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Keeping up with UP | Govt school education in UP: Beyond enrolment figures

India, May 26 -- In 2015, the Allahabad high court had directed the state government to ensure that the children of bureaucrats, elected representatives and members of the judiciary, or any other pers... Read More


Keeping up with UP: The callous targeting of two women officers

India, May 18 -- A student of the Government Girls' Degree College once told me how she wants to join the armed forces despite opposition from her family. "I want to join the armed forces, but my pare... Read More


Keeping up with UP| Caste census: The politics of numbers

India, May 12 -- In the late 1980s, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder-president Kanshi Ram began to project obscure leaders from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) as caste heroes at rallies focuse... Read More


Keeping up with UP| Temples: Crowds, chaos and clamour

India, April 26 -- Where will devotees find peace, if not in temples. In recent years, a religious resurgence has meant that more people are visiting prominent temples in their quest for spiritual so... Read More


Keeping up with UP: In 1990s repeat, BJP, SP emerge as two poles in the state

India, April 20 -- In the 1990s when the Mandal vs Kamandal discourse was dominating the country's politics with Uttar Pradesh (UP) as its epicentre, the two tallest backward leaders of the state -- K... Read More


Keeping up with UP: Women empowerment is about safety and dignity

India, April 4 -- The Supreme Court on March 26 stayed the controversial order of the Allahabad high court, which had observed that acts like grabbing breasts or breaking the string of pyjamas do not ... Read More


Leader lording over the masses from hoardings

India, March 25 -- The central theme of the 2014 Tamil-language action-drama, Madras, was the wall of a building on which two rival political parties had staked claim, to paint the portraits of their ... Read More


Leader lording over the masses from hoardings

India, March 24 -- The central theme of the 2014 Tamil-language action-drama, Madras, was the wall of a building on which two rival political parties had staked claim, to paint the portraits of their ... Read More