Articles by: Dr KS Sharma

Remembering Dr. B.R. Ambedkar:  Celebrating the 74th Constitution Day

Remembering Dr. B.R. Ambedkar:  Celebrating the 74th Constitution Day

(The present article is published to mark the occasion of Constitution Day, November 26, 2022. It may be deemed as part-2 of an earlier article, published an year ago:   A Peep into the past: On the occasion of 65th Anniversary of Ambedkar’s Nirvana – Remembering Ambedkar and Revisiting his Thoughts (06/12/2021) https://countercurrents.org/2021/12/a-peep-into-the-past-on-the-occasion-of-65th-anniversary-of-ambedkars-nirvana-remembering-ambedkar-and-revisiting-his-thoughts/ ) ***                           *** 26th November 2022 is being[Read More…]

by — 26/11/2022 — Comments are Disabled — India
A Peep into the past: On the occasion of 65th Anniversary of Ambedkar’s Nirvana – Remembering Ambedkar and Revisiting his Thoughts

A Peep into the past: On the occasion of 65th Anniversary of Ambedkar’s Nirvana – Remembering Ambedkar and Revisiting his Thoughts

Part-1 of a two-part article Could there be a better occasion to remember Dr. B.R. Ambedkar than the 65th Anniversary of his NIRVANA?  This “Memorial Article” entitled “Remembering Ambedkar and Revisiting his thoughts is designed in Two Parts ie.  One Part,  to revisit his Thoughts incorporated in the historic Address delivered by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar,  on 25th November 1949 to[Read More…]

by — 06/12/2021 — 1 comment — India
A New Look: 6th International Yoga Day, 21st June 2020

A New Look: 6th International Yoga Day, 21st June 2020

At this crucial juncture,  when all the nations of the world are facing,  perhaps,  the severest challenge to combat the deadly novelCoronavirus,  a new look into the 6th International Yoga Day, being observed on 21st June 2020,  is demanded.  The world has witnessed a death toll of 4,42,770 and has afflicted more than 81,92,261 in just  seventy days.  While United[Read More…]

by — 20/06/2020 — Comments are Disabled — Life/Philosophy
Deepandolana : Can this  drive away corona virus ? Is Modi’s call  emotional ? symbolic ?  scientific ?

Deepandolana : Can this  drive away corona virus ? Is Modi’s call  emotional ? symbolic ?  scientific ?

  The Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi gave a call for  Deepa-andolana ,  a movement to light  the lamps, to unify 130 crore Indians in their fight against the deadly virus, Corona, on April 5, 2020 at 9 pm for 9 minutes. The million dollar question has been : Can lighting a lamp for 9  minutes drive away, as suggested,[Read More…]

by — 10/04/2020 — 2 comments — India
Seven Decades Of The Decaying Republic: Indian Democracy Unmasked

Seven Decades Of The Decaying Republic: Indian Democracy Unmasked

( Text of a Plenary Lecture at ISSA by Dr. KS Sharma  is given below, on the eve of  70 years of Indian Republic.  43rd Indian Social Science Congress was held, by  the Indian Social Science Academy-ISSA, January 17-21, 2020, at Bengaluru Central University, attended by hundreds of  scientists and social  scientists from all over India.  It was held with[Read More…]

by — 25/01/2020 — Comments are Disabled — India
Chief Minister – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Policies – Programmes X-rayed – Part II

Chief Minister – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Policies – Programmes X-rayed – Part II

Modi as PM (Each year of Modi as PM is dealt as one stage, as follows) The THIRD STAGE :2014 onwards  “The Third Stage” of ascent and governance covers the first year of Modi’s Rule as Prime Minister of India and a few important developments of this period are sketched hereunder. The very first event covered here is the swearing[Read More…]

by — 24/03/2019 — Comments are Disabled — India
Chief Minister – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Policies – Programmes X-rayed – Part I

Chief Minister – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Policies – Programmes X-rayed – Part I

A Critique – by Dr. K. S. Sharma Chief Minister – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Policies – Programmes X-rayed is the Title of a mega-volume of 672 Pages in Kannada,  traversing and x-raying the two decades of Narendra Modi’s Political travelogue.  In order to provide a Bird’s Eye-view of this long travelogue,  a concise summary in English has been sketched[Read More…]

by — 23/03/2019 — Comments are Disabled — India
Systemic Maladies Demand Systemic Remedies: In The Context Of Indian University Education System

Systemic Maladies Demand Systemic Remedies: In The Context Of Indian University Education System

  ( Following is the Text of  Presidential Address Delivered By Dr.K.S. Sharma, President, Indian Academy of Social Sciences, ISSA, Allahabad, at the 41st  Indian Social Science Congress, held in Salem, Tamilnadu. The Annual event , held for five days from December 18 to 22, 2017, was attended by a few hundred academicians, educationists, and research scholars.   Sharma  is  Joint  Director,[Read More…]

by — 30/12/2017 — Comments are Disabled — Life/Philosophy
The Forgotten Message Of Ambedkar To The Working Class

The Forgotten Message Of Ambedkar To The Working Class

( The following are extracts from A paper presented by Dr KS Sharma at the XXXII Indian Social Science Congress held at New Delhi from 18′” December to 22nd December 2008. The Paper quotes Dr. B. R. Ambedkar extensively and seeks to bring out some views he had expressed at one stage in his political life. A few extracts focussing[Read More…]

by — 30/04/2017 — 1 comment — India
Socio-Political and Economic Aspects Of Fluorosis

Socio-Political and Economic Aspects Of Fluorosis

A Presentation made at XL Indian Social Science Congress, Dec 19-23, 2016, University of Mysore, Mysuru , focused on PEOPLES HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIA. It was widely appreciated as one focussing on a key problem faced by vast masses of India, neglected by all the (un-)concerned agencies

by — 17/04/2017 — 1 comment — Life/Philosophy
 Decolonisation Of “Modern Medical System: The Need To March Towards People Oriented Holistic System

 Decolonisation Of “Modern Medical System: The Need To March Towards People Oriented Holistic System

Text of a Speech circulated on Dec24, 2016, at XL Indian Social Science Congress Organized by Indian Social Sciences Academy(ISSA) , held from 19th Dec. 2016 and 24th Dec. 2016, in collaboration with University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka

by — 06/04/2017 — 1 comment — Life/Philosophy
Indian Constitution Unriddled : Search For Sources

Indian Constitution Unriddled : Search For Sources

  (“Indian Constitution Unriddled :Search for Sources” is a monumental work published by Purogami Prakashana , Hubli, in 2015 March. The volume is compiled by late Sri SG Nadgir and Dr. KS Sharma, and published to mark the birth centenary of the former, a renowned teacher. What follows here is the Foreword to the book by Dr.KS Sharma, eminent Professor of[Read More…]

by — 24/01/2017 — 1 comment — India
Re-Reading Dr BR Ambedkar’s Earliest Paper On Caste 100 Years Later

Re-Reading Dr BR Ambedkar’s Earliest Paper On Caste 100 Years Later

It is hundred years since Dr B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) wrote, CASTES IN INDIA: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, a Paper he presented on 9th May 1916 at an Anthropology Seminar at Columbia University. That was one of his earliest significant works, a scholarly work ; written by the scholar when he was 25, much before he became a politician. In[Read More…]

by — 18/06/2016 — Comments are Disabled — Annihilate Caste