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Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Health
- Hindustan Times
International Yoga Day today: Madrasas, Sarvodaya Schools across UP to mark day
The International Yoga Day will be marked across the state with participation from all the Madrasa Board affiliated Madrasas across the state on Saturday. Sarvodaya schools run by the Social Welfare Department from Class 6 to 12 will also hold Yoga Day celebrations on the theme of 'Yoga for One Earth, One Health'. For representation only (HT File Photo) On this occasion, group yoga sessions will be organised in all the schools with the participation of students, teachers and staff, in which pranayama and various yogasanas will be done under the guidance of yoga teachers. Along with this, awareness will also be created on the benefits of yoga and its importance in life, which will help the students a lot in reducing stress and increasing concentration. Uttar Pradesh MoS minority welfare, Muslim waqf and haj, Danish Azad Ansari will be participating in Yoga Day Celebrations at Warsia Madrasa in Gomti Nagar. The UP BJP minority morcha chief Kunwar Basit Ali will also participate in Yoga Day celebrations at Warsia Madrasa. Ansari said, 'Yoga is performed with the aim to keep the mind and body fit and healthy. Yoga Day will be celebrated across all the Madrasa Board-affiliated madrasas across the state in an attempt to spread the message of physical and mental fitness.' Ali said, 'We are going to organise Yoga Day celebrations across the state. Yoga is meant for all and we all know that our PM Narendra Modi got international recognition for Yoga, and today the entire world knows the importance of Yoga.' On the other hand, special programmes will be organised on Saturday in Jai Prakash Narayan Sarvodaya schools run by the social welfare department. This year's theme is 'Yoga for One Earth, One Health', which reflects the global spirit of keeping oneself and the whole society healthy. The UP social welfare department is running 100 Sarvodaya schools with residential facilities from Class 6 to 12 for the students of economically weaker families across the state. Along with quality education in these schools, the facility of free coaching for competitive exams like JEE and NEET is also being provided.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
50 years on, Emergency lingers as memory and metaphor in Mumbai
June 25, 1975. Bombay woke up to an announcement on All India Radio that Emergency had been clamped across India in view of 'internal disturbances.' Heavy rains darkened the city's bleak mood. 'There was a blanket of fear over Bombay in the first few weeks. No authentic information was available thanks to press censorship. I was 23 and scared as the future suddenly seemed grim and uncertain,' said music critic and writer Amarendra Nandu Dhaneshwar, who would go on to spend two years in prison as a class 'A' detainee as political prisoners were then termed. But initially, there were also some people, especially among the city's middle class, who were happy to see government officials with their noses to the desk and suburban trains arriving on time, said Gujarati writer Ramesh Oza. But very soon the reality of the Emergency started to bite and the protest movement began, he added. Oza recalls sneaking into the ward at Jaslok Hospital where Jayaprakash Narayan, helmsman of the anti-Emergency stir, was undergoing treatment for kidney ailment. 'I was 21 and hugely nervous. I told JP-ji that I was keen on doing my bit to restore democracy. From his hospital bed he put me on to a senior Sarvodaya functionary, and got me inducted into the Bombay Sarvoday Mandal, a hub of civil rights activists.' Over the next two years, it was the city's socialists and Gandhians who kept the embers of the anti-Emergency crusade burning. Several of them were arrested under the draconian Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA), while many others went underground. 'The Gandhian-Socialist brigade dubbed it doosri aazadi ki ladai [second war of independence],' said Dhaneshwar. But every act of resistance was met by greater repression. Young men were randomly picked up from their homes for vasectomy. 'Aapression' (operation) became a dirty word across Maharashtra's rural heartland. On October 14, 1975, popular Sarvodaya leader Prabhakar Sharma's death by self-immolation at Wardha stunned the city. But it also fired up a whole new generation of protestors, most remarkably a slew of fiery women leaders. They included the writer-scholar Durga Bhagwat, Gandhian academics Usha Mehta and Aloo Dastoor, Socialist firebrand leader Mrinal Gore, Pushpa Bhave, Rohini Gavankar, Sudha Warde, and Jana Sangh leader Jayawantiben Mehta. Under Bhave's leadership, a small group of volunteers would plaster anti-Emergency posters in railway compartments after the last train had chugged out of Churchgate station. The police were constantly on Bhave's trail, but she always managed to give them a slip. As did Mrinal Gore, who dodged the cops for a year by changing homes and hair styles, said her friend and poet Usha Mehta. Gore once tip-toed into Usha Mehta's Shivaji Park residence at mid-night, unrecognisable because of her closely cropped hair and'modern' look. 'Mrinaltai would help us in household chores, even as she kept an eye on the window to check if a CID official was hovering around,' recalled Mehta, who memorialised the Emergency in a book titled 'Aanibaani Aani Aapan' (Emergency And We). Their comrade-in-arms Durga Bhagwat was arrested in June, 1976. The police entered the Royal (now Mumbai) Asiatic Society, her second home, even as she was sitting down to lunch. The cops were embarrassed when Bhagwat offered them food, said noted writer-translator Ashok Shahane. There were others such as Minoo Masani, the editor of 'Freedom First' who contested censorship orders while publisher-writer Ramdas Bhatkal of Popular Prakashan which would go on to publish JP's Emergency memoirs, and Usha Mehta and academic DV Deshpande floated the 'Group of 1977' to provide financial relief and legal aid to Emergency victims. When the state department for publicity objected to the publication of a coruscating translated essay by Sunil Gangopadhyay in the literary magazine 'Satyakatha', the editor Ram Patwardhan chose to keep the page blank rather than lop off of a few paragraphs from Gangopadhyay's piece, said Sunil Karnik, who was then a sub-editor on the magazine. Long incarceration brought some sections of the Socialists and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh closer. RSS members Wamanrao Parab and Swaroopchand Goel, among others, were Dhaneshwar's cell-mates at the Arthur Road prison. Sudhir Joglekar, a senior Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad member, shared the Yerawada prison cell in Pune with Sadanand Varde and Jagannath Jadhav (both Socialists), and Datta Patil and Prabhakar Patil (both Peasants' and Workers' Party). However, the camaraderie forged in jail did not quite dissolve ideological differences, which eventually brought down the Morarji Desai -led Janata government in 1979. Fifty years on, Emergency continues to flicker on Mumbai's grey horizon both as memory and metaphor.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
Stethoscopes over stereotypes: 12 out of 25 girls from one UP sarkari school cut through NEET odds
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel In a remarkable achievement, 12 girls from Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in Marihan, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh, have successfully cleared this year's NEET exam—the country's toughest medical entrance test . These girls, all from SC/ST and OBC communities, were part of a group of 25 students from the school who appeared for the exam, reported whose father works as a farm labourer, once feared her dream of becoming a doctor would remain out of reach due to financial constraints. Pooja Ranjan, daughter of a farmer from Sonbhadra, never thought she could afford medical coaching. Shweta from Kaushambi, who grew up in a small shop selling bicycle seat covers, had limited ambitions beyond government school all three are now on the path to becoming doctors. "I never imagined that this would be possible. I am still surprised," Pooja told to the report, the girls benefited from free residential coaching provided by the Sarvodaya school in Marihan. Along with regular classes from grades 6 to 12, the school offers hostel facilities for students from economically weaker families."Sarvodayas are residential schools, and these girls were staying in Marihan. In addition to regular school, they also attended coaching specifically for NEET, which was completely free," social welfare minister Asim Arun told NEET coaching program, launched in 2024, provides focused training to prepare students for competitive exams."The coaching provided to us was top class. We had regular tests to help us prepare. I never thought that coaching here would be so good that I would be able to clear this exam," said Pooja. "But with my hard work and assistance from govt, my dream has come true."Social Welfare Minister Asim Arun said the program targets girls from neighboring districts, and those selected were brought to Marihan with the consent of their families. Princy, Pooja, and Shweta all moved to Marihan for this specialized coaching after clearing entrance success of this batch has raised hopes for the future of Sarvodaya Vidyalayas across UP. Kumar Prashant, Social Welfare Director, called the Marihan school a 'center of excellence' and said this model would be expanded to other Sarvodaya schools, which number about 100 in the initiative, supported by Tata AIG and the Ex-Navodayan Foundation, is an encouraging example of how targeted government programs can help talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds reach their potential.
Time of India
4 days ago
- General
- Time of India
12 out of 25 girls from one UP Sarvodaya school crack NEET
Representative Image LUCKNOW: Princy, daughter of a farm labourer, once feared her dream of becoming a doctor would wilt in poverty. Pooja Ranjan, farmer's daughter from Sonbhadra, never imagined she could afford a path to a medical college. Kaushambi's Shweta, who grew up in a shop selling bicycle seat covers, couldn't think beyond "sarkari" school. All three have cleared NEET this year. Twelve girls from Marihan's Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in UP's Mirzapur district have cracked the country's toughest medical entrance exam. Of the 25 girls who appeared, all from SC/ST and OBC families, nearly half succeeded - a remarkable feat for a school run by UP's social welfare department. The girls received free residential coaching at Sarvodaya, which runs classes 6 to 12 with hostel facilities for children from economically weaker background. Sarvodayas are residential schools, and these girls were staying in Marihan. In addition to regular school, they also attended coaching specifically for NEET, which was completely free," said social welfare minister Asim Arun. Princy, a student at Sarvodaya in Kaushambi till Class 10, shifted to Marihan about 76 southwest of Varanasi for NEET preparation after clearing the coaching entrance. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like I Asked ChatGPT What Humanity Will Achieve In The Next 30 Years — Here's What It Said Liseer Undo Pooja and Shweta followed a similar route. "I never imagined that this would be possible. I am still surprised," said Shweta. "The coaching provided to us was top class. We had regular tests to help us prepare. I never thought that coaching here would be so good that I would be able to clear this exam," said Pooja. "But with my hard work and assistance from govt, my dream has come true." The success has brought a dramatic boost to Sarvodaya's brand. NEET coaching began as a pilot in 2024 at Marihan. Support came from Tata AIG and Ex-Navodayan Foundation, a network of Navodaya alumni. "We approached families around Marihan and nearby Sarvodayas. Selected girls were transferred to Marihan with parental consent," said Arun. Of 39 girls admitted to coaching for NEET and JEE, 25 took NEET - 12 cleared. Social welfare director Kumar Prashant called Marihan a "centre of excellence". He said the model would now be scaled to other Sarvodaya Vidyalayas across UP, which currently has around 100 such schools.
Hans India
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Savarkar & Golwalkar opposed Ambedkar's Constitution
Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that the 'Sangh Parivar never participated in the freedom struggle, yet today they speak about patriotism'. 'It is important for our party workers to have a clear understanding that Veer Savarkar and M.S. Golwalkar, considered as icons by BJP activists, opposed the Constitution drafted by B.R. Ambedkar,' he added. He was delivering a special lecture at the 'Yuva Kranti' training camp organised by the Youth Congress. Siddaramaiah said that the Congress played a significant role through its sacrifices and contributions in both the freedom movement and the building of modern India. He added that the Congress was founded to ensure civil rights and social justice for the people of India. 'The Sangh Parivar never joined the freedom struggle, but now they lecture us about patriotism,' the Chief Minister remarked sarcastically. 'Just as Mahatma Gandhi led the freedom movement, it was late PM Jawahar Lal Nehru who laid a strong foundation for Ambedkar's Constitution in India. Nehru's contributions to promoting unity and practicing tolerance on India's pluralistic soil were immense,' he said. He added that the caste system inspired by Manusmriti caused deep divisions in Indian society, and that this historical fact must be understood. 'The Youth Congress stands to protect India's Constitution and pluralism. You must have clarity on why we are building the Congress and how the RSS and Sangh Parivar are against India's plurality and the Constitution. Those who lack this clarity may not remain in the Congress for long,' Siddaramaiah said. He also added that freedom, equality, fraternity, tolerance, and coexistence are the very breath of our Constitution — and of India itself. Quoting Ambedkar, Siddaramaiah said, 'Power should not remain in the hands of a few privileged people; it must be placed in the hands of the common man.' 'The Congress empowers the people with rights and opportunities, while the BJP hands over power and opportunities to the privileged few, which is against the Constitution,' he alleged. Thus, according to him, the BJP opposes the Constitution itself. Siddaramaiah said that during his two terms as Chief Minister, he had launched and implemented programmes aimed at reducing inequality. 'For the true fulfillment of freedom, every individual must achieve economic and social empowerment. Uplifting the most marginalised is the spirit of Sarvodaya,' he criticised how ignorance, superstition, and fatalistic beliefs have been artificially strengthened through repeated reinforcement. 'God does not discriminate between people. Beware of those who sow superstition in the name of god,' he cautioned. He added that God, as envisioned by Basavanna, is the true God we should recognise. 'Simply folding hands before God after committing sins will not absolve one of wrongdoing,' he said. 'The BJP spreads lies in the name of God and religion, and there is a need to raise public awareness against it.' Siddaramaiah said that even Ambedkar had explicitly written that Savarkar and Dhangekar were responsible for his electoral defeat. 'If you possess clarity and commitment, no matter what others do, you will not waver,' he added. He also noted that Rama Jois of the BJP had gone to court against the reservation policy brought by Rajiv Gandhi, but the court upheld Gandhi's constitutional amendment, confirming it as constitutional. He added that the BJP had even opposed the Mandal Commission report recommending reservations. He concluded by saying that if young workers develop a clear understanding of history and principles, they can emerge as strong leaders in the future. Siddaramaiah called for such Youth Congress workshops to be organised in every district across the state. (IANS)
