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• Palestine: Harvesting olives under the occupation - a day in the West Bank | Uri Weltmann

  13 December 2025

  Palestine / 23 October 2025
  A first hand account by Uri Weltmann on a day in the life of peace activists from Israel, travelling to help Palestinians in the West Bank harvest their olives under threat from settlers and soldiers
  It is the olive harvest season. Palestinian communities are preparing for it, as they have for generations. This is not only economically vital, but also a practice rooted in their history, culture, and traditions.
  However, not all Palestinian farmers can simply (…)

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  Oppose Attempts to Whip Up Communal Tensions in Tamil Nadu | Joint Statement by Left parties

  13 December 2025

  [ 9 Dec 2025]
  The Left parties strongly condemn the attempts by the BJP and other Hindutva communal forces to whip up communal tensions in Tamil Nadu by manufacturing a controversy around the religious sites situated on Tirupparankundram Hill in Madurai district, with a sinister eye on political gain.
  Tirupparankundram Hill is home to three temples, a dargah, and several ancient Jain caves. For centuries, this hill has stood as a symbol of communal harmony and peaceful coexistence. (…)

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  Beware of Aadhaar A Warning on India

  13 December 2025

  10 December 2025
  We, concerned Indian citizens and organisations, are alarmed to note that efforts are being made to promote biometric identity systems similar to Aadhaar in other countries.
  Aadhaar is India

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  Salman Rushdie on Free Speech, India and How He

  13 December 2025
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  Music Video: Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey)

  13 December 2025
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  Table of Contents, Mainstream, Dec 6, 2025

  6 December 2025

  * Manufacturing Steel, Manufacturing Chaos: On the Capitalist Pressure to Extract in Odisha - Part 1 | Ranjana Padhi
  * Obituary: James Watson (1928-2025) | Jos Chathukulam
  * Occupational Health | Arun Mitra
  * So Long As the Father Is the Law, Mothers Must Be Outlaws | Sarah Harpy

• Letter to the Readers —Continued advance of Hindutva has been chipping away at the secular republic of India ever since Dec 6, 1992

  6 December 2025

  Letter to the readers:
  The dismantling of the secular republic of India began 33 years ago, when a mob of thousands of Hindu extremists associated with Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the Rashtra SwayamSevak Sangh (RSS) demolished the Babri mosque in Uttar Pradesh on December 6, 1992, in full public view. It was a high point of a political campaign by Hindu fundamentalists, along with the BJP leaders, to construct a temple to Lord Rama at the site of the 15th-century Babri mosque in Ayodhya. The mosque

• What is Happening in the Kashmir Valley Now? | Arup Kumar Sen

  6 December 2025, by Arup Kumar Sen

  A few doctors from the Kashmir valley have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the recent Red Fort bomb blast case. The entire doctor community in J&K is now suspect in the eyes of the Indian State. Very recently, The Indian Express reported (November 28, 2025):

• An Analysis of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in the Aftermath of Meitei-Kuki Violence in Manipur | Kham Sian Muan, Thangmoi Haokip

  6 December 2025

  Introduction:
  The Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958 has been the most controversial component of the internal security apparatus in postcolonial India. In this essay we explore the application of this act with regard to its prolonged use in the state of Manipur, marked by profound ethnic diversity and a long history of armed movements. Although this was ostensibly a temporary provision for the restoration of public order, the continued enforcement of the AFSPA, particularly its (…)

• Why the RSS-BJP Juggernaut Needs a Political Seawall - Part 1 | Arun Srivastava

  6 December 2025, by Arun Srivastava

  After the Congress no-show in the November 2025 Bihar assembly election, Rahul Gandhi has become the punching pad for his friends and foes alike.
  Everyone, irrespective of their political standing, is blaming him for the disastrous performance of not only the Congress, but INDIA bloc. The common refrain is: he did not handle the assembly election as it ought to have been. However, no one is pointing a finger at themselves or is ready to actually underline what should have been the correct (…)