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Written by Tapas Chakraborty
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Monday, 19 November 2007 |
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 Varanasi, Oct. 31: Eighty years ago, a Dalit student named Jagjivan Ram would not be served meals in his hostel at Banaras Hindu University because he was from the Scheduled Castes.
As if in penance, the university today set up a Babu Jagjivan Ram Chair in its faculty of social sciences to study caste discrimination and economic backwardness. Jagjivan Ram’s daughter Meira Kumar, the Union minister for social justice and empowerment, was invited yesterday to speak about her father’s university days. She said her father was even denied haircuts by local barbers. A Dalit barber would arrive from Ghazipur from time to time to trim his hair. Jagjivan Ram left the university in disgust. “My father went to Calcutta to complete his studies and later joined the freedom struggle,” Meira Kumar said. “I am glad that the university has set up a chair to study the caste structure in India.” Born in Ara district of Bihar in 1908, Jagjivan Ram had taken admission to the university’s intermediate section in 1927. He later joined the Congress and remained an MP at a stretch since India’s first elections till his death in 1986. He was Union minister for almost 30 years, working as No. 2 in the Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai cabinets. Vice-chancellor Panjab Singh said that by instituting the chair, the university was honouring the legacy of Jagjivan Ram’s efforts at Dalit empowerment. | | |
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Latest Garbhnal issues added |
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Written by Garbhnal
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007 |
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The Hindi Magazine - Garbhnal's issue 9th-12th have now been added to the BHUparivar portal for your reading and feedback. We have now made Garbhnal a regular feature to the site and added the links onthe Main Menu on your left. Please navigate and familiarize yourself with the new links and enjoy the content. Do not forget to post or email your feedbacks. We are grateful to Atmaram Sharma, the publisher of the magazine. | | |
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A P J Abdul Kalam to teach at BHU |
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Written by UNI
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
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UNI, Varanasi - Former President A P J Abdul Kalam will now don the role of a visiting professor at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
The decks in this regard were cleared at the meeting of University's Academic Council chaired by Vice-Chancellor Panjab Singh here this evening, BHU spokesperson said.
A request sent to Dr Kalam by the BHU VC to deliver lecture as a visiting professor in the central varsity was accepted by the former President.
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Happy Independence Day - India |
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Written by Rajeev Yadav
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Wednesday, 15 August 2007 |
 "At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new…India discovers herself again."- Jawaharlal Nehru
(on Indian Independence Day, 1947) She is discovering indeed. During last decade, she has witnessed the most fascinating growth since its independence. However, much more is yet to be done and achieved. The drive of optimism and momentum needs to be continued if it needs to lift the hopes and condition of 1 billion plus people. The recent boom being witnessed is yet to reach the mass and needs lot of work to achieve the desired impact. | | |
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Rs 5,000-crore river conservation plan to be revamped |
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Written by Rajeev Yadav
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Thursday, 26 July 2007 |
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NEW DELHI: The government has decided to revamp the Rs 5,000-crore National River Conservation Plan.
This was decided at a meeting held at the PMO to initiate discussions on the strategy. During the meeting, cursory mention was also made of the government's decision to set up a Yamuna board to look after the cleaning-up of the river and the government's plan to spend more than Rs 1,000 crore by 2009. | | |
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