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Randipua Ananta: an Ethnographic text | Radhakanta Barik
23 December 2023, by Radhakanta BarikIt is a powerful story of Fakirmohan Senapati by bringing marginal communities into his literary world. Here the Golla Caste is a marginal community in rural Odisha. He has created an epic hero out of this story. Ananta being a fatherless child (...) -
Hazards of Toxic Tides in Sukinda Valley | S N Tripathy
23 December 2023, by S N TripathyOdisha, India, holds a prominent status as the leading global producer of Chromite Ore, accounting for nearly 98 % of the world’s supply, with most of its reserves concentrated in Keonjhar, Cuttack, and Dhenkanal. Moreover, the state is (...) -
The role of unions in the era of gig work | Anjali Chauhan
23 December 2023The loopholes in labour laws will need to be plugged if gig workers are ever to get a fair deal.
In September 2022, the highly anticipated Hindi-language film ’Zwigato’ debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, shedding light on the (...) -
As Modi’s man, Arif opportunity to settle old scores with SFI | Faraz Ahmad
23 December 2023, by Faraz AhmadIt was the year 1972 and the Aligarh Muslim University was on a boil over the ‘AMU Bill’, the proposed legislation in Parliament (since AMU has all along been a Central university) seeking to pronounce AMU as a ‘Minority Institution’ led by none (...) -
Ehtesab - The bogey of accountability | Faraz Ahmad
23 December 2023, by Faraz AhmadDecember 30, 2023
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was the first and only Pakistan Prime Minister duly elected under a proper Constitution, the 1973 Constitution in early 1977, virtually coinciding with the victory of Janata Paty in India. The 1973 (...) -
UID/Aadhaar and the politics of digital totalitarianism - an Interview with Gopal Krishna
23 December 2023The below interview with Gopal Krishna was conducted by Boerries Nehe, a sociology researcher and the coordinator of the International Research Group on Authoritarianism & Counter-Strategies (IRGAC), Berlin. It was submitted for publication by (...) -
Notes on the Dismissal of an Office Clerk in Late Colonial Malabar | Sreejith K
23 December 2023Abstract
Lying in the lower rungs of what constituted the middle class, the clerks, though inhabiting a slightly different cultural milieu, in sheer economic terms, were not far removed from the world of the labouring classes. And like the (...) -
End of an Era - A Public Activist in the Realm of Child and Women’s Rights Mohini Giri Passes Away | Gautam Sen
23 December 2023Dr. Mohini Giri, former chairperson of the National Commission for Women and presently the chairperson of an NGO, Guild for Service which she had set up in 1979, died on 19th December of this month at the age of 85 years only a few days she (...) -
India’s turnaround on Palestine has more than meets the eye | M K Bhadrakumar
23 December 2023, by M K BhadrakumarDecember 26, 2023
Indian diplomacy is ending 2023 with a momentous turnaround. What began as a course correction necessitated by the torrential flow of events in West Asia is assuming strategic overtones.
Truly, the aberration in India’s (...) -
Boycott Israeli Products/Companies in India - End Occupation of Palestine | Kobad Ghandy
23 December 2023, by Kobad GhandyIsrael has a huge manufacturing base in India together with massive import/export trade. India is one of Israel’s largest trading partners. We need to call on the people of our country to boycott all Israeli products and companies to lend support (...)