Policies, Curriculum, Religious Extremism, and Pakistan

Inaction or fate?

Originally posted on outlooks:
Hindu students sitting in a classroom are reminded that they were the villains that lead to Muslims depending on dividing the once-great Indian empire in each History textbook they come across. Where stories of valiant Muslim acts go, they are not unaccompanied by equal mention of Hindus being their inherent enemies.…

Child Labor – still a sorry state

Originally posted on outlooks:
Shamsuddin, a twelve-year-old child who is studying at a government school, thinks it is his responsibility to work in the Sabzi Mandi in the scorching heat to feed his family. “I daily leave for Mandi right after offering the Fajr prayers and what else I can do? I am helpless.” says…