Jasbir Sarai On December, 10, like every year since 1950, the world will celebrate human rights day. This date coincides with the adoption and proclamation of the universal declaration of human rights by the United Nations General Assembly's in 1948. In Kashmir, the day will undoubtedly be marked, as usual, by protests orchestrated by the miniscule separatist segment of the … [Read more...] about Human rights violation in J&K: the true perspective
Pakistan’s faulty education system has radicalised its society
Prabhakar Gupta The role of education in Nation building needs no emphasis; the matter gains more significance in democracies in view of the unique set of values that need to be imbibed in future generations to keep the inclusive, tolerant, democratic and free system of governance going. A key requirement is that children learn to understand what democracy and freedom means … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s faulty education system has radicalised its society
A national effort towards human resource management of the armed forces
Prabhakar Gupta The Army’s human resource management practices are good enough to be borrowed by the corporate world to shape its human resources policies. Ironically these have been under negative focus in recent times. A few unfortunate instances of suicide by army soldiers, some confrontation between officers and men or abnormal behavior by a soldier suffering from … [Read more...] about A national effort towards human resource management of the armed forces
General VK Singh’s democratic rights and privileges
Jasbir Sarai General VK Singh, former chief of army staff of the Indian army has, on retirement from service, been involved in a number of public initiatives. He has shared a dais with social activists and some political organisations on issues of national importance. As has been the trend over the last few years, the actions of the retired general have been subject to … [Read more...] about General VK Singh’s democratic rights and privileges
The necessity of political convergence on security issues
Novita Singh On October, 13, Union Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde proceeded on a three day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. During the tour, he co-chaired a meeting of the Unified Command in the State along with the Chief Minister and travelled to many regions to interact with Para-military troops deployed over there. Towards the end of his tour he said, quite firmly, … [Read more...] about The necessity of political convergence on security issues