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The Anne Frank Youth Network Programme, India: A Pilot (November 2020—January 2021)

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The Anne Frank Youth Network (AFYN) is a growing global network built on volunteering, inspired by Anne Frank’s diary and her life-story. All its activities aim to raise awareness, increase active citizenship, foster dialogue and democratic values. We are delighted to announce that, this year, we are helping bring the AFYN to India. In preparation, we…

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We, the Students: A Citizenship Awareness campaign – a report

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For information on the We, the Students campaign, click here. In the wake of country wide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the ‘We, The Students’ campaign aims to spread information around various aspects and history of the Act, its present and anticipated implications and the impact it has had on civil society. The campaign…

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A report on The Idea of the Indian Constitution

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The task of setting out to attempt an overview of a conference such as The Idea of the Indian Constitution, is at the very outset a somewhat impossible one. Is X talk not described justifiably, is Y talk not represented enough—is that reflective of my biases, has the elusive ‘essence’ of the event made any…

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The Idea of the Indian Constitution: Day 1

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Naveen Kishore, Publisher at Seagull Books and Managing Trustee of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts ‘set the scene’, in his own words an irresistible urge as a theatrician, with a piece on the need for teaching our young the art of resistance in times where repeating falsehoods equals Truth.   ‘When does a constitution…

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The Idea of the Indian Constitution: Day 2

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Slightly dazed 9 AM start on a Saturday after a long, full and invigorating day 1: I was almost confident day 2 wouldn’t be able to keep up. Until Gautam Bhatia began his talk.  ccccSpeaking on the transformative nature of the Indian Constitution, lawyer and researcher Bhatia’s arguments encouraged a fresh look at this text.…

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