In Focus
This section highlights current issues related to equity, human rights and social justice and invite community of practice to debate the respective issues.
Economics behind dalits massacre: Bhalchandra Mungekar  A single most cause of Dalits atrocities are economic and in most cases, upper Castes Hindus do not take kindly to the economic prosperity of a few Dalit families On Domestic Violence Act 'If men have a problem, they should speak up' the Minister for Woman and Child Development answers readers' queries on the new Domestic Violence Act with Nilanjana B. Jha (Times of India's exclusive interview). Read More Education for All: a distant dream for socially disadvantaged children with only nine years remaining before 2015 – the target year for achieving these goals, progress is being made in reducing the number of primary school-age children who are not enrolled in school, still distant dream for many children especially from socially disadvantaged households reveals the recent report published by UNESCO Education for All: 2007 Pathology of Power: Caste and Capabilities, S. Venkatesan The pathology of power structure in the Indian caste system curtails the freedom of Dalits to choose to live as they desire. In other words, the hierarchal and unequal ordering powers in respects to different castes implies that every caste, except those at the top of caste order, suffers in varing degree and the Dalits (or Schedule Castes) who are placed at the bottom of caste hierarchy aredenied any power. Social Equity in MDGs The paper strongly advocates social equity approach to achieve MDGs mainly drawing theoretical base from recent development literature. This is as true of the innovations led by Amartya Sen and followed by UNDP and many others, which moved away from a focus purely on material or commodity to incorporate wider perspectives of human well-being. More
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