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variednews: Khap Panchayats and their irrational diktats : The Supreme Court’s directive to khap panchayats also referred to as community or social groups that pass judgements on various subjec...

The Supreme Court’s directive to khap panchayats also referred to as community or social groups that pass judgements on various subjects including marriages not to act like the conscience keepers of society is significant considering the fact that more often than not these so called kangaroo courts interfere in the in the marriage of two consenting adults. The Supreme Court’s ruling comes against the backdrop of a plea seeking a prohibition on the workings of khap panchayats as well as the necessary actions to be taken against honour killings that has resulted in the bizarre acts of violence by members of khap panchayats against individuals who have tried to defy the diktats of these groups with extreme views on marriages in which individuals belonging to different social strata are barred from entering into a wedding relationship. The Supreme Court’s ruling is a welcome relief for those who have tried to defy resistance from society and tried to tie the wedding knot with the p...

variednews: Chai and pakoda: a favourite combination for India... : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comments that selling pakodas was not below a person’s dignity and was a decent means of livelihood ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent comments that selling pakodas was not below a person’s dignity and was a decent means of livelihood for people as it enabled them to fend for themselves has evoked mixed reactions. While the Congress is of the view that such comments are purely designed to mislead the people about the government’s failure to create suitable jobs for the unemployed, the BJP is of the notion that selling pakodas could pave the future generation of the person concerned to be prospective entrepreneurs. Congress leader P Chidambaram’s remarks that since the government did not succeed in creating jobs to cater to the requirement of the unemployed of the country such a ploy was to distract the attention of the nation. But Chidambaram’s observation that the poor and the disabled who beg should be counted as employed people is rather surprising considering the fact that those who adopt such practices do not have to toil to earn their livelihood. A pakoda seller on the o...