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Table of Contents - Mainstream, Dec 23 & Dec 30, 2023
23 December 2023* Randipua Ananta: an Ethnographic text | Radhakanta Barik
* Hazards of Toxic Tides in Sukinda Valley | S N Tripathy
* The role of unions in the era of gig work | Anjali Chauhan
* As Modi’s man, Arif opportunity to settle old scores with SFI | Faraz Ahmad
* Twenty-First Century Socialism | Harriet Fraad, Richard D. Wolff -
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 23 & 30, 2003
23 December 2023Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 23 & Dec 30, 2023 (Double issue)
The BJP government of Narendra Modi has commanded a solid majority in India’s parliament since 2014 and has been brazenly using its numbers in an authoritarian fashion undermining the traditions of Parliamentary Democracy. Opposition political parties and their representatives have been targeted pretty systematically by Government departments, Income Tax officials, the Enforcement Directorate or other agencies. (…) -
Reflections on Indian Politics | P. S. Jayaramu
23 December 202321st December 2023
Indian Politics never ceases to attract attention of the academic analysts. But, it is extremely unfortunate that opinions and attitudes about the course and directions of politics have been polarised among both the politicians and analysts. Let me try to reflect on the broad features of Indian Politics from the Nehruvian times to the present.
Post-independent Indian politics was largely guided by the Congress Party which occupied the seat of power, much against (…) -
Randipua Ananta: an Ethnographic text | Radhakanta Barik
23 December 2023, by Radhakanta BarikIt is a powerful story of Fakirmohan Senapati by bringing marginal communities into his literary world. Here the Golla Caste is a marginal community in rural Odisha. He has created an epic hero out of this story. Ananta being a fatherless child grew into a good natured human being. He turns into a self less being and works for the welfare of people. When flood enters into the village by making a breach in the embankment he turns into hero by sacrificing himself by not allowing through his (…)
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Hazards of Toxic Tides in Sukinda Valley | S N Tripathy
23 December 2023, by S N TripathyOdisha, India, holds a prominent status as the leading global producer of Chromite Ore, accounting for nearly 98 % of the world’s supply, with most of its reserves concentrated in Keonjhar, Cuttack, and Dhenkanal. Moreover, the state is celebrated for its extensive mineral resources, including coal, iron ore, manganese ore, and bauxite.
Chromite, a pivotal industrial mineral, plays a vital role in stainless steel production due to its high melting point. Its exceptional properties, (…) -
The role of unions in the era of gig work | Anjali Chauhan
23 December 2023The loopholes in labour laws will need to be plugged if gig workers are ever to get a fair deal.
In September 2022, the highly anticipated Hindi-language film ’Zwigato’ debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, shedding light on the lives of food delivery workers in India. Directed by Nandita Das and co-written by Samir Patil, the movie gained attention for delving into the darker aspects of India’s gig economy.
It narrates the story of Manas Singh Mahto, a fictional delivery (…) -
As Modi’s man, Arif opportunity to settle old scores with SFI | Faraz Ahmad
23 December 2023, by Faraz AhmadIt was the year 1972 and the Aligarh Muslim University was on a boil over the ‘AMU Bill’, the proposed legislation in Parliament (since AMU has all along been a Central university) seeking to pronounce AMU as a ‘Minority Institution’ led by none other than the then AMU Students’ Union president Arif Mohammad Khan.
Now there is a subtle difference between the Government recognising a minority character’ of an institution and pronouncing an institution as a minority institution. While the (…)