The proposed Higher Education Commission of India (Repeal of UGC) Act 2018 is an attempt to scrap funding powers of University Grants Commission (UGC), which has already been manipulated since 2014. Is the proposal to scrap UGC’s funding powers a cover-up? MM Ansari, former member of the University Grants Commission and CIC, explains how the UGC’s role of funding educational institutions and quality assurance has gradually been eroded by the central government, without necessary approval of Parliament.
Sanju portrays Dutt as the ultimate bechara, the poor misunderstood hero straight out of Greek tragedy, whose life had been full of suffering. On one hand, Sanju tells you, that you must sympathize with Dutt for his ordeals in jail, his drug-addled youth, and his difficult relationship with his dad, as well as the sudden loss of his mother. While on the other, the film claims that media had been cruel and insensitive to his throughout his life and is largely responsible for his Khalnayak image. Read Simantini Dey’s take on how 'Sanju' takes media bashing to a whole new level, which is utterly surprising, given how instrumental Indian media has actually been in propelling Dutt’s image of a long-suffering hero. On Reel
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