DALKI SAHI, India Three years ago, a group of parents in a remote tribal hamlet handed local officials a petition demanding a new school. Their children had to walk nearly two miles through farmland, forest and creeks to reach the closest government school although, they argued, Indias new Right to Education law entitled them to something closer.
But while the new law may have stirred the people of Dalki Sahi in the eastern state of Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) into action, they still do not have a new school. Across India, amid questions about whether the government can really deliver, many are asking whether the law was merely a well-intentioned promise dressed up as a legally enforceable fundamental right.
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India undergoing silent rights revolution as laws guarantee social services - The Washington Post
But while the new law may have stirred the people of Dalki Sahi in the eastern state of Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) into action, they still do not have a new school. Across India, amid questions about whether the government can really deliver, many are asking whether the law was merely a well-intentioned promise dressed up as a legally enforceable fundamental right.
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India undergoing silent rights revolution as laws guarantee social services - The Washington Post
