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  Will there ever be peace in Gaza? | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  24 May 2025, by M R Narayan Swamy

  [fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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  Gaza: A History
  by Jean-Pierre Filiu
  (Translated by John King)
  Pan MacMillan India
  Pages: xix + 563; Price: Not mentioned
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  It is difficult to imagine a more impoverished strip of land which lies at the heart of one of the most enduring and seemingly most intractable of historical disputes. Also called a dense open-air prison, Gaza is where peace will have to come first if the dragging Israeli-Palestinian row needs to (…)

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  Cariclature: Tribute to Jayant Narlikar | Jayaraj vellur

  24 May 2025, by Jayaraj Vellur
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  Photo: A worker in Dunkerque, France, 1987 by Sebastiao Salgado

  24 May 2025
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  Docu on Faiz Ahmad Faiz & his song ’Hum Dekhenge’ sung by Iqbal Bano

  24 May 2025

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  "Hum Dekhenge" – Faiz × Iqbal Bano | A Song of Resistance by Reelwind https://youtu.be/DSzIyVomiWQ?si=uhFXvwHc8KQoZVx_

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  British Telefilm: Print Out - 1979 drama starring George Baker & Peter Davison

  24 May 2025

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  Print Out (1979) | Rare British Drama starring George Baker & Peter Davison by Classic British Telly https://youtu.be/rV2khfCeEFE?si=zaOk6P59ktWmkWjD

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  Video: Jeffrey Sachs Slams Trump, Compares Him With Mickey Mouse

  24 May 2025

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  LIVE : Jeffrey Sachs UNFILTERED | Sachs Slams Trump, Compares Him With Mickey Mouse | US News by ET Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=8Q7l-oybmZVdC-yI&v=TqQCAmXa5Cw&feature=youtu.be

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 20, May 17, 2025

  17 May 2025

  * Feminists from India and Pakistan Issue Call for Peace and Dialogue
  * The CAA and the Eroded Public Sphere: A Media Content Analysis through Chomsky and Habermas | Sunit Singh and Anjali Sidhwani
  * Obituary: The Death Of Joseph Nye Sounds Requiem For Soft Power | Vijay Kumar

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 17, 2025

  17 May 2025

  Letter to Readers, Mainstream
  Dial Down the War Talk, Time to Talk Peace
  The recent ceasefire on the border between India and Pakistan is still holding. The sound of artillery guns & drones is gone, but the social fires that were lit in an atmosphere of war-mongering and hostility towards Pakistan have not died down. The focus of ruling Hindutva nationalists is to extract full political advantage from the recent military confrontation with Pakistan, to target critics or people from (…)

• Will this ceasefire last | Faraz Ahmad

  17 May 2025, by Faraz Ahmad

  Cessation of war anywhere in the world, whoever might have intervened and said halt, is welcome, even if the whistle blower is some illiterate pompous ruler of a nation full of monetary wealth but somewhat lacking in finesse and intellect.
  It is true that the terror attack from across our western border in Pahalgam identifying and killing non-Muslims tourists was too dastardly to be forgiven. Never mind that among those killed was also a Christian and a Kashmiri Muslim, trying to save the (…)

• How can India and Pakistan Avoid High Risk Situations in Future | Bharat Dogra

  17 May 2025, by Bharat Dogra

  While just now there is a widespread feeling of relief that a much bigger potential disaster has been averted due to the clinching of an early ceasefire, thanks to the wisdom displayed at a crucial juncture by the leaders of India and Pakistan, this feeling of relief is also tinged by the serious concern that the two countries had come perilously close to a full-blown war. India and Pakistan should not only keep way from war, in addition they should also strive to avoid getting so close to (…)