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Search Results for: Amartya Sen
“A celebration of variety” in contrast with conservatism and separatism: Tagore’s pioneer work for rural education – Nobel Prize awardee Amartya Sen
Tagore and His Indiaby Amartya Sen, nobelprize.org (with permission from The New York Review, first published 28 August 2001) Voice of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore, who died in 1941 at the age of eighty, is a towering figure in the millennium-old literature of Bengal. … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Film, Misconceptions, Modernity, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rural poverty, Tagore and rural culture
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Methods of education that create enthusiasm for learning and reduce the school dropout rate: A success story – West Bengal
Challenges The issues in tribal education are the conflict between the state’s policy of assimilating minorities into the mainstream culture and the tribal people’s reluctance to abandon and insistence on maintaining their identity. Rural tribal children face a severe dilemma … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Adverse inclusion, Assimilation, Childhood, Colonial policies, Community facilities, Customs, Democracy, Education and literacy, Gandhian social movement, Government of India, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Modernity, Multi-lingual education, Names and communities, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rural poverty, Success story, Tagore and rural culture, Western region – Western Zonal Council, Worship and rituals
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HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT India’s indigenous communities are commonly known as Adivasi (“original inhabitants”), a term introduced in the early 20th century and subject to debate ever since: official reports and documents refer to them as “Scheduled tribes” (ST), for instance the Indian … Continue reading
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Call for “opportunities for development available to all individuals”, not remaining silent on the predicaments of the poorest: Amartya Sen
The German Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association will award the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade to economist and philosopher Amartya Sen. The Board of Trustees of the ‘Foundation for the Peace prize of the German Book Trade’ has … Continue reading →