* Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 19, 2020 | The Editors
* Bangladesh: Looking back at its Liberation Struggle in 1971 | Sumit Chakravartty
* Tagore’s Work and Vision under Peril: Protect Visva-Bharati | Aurobindo Ghose
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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 19, 2020
19 December 2020Letter to the Readers – Mainstream, Dec 19 2020
The Modi government has a huge majority in Parliament and exercises near-total dominance in India’s political sphere. This has made them a little drunk on power and they have come to believe that (...) -
Bangladesh: Looking back at its Liberation in 1971 | Sumit Chakravartty
19 December 2020, by Sumit ChakravarttyAs many as forty-nine years have passed since December 16, 1971, resulting in the transformation of South Asia with the independence of a new nation called Bangladesh. This was a momentous development which led to the end of the pernicious (...) -
Rabindranath Tagore’s Work and Vision under Peril: Need to Preserve and Protect Visva - Bharati | Aurobindo Ghose
19 December 2020, by Aurobindo GhoseIn 1940, a year before he died, Rabindranath Tagore placed a letter in Mahatma Gandhi’s hand. The letter said: "Visva-Bharati is like a vessel which is carrying the cargo of my life’s best treasure, and I hope it may claim special care from my (...) -
Jaya Dasgupta, an unsung warrior, is no more | Gargi Chakravartty
19 December 2020, by Gargi ChakravarttyJayashree Dasgupta, popularly known as Jaya, was a silent political activist throughout her life.
Jaya, born on August 15, 1939, belonged to a truly nationalist family, her father, Nirmalendu Mukherjee, being a well known Congress leader in (...) -
India Is Taking Big Biological Risks: System In-Place Has Very Serious Lapses | Gyan Pathak
19 December 2020by Gyan Pathak
December 10, 2020
India runs an unprecedented biological risk, but we are not prepared to successfully deal with. Coronavirus pandemic is a wake-up call, but the government is too slow to reform and invest satisfactorily in health (...) -
Will Hindutva succeed in Odisha? | Radhakanta Barik
19 December 2020, by Radhakanta Barikby Prof Radhakanta Barik*
Bhabani Nayak teaching in England raises a critical point regarding the Hindutva project in Odisha. Odisha has two Ms which attract the Hindutva politics. Marwaris, Mining jointly work here to propagate the ideas of (...) -
Bihar State Poll 2020: Rising(?) AIMIM - A Boon or Curse for Indian Muslims? | Sukla Sen
19 December 2020, by Sukla Senby Sukla Sen
Introduction
In the just concluded Bihar assembly poll [2020], which had been expected to be a cakewalk for the ruling NDA [1] — despite the erstwhile third major partner quitting [2]
However, the last moment — rather post-poll, (...) -
Thought of Conversion – A Sin or Grace . . . ? | Chittarvu Raghu
19 December 2020by Chittarvu Raghu
The Governor of Uttar Pradesh has promulgated an ordinance called as ‘The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020’. It has been promulgated to provide for the prohibition of unlawful (...) -
Glimpses of Life and Livelihood in Kashmir | Arup Kumar Sen
19 December 2020, by Arup Kumar SenMore than a year has passed since the BJP-led Government of India abrogated Article 370 on August 5, 2019, and the State of Jammu and Kashmir lost its relative autonomy granted in the Constitution of India. The erstwhile State was converted into (...)