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Seeking Offense: Censorship and the Constitution of Democratic Politics in India
SEEKING OFFENSE: CENSORSHIP AND THE CONSTITUTION OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN INDIA A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Ameya Shivdas Balsekar August 2009 © 2009 Ameya Shivdas Balsekar SEEKING OFFENSE: CENSORSHIP AND THE CONSTITUTION OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN INDIA Ameya Shivdas Balsekar, Ph. D. Cornell University 2009 Commentators have frequently suggested that India is going through an “age of intolerance” as writers, artists, filmmakers, scholars and journalists among others have been targeted by institutions of the state as well as political parties and interest groups for hurting the sentiments of some section of Indian society. However, this age of intolerance has coincided with a period that has also been characterized by the “deepening” of Indian democracy, as previously subordinated groups have begun to participate more actively and substantively in democratic politics. This project is an attempt to understand the reasons for the persistence of illiberalism in Indian politics, particularly as manifest in censorship practices. It argues that one of the reasons why censorship has persisted in India is that having the “right to censor” has come be established in the Indian constitutional order’s negotiation of multiculturalism as a symbol of a cultural group’s substantive political empowerment. This feature of the Indian constitutional order has made the strategy of “seeking offense” readily available to India’s politicians, who understand it to be an efficacious way to discredit their competitors’ claims of group representativeness within the context of democratic identity politics. -
Non-Violence for Freedom and Peace
Orissa Review * September-October - 2008 Non-Violence for Freedom and Peace Dr. Atul Chandra Pradhan With Mahatma Gandhi as the leader the Indian of the weak. The resistance that was offered was National Congress launched the non-violent mass not quite the resistance Gandhiji wanted us to offer. movement for liberation from colonial rule. To The people had faith in him and followed him. many non-violence was a convenient technique Nevertheless the battle we fought under Gandhiji's for a weak country to liberate itself from a mighty leadership was only a haphazard manifestation of imperialistic power. But to Gandhi non-violence non-violence. We had ill will in our hearts and was a creed or a fundamental principle without outwardly affected a non-violent posture. Swaraj which freedom was meaningless. Attainment of was gained as a consequence, but there was no freedom, he held, was proportionate to the conviction that it had come through non-violence. attainment of non-violence.1 According to him to So the joy of Ahimsa was denied to us. We had practise non-violence one must have extra- a glimpse of the power of non-violence, but it did ordinary courage and discipline. As observed by not blossom in our hearts."5 Sarvapalli Radha Krishnan, Gandhi's non-violence Non-violent, non-cooperation was an "is based on the higher aspects of human nature effective technique "which rendered all the which rebel against tyranny, injustice and weapons of the British ineffective."6 No authoritarianism" and "involves an inner war which government, however mighty, can function without 2 requires us to defeat fear, greed, anger and guilt." people's cooperation. -
Current Affairs Monthly Capsule and Quiz May 2018
Current Affairs Monthly Capsule and Quiz May 2018 1 WiFiStudy.com brief and impressive handing over of troops ceremony. Lt Col Irwan Ibrahim, Commanding officer World Immunization Week: 24 April- 30 April of the 1st Royal Ranger Regiment of 2018 Malaysian Army welcomed the Indian World Immunization contingent and wished the Indian and Week 2018 is celebrated Malaysian troops for a successful and from April 24 to April 30. mutually beneficial joint exercise. Immunization is First phase of the two week long joint considered to be military exercise begin with the formal one of the most cost-effective and successful handing over of the Regimental Flag to the plans in the health industry. Malaysian Army signifying merging of the World Immunization Week aims at two contingents under one Commander. highlighting the collective effort which is needed to ensure that every person gets protection from diseases which can be World Asthma Day 2018: 1 May World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by prevented from vaccines. the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to Theme for the year 2018 is “Protected improve asthma awareness and care around the Together, Vaccines Work”. world. World Asthma Day takes place on the first International Buddhist Conference concluded in Tuesday of May. First World Asthma Day Lumbini was held in 1998. International Buddhist Conference concluded in The theme for the year 2018 is “Never too Lumbini, Nepal, which is the birth place of Gautama early, never too late. It’s always the right Buddha. time to address airways disease”. It was organised as part of 2562nd Buddha Jayanti celebrations. -
Convergence and Collaborations: Scaling up Financial Services to the Poor
The Association of Community Development Finance Institutions - 2003 EPORT R CONVERGENCE AND COLLABORATIONS: SCALING UP ONFERENCE FINANCIAL SERVICES C TO THE POOR NNUAL Jacaranda Hall India Habitat Centre A New Delhi 12th September 2003 HAN -D A S Convergence and Collaborations: Scaling Up Financial Services to the Poor ACRONYMS ATMs Automated Teller Machines BASIX Bhartiya Samruddhi Investments and Consulting Services Ltd. CBOs Community Based Organizations CYSD Centre for Youth and Social Development DCCBs District Central Co-operative Banks DHAN Development of Humane Action DRDA District Rural Development Authority GDP Gross Domestic Product GOI Government of India IFC International Finance Corporation IIM Indian Institute of Management IRDP Integrated Rural Development Programme MACS Mutually Aided Co-operative Society M-CRIL Micro-Credit Rating International Limited MFI Microfinance Institution MIS Management Information System MYRADA Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development NBFC Non-Banking Financial Company NBJK Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra NCAER National Council for Advanced Economic Research NER North-East Region NPAs Non-Performing Assets PACS Primary Agriculture Co-operative Society PREM People’s Rural Education Movement RFI Rural Financial Institution RMK Rashtriya Mahila Kosh RNBC Residuary Non-Banking Company RRB Regional Rural Bank SGSY Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana SHG Self Help Group SHPI Self Help Promoting Institutions SIDBI Small Industries Development -
Law Enforcement Technology Roadmap: Lessons to Date from the Northwest Technology Desk and the Northwest FADE Pilots
PNNL-20314 Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830 Law Enforcement Technology Roadmap: Lessons to Date from the Northwest Technology desk and the Northwest FADE Pilots CL West SJ Kreyling April 2011 DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor Battelle Memorial Institute, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof, or Battelle Memorial Institute. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY operated by BATTELLE for the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830 Printed in the United States of America Available to DOE and DOE contractors from the Office Scientific and Technical Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0062; ph: (865) 576-8401 fax: (865) 576-5728 email: [email protected] Available to the public from the National Technical Information Service 5301 Shawnee Rd., Alexandra, VA 22312 ph: (800) 553-NTIS (6847) email: [email protected] <http://www.ntis.gov/about/from.aspx> Online ordering: http://www.ntis.gov PNNL-20314 Law Enforcement Technology Roadmap: Lessons to Date from the Northwest Technology desk and the Northwest FADE CL West SJ Kreyling April 2011 Prepared for The U.S. -
India's Agendas on Women's Education
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota UST Research Online Education Doctoral Dissertations in Leadership School of Education 8-2016 The olitP icized Indian Woman: India’s Agendas on Women’s Education Sabeena Mathayas University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.stthomas.edu/caps_ed_lead_docdiss Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Mathayas, Sabeena, "The oP liticized Indian Woman: India’s Agendas on Women’s Education" (2016). Education Doctoral Dissertations in Leadership. 81. https://ir.stthomas.edu/caps_ed_lead_docdiss/81 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Education at UST Research Online. It has been accepted for inclusion in Education Doctoral Dissertations in Leadership by an authorized administrator of UST Research Online. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Politicized Indian Woman: India’s Agendas on Women’s Education A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, AND COUNSELING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS by Sabeena Mathayas IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Minneapolis, Minnesota August 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS The Politicized Indian Woman: India’s Agendas on Women’s Education We certify that we have read this dissertation and approved it as adequate in scope and quality. We have found that it is complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the final examining committee have been made. Dissertation Committee i The word ‘invasion’ worries the nation. The 106-year-old freedom fighter Gopikrishna-babu says, Eh, is the English coming to take India again by invading it, eh? – Now from the entire country, Indian intellectuals not knowing a single Indian language meet in a closed seminar in the capital city and make the following wise decision known. -
INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE V O L U M E X X V
Price Re. 1/- INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE v o l u m e X X V. No. 3 May–June 2011 diverse: Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan A Troubled Eden and what is now Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. It is BOOK RELEASE: A Tangled Web: in this genesis, perhaps, that the seeds of the current Jammu & Kashmir, IIC Quarterly, co-published with unrest lie. And the key to peace in this volatile HarperCollins India Limited, 2011 region is in an understanding of this diversity. Edited by Ira Pande The essays here familiarize the reader with the Released by Dr. Karan Singh, May 5 conflicting views on history, politics and autonomy pertaining to the region, and examine the various The launch of the special issue of the IIC Quarterly political, cultural, economic and social issues at play. is an annual rite when its double Winter-Spring issue Also included are features that voice the concerns of is released before a distinguished gathering. Speaking ordinary men and women who have borne the brunt Launch of IIC Quarterly, A Tangled Web: Jammu & Kashmir on the occasion, Dr. Karan Singh, Chairman of the of decades of unrest; as well as commentaries on the Editorial Board, gave an emotional account of his beauty, art and food typical of the area; and photo personal attachment to this troubled area and set features that capture its ethereal and unique essence. the tone for a discussion by Shri Salman Haidar and The essays, by a wide selection of analysts and Madhu Kishwar as they traced the journey of this politicians, academics and artists, try to make jinxed paradise. -
Starred Articles
GKCA Update st th 1 to 30 June Starred Articles 05 CII announces 10-point plan for economic revival June Economy > GDP India The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) voiced its concern over the stagnant state of the Indian economy and in a bid to rescue her, has unveiled a 10-point agenda for its revival. The remedies include fast-tracking the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and easing of FDI (foreign direct investment) regulations in aviation and other sectors. Addressing a press conference on 5th June 2012, CII President, Adi B. Godrej, said that the primary concern for the nation was its GDP growth rate which was a mere 5.37 per cent in the last quarter was lowest in nine years. Some of the important reform to improve GDP growth as suggested by him are - early introduction of GST, the Government and the RBI inclusion of a strong monetary stimulus, correcting the current account deficit by encouraging exports and containing imports, arresting rupee slide, reducing subsidies, implementing financial sector reforms and removing bottlenecks in infrastructure growth. 06 Venus Transits between Sun and Earth June World > Space Planet Venus passed directly between the Sun and Earth on 6 June 2012, an astronomical rarity that sky watchers were eager to witness. Such a transit will not occur until 2117. The Transit of Venus, as it is called, appeared like a small dot on the Sun's elaborate circumference. This transit, which bookended a 2004-2012 pair, began at 6:09 p.m. EDT (2209 GMT) and lasted for six hours and 40 minutes. -
Itu Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation
International Telecommunication Union Cybercrime Legislation Resources ITU TOOLKIT FOR CYBERCRIME LEGISLATION Developed through the American Bar Association’s Privacy & Computer Crime Committee Section of Science & Technology Law With Global Participation ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division Policies and Strategies Department ITU Telecommunication Development Sector Draft Rev. February 2010 For further information, please contact the ITU-D ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division at [email protected] Acknowledgements We are pleased to share with you a revised version of the ITU Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation. This version reflects the feedback received since the launch of the Toolkit in May 2009. If you still have input and feedback on the Toolkit, please do not hesitate to share this with us in the BDT’s ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division at: [email protected]. (The deadline for input on this version of the document is 31 July 2010.) This report was commissioned by the ITU Development Sector’s ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division. The ITU Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation was developed by the American Bar Association’s Privacy & Computer Crime Committee, with Jody R. Westby as the Project Chair & Editor. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without written permission from the ITU and the American Bar Association. Denominations and classifications employed in this publication do not imply any opinion concerning the legal or other status of any territory or any endorsement or acceptance of any boundary. Where the designation "country" appears in this publication, it covers countries and territories. The ITU Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation is available online at: www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/cybersecurity/legislation.html This document has been issued without formal editing. -
Recasting Caste: Histories of Dalit Transnationalism and the Internationalization of Caste Discrimination
Recasting Caste: Histories of Dalit Transnationalism and the Internationalization of Caste Discrimination by Purvi Mehta A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Anthropology and History) in the University of Michigan 2013 Doctoral Committee: Associate Professor Farina Mir, Chair Professor Pamela Ballinger Emeritus Professor David W. Cohen Associate Professor Matthew Hull Professor Mrinalini Sinha Dedication For my sister, Prapti Mehta ii Acknowledgements I thank the dalit activists that generously shared their work with me. These activists – including those at the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights, Navsarjan Trust, and the National Federation of Dalit Women – gave time and energy to support me and my research in India. Thank you. The research for this dissertation was conducting with funding from Rackham Graduate School, the Eisenberg Center for Historical Studies, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, the Center for Comparative and International Studies, and the Nonprofit and Public Management Center. I thank these institutions for their support. I thank my dissertation committee at the University of Michigan for their years of guidance. My adviser, Farina Mir, supported every step of the process leading up to and including this dissertation. I thank her for her years of dedication and mentorship. Pamela Ballinger, David Cohen, Fernando Coronil, Matthew Hull, and Mrinalini Sinha posed challenging questions, offered analytical and conceptual clarity, and encouraged me to find my voice. I thank them for their intellectual generosity and commitment to me and my project. Diana Denney, Kathleen King, and Lorna Altstetter helped me navigate through graduate training. -
Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions for the District Courts of the First Circuit)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE 2019 REVISIONS TO PATTERN CRIMINAL JURY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT DISTRICT OF MAINE INTERNET SITE EDITION Updated 6/24/19 by Chief District Judge Nancy Torresen PATTERN CRIMINAL JURY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Preface to 1998 Edition Citations to Other Pattern Instructions How to Use the Pattern Instructions Part 1—Preliminary Instructions 1.01 Duties of the Jury 1.02 Nature of Indictment; Presumption of Innocence 1.03 Previous Trial 1.04 Preliminary Statement of Elements of Crime 1.05 Evidence; Objections; Rulings; Bench Conferences 1.06 Credibility of Witnesses 1.07 Conduct of the Jury 1.08 Notetaking 1.09 Outline of the Trial Part 2—Instructions Concerning Certain Matters of Evidence 2.01 Stipulations 2.02 Judicial Notice 2.03 Impeachment by Prior Inconsistent Statement 2.04 Impeachment of Witness Testimony by Prior Conviction 2.05 Impeachment of Defendant's Testimony by Prior Conviction 2.06 Evidence of Defendant's Prior Similar Acts 2.07 Weighing the Testimony of an Expert Witness 2.08 Caution as to Cooperating Witness/Accomplice/Paid Informant 2.09 Use of Tapes and Transcripts 2.10 Flight After Accusation/Consciousness of Guilt 2.11 Statements by Defendant 2.12 Missing Witness 2.13 Spoliation 2.14 Witness (Not the Defendant) Who Takes the Fifth Amendment 2.15 Definition of “Knowingly” 2.16 “Willful Blindness” As a Way of Satisfying “Knowingly” 2.17 Definition of “Willfully” 2.18 Taking a View 2.19 Character Evidence 2.20 Testimony by Defendant -
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