Mainstream WeeklyHarish Chandola breathed his last on March 26. His life of 94 years, including over six decades of active work as a journalist as an author, was full of highly energetic, interesting, and meaningful reporting and writing from several parts of the world.
He was born and brought up in a remote Himalayan village of Garhwal. At a young age he started working for some of the established newspapers based in Delhi. During one of the earlier assignments of covering a visit by Jawaharlal Nehru to (…)
Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316
Author Submission Guidelines
Mainstream’s Privacy Policy
Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly
Most recent articles
-
Tribute: Harish Chandola— Endearing Writer Who Roamed the World in Search of Solutions to Complex Conflicts | Bharat Dogra
22 April 2023, by Bharat Dogra -
Menstruation as a Sacred Practice in Assam | Karishmeeta Das
22 April 2023by Karishmeeta Das *
Many societies the world over practice taboos and rituals in relation to menstruation, a biologically natural phenomenon. However, through the societal lens, a menstruating woman is believed to be impure and is barred from performing various activities and also visiting certain places or attending ceremonies. At the same time, the first sign of blood in a girl child, marking her entrance into puberty, is celebrated in many societies. In Assam, the first menstruation of (…) -
Missing voices in higher education — Need for inclusive policies | Girija K.S. & Basavaraja G
22 April 2023by Dr.Girija K.S. & Dr. Basavaraja G *
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” — Nelson Mandela
At a time when more and more women are entering into education and seeking employment and are equal participants in the eradication of social and gender inequalities, we still see the barriers surrounding them at each level be it professional, personal, research and in higher centers of learning as the highly qualified women also accept the inevitable (…) -
Appeal from science teachers and educators to restore the theory of Darwinian evolution in secondary education in India
22 April 2023An Appeal Against Exclusion of Evolution from Curriculum
We, the undersigned, have learned that sweeping changes are being proposed in the CBSE curriculum in the secondary and senior secondary courses. These changes, first introduced as a temporary measure during the Corona pandemic, are being continued even when schooling has gone back to offline mode. In particular, we are concerned with the exclusion of the teaching of Darwinian evolution from the 10th standard curriculum, as seen in (…) -
Remind the Public As To What Made Keshub Mahindra Decline the Padma Bhushan Award 2002 - Letter to the Editor
22 April 2023, by N D JayaprakashLETTER TO THE EDITOR
To: The Editor, Mainstream Weekly, http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/
16 April 2023
This is to draw your kind attention to an article that was re-published in India Today on 13th April 2023 titled “Why Keshub Mahindra declined the Padma Bhushan”. The said article was reportedly first published in the Business Today edition dated 31st March 2002. The said article has attempted to project Keshub Mahindra as a “gentleman”, who did not want to embarrass the (…) -
TV assassination of Atiq Ahmed in Police Custody Shows BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh is a Lawless State | Statements by CPI(M) & CPIML (April 16, 2023)
22 April 2023CPI(M)
April 16, 2023
Press Statement The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Condemn Ghastly Killings in UP
The ghastly killing of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf while in police custody and in front of the media shows that Uttar Pradesh has become a completely lawless state.
The manner in which two men were murdered in the presence of heavy police escort points towards official connivance. This must be seen in the (…) -
PUCL Demands Probe Into The Role UP Police in killing of Atiq & Ashraf Ahmed (April 19, 2023)
22 April 2023PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES 332, Patpar Ganj, Opposite Anand Lok Apartments, Mayur Vihar I, Delhi 110 091 Founder: Jayaprakash Narayan; Founding President: V M Tarkunde President: Ravi Kiran Jain; General Secretary: Dr. V. Suresh
E.mail: puclnat[at]gmail.com& pucl.natgensec[at]gmail.com
19.04.2023
Stop Encounter Killings in UP: End State lawlessness! Doubts arise about Complicity of UP Police in killing of Atiq & Ashraf Ahmed: Questions to be answered by UP Police.
1. (…) -
Report on Jahangirpuri Communal Incident, Delhi, 2022 alleges bias | PUDR, April 17, 2023
22 April 2023Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR)
17 April 2023
Release of PUDR’s Report
PUDR report on Jahangirpuri Communal Incident, Delhi, 2022 alleges bias against Muslims
One year has passed since the communal incident at Jahangirpuri on Hanuman Jayanti. PUDR is releasing a report ‘Probing the Jahangirpuri Communal Incident, Delhi, 2022: Context, Aftermath, Police Investigation & Findings’. The key finding of the report is that the investigations and prosecution case is seeking to (…) -
The problem with artificial intelligence? It’s neither artificial nor intelligent | Evgeny Morozov
22 April 2023by Evgeny Morozov *
Let’s retire this hackneyed term: while ChatGPT is good at pattern-matching, the human mind does so much more
Elon Musk and Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak have recently signed a letter calling for a six-month moratorium on the development of AI systems. The goal is to give society time to adapt to what the signatories describe as an “AI summer”, which they believe will ultimately benefit humanity, as long as the right guardrails are put in place. These guardrails (…) -
The Rainbow that was Homi J Bhabha | Papri Sri Raman
22 April 2023, by Papri Sen Sri RamanBOOK REVIEW:
__0__
Let Us Talk About Bhabha by S P K Gupta
Pages 818 e-book price in India Rs 50 Evelyn Publishers ISBN 81-90004175
__0__
Homi Jehangir Bhabha has always been a mysterious character in science history.
The man died almost 60 years ago and had lived for more than fifty years before that. In the land of his birth, he is revered almost like a god, especially by the communal, right-wing, jingoist lot for he is ‘the father of India’s nuclear programme’, the man who (…)