The Hogan-Wilson Collection today, and a visit to the Garda Depot in the Phoenix Park where Garda (Police) recruits perform the "Right Dress" exercise on the Depot Square. As the Garda force was founded in 1922, and had taken over the policing of the country by then, this would have been the second wave of recruits. They are well-dressed in uniform.

Similar to how this 1922 group image was/is brought to life by contemporaneous footage (from the Irish Film Institute), sharon.corbet points us to footage of this Garda exercise (from British Pathé). Intruiging how the Pathé footage has a title card suggesting that 95% of recuits are "ex-IRA men"......

Photographer: W. D. Hogan

Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection

Date: 18 January 1923

NLI Ref.: HOG72

You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

Lindisfarne Castle on the Holy Isle, in Northumberland is a great place to visit.

This day the scenery was beautiful, but the winds were very gusty and heavy.

Shot of a wind beater (Kay), sheltering from the gales above.

Bamborough Castle is a medieval Castle on the Northumberland Coast.

It is still in a great condition for its age.

This shot was taken 1 mile south of the Castle, in the sand dunes that create this coast. The castle is quite small in the shot (deliberately).

The sand dune is the main stay in the photo.

It always was there and it always will be there, in different forms.

Afgan hounds lying down.....

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. .th false charges and refusesfor ensuring workers' rights. In June. whe~ the hand, has incarcerated ht~~Uorganised a medical camp .

Even today, workers 011 campus are facing a number ofproblems. The violations at construction sites still.

d .. tration cracked down once more, the pumshed to grantbail In February, J rity with the campaign for .

go unheeded. The following demands have ariseu from workers employed by different contractors on.

:tu~:'n~ received remarkable solidarity -f~om faculty for contract workers In solid; Several doctors and vol-... .

campus, providing services to the university community. JN USU reproduces 1/zese demands, in solidarity.

members as well as democratic activists and t~tellec~uals the release of Dr. BlnayakU en~munity came forward to.

across the country. It took 20 days of struggle. t~clud.tng a unteers from within the JN co with the workers'struggle. A cursory perusal would show flow these are not extraordinary demands, buttlte .

12-dayindefinite hungerstriketo force the Admtnt~tratJon. to make the medical camp a huge success. than 250 basic, minimum legally maudated rights ofworkers like 1-cards,ES!/PF documents, safety measures that .

repeal the rustisations and constitute a commtttee _wtlh ld d OPD services to more continue to be flouted on campus. we reproduce tlteir deman.rls below:.

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The camp prov e k on campus who do not.

representatives from all sections of the JNU Community to Vayudoot Safai Karamcharls.

daily wage contract.wor ~~al facilities even though.

ensureworkersrights on campus. 2. Each worker should be given identity cards by the.

have access to baste me sc ESI & PF from their mini-1. Masks should be provided to protect against dust .

contractor/employerwhen we broom..

Atthepresentjuncture. when there ~~vebeen signifcant money Is being deduct;~;~orkerswere treated and freeadvances in the movement forworkers nghts. tt IS tmp_ortant mum wages. More than AIIMS 2. Soap should be provided to wash our hands after we 3. Since we are paid wages according to the 8 hour.

. . . 29 cases were referred to · work-day, we should not be forced to work for longer.

to emphasize that much remains to be done~ In particular. medtctne was gtven. . sweep your floors hours. If overtime is done then we should get duetheconstruction WOfkers on this campus rematn cut-off fr~m k had occupation related dtsorders. The 3. Salary should be paid on time. .

compensation in terms of wages..

the rights and facilities that are due to them. Mos~wor ekrs . particular complained of dust related .

~hrl~ construction wor ers, '" ' 4. ESI, PF should be cut and the proof for the same 4..

--·-aa-.-is proceeding rapidly at the hostel stte or . . h. ·us bronchitis museu1o-ske1etaI We should be provided with gloves and masks while.

co.~~· h . problems ltke allergtc r '"' ' · ed ~f hygiene-related should be given. we execute our work..

Koena, violations are rampant at this site. T ere rs no .

pains etc, women workers comp1a~ecame clear that 5. We should be provided with our !-cards which have 5. In case of injury during working hours. we snould be.

Ublicdisplayofmusterrolls, and there is also absence.

p bei . ...,.~_. gynaecological dtsorders. It f been promised for the last two years. provided with medical aid and the costs should be.

ofanywodcsitefacilities. Workers are ng mace tO ~~v. :-.. construction workers DO NOT hav~. ~cces_s. to _sa e 6. .

We should be provided with the necessary equipment incurred by the contractor/employer.

forthepallrysumof70-90 rupees a day, anda~e :~ :-:3 ma..:~ drinking water, proper sanitation facilities,_ftrst-atd or to collect your trash. We demand proper accounts for ESliPF that has.

towork for morethan8-9hours. creche which are essential to lead a safe life. 7. Gloves should be provided to pick rubbish and dead 6. .

been cut from our salaries, these should be made.

An Independent report prepared by the People's The Continuing case of Naya Savera animals from the roadside. available to us along with account nuiT'cerUnion for Democratic Rights in June 2007 indicts the Vayudoot Malis .

7. We should be provided with at least se1en carts toThe matter of the workers ofNaya Savera been repe~ted.ly.

university administration forits blatantviolation ofthe .

raised by JNUSU. These workers have been _worktng tn I 1. Our salary payment should be made on time. transport garbage to the collecting ground on.

acootlact l.ahourAct, the Minimum Wages Act, Equal campus..

terrible conditions. They separate the waste wtthout a~y Soap and dusters should be provided.Remuneration Act, Building and Construction Workers 2. 8. We should not be forced to carry out work that is to.

gloves or protective equipment. The wnste IS 3. When we work for 27 days in a month, we should be.

Acr'. Pointing to the nature of the contractS signed by the be carried out by 2, or more than 2 worl(ers..

transported on cycles, but none of these hav~ brakes, paid for that many days, unlike the 26 days that we.

administlation as wen as JNU administration's own control 9. .

increasing the chances thatthey can be hurt gnevou~ly. are paid at present. Any form of caste abuse and force sncutd not be.

over1M buldingsCXHlStn:Jded, the funds released and the tolerated and immediate legal action should be taKen.

When cuts, injuries or infections occur due to the worktng 4. We should be provided with !-cards since even after.

numberof workers employed, thereport concludes ~111ithout against such incidents.anyambiguity lhatJNU isin fact the ':i~Cipal Employer an~ condttions, no treatment is provided. They have alsofaced more than 2 years of working under you, the security Demands of Workers employed in Digital Web Worldpersonnel create problems for us.·.

1Jabletomeetwhat&Saaquired ofa PnnCipal Err.p;oyerunde. grievous caste abuse, especiallyfrom their sup~~isor; in Mahi-Mandavi, Lohit, Candrabhaqa Hostel, JNUtheColtnlcl LaboUrAcl. This holds true for ~I ~tegor'ies of following JNUSU's intervention to ensure m mtmum ~~Yorkers of Electrical Department employe.d by Vayudootll Vt. ltd. , 1. We urge you to provide uswith proper proof regardingcoracd~on campus. and it s necessary that we wage payments,she prevented workers from taking their our PF in the form of PF number~a&dNUMulliisbatiJnto admit its responsib~ity towards food and even having a bath at the site oi work. ·:Vhen 1. All workers must be paid their salaries between the 2..

7'" and 10111 of each month. We have been granted access to the Governmentlhe warl(ers itis employing on all counts. JNUSU confronted her. she replied saying, ·lower czste people 2 Health centre in Mehrauli to avail ESI oer.efits We.

should be treated like this.· Most worker's families depend completely on the.

WorbboptoDISCUSSJNU'slegal responsibilities as want that due to improper provis1on oi hea :h fac;litie.:;.

wages earned by the worker. Workers must be.

Under JNUSU's pressure. the contract()r was forced to in Mehrauli, our health centre accoun:s <;"'ould bq.

informed a day in advance before payments are made.

~a·;ecampus. Subsequently, the issue ofminimum wages shifted to Sarojini Nagar..

tn the face f# adrmnistrative 1nsensitwrty a c ""efusa to 3. We must be provided with ESI-Pf facilities entitle::! ~ouphold itS legal responsibilities, JNUSU had conducted a ;,as been resolved, but many problems continue in the us by the law and rnust be given proper records a:1d 3 We must be g:'len Earned Leave and C::~..!31t...eaV''.

interim arrangement. While the earlier ccntractor employed lf'lat rs due to us each year..

~bopon September20 with the lawyer, Bikramjeet account numbers for the same..

~ 7 workers for collecting the waste, now JNU has allowed 4. A private limited company gives us a : Jnus once i1.

Batra to discuss how JNU should be made to comply 4 Each ·.vorker should be given leave of 30 days eachcnly 15 sanctioned workers. This tS quite .nadequ:..ite and to year to workers. Our company does nc' 'JJ:1 us a,., ,.

with tb laws on minimum wage and worker rights. year without wages be1ng deducted for it.This worttsboP was also successful mpreparing if.~ guide-add to this, more carts are required to pt':k .JP the garbage. 5. If a worker works overtime, he/she must be bonus Vl/e must be paid a bonus at :e .15\ oGce J Hnes. Which should .Jnform all forthcoming con· -ts to be JNUSU has been demanding that the number of staff be compensated with proper wages for the hours ofwork year .

ncreased and they be paid for work acne overt·me The 5 Wage payments must be made by th:: i'" of eacr·.

~~JNU and10 diSCUssing the terms an.:J rer~:-ences 5 '!Ve must be provided with tools to carry out our work month~tteeontractWcners' Committee demand for gloves and adequate sanitation a;rangements 7. If any accrdent or InJury occurs to any worker dunng 1.

still remains a pending tssue. 6. The company should issue ident1ty car~~s to eacn .

work then the contractor should provide medical aid .

worker.May Day March and efforts at unionizing workers and the costs incurred for it.

l Demands of workers employed by Digital Web WorldOn May Day this year, workers, students and teachers 8 If any worker is unable to be present during the ttme Private Limited working in various hostelstook out a tparch through the campus asserting their rights of wage payment. tne wage~ should be handed over 1 Wage payments must be made to us cy the 7~-. oto a responsible oerson to gtve to the concerned.

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and calling JNU to recognize their claims and entitlements every month.

worker..

Following this, attempts have been made to bring together 2. ESI, PF facilities must be given to us and prope~g To avoid financial pressure on the family of a worker.

anthe contract workers on campus under a centralized documents and proof must be provided for ESI-Pr.

due to the worker being harmed while working in our.

banner The newlyformed 'JNU Sangharshcel Mazdoor Union' accounts..

department, the contractor should give insurance toIS aresult ofthese steps. Contract workers across campus each worker. 3. In case of overtime done by us, we rnu;:;t be gtven.

·M~etwecwMtalistoftheirdemandswhich will be submttted v~ages in accordance with the minimu:r. ·vages act..

IO. Each worker should be provided with an identity card appropnate for hours of the week. We should not be JNUSU calls upon all students to by the employer/contractor..

the contract workers on campus so given forced leave or day off instead of the wagesworkers employed as manual scavengers in JNU -deserv'=!d fer working overtime..

JNUAdministartion meets their legttlmate ' ~;rently under Vayudootdemands. 4 T11e company mu.st issue identity cards to all--1 we must be given our due wages by the 711 of each W'XI\ers.~,--~m:,::⭕,:r.:.th;_____ _ _________ __ ___ ___ __~------------· .

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Taken on a recent trip to Holy Island (50 miles south of Edinburgh on the A1).

Lindisfarne Castle is a beautiful place to be.

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Draft Charter ofDemands .

(as discussed in the JNUSU CouncilMeeting of6 March 2012) .

Democratisation and Greater Inclusion .

Reduction in weightage of viva marks: In JNU's admission system, the weightage for viva voce is currently 30%,which not only leaves a huge space for discrimination but is also illegal. Selection process in JNU entrance is designed to bethe weighted average of written and viva marks. Unfortunately, huge weightage in viva leaves room for skewed markingwhich can completely offset the result of written exam and unfairly tilt the final selection process. So weightage of viva has.

to be reduced to 10-15% as per the Supreme Court judgment of 1350 delivered by a five-member Constitution Bench..

Moreover, 5% should be prescribed as minimum marks that can be obtained by a student. .

Institutionalised Mechanism for Democratizing Academics: In JNU. we have fought and won several battles.

for social inclusion -for deprivation points, for recognition of madarsa certificates, for proper implementation of OBC.

reservations. against fee hikes and commercialization. However, it is our collective responsibility to ensure that studentsfrom all backgrounds are able to continue with their academics in JNU, despite coming from various linguistic, social andeconomic backgrounds. Therefore, we need a completely fresh approach in this regard. Along with revitalising theexisting mechanism of .

English training programme (remedial courses), basic texts and readings need to be.

translated into vernacular languages, bodies have to be set up in each centre for the purpose..

Updating the Quartile list to Ensure More Social Inclusion: Several backward districts are not identified assuch by JNU, and students coming from these districts are not able to avail of deprivation points. Many of these are newlyformed districts (for instance Siddharth Nagar, Mau and Gautam Buddha Nagar), and JNU will therefore have to undertake.

an exercise to update the Quartile list. .

Further Expansion of Recognition of Madarsa Certificates: After 40 long years, JNU finally started recognizingmadarsa certificates in 2008. After the first round in 2008, this year 9 more madarsas have been recognized. This process.

has to be continued to include madarsas fro eastern and southern parts of the country. Also the anomalies requiring.

additional English certificates from eligible madarsa students have to be corrected. .

Reduction In Eligibility Criteria for OBC Students and Ending Gross Discrimination in HostelAllotment: The eligibility criteria for OBC students have to be reduced at various levels -BA/MA, MPhil 1st year to M.Phil.

2nd year, and also from M.Phil to Ph.D. The present hostel allotment criteria which is highly discriminatory has to bechanged so that students from the general and OBC categories are allotted hostels simulta.rieously..

Rights and facilities for PHNH students: Mandatory 3% reservation in Teaching and Non-teaching posts must be.

strictly implemented. .

Proper texts and readings (without markings) should be made available to PH students, the Helen Keller Unit should begreatly improved with better infrastructure as well as manpower to make the process of scanning easier and more efficient.There should be transparency in the functioning of Helen Keller unit. .

The readers allowance for BA/MA (Rs.1 000) and M.Phii./Ph.D.(Rs 1500) be increased to Rs. 3000 and Rs. 5000.

respectively. Readers and writers pool be created for PHNH students. JNU must recognise and implement the new rule of.

hiring scribes for VH students, which allows even senior students to be scribes. Provisions be made for recording class.

lectures. .

JNU should be developed into a barrier-free campus, as has been successfully experimented in several other institutes..

Ramps and all required infrastructure should be constructed in all buildings for greater mobility and convenience of PHNHstudents; PH friendly toilets should be constructed in all school buildings and hostels. A holiStiC SOlUtiOn tO the problem Ofdogs has to be evolved. The already clinched issue of the representation of PH student in the CDC has to be mandatorily.

implemented. The JNU Railway Reservation Counter should process railway concessions entitled to the PH students..

Institution of a national level fellowship on the lines of the RGNF for the PH students has been a long-standing demand.

of the student community. .

Increased Financial Assistance.and Better Disbursal Mechanism for Scholarships and Fellowships:The long-standing demand of enhancing the amount of both MCM and the Non-NET UGC scholarship be immediatelyimplemented. In the face of run-away inflation, the enhancement of these basic scholarships has become an urgentnecessity. .

According to the present norms, the Non-NET UGC scholarship for M.Phii/Ph.D students is valid for a total of five years. Asa result, research students, for whom this basic sustenance scholarship starts at the beginning of M.Phil., are left withouteven this minimum financial assistance during the last 2 years of their Ph.D. Therefore, the duration of this scholarship must.

be increased, or some suitable scholarship system should be devised to cover the total research duration. so that studentscan sustain themselves during the crucial last stages of their research..

The number of the RGNF fellowships and the Maulana Azad fellowships should be increased. Also, the disbursalprocess for the Maulana Azad fellowship has to be transferred to the SBI, JNU branch for the convenience of JNU.

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