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• 19 March

  Abdullah Safdar (I believe) on the background of and reaction to the growth of communalism in British-controlled India as the movement for independence developed.
  From: The Communist International, Vol. 4 No. 5. March 30, 1927
  HINDU-MUSSULMAN antagonisms are a great obstacle to the organised struggle of the Indian nationalist movement. This movement has been experiencing a decline since the end of 1922. In 1920 and 1921 it was a serious menace to British imperialism in India. For the (…)

• The Philosopher of the Public Sphere Falls Silent: Remembering Jurgen Habermas | Santosh Mathew

  19 March

  "Only communication grounded in reason can create legitimate power."

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  A Reality Check on Operation Sindoor |

  19 March, by M R Narayan Swamy

  [fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]

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  Review of Pataguni’s Foreign Policy Decision Making In India | P.S. Jayaramu

  19 March, by P S Jayaramu

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  Foreign Policy Decision Making In India : A Political Psychological Perspective
  by S. S. Patagundi
  Rawat Publications
  2025, Pp 201, Price: Rs 1095
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  This above book by Dr. Patagundi, former Professor of Political Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, is the product of his research as a Senior Fellow of the Indian Council of Sicial Science Research(ICSSR), New Delhi, a few years ago. The book is actually brought out by the (…)

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  Pakistan

  19 March, by M R Narayan Swamy

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  Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World
  by Christina Lamb
  William Collins
  2015
  640 pages
  ISBN-10 : 0007256922
  ISBN-13 : 978-0007256921
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  At a time when Donald Trump appears to have fallen in love with Pakistan

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  Video: Etienne Balibar

  19 March
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  Blood, sweat, and human trafficking: How sugar created slavery - two part documentary

  19 March

  Blood, sweat, and human trafficking: How sugar created slavery (Part 1) | DW Documentary
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  Blood, sweat, and human trafficking: How sugar created slavery (Part 2) | DW Documentary

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  Table of Contents, Mainstream, Mar 8, 2026

  8 March

  * Champion Nuclear Disarmament - Open Letter to Rahul Gandhi | K. Sahadevan
  * Tribute to Gargi Chakravartty — Scholar & Comrade | Satyaki Chakraborty
  * War Is Too Serious A Business To Be Left To One Man | Vijay Kumar
  * How Political Opportunism Is Cannibalising the Tamil Future | Aruliniyan Mahalingam
  * The Downside of Screen Time | Martha Rosenberg
  * Man Made Language | Dale Spender

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream — The war on Iran its world wide reverberations

  8 March

  A 76-year-old politician brainwashed a 79-year-old right-wing businessman to kill a 86-year-old religious leader on 1 March 2026. Who else died? A hundred and sixty-five little girls (7-12 year-olds) at the Minab primary school, a civilian site admitted by an official US investigation. On 4 March, a US submarine torpedoes an Iranian warship

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  Tribute: Gargi Chakravartty stood out with her scholarship and commitment | Satyaki Chakraborty

  8 March

  (India Press Agency, March 3, 2026) Dr. Gargi Chakravartty, eminent historian and a leading figure of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) passed away in Kolkata on March 2. She was 78. Her husband famous journalist Sumit Chakravartty passed away only last year. She has left behind a son who is a television mediaperson with Prasar Bharti.
  Gargi, called Tanya in her younger days, was the daughter of one of the lading communist families of the undivided Bengal. Her mother was (…)