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• Unchecked violence on women and children | Humra Quraishi

  24 August 2024, by Humra Quraishi

  22 August 2024
  What’s changed after the gruesome murder and rape of the 31 year old doctor in Kolkata? Rapes and sexual assaults are continuing… one after another. In the last one week news reports of rape and sexual assault cases have come in from Uttarakhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra…Mind you, these are the reported cases. What about the hundreds of cases or incidents which go unreported!
  Tell me, where are we heading in this state of complete perversion and utter anarchy, (…)

• Interrogating a Case of Rape and Murder | Arup Kumar Sen

  24 August 2024, by Arup Kumar Sen

  The recent brutal event of rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has created shock waves across the nation. On August 18, 2024, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of “alleged rape and murder incident of a trainee doctor in R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata and related issues.”. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud, will hear the case on August 20, 2024.
  The role of the Hospital (…)

• Bharat Mata Reimagined: Asexuality, Inclusivity and the Symbolism of Same-Sex Marriage Recognition | Disha

  24 August 2024, by Disha

  Introduction
  Bharat Mata, a national personification of India, has been a salient political icon since the late 19th century. Abanindranath Tagore’s 1904 painting of Bharat Mata holds particular significance, as it visually encapsulates the complex interplay of nationalism, aesthetics, and identity. The term Bharat Mata itself emerged during this period, popularised by the Bengali novel Anandamath (1882), where it became inseparable from Hindu goddesses like Durga and Kali. This depiction (…)

• The Echoes of Orwell in Today’s Political Landscape: A Warning from the Past | Pavittarbir Saggu

  24 August 2024

  In 1949, George Orwell published "1984," a novel that stands as one of the most profound warnings about the perils of totalitarianism, surveillance, and the distortion of truth. As we navigate the complex political landscape of the 21st century, the themes Orwell explored resonate with unsettling clarity. Although our world does not exactly mirror the dystopia of Oceania, the similarities between Orwell’s fictional universe and modern political realities are striking.
  Surveillance and (…)

• The battle between Bhagwat and Narendra Modi has wider implications and will redefine the character of rightist politics | Arun Srivastava

  24 August 2024

  by Arun Srivastava
  The battle for the Hindutva crown between RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Narendra Modi has gone beyond the realm of a scuffle for supremacy and has acquired the dynamics of assertion of caste authority. In this multi-dimensional battle, while Modi has been targeting Rahul Gandhi to consolidate his grip on the saffron ecosystem, the backward castes and Dalits are drifting away from RSS who only six months back were its trump card. Nonetheless, this battle will redefine the (…)

• State, No State, or the Missing State | Ajay Mishra & Shraddha Rishi

  24 August 2024, by Ajay Kumar Mishra

  Abstract
  This essay investigates the role and significance of the state in the context of neo-capitalism. The act of the state outsourcing essential services, which are inherently its responsibility, to the private sector leads to the emergence of a "delegating state." This results in a crisis of legitimacy for the state, ultimately leading to state-induced anarchy. Additionally, the essay argues that while individuals can be both altruistic and egoistic, the state plays a crucial role in (…)

• Austerity and Managed Democracy |

  24 August 2024, by Sai Mukhesh

  The disinterestedly wise ought to desire the holding together of all being Bhagavad Gita, Verse 3.25
  Normal men do not know that everything is possible David Rousset
  Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present Albert Camus
  The liberal democratic apparatus has been imploding, and the more I think about the lying world order [[A lying world order: political deception and the threat of totalitarianism https://dsimian.com/2024/06/09/a-lying-world-order], the more I (…)

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  How Western Generosity Helped Stalin Crush Hitler | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  24 August 2024, by M R Narayan Swamy

  [fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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  The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War by Giles Milton
  John Murray (Hachette India) May 2024 Pages: ix + 372; Price: Rs 999 ISBN: 978-1529398519
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  There can be no doubt that steely and raw courage proved the tripping point in the beleaguered Soviet Union’s near impossible military triumph over Germany in World War II. At a time when it was widely feared that Hitler would overrun Moscow after having (…)

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  Joint Press Statement by Central Trade Unions and Samyukt Kisan Morcha - August 23, 2024

  24 August 2024

  The following statement was issued to the press today 23.08.2024 after the joint meeting of the Platform of Central Trade Unions, Sectoral Federations/Associations and Samyukta Kisan Morcha on 21st August 2024.
  Workers and Farmers to increase their coordination and joint mass actions on their pressing demands | Will observe 26th November as Nationwide Protest Day
  The joint meeting of the Central Trade Unions and Samyukt Kisan Morcha expressed their anguish over the fact that the NDA (…)

• The Truth about Kronstadt: An Attempt at a Libertarian Soviet Revolution | Marie Isidine

  24 August 2024

  At last, we have reliable information which allows us to understand the true character of the Kronstadt movement, which the Bolshevik government has just crushed. And we can affirm, without hesitation, that this movement was shamefully slandered: it has absolutely nothing in common with the Whites, generals, Monarchists, agents of the Entente, etc. It is also not a movement of dupes, led without their knowing by reactionaries.
  It is an absolutely spontaneous movement, without preparation, (…)