ISSUES AND CONCERNS

Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammedi & Global failure at Iran’s Lethal arrogance 7th October 2023, was another red letter day for women power. On that day, the Nobel Committee at Oslo, Norway announced the award of Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammedi. Reportedly, the Nobel Committee recognized Narges Mohammedi, an Iranian by birth, for her “fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”. According to media report datelined Tehran, “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran condemned the decision to award Mohammedi, a criminal”. But print media informs that “Iran has arrested 50 years old Narges Mohammedi 13 times, convicted her 5 times and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes”. Above sentence of some 25 words has described the enormity of the oppression Narges had to endure and continue to endive in Iran. While the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced its decision to award the Peace Prize to Narges, she...

Maharashtra: Crime is a Crime Last month we had carried a story “Be it 2007 or 2003 Rs 100 bribe is trivial”. It was based on a report from Bombay High Court. Way back in 2007, 20th Feb 2007 to be specific, one Laxman Pingle had lodged a complaint with Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), who had laid a trap and caught Dr Anil Shinde for having accepted Rs 100 as bribe. Paud in Pune district of Maharashtra had a Public Health Centre (PHC) where Dr. Anil Shinde was the medical officer, since 1995. He had treated the complainant Laxman Pingle for some injuries. Pingle had asked for a certificate, probably to submit to his employers, certifying his injuries. For issuing the certificate, Dr. Shinde allegedly demanded Rs 100. It was in 2007, as is clear from the above details. May be in 2023, after 16 years doctor would have demanded Rs 500 or more, as bribe. Since the matter was within the purview of ACB, it was referred to the special judge under ACB. Reportedly on Jan 31, 2012, after almost 5...

Karingamannu Kuzhiyil Muhammed, all of 70, was born on 1st July 1952 in Koduvalli, Calicut, to Beeran Kutti and Maryam. After completing his schooling from the Koduvalli Government Higher Secondary School, he completed his M. A. in History from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975. He joined the School of Archeology of the Archeological Survey of India, New Delhi and completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Archeology 1977. Having started as Technical Assistant and then Assistant Archeologist with Aligarh Muslim University, he joined as Deputy Superintendent Archeologist with Archeological Survey of India (ASI). Having started in 1988 in ASI he left ASI as Regional Director (North) in 2012. In a service lasting over quarter of a century K. K. Muhammed (KKM) did seminal service to the ASI and in turn to the glorious cultural and archeological history of India. No details are available of his early childhood and that of his upbringing. However what is available by way of his conversation, ...