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• Governance not Matter less than Finance in Rural Development | Mahi Pal

  8 March, by Mahi Pal Singh

  Strengthening grassroots governance is a buzz word today. Over a period of time, it has been in fashion to refer to local governance in decentralised development discourse assuming it as panacea for all ills affecting locality and its residents ranging from womb to tomb. Various attempts have been made to measure local level development by using a numerous ways in different parts of the country. However, there was a demand on the part of the researchers and policy makers to have access to (…)

• The Black Day Delusion: How Political Opportunism Is Cannibalising the Tamil Future | Aruliniyan Mahalingam

  8 March

  The Ritual of Self-Defeat
  Once again, on February 4th, as Sri Lanka marked its 78th year of independence from British rule, a familiar theatre of political spectacle unfolded across the North and East. Black flags were hoisted. Placards were raised. Slogans denouncing the Sri Lankan state echoed through the streets of Kilinochchi, Batticaloa, and Jaffna. Tamil political figures

• The Downside of Screen Time | Martha Rosenberg

  8 March, by Martha Rosenberg

  Forty years ago when television was king in the US, women used to joke about setting the table with the remote control placed next to the fork, so addicted were people to TV. Flash forward to today

• Man Made Language | Dale Spender

  8 March

  From: Man Made Language (1980) published by Routledge & Kegan Paul.
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  Women are aware that male superiority is a myth and they deal with this knowledge in numerous ways. Their response to ’enlightenment’ may range from disillusionment to elation, from masking their feelings in an attempt to hide their disappointment and preserve the myth, to outrightly declaring their knowledge in an attempt to explode it.
  But male superiority is not to be confused with male power: (…)

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  Condolence Message on the Passing of Shri HK Dua | EGI

  8 March

  The Editor’s Guild of India
  March 4, 2026 | New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India (EGi) condoles the death of veteran journalist and former diplomat, Shri HK Dua. During a distinguished career spanning over five decades, he had the unique distinction of helming four major Indian newspapers

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  CPI Condoles the Demise of Com. Dr. Gargi Chakravarty

  8 March

  Communist Party of India
  March 2, 2026
  Press Release
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (March 2, 2026) expressing heart-felt condolences at the demise of Comrade Dr. Gargi Chakravarty:
  The Communist Party of India expresses its grief at the passing of Comrade Dr. Gargi Chakravarty, eminent historian, distinguished professor, and committed leader of the women

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  Stop the Imperialist War! Save Indian Farmers! Announce a Comprehensive Relief Package Now! | AIKS statement, March 5, 2026

  8 March

  All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)
  AIKS Office : Ajoy Bhavan, 15 Indrajit Gupta Marg, New Delhi-110002
  AIKS Press Release : 5 March 2026
  New Delhi, March 5, 2026: All India Kisan Sabha today issued a scathing indictment of the Modi government

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  ICJ statement US - Israeli war on Iran | March 1, 2026

  8 March

  International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
  01 Mar 2026 | News, Press Releases
  The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the armed attack by the United States and Israel against Iran as a grave violation of the United Nations Charter and international law, and a significant threat to international peace and security, and to the enjoyment of human rights and humanitarian protection of people in multiple countries.
  The United States and Israel

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  Vincenzo Colaprice. Review of Koivunen, Pia, Performing Peace and Friendship: The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy

  8 March

  [fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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  Performing Peace and Friendship: The World Youth Festivals and Soviet Cultural Diplomacy
  by Pia Koivunen
  De Gruyter Oldenbourg
  2023. Illustrations. 303 pp.
  (cloth), ISBN 978-3-11-075844-3;
  Free (open access), ISBN 978-3-11-076116-0
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  Reviewed by Vincenzo Colaprice (University of Turin)
  Youth Festivals and Soviet Diplomacy
  On December 24, 2025, the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) issued a call to (…)

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  Caricature Tribute: Unnikrishnan | Jayaraj Vellur

  8 March, by Jayaraj Vellur