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• Cultural Journey: The Turning Point | Chandra Mohan Bhandari

  26 January 2025

  Woven with words, holding the rope,
  His blessings, I crossed the threshold.
  — Kabir [1]
  A saint-poet of medieval times Kabir was a rationalist, a social activist and a visionary.
  The poem depicts his strong urge to cross over to the other side, from the materialistic worldly existence to the other, that of simple life and purposeful living. He was looking for a cross-over, and he managed it, holding on to

• Thinking the Public Sphere in the Contemporary Socio-Political landscape | Chetan Anand

  26 January 2025

  Privatization holds within itself a great source of anxiety and trepidation for some and hope and excitement for others. Privatization for some is opposed to state, its hope stems from the fact that capital can get some separation from the state, there is an unsaid acceptance that private capital is more efficient, accountable and responsible and direct investment in the public sphere leads to leakage and wastage. Some of us think of this movement towards private capital as part of a (…)

• Trump

  26 January 2025, by Vijay Kumar

  When JFK (As John. F. Kennedy, 36 th President was called) gave his inaugural dinner in White House after winning 1960 election, dubbed as mother of all elections between him and sitting Veep, Richard Nixon (Who subsequently became 37th president in 1968 and repeated his victory in 1972, but had to resign in 75 after Watergate scandal), he had invited all US- based Nobel laureates in the field of medicine, chemistry, physics, literature, economics and peace. Contrast this with list of (…)

• Trump

  26 January 2025, by Soma S. Marla

  On 20th January evening , soon after his swearing in ceremony, President Donald Trump signed an order to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and immediately dispatched a letter to the United Nations explaining his decision.
  This is a very unfortunate decision especially 2024, the very first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit. This would potentially impacts all efforts to tackle the rising temperatures, stall threatening global warming that is challenging the survival of (…)

• Donald Trump

  26 January 2025, by P S Jayaramu

  January 22, 2025
  Donald Trump formally assumed office on 20th January. In his inaugural address, Trump made certain announcements which are being interpreted across the world for their implications for the United States as well as the outside world. Here is an attempt to provide a tentative reflection of his policy statements, as a definitive assessment of his policies will have to wait for the passage of time.
  In his inaugural address, President Trump described 20th January as the

• How the Abandonment of Democracy and Internationalism Has Decimated the Socialist Movement | Rohini Hensman

  26 January 2025, by Rohini Hensman

  Abstract
  This paper looks not at workers

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  CPI on Imperialist and Reactionary Doctrine of President Trump | Jan 21, 2025

  26 January 2025

  Communist Party of India
  Central Office
  New Delhi,
  January 21, 2025
  Press Release
  CPI on Imperialist and Reactionary Doctrine of President Trump
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today (January 21, 2025) the following statement:
  Donald Trump’s inaugural speech marks a troubling shift in global politics, reflecting overt imperialism and a vision to consolidate American dominance at the expense of international cooperation and equity.
  Trump’s (…)

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  Increase the allocation to health in the upcoming budget to minimum of 3% of the GDP

  26 January 2025, by Arun Mitra

  Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) Email: idpd2001[at]hotmail.com
  Date: 22.01.2025
  Press Note
  In a letter written to the Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) has demanded that allocation to health should be increased to at least 3% of the GDP in the upcoming budget. Considering the GDP in 2023-24 as 173.82 lakh crores, the allocation to the health in the previous budget of the central government which was 89287 (…)

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  A Maverick Whose Instinct Worked | N. Sathiya Moorthy

  26 January 2025, by N. Sathiya Moorthy

  [fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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  A Maverick in Politics
  by Mani Shankar Aiyar
  Juggernaut
  Pages: 410 Price: Rs 711
  ISBN: 9789353457679
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  At a time when commentaries on current affairs have become a rarity, three-term Congress MP, Mani Shankar Aiyar

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  Dissecting What Destroyed Prabhakaran, LTTE | Sivadas Sankar

  26 January 2025

  [fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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  The Rout of Prabhakaran
  by M.R. Narayan Swamy
  Konark
  Pages: xvii + 142; Price Rs 895
  (Also includes Inside an Elusive Mind: Prabhakaran: The First Profile of the World