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  Review: Emily Laurent-Monaghan on ‘Pleasure Erased’ by Catherine Malabou

  23 December 2023

  BOOK REVIEW
  Reviewed by Emily Laurent-Monaghan
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  Pleasure Erased: The Clitoris Unthought by Catherine Malabou
  Polity 2022. 150 pp. ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509549935 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509549931
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  Unlike ‘woman’ or ‘sex’, the clitoris is not an overdetermined signifier. On the contrary, in Pleasure Erased, Catherine Malabou argues that the clitoris, despite its forcible erasure, persists, waiting to be thought. Arguably one of the most dynamic philosophers thinking today, Malabou (…)

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  Photo: Men reading “El Machete.”, 1927 | Tina Modotti

  23 December 2023
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  Music: National Arab Orchestra - Treasures of the East - Building Bridges Through Music

  23 December 2023

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  National Arab Orchestra - Treasures of the East - Building Bridges Through Music by National Arab Orchestra https://youtu.be/PWvi5zyhCks?si=bFxm1Sbk0xFkYY9C

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  Video: ’The Constitution of India: Check And Balances’ by Justice RF Nariman | Bansari Sheth Lecture 15 Dec 2023

  23 December 2023
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  Audio: Ecology and Socialism’ - Raymond Williams (1980)

  23 December 2023

  The Raymond Williams Tapes · 'Ecology and Socialism' - Raymond Williams (1980)

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Dec 16, 2023

  16 December 2023

  * New Constitution: A Fig Leaf for Hindu Rashtra | Vijay Kumar
  * Diplomatic blow to India as Biden turns down invite | M K Bhadrakumar
  * On High-Interest Microfinance by NBFCs | S S Sangwan
  * Climate Crisis, Human Suffering, & Hope | S N Tripathy
  * Sri Lanka: The Future of Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism | Shashik Silva & Ammaarah Nilafdeen

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 16, 2003

  16 December 2023

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, 16 Dec 2023
  The 28th United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates just concluded on Dec 13, 2023. This conference was crowded with technocrats & lobbyists, and dealers from the Carbon trading market, and salesmen of unimaginably expensive technical fantasies of Carbon Capture and Storage (estimated to cost some 30 trillion dollars) to fix the Climate crisis …… . Countries most vulnerable to climate disasters tried (…)

• New Constitution: A Fig Leaf for Hindu Rashtra | Vijay Kumar

  16 December 2023, by Vijay Kumar

  The idea of a new Constitution is being floated, especially by those who are perceived to be close to the Narendra Modi Government. It started with Derek Debroy, writing in Mint, followed by others, and gained currency after the publication of a book, Colonial Constitution by Arghya Sen Gupta.
  The Constitution contains core ideas and represents the collective aspirations. The consensus available during the constituent assembly debate is conspicuous by its absence.
  Our Constitution (…)

• Diplomatic blow to India as Biden turns down invite | M K Bhadrakumar

  16 December 2023, by M K Bhadrakumar

  December 14, 2023
  It is easy at once to exaggerate or underestimate the sensational case of the aborted assassination attempt on Sikh separatist leader and US citizen, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York and its ramifications.
  At one end is the myopic view that like the proverbial ostrich burying its head in the sand, India can escape God’s wrath. Typically, a commentary by a Delhi-based think tanker estimates that Pannun case “will remain a mere blip in surging India-US ties.” The (…)

• High-Interest Microfinance by NBFCs: A Challenge to Commercial Banks | S S Sangwan

  16 December 2023

  Abstract
  Microfinance through NBFCs and banks is a fast emerging sector which has registered a 21 % growth compared to 15.9 % in the total credit of all banks during 2022-23. The removal of the cap on interest for unsecured loans and enhancing the income ceiling of eligible families from Rs 1.25 lakh to Rs 3 lakh in the rural areas, may have given a big push to microfinance. The average interest rate charged and death insurance for the protection of loans is around 25 %; hence, commercial (…)