Welcome address by the Director
Honorable Chief Guest, Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, the senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab. Sardar Sahib is also a former governor of Punjab, and an eye witness, during most crucialperiod of Pakistan’s political history in 1999. Let me add here that credit also goes to Sardar Sahib for being the youngest member of the West […]
Dr. Anand Speech in the Ambedkar Day Seminar
At the outset let me thank Sir Ganga Ram Heritage Foundation for inviting me to Lahore and giving this opportunity to share my thoughts with you. This is my second visit to this beautiful city, which was eulogized by the people as the must see for every human being that comes on the earth. When […]
Coeval Galaxy of Sir Ganga Ram
The book “Coeval Galaxy of Sir Ganga Ram” is written on the heroes of Punjab who served there after Sir Ganga Ram. They were the glaring stars following the footsteps of Sir Ganga Ram. Some of them are as follows: Sir Chhotu Ram, who was the minister of Development of Punjab. He worked for the […]
Founder of Secular Democratic India: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
The book “Founder of Secular Democratic India: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar” written by Prof. Yousaf Irfan. It is an original research highlighting the life and achievements of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar. The book highlights the national services of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to Modern India and points out the problems and hurdles in his projection as a […]
Sir Ganga Ram – A Man for All Seasons
Sir Ganga Ram— a Man for all Seasons Very few people know that Sir Ganga Ram, a versatile personality and great engineer who designed majestic buildings of Lahore and Patiala, had his schooling from Amritsar. This fact had been highlighted in his biography, ‘Sir Ganga Ram— a Man for all Seasons’ authored by Dr. F.M. […]
Small holdings threat to farm sector growth
Lucknow, Novermber, 1, 2010 : The pattern of land distribution has rendered rural landscape of UP disfavourable for farming. The precursor for this is the fragmentation of cultivable land into a large number of `small landholdings’. The process set under the demographic pressure, has caused marginalisation of a vast majority of farmers and posed a severe […]
About Periyar
Periyar Erode Venkata Ramasamy (September 17, 1879 – December 24, 1973), also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar, or Periyar, was a Dravidian social activist, who founded the Self-Respect Movement andDravidar Kazhagam. Periyar was born in the Town of Erode, Tamil Nadu to a wealthy Nayakar family. At a young age, he witnessed numerous incidents of racial, caste and gender discrimination. Periyar married when he was […]
Caste based discrimination still prevalent in India
Caste-based discrimination maybe abolished by law in India but it remains a major cause why backward classes, especially the Dalits, remain confined to menial tasks like manual scavenging and removal of dead animals, a latest report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on discrimination in the job sector has said. Affirmative action has been able […]
Pakistan launches “Friends of Mustadafeen” society
A dozen speeches you made and discussions held during your recent visit to Pakistan have so inspired us to spare our thoughts for India’s most “wretched of the earth”, the Dalits, who form about 30% of India’s population. The Quran has directed the Muslims to fight for the oppressed in the cause of Allah (Surah […]
Sir Ganga Ram Heritage Foundation (SGRHF)
Sir Ganga Ram Heritage Foundation (SGRHF) is an NGO established in Lahore, Pakistan 2005. It is, indeed, an intellectual initiative to promote social justice, protect the rights of religious minorities and uplift the suppressed sections of society in South Asian region. The Executive Body of SGRHF decided to promote the philosophy of Sir Ganga Ram […]
