Mainstream WeeklyWe have just passed March 31st, which marks the International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). This day, observed annually since 2009, pays tribute to transgender individuals worldwide, celebrating their accomplishments and victories while raising awareness about the discrimination and violence they face. This commemoration not only acknowledges the invaluable contributions of transgender people to the fabric of society but also serves as a potent rebuke against the oppressive forces of (…)
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Unseen Barriers: How the International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) Overlooks Systemic Trans Oppression | Manas Mukul Bandyopadhyay, Gouri Shankar Nag
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Sanitising The Supremo: How RSS Is Trying to Rewrite its Own History One Step At a Time | Subhash Gatade
5 April 2025A cat drinks milk with closed eyes and thinks the world does not see
— A Sanskrit Subhashitam
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"Somebody has a bee in his bonnet.."
Taj Mahal as Tejo Mahaalay ?
It is now history how one P N Oak, a retiree from the Indian military, had petitioned the Supreme Court to rewrite the history of Taj Mahal as being built by a Hindu King during NDA -
The Political Failure of Maoist Line in India: A call for Rethinking |
5 April 2025Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in Chhattisgarh in December 2023, there has been a significant increase in anti-Maoist operations. In 2024, security forces eliminated 194 Maoists, arrested 801, and witnessed the surrender of 742 insurgents.
As of the first quarter of 2025, approximately 103 Maoists have been killed in various encounters across the state. Just hours before the Prime Minister’s visit to Chhattisgarh, fifty Maoists surrendered in Bijapur.
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What led to the rise of Billionaires? | Bhabani Shankar Nayak
5 April 2025Since the 1980s, there has been a consistent, rapid rise in the number of billionaires. By 2025, the combined wealth of the richest 1%
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Implications of Russia-Ukraine War for World Politics | Manoj Kumar Mishra
5 April 2025Apart from the sheer volume of destruction of civilian and military infrastructure, displacement and death of civilians, war volunteers and military personnel, the Russian war with Ukraine has many significant implications for reordering of international politics as well.
A Solidifying Axis
Russia and North Korea signed a Mutual Defence Treaty in June 2024. The bonhomie that began to strengthen the Assad regime in Syria between Iran and Russia in 2015 acquired steam with the signing of a (…) -
AIKS statement on US Tariff
5 April 2025All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)
AIKS Office: Ajoy Bhavan, 15 Indrajit Gupta Marg, opp Bal Bhavan, New Delhi-110002
President : Rajan Kshirsagar (Cell: +91 9860488860) General Secretary : Ravula Venkaiah (Cell : 9490952231) Tel. No. 011 - 41052522 Fax No : 011-23235543 E-Mail : allindiakisansabha[at]gmail.com
Press Release : 3rd April 2025 : AIKS on US Tariff
All India Kisan Sabha Condemns U.S. Economic Aggression and Indian Government’s Surrender
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CPI statement on the Waqf legislation
5 April 2025Communist Party of India
New Delhi,
April 4, 2025
Press Release
CPI Rejects the Waqf Legislations
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today (April 4, 2025) the following statement:
The Communist Party of India rejects the Waqf legislation in its entirety, which is an assault on secularism and equality in the garb of reform. This Bill strips away key legal protections, centralizes control and enables state interference in religious endowments, violating (…) -
Review of Nandita Haksar’s Shooting the Sun | Md Umar Faruque
5 April 2025[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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Shooting the Sun: Why Manipur Was Engulfed by Violence and the Government Remained Silent
by Nandita Haksar
Speaking Tiger
ISBN: 978-93-5447-701-0
Year:2023
Price: Rs 399/-
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Manipur has been engulfed in violence since May 3, 2023. So far, hundreds have lost their lives, countless homes have been destroyed, and thousands remain displaced in relief camps. The economy has collapsed, and the education system lies in ruins. (…) -
Cohesive Development: The old is dying, and the new cannot be born | Deborah Darlianmawii, Manik Kumar, Keyoor Pathak
5 April 2025[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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Birth of an Alternative Development Paradigm: Unfolding of Transformative Mode of Production
by Sunil Ray
Germinal Publications, Kolkata
2024
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The author is hopeful about the future of the world and -
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5 April 2025