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  A Gripping Saga of India

  17 May 2025, by M R Narayan Swamy

  [fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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  The Scam That Shook a Nation: The Nagarwala Scandal
  by Prakash Patra, Rasheed Kidwai
  HarperCollins India
  Pages: xi + 263; Price: Rs 399
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  It is a story that has been told, literally, a million times. But when Prakash Patra and Rahseed Kidwai, two extremely capable journalists, recap the story with their penchant for thorough research, it becomes a book you just cannot put down.
  The sensational incident which the book (…)

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  Caricature: Tribute to Jose Mojica (former President of Uruguay) | Jayaraj Vellur

  17 May 2025, by Jayaraj Vellur
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  Video: The ecological face of the commune form | Kristin Ross

  17 May 2025

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  The ecological face of the commune form by LSE Sociology https://youtu.be/NnYQGv6tc7Y?si=CyDHA-YFAoOzjmrg
  Professor Kristin Ross delivered the Department of Sociology and LSE Human Rights Annual Internationalism, Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Solidarity lecture in March 2025. The lecture was based on her new book, The Commune Form

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  Music: Les Pieds En Haut avec Akka | Oud: Simon Le Garff & Riq: Akka Abbasi

  17 May 2025

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  Les Pieds En Haut avec Akka by Simon Le Garff https://youtu.be/9t-kPj0guTE?si=l8QotZUNZRRCzwxS

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 19, May 10, 2025

  10 May 2025

  * Victims of Hyper-Nationalism in India | Arup Kumar Sen
  * The Patriarchy behind the naming of Indian Military’s Operation Sindur | Papri Sen Sri Raman
  * Setback for Dissanayake

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 10, 2025

  10 May 2025

  Letter to the Readers
  After the April 2025 terror attack killing tourists in Pahalgam in Kashmir, Prime Minister Modi had signalled action against terrorists at a political rally in Bihar

• The Patriarchy Behind the Naming of Indian Military’s Operation in Response to the Pahalgam Terror Attack | Papri Sen Sri Raman

  10 May 2025, by Papri Sen Sri Raman

  [On May 7, 2025, the Government of India launched a military operation called ’Operation Sindoor’ targeting multiple locations inside neighbouring Pakistan]
  I am Upset.
  I am Angry.
  I OBJECT.
  Why would a bunch of 70-80-year-old men in government offices use the word

• How to Prevent the Drift toward High-Risk War Caused by Step-by-Step Escalation | Bharat Dogra

  10 May 2025, by Bharat Dogra

  Not all wars are necessarily planned, or even intended by one or more sides. In a situation of already existing mistrust and suspicions, one hostile action can lead to a bigger response from the other country, followed by one more set of counter-responses and before you realize all the implications, the two countries are already drifting towards a high-risk war, a war that is almost certain to cause distress and destruction that will be many times higher than the original incident or even (…)

• Logic and reasoning in the time of war | M K Bhadrakumar

  10 May 2025, by M K Bhadrakumar

  May 9, 2025
  One of the saddest things about India

• The Indo-Pak Ceasefire : Some Tentative Observations | P. S. Jayaramu

  10 May 2025, by P S Jayaramu

  11th May, 2025
  The Indian military action against the perpetrators of the heinous killings of the innocent citizens in Pahalgam on 22nd April has come to an end following the oral agreement between Pakistan and India. The Indian leadership described from the very beginning that its military operations were measured, non-escalatory and proportionate nd was aimed at the terrorists and their hideouts supported by the Pakistani military establishment under General Asif Munir, who has brought (…)