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Preface: 1 Answer 70 800,00,00000 Questions Land To let - Mayadhar Nayak

Shankar Singh

Political Philosopher of our times                     Date: 1^st May 2011 

                                                                                    Patna, Bihar

To,

Mayadhar Nayak

(Author of ‘Land To Let’)

On the question of land acquisition for building up industries both in private sector by industrial capitalists and in state sector by the government, a long heated debate and considerable discussions among people. Intellectuals and non – intellectuals alike, are continuing and non- intellectuals alike, are continuing ever Singur, Nandhigram, Kalinganagar, Aligarth Mayhem.

Provide quality education to the poor - SDM

An educational framework emphasising the immediate need to provide quality education to the poor children, youth of rural areas and the deprived sections of the urban was the focus during a seminar held at Gandhi Museum here by Student's Democratic Movement recently.

Attended by teachers, university professors, students and parents, the seminar covered the important aspects of Right to Education Bill, National Council for Higher Education and Research and Foreign Universities Bill.

Efforts like the abolition of examinations by the State such as the entrance examination for admission to professional courses, privatisation of education, the role of State in empowering Government Educational Institutions with special reference of schools, quality of teaching staff, autonomy of educational institutions, mother tongue as a medium of instruction, transparency in administration, approaches to reservation policy and its implementation were the topics that were discussed.

P.Renga Ramanujam, Director, STRIDE Indira Gandhi National Open University, dealt with the question of mother tongue as the medium of instruction. He said people, who talk of introducing Tamil at all levels of teaching, should practically do something for the development of Tamil in such a way that it could be used for teaching all disciplines. “We need expert groups whom along with adequate support from the State can do wonders,” he said.

Outcry over killing of a Bangladeshi labour leader

The alleged murder of a labour leader has invited international condemnation with a leading human rights body demanding that the Bangladesh government bring the perpetrators to book and stop such killings.

The victim, Aminul Islam (39), a well-known labour leader in the country's readymade garments sector, was found dead last week with severe torture marks on his body after his mysterious disappearance from near his workplace in Ashulia, on the outskirt of Dhaka. The family of Islam alleged that law enforcement agencies had tortured him to death and dumped the body. His body was exhumed following a court order.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that Islam, president of the Savar and Ashulia units of the Bangladesh Garment & Industrial Workers Federation, disappeared on April 4, and his tortured body was found two days later in Ghatail, 100 km from Dhaka. The labour leader, who was also an organiser with the Bangladesh Centre for Workers' Solidarity (BCWS), a non-government organisation for workers rights, had been detained in June 2010 and allegedly tortured by members of the intelligence agency, the HRW claimed .

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