Mainstream WeeklyPress Release - 31st May 2024
The Election Commission of India was considered to be one of the powerful and respected constitutional bodies in the country. Never before has its independence and neutrality come under such severe doubts in the last seventy five years as it has in the last few years under the current regime. As one of the most crucial elections is almost coming to a close, the role of the commission and its complete silence on violations by the ruling party has been an (…)
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India: Independent Election Observers (IEO) - Interim report of the Citizens Watch process in the national Capital city (May 31, 2024)
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1 June 2024https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738826/knife-by-salman-rushdie/
Je Suis Salman
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1 June 2024In this documentary, Anthony Wilks traces the connections between the events of Eric Hobsbawm’s life and the history he told, from his teenage years in Germany and his communist membership, to the jazz clubs of 1950s Soho and the makings of New Labour, taking in Italian bandits, Peruvian peasant movements and the development of nationalism in the modern world, with help from the assiduous observations of MI5. The film features contributions from Frances Stonor Saunders, Richard J. Evans, John Foot, Stefan Collini, Marlene Hobsbawm and Donald Sassoon, as well as Hobsbawm himself in extensive archive footage.
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Movie: Taste Of Cherry (1997) | Abbas Kiarostami
1 June 2024https://youtu.be/lNVA6LusW5M
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Music: Save Mama Goa - Sigmund de Souza
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Table of Contents - Mainstream, May 25, 2024
25 May 2024* Farmers’ Agitation & Electoral Landscape in Haryana | Mahabir Jaglan
* Making of the Indian Constitution | L.S. Hardenia
* Political Economy of Mass Higher Education | Arup Maharatna
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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 25, 2024
25 May 2024Erosion of established procedure, contempt for rules is endangering safety of our democracy and society Our municipal systems lack oversight, building safety norms are violated, there is contamination in medicines, adulteration in spices, workplace safety is seriously wanting, lack of transparency in Govt agencies that refuse to reveal information despite the provision for a right to Information, rules are routinely flouted at all levels. As we approached the end of this week news came of (…)
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Will 2024 Results Spell A Change or Not? | Nilofar Suhrawardy
25 May 2024, by Nilofar SuhrawardyPolitical suspense on whether these elections will spell a major change rests on several questions being discussed at several levels, of which the key one is about whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to power for the third term or not. Even those optimistic about his assuming office again are guardedly saying that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may not win as many seats as it did in 2019 and 2014. Some are also observing possibilities of the coming results spelling a shock for (…)