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'''Deshkal Society''' (देशकाल सोसाइटी) is an Indian non-governmental organisation (NGO). It works to realise a vision of socially and economically [[inclusive growth]] and to ensure dignity, [[Equality and Human Rights Commission|equality]] and justice for all. The NGO has focused on the [[Dalits in Bihar|Dalits of Bihar]], including working on the education of their children, [[Land ownership|land ownership rights]] and problems of employment.

Started in 1995 by teachers, journalists and young researchers, it was initially aimed at bringing out a [[Hindi magazine]] focused on [[Liberalism|liberal]] and [[Critical thinking|logical thinking]].

This NGO has worked with [[UNICEF]] [[Bihar]], [[NITI Aayog]], [[Ministry of Education (India)|MHRD]], [[Ford Foundation]], [[IGNCA]], and [[Nalanda University]].

== History ==
In 1995, Deshkal India was started as a Hindi magazine. Initially, it aimed to expand a liberal and thoughtful society. The founder of this society is Sanjay Kumar,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=Bihar elections: Rupture of a coalition of extremes |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/bihar-elections-rupture-of-a-coalition-of-extremes-6980910/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Women Emerged as the 'Silent Majority' in Bihar Elections. What Comes Next? |url=https://thewire.in/women/women-emerge-silent-majority-bihar-elections-time-rethink-politics |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=The Wire |language=en}}</ref> a scholar and practitioner who shaped this society to work for the social [[Diversity, equity, and inclusion|diversity]], [[Social inequality|inequality]], and education for all.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Social Context of Learning in India: Achievement Gaps and Factors of Poor Learning |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Social-Context-of-Learning-in-India-Achievement-Gaps-and-Factors-of-Poor-Learning/Tiwary-Kumar-Mishra/p/book/9781032195698 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}</ref>

This society has worked for rights of marginal sections, education for all and inequality. Under Dr Sanjay Kumar, this society had worked for educational framework of children from [[Dalit]] community (2002–2005) with the aid from MHRD, [[Government of India|Govt of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=for Scientific Research |first=Netherlands Organisation |title=Reconstructing contents and methods of teaching for dalit chil (5.4.39) |url=https://www.nwo.nl/en/projects/086-54-390}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Deshkal Society |url=https://deshkalindia.com/policy_research-more.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=deshkalindia.com}}</ref> It also worked with UNICEF in [[Bihar]] (2015–2016).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deshkal Society |url=https://deshkalindia.com/policy_research-more.html |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=deshkalindia.com}}</ref> A report from this society, which received assistance from the NITI Aayog, in 2014 suggested modifying the Bihar Privileged Persons Homestead Tenancy Act 1947 to establish a [[Sustainability|sustainable]] and [[Egalitarianism|egalitarian]] [[housing policy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Gujarat's Jaggu Bhai, A Dalit, Faces A Fine 45 Times Greater Than His Monthly Electricity Use |url=https://article-14.com/post/why-gujarat-s-jaggu-bhai-a-dalit-faces-a-fine-45-times-greater-than-his-monthly-electricity-use--611f1edf2c4a1 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=article-14.com}}</ref>

== Works ==

=== Homestead rights ===
This has worked for access to land and secure ownership rights over it for the [[Marginalised communities|marginalised community]] in the [[Gaya (India)|Gaya]] region of [[Bihar]]. In this regard, they filed 2,492 applications that included 425 applications for [[Raiyat|''raiyati'' land]], 1,536 for ''ghairmazarua khas'' land (common land for special use), and 531 for ''ghairmazarua aam'' land (common land for general use).<ref>{{Cite book |title=The marginalized self: tales of resistance of a community |date=2020 |publisher=Primus Books |isbn=978-93-89933-80-2 |editor-last=Ghai |editor-first=Rahul |location=Delhi |editor-last2=Mishra |editor-first2=Arvind Kumar |editor-last3=Kumar |editor-first3=Sanjay}}</ref>

=== Inclusive education ===
Deshkal Society support [[Inclusion (education)|inclusive education]] in Bihar by raising the academic attainment and school attendance rates of kids from rural areas. They work for the efficacy of schools by implementing inclusive teaching and learning methodologies. By facilitating children from marginalised communities' enrolment, retention, and involvement and attending to their various needs, they contribute to their [[Social exclusion|social inclusion]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kumar |first=Sanjay |date=2014 |title=Inclusive Classroom And Social Diversity In India: Myths And Challenges |url=https://jir.mewaruniversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Vol_2_issue_1_Jan_Mar_2014/16.pdf |journal=Journal of Indian Research |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=126–140}}</ref>

=== Dalit Studies ===
Deshkal Society pushed the idea of [[Dalit studies|'Dalit Studies]]' in the Indian university education system. It underlined "how unaware the general public is of Dalit culture and living circumstances. Different subject curricula fail to address issues that stem from [[Dalit people]]'s unique historical experiences". In this course, the Ford Foundation helped them to create a forum where the discussion related to a new need for content material, nature, scope and method related to Dalit culture and studies.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Savyasaachi |date=2004 |title=Dalit Studies: Exploring Criteria for a New Discipline |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4414922 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=39 |issue=17 |pages=1658–1660 |jstor=4414922 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref>

=== Bodh Gaya Global Dialogue ===
"[[Bodh Gaya]] Global Dialogues" is an event organised by the Deshkal Society regularly. The global dialogues cover a mosaic of parallel sub-events, including plenary sessions, panel discussions, children's programs, cultural events, film shows, award functions, book launches, and heritage walks, to bring the many themes of [[sustainable development]], rich history, culture, and heritage of the place into the public discussion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=2nd Edition of Bodh Gaya Global Dialogues {{!}} IGNCA |url=https://ignca.gov.in/events/2nd-edition-of-budha-gaya-global-dialogues/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=ignca.gov.in}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=6th Edition Bodh Gaya Global Dialogues 2024 |url=https://nalandauniv.edu.in/event/6th-edition-bodh-gaya-global-dialogues-2024/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Nalanda University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2024-03-17 |title=Guv hails historicallegacy of Nalanda |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/governor-rajendra-vishwanath-arlekar-inaugurates-bodh-gaya-global-dialogues-2024-at-nalanda-university/articleshow/108555401.cms |access-date=2024-07-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Publications ==

* ''The Social Context of Learning in India Achievement Gaps and Factors of Poor Learning'', 2023; Routledge(London), ISBN 9781032646091.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Social Context of Learning in India: Achievement Gaps and Factors of Poor Learning |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Social-Context-of-Learning-in-India-Achievement-Gaps-and-Factors-of-Poor-Learning/Tiwary-Kumar-Mishra/p/book/9781032195698 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Marginalized Self: Tales of resistance of a Community'', 2020; Primus Books, ISBN 978-9389933802.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Marginalized Self: Tales of Resistance of a Community |url=https://primusbooks.com/the-marginalized-self-tales-of-resistance-of-a-community/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=PrimusBooks |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Dynamics of Inclusive Classroom: Social Diversity, Inequality and School Education in India, 2017; Orient Black Swan, ISBN 9789352870134.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orient BlackSwan |url=https://orientblackswan.com/details?id=9789352870134 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=orientblackswan.com}}</ref>
* ''School Education, Pluralism and Marginality'', 2012; Orient Black Swan, ISBN 9788125045311.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orient BlackSwan |url=https://www.orientblackswan.com/details?id=9788125045311 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=www.orientblackswan.com}}</ref>
* ''Interrogating Development: Insights from the Margins,'' 2010; Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198066415.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interrogating Development: Insights from the Margins |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/interrogating-development-9780198066415?cc=us&lang=en& |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=global.oup.com}}</ref>

=== Deshkal publication ===
Deshkal has its own publication unit from which dozens of books related to social and cultural issues have been published.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All writings of Deshkal Society, Delhi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/publishers/deshkal-society-delhi/all |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Rekhta |language=en}}</ref> It has also published several maps of Dum Dum, a locality of Kolkata which has been acknowledged in media reports.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Basu |first=Anasuya |date=19 April 2019 |title=Fresh push to protect treasure trove in Calcutta's Dum Dum |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/fresh-push-to-protect-treasure-trove-in-calcutta-s-dum-dum/cid/1689048 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref>

* ''Dalit Studies in Higher Education Vision and Challenges'', 2005; Deshkal Publication, ISBN 81-902865-0-1.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Dalit studies in higher education: vision and challenges |date=2005 |publisher=Deshkal Publication |isbn=978-81-902865-0-3 |editor-last=Arun Kumar |series=[Dalit studies |location=Delhi |editor-last2=Kumar |editor-first2=Sanjay}}</ref>
* Asserting Voices Changing Culture, Identity and Livelihood of the Musahars in the Gangetic Plains, 2002; Deshkal Publication, ISBN 81-902865-0-1.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Dalit studies in higher education: vision and challenges |date=2005 |publisher=Deshkal Publication |isbn=978-81-902865-0-3 |editor-last=Arun Kumar |series=[Dalit studies |location=Delhi |editor-last2=Kumar |editor-first2=Sanjay}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Dalit studies]]
* [[Musahar]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Human rights organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]
[[Category:Dalit communities]]
[[Category:Adivasi activists]]

Deshkal Society - Revision history

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