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Photos & audio: On August 21 1968 people of Prague took to streets to protest Soviet Tanks that crushed Dubcek who dared reform
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Documentary: Unbroken Ground | A New Old Way to Grow Food
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Unbroken Ground | A New Old Way to Grow Food | Patagonia by Patagonia https://youtu.be/3Ezkp7Cteys -
Music: Hit or Miss (1970) | Odetta
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Bangladesh: Can we Hope for a Future? | Papri Sri Raman
9 August 2024, by Papri Sen Sri RamanPashaner bhangale ghum ke tumi sonar choa What is the golden touch that has awakened the stone. Kazi Nazrul Islam
AS ONE TRAVELS by road from Saidpur towards Rangpur (the largest city in northwestern Bangladesh) one cannot miss the SUV-size sweatshops lining the roadside. This was the progress that came to Bangladesh in the 1990s, in the form of Athleisure clothing by Nike, Adidas and many others. Cheap textiles and cheaper labour which meant jobs for thousands. Remember the 40 rupees (…) -
Palashi 2.0 at Dhaka, Dhanmondi | Kazi Tanvir Hosen
9 August 2024[This article was drafted on 20 July 2024. The government job quota reform movement in Bangladesh is over. According to the judgment of the Supreme Court at Dhaka dated July 21, the cause of the agitation has vanished. However, the struggle to form the government by the communal rioter underlings favored by multinational capital, is not yet over. Bargaining is going on between the transnational bosses and their local footmen. This text could not be published earlier due to internet (…)
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Table of Contents, Mainstream, Aug 3, 2024
3 August 2024* Letter on the lifting of the "ban" on Govt. employees taking part in the activities of RSS | E A S Sarma
* Ambani Wedding: The Need for State-Regulation in Indian Capitalism |
Gilbert Sebastian
* Observations on Kashmir Today | Suresh Khairnar
* Understanding New Modes of Environmental Governance | Prakash C.J
* The Psychological Structure of Fascism | Georges Bataille -
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Aug 3, 2024
3 August 2024A massive landslide disaster took place in the week gone past in hilly Wayanad in Kerala, taking over 300 lives and causing large-scale damage in an area that has seen a tourist boom. Wayanad also happens to be the parliamentary constituency from where the Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi served a term as MP and won again recently. He and other Congress leaders have been there to offer solace and relief. Kerala’s Left government has left no stone unturned in rescue and relief efforts, but (…)
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Will there be a Change of Guard in Karnataka? | J P Gadkari
3 August 2024, by J P GadkariAugust 2, 2024
With two Advertorials published in a week in a prominent English daily in Bangalore, the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah strongly defended himself against the charges of corruption and irregularities made by the combined BJP - JDS Opposition. It appears that Siddaramaiah is desperately trying to save his weakened position as Chief Minister of the State. He has already stoutly defended himself against the charges in the short session of the Assembly
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Letter regarding the lifting of the six-decade-old "ban" on government employees taking part in the activities of RSS | E A S Sarma
3 August 2024, by E A S SarmaE A S Sarma Former Secretary to the Government of India
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Shri Rajiv Gauba Cabinet Secretary Government of India
I write this letter with a feeling of anguish and distress at a disturbing news report , preceded by an equally thought-provoking, earlier article by him , which should make each and every member of the civil services, as well as all right-thinking citizens of this country, to understand and feel concerned at the long-term adverse implications of such a highly objectionable (…) -
Observations on Kashmir Today | Suresh Khairnar
3 August 2024, by Suresh KhairnarNo one can conquer Kashmir by force, only by virtue and love, the residents here are afraid only of the afterlife, not of armed people! — Pandit Kalhan (Rajatarangini)
On 5 August 2019, the Narendra Modi government decided to remove Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir after winning the elections for the second time! This was part of the policy of the political party Jan Sangh founded in 1950! Which is known as the Bharatiya Janata Party after 1980! Jan Sangh’s founding president Dr. Shyama (…)