Professors and assistant professors in Punjab demand the reduction of stay hours from 6 hours 40 minutes to 5 hours. They seek permission to prepare lectures from home, citing the lack of proper infrastructure in colleges. Find out more about their demands and the challenges they face.
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100 years of Sahir Ludhianvi: An essential, timeless poetic voice
EDITOR S NOTE:
Firstpost s ode to the people s poet , through a collection of video tributes by seven leading Hindi film lyricists from Varun Grover to Kausar Munir, Irshad Kamil, Shellee, Raj Shekhar, Mayur Puri and Hussain Haidry. Each of these lyricists has picked the verses that speak most to them, explaining why Sahir s words resonate even three decades after his death.
MY FATHER had a great fondness for Mirza Ghalib. He would often read a couplet and provide an interpretation, which for a high schooler like me at that time was difficult to comprehend as Urdu had not been a part of my curriculum. By the time I entered college, Sahir was everywhere. His songs were heard on the radio, his movies attracted large audiences, and his poetry was the topic of conversations among friends. I was drawn to Sahir’s work in a way that I hadn’t been to Ghalib’s. One day I walked into a bookstore and bought Sahir
Left-Wing Extremists Hijack Farmer Protests, Planning On Instigating Farmers To Indulge In Violence: Report
Picture from BKU (Ugrahan) protest site (Times of India)
Ultra-Left leaders and pro-Left wing extremist elements have hijacked the ongoing farmers agitation, according to intelligence sources.
There are credible intelligence inputs to indicate that these elements are planning to instigate the farmers to indulge in violence, arson and damage public property in the coming days.
As per intel inputs, the farmer leaders are having affiliation with Left wing groups. The farmer leaders actively involved in the current agitation are listed as under:
Satnam Singh Pannu (65), President, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC). Pannu does not share good relations with the leaders of other farmers organisations. KMSC has sizeable influence in Punjab s Tarn Taran district. The leaders of other farmers bodies by and large stay away from the agitations called by him.