NEWS AND UPDATES
Rural Development Model
Definition The Centre has defined rural development as micro-watershed development plus organic farming plus non-conventional energy plus village industries and marketing their products. This definition is a culmination of nearly two and a half decades of experience in rural development. Assumption and Biases There are certain statistics, assumptions and biases.
About Yusuf Meherally
Yusuf Meherally (September 23, 1903 – July 2, 1950) was in the vanguard of India’s struggle for independence. The founder of National Militia and the Bombay Youth League, he played a leading role in peasants’ organisations and trade unions. He was imprisoned eight times during the freedom movement. It was
The man who coined the slogan ‘Quit India’: Remembering Yusuf Meherally
The socialist freedom fighter was Mumbai’s mayor when the Congress intensified the freedom movement 75 years ago on this day. Who coined the iconic slogan “Quit India”, the rallying cry of a movement for freedom launched this day 75 years ago? Contrary to popular belief, it was not Mohandas
Freedom Fighters – The Very Idea of India is Under Challenge
To mark 70 years of Independence and 75 years of the Quit India Movement, The Wire, an Online Journal, spoke to four freedom fighters from Maharashtra, remnants of a vanishing tribe. They recall their experiences of the freedom struggle and express anguish at India’s current political scenario. Watch: Freedom Fighters
Help generously to YMC’s ‘Jyoti Shah Centre for Communal Harmony’
The Centre runs an Urdu medium high school at Apta, a village in Panvel taluka of Raigad district, Maharashtra, five kilometers from Tara,where most of the major activities of the Centre are located. The high school got an extra floor, thanks to the TCG Foundation which gave 55% of the
A Presentation of the activities of the YMC in Gujarat, U.P, M.P, Uttarakhand
A get-together of project coordinators and managers of the YMC projects in different states were called, alongwith some associates and well-wishers of the Centre on September 23, 2017 at Tara, in Raigad District, Maharashtra to have an overview of activities of the Centre, understand each one and consider improvements in