Tag: gandhi

Remembering Lal Bahadur Shastri: Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan

Remembering Lal Bahadur Shastri: Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan Few people remember that October 2 is birth day of Shastri apart from Bapu. It is not surprising that our text books have not done justice to such role models of honesty, simplicity, frugality and devotion to public causes. When series of railway accidents took…

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: building upon past mistakes

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: building upon past mistakes An extremely appreciable focus on providing toilet in every school can be a game changing intervention for improving public sanitation and in directly for educational enrolment and retention, particularly of girls. I also admire the impatience with which central government has started action already through MHRD. However, it…