Rumble in a Village : A Perceptive Novel About Caste and Its Role in Society
Jean Dreze and Luc Leruth, two economists, foray into literature using the formerâs field notes from 1984 â producing an ingenious and observant novel.
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âNobody listens to them. Nobody notices them. But they see everything.â This is an Army captainâs remark about Dalits, in
Rumble in a Village, a novel by Luc Leruth with Jean Dreze. After reading the novel I feel that Dreze, and people like him, have heard everything, and chosen to speak up about it. His novel is successful in capturing the little movements of rural life, like Felliniâs cine-camera. Dreze is not only observant of the ârumblesâ themselves, but clear about their far-reaching consequences for Indian society.
Why candidates recruited for UP posts years ago are still waiting to join duty
Hundreds of aspirants who cleared the VDO exam in 2019 are yet to get appointment letters.
Kartik Kakar
âPlease raise our issue, we are really worried,â Shekhar Pratap, 25, who has been preparing for competitive exams since 2015 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, said. Pratap sat for an exam for the post of village development officer in 2018 and cleared it, but never got the appointment letter. After began trending on Twitter on February 25, Pratap joined a protest by young men and women demanding jobs at chief minister Adityanathâs residence in Lucknow on February 26.
Manipal Technologies to help UP rural women to provide banking services
February 21, 2021
It inks pact with the UP Government to train 8,000 women from SHGs as banking correspondents. The Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission (UPSRLM) has engaged Manipal Technologies Limited (MTL) to train and onboard 8,000 women from self-help groups (SHGs) as banking correspondent (BC) Sakhis.
A company statement said on Sunday that this project is part of UPSRLM’s mission to train and onboard around 58,000 rural women as BC Sakhis or banking agents across 75 districts of the state. Of the 58,000 BC Sakhis, 8,000 will be trained and onboarded by MTL.
MTL signed the agreement with the UP Government in the presence of Rajendra Pratap Singh, UP Minister for Rural Development, recently.
Bombay HC makes way for Mumbai s slum redevelopment indiagazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiagazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Bombay HC makes way for Mumbai s slum rehabilitation project in Cuff Parade, soon 7,000 dwellers to have better homes ANI | Updated: Dec 30, 2020 11:18 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 30 (ANI): In a major relief to people of slum area in Cuff Parade of South Mumbai, Bombay High Court paved way for a slum rehabilitation Project last week.
More than 7,000 hutments will go for redevelopment under Maharashtra Government s Slum Rehabilitation Scheme, situated near World Trade Centre waiting for its redevelopment for nearly last two decades. This slum will be redeveloped by Shapoorji Paloonji group s subsidiary Precautions Properties Pvt Ltd.
In 2018, the proposal of Precautions Properties Private Limited was approved by the Grievance Redressal Committee of Slum Rehabilitation Authority of Maharashtra Government but this approval was challenged by the rival developer Diana Estate and a local housing society by filing