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  Review: Last among equals by M.R Sharan | Aamir Raza

  20 May 2023

  BOOK REVIEW
  by Aamir Raza
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  Last among equals: Power, Caste and Politics in Bihar’s Villages
  by M.R Sharan Westland Publications 2021 / 229 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9390679664 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9390679669 __0__
  In India, the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) were established to promote self-governance at the grassroots level and facilitate the social and economic development of rural areas. However, despite initial enthusiasm for this decentralization movement, the system has (…)

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  A comprehensive document on strides of the Indian army during the Second World War | Joydip Ghosal

  20 May 2023

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  Saving the World from Hitler by R. Prasannan
  Manorama Books
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8189004395 • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8189004392
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  Saving the World from Hitler, India’s battle in world war II a recent contribution to the literature of the second world war is a valuable account that sheds light on the unknown aspect i.e. the gallantry and display of valour on the battlefield by Indian soldiers. Written in a racy style and interspersed with curious (…)

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  Cartoon: Proposed Car model for Congress Ruled States | Subhani

  20 May 2023

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  Photo: Jawaharlal Nehru placing a wreath at the Atom Bomb Memorial Cenotaph, Hiroshima, Japan, 9 October 1957

  20 May 2023

  Source: Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund

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  Photo: Train Station of Limoge, France (1954) | Raoul Hausmann

  20 May 2023
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  Video: Manto, Saadat Hasan -Toba Tek Singh (Afsana) | Zia Mohyeddin

  20 May 2023

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  Manto, Saadat Hasan-Toba Tek Singh (Afsana) شعر و نغمه Jafri Archives by Jafri Archives https://youtu.be/kE4OYy5qHvA

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  Video: UNOpenScience 2023 - Day 3 Virtual Address - Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs

  20 May 2023

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  UNOpenScience23: Day 3 Virtual Address - Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs by Dag Hammarskjöld Library https://youtu.be/wS-sFuGAS5c

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, May 13, 2023

  13 May 2023

  * Karnataka electorate cast their franchise | P. S. Jayaramu
  * Crime and Indulgence | Faraz Ahmad
  * Wireless & 5G—Concerns for Health, Environment & Children | Bharat Dogra
  * Ukraine War & Why a Ceasefire Is the First Step Toward Lasting Peace | Phyllis Bennis
  * Believing and Making People Believe | Michel de Certeau

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 13, 2023

  13 May 2023

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 13 –19, 2023
  The results of the 2023 Karnataka state Assembly elections have just been declared and the Congress Party has surged ahead with a resounding victory over the unpopular BJP government. Many of the prominent figures of the BJP government have lost the elections. Sustained campaign work over nearly a year has paid off for hundreds of volunteers of the Congress party that focused on pro-poor and local issues and drew up a manifesto to address (…)

• Congress Party’s Comprehensive Victory in 2023 Karnataka Assemly Polls | P.S. Jayaramu

  13 May 2023, by P S Jayaramu

  by P.S. Jayaramu *
  May 16, 2023
  The results of the Karnataka Assembly elections, which were keenly watched both within the state and at the national level (including the NRIs) point to a comprehensive victory by the Congress Party, a humiliating defeat for the BJP, and a near extinction of the Janata Dal ( Secular). The results merit analysis.
  Let me first take up the case of the Congress Party. For the discernible observers, it is clear that the Party leadership at the state level (…)