest, it
          Volume 15                               Muslims will lynch fear this year” by Abdul Wasey   testimony to the fact that Israel   medicine is not every poor in   the economy. But the ground   looks, is not against the death
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          new Delhi                               (January 31)
                                                  The Central Government must   is keen in investing in our                          remote areas is aware of.    reality belies the claim that   of Padmavati herself in the
                                                  be complimented for taking    country.                                               More work on awareness     everything is hunky-dory. ES   story, but against a creative
                                                  a bold step to end Haj subsidy    It may just be a coincidence                     level is needed for making India   has promised investment and   interpretation of her exposure to
                                                  in one go. The bitter fact,   that Netanyahu’s visit is                            a leprosy free country. Moreover,   growth and promised acche din   the public gaze.
                                                  however, remains that except   happening just after India                          there are many diseases and   in 2019.                                      J akshoBhya
                                                  the present ruling party at the   announced Foreign Direct                         health issues which a poor     Perhaps, the government
                                                  Centre and some other small   Investment in aviation, single                       person suffer and is overlooked   wants us to wait till post-2019   North India is increasingly
                     investigation                                             brand retail and construction.                        by medical fraternity and    general election to be led   becoming unsafe for women
                                                  political groups, all other major
                                                  political parties till date used   Hopefully, both India and Israel                government as well. It will be   into the Promised Land.  It   With reference to the report “Woman dragged
                                                                                                                                                                                               out of car, raped; husband held at gunpoint in
                                                  to stick to minority-appeasing   will collaborate on this. Since                   good to see medical department   forms an indirect admission   Gurugram” by Tehelka Web Desk (January 23)
                                                  policy simply for vote-bank   our States are waiving farm                          and government playing a     that the current economic    When criminals, even after they
                                                  politics.                    loans left right and center, it                       responsible role in this direction.  climate is gloomy to eulogise   caught, are allowed to go scot
                Illegal trade of children, especially girls, for domestic and   The present Government   will be more than useful to                   uzma sheikh  the performance of the Modi   free, then these things are bound
                sexual slavery is rampant in remote and poor villages of
                Assam and no one seems to be doing anything about it. An       have collaboration with Israel                                                     government on economic front.
                in-depth report on the illicit nexus from ground zero.  18  has marched ahead with other                                                                                       to happen. When police posts
                                                  bold steps towards women     in areas of water conservation                        Authorities yet to act on      For all the posturing to   are tinted and covered, no one
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                                                  empowerment, like on triple   and agriculture to reverse this                      safety hazards at workplace  the contrary, it is becoming   inside and outside know what is
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                                                  talaq, which gave the minority   dangerous trend. And with the                      reference to the report “Probe ordered into Delhi   increasingly clear by the day that   happening even during the day,
                                                                                                                                     factory fire that killed 17 people” by Tehelka Web
         PeoPle should stoP                       women a sigh of relief where   recent threat from Wannacry                         Desk (January 21)            BJP’s political creed and winning   forget the night time.
                                                                               and loopholes exposed in
                                                                                                                                                                  formula is “wealth and the lion’s
         doubting Patriotism                      men in their community       Aadhaar, it is imperative that we                     The horrendous fire incident in   share of the resources to the rich         nipun Jain
                                                                                                                                     Delhi’s Bawana industrial area
                                                  though publicly admitting a
                                                  bad practice, but opposed    do not take cyber security lightly                    reminds us that India is still far   and Hindutva and lip service to   North India is fast returning to
                                                  legislation in this regard as    anymore and take the help of                      behind the developed countries   the poor”.               its old days’ nasty cultures under
         With reference to the column ‘Being You’ titled “Patriotism?          Israel in tightening loopholes in                                                    India’s tragedy is that
         Let cinema hall owners decide” by Yashica Jalhotra    some interference in religious                                        in maintaining safety measures                            the umbrella of the present slow
         (January 31).                            matters.                     our cyber security as we move                         at industrial areas and at work   religion remains the most   moving rulers.
         The Supreme Court’s departure              The Union Government       towards digitisation.                                 places. This fire incident must   potent centre of devotion for      aBdul maJeed unisseril
                                                                                                                                                                  the overwhelming majority of
         from its earlier order                   must now take steps to ban                      Bal Govind                         serve as a wake up call for the   people cutting across castes for   Killing in the name of
                                                  multi-marriage by a Muslim
                                                                                                                                     relevant authorities and propell
         mandating cinema halls to play           man to further step in welfare of   Time to make India a                           them to decongest the capital   the right-wing political parties   honour must be halted
         the national anthem before               Muslim women. It is noteworthy   leprosy-free country                              city and at the same time reduce   and politicians to tap or more   The tragic end of Jassi and
                                                                                                                                                                  precisely ‘exploit’.
                                                                                reference to the report “Doctor for poor cures
                                                                                                                                     pollution.
                                                                                                                                                                                               Sukhwinder Singh Mithu love
         the screening of a movie is              that even most Islamic countries   leprosy with love in Lucknow” by Mudit Mathur     Sadly, hardly any inspection               G.david milton  story is a message that our
                                                  do not allow multi-marriages
                                                                               (October 31, 2017)
         welcome. Some theatre owners             by men.                      I was happy to read the story                         by relevent agencies was done.    Creating mess over creative    society will never easily let go
         say that they will play it as they                       madhu aGrawal  of the Lucknow doctor who                           Unfortunately fire safety norms   interpretation of Padmavati  of its deep-rooted caste-based,
                                                                               is treating leprosy patients
                                                                                                                                                                                               hierarchy based, religion-based
                                                                                                                                     have seldom been a priority in
         fear to be labelled anti-national        Netanyahu’s visit makes      with such respect and care.                           India. In recent past there have    reference to the report “Padmaavat movie   and what not system.
                                                                                                                                                                  release: Security tightened as protests continue”
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Killing in the name of
         and some violence too if they            India-Israel ties stronger   We understand the mentality                           been far too many fire incidents   by Tehelka Web Desk (January 24)  honour shouldn’t be tolerated
                                                                               of Indian society, anything
                                                                                                                                                                  The Supreme Court has rightly
                                                                                                                                     in country, leading to loss of
                                                  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
         do not play it. Forcing personal         Netanyahu’s four-day visit to   that is not perfect or normal                      human lives and damage to    stayed the ill-conceived ban by a   in a democratic country and
         views on others is dangerous.            India was historic and has the   as per the human is looked                        property.                    handful of States on the release   be immediately brought into
                                                                                                                                       But lessons have not been
           Indeed, patriotism should              potential to take India-Israel   at with disrespect and from                       learnt. Authorities wake up   of the film Padmaavat and also   light through proper law and
                                                                                                                                                                  restrained other States from
                                                                                                                                                                                               mechanism. Enforcement
                                                  bilateral ties to a different zone
                                                                               discrimination glass.
         be in-built, and that requires           all together. Israel’s capabilities   I, as a reader, feel that                    only after a large-scale tragedy   entertaining similar thoughts.  of stringent law and severe
                                                                                                                                                                    The judgement has once
         sincere efforts right from               in the area of defence, research   the word of such good work                      takes place. It is time that the   again reinforced the faith of   punishment against those
                                                                                                                                                                                               guilty of culpable homicide
                                                                               shouldn’t be limited to Lucknow,
                                                  and development, trade and
                                                                                                                                     Governmnet wakes up and in
         childhood — at schools and at            agriculture are well known.   but should spread across Uttar                       order to prevent such tragedies.  every citizen of India who   is immediately needed in the
         home. One cannot force others            Moreover, the country        Pradesh so that any patient with                                    ramesh G Jethwani  wishes to express his/her ideas   society. Thousanda are still
         to think or behave in a certain          supported India in the 1962   leprosy living in any remote                         Economy and politics are     and emotions through written   suffering in the hands of their
                                                                                                                                                                  (poetry, essay, story) or visual
                                                  China war and Kargil war and
                                                                                                                                                                                               own families in the name of
                                                                               corner of the state should have
         way or challenge their love for          has also pioneered sea water   an easy access to the medical                       intertwined to rich’s benefit  medium (painting, documentary   honour. What is more important
         the country.                             purification technology through   facility. Leprosy treatment in                   President Ram Nath Kovind’s   and cinema).                is sensitise society through
                                                                                                                                                                                               proper campaign and education.
                                                  Gal-Mobile, an integrated
                                                                               India is provided for free by
                                                                                                                                     address to the joint session of
                                                                                                                                                                    But it is unfortunate that the
                            mahesh KaPasi         water purification vehicle.   community health centers                             Parliament and the Economic   Karni Sena has threatened that                viJayata rai
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