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  Himanta Biswa Sarma must resign as Chief Minister of Assam for serial violations of his oath of office | PUCL

  15 February

  PEOPLE

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  Henk-Jan Dekker. Review of Romero Sommer, Gonzalo, High Voltage: Hydroelectric Development and Political Power in Peru

  15 February

  BOOK REVIEW
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  High Voltage: Hydroelectric Development and Political Power in Peru
  by Gonzalo Romero Sommer
  University of Nebraska Press
  2025. 298 pp
  (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4962-3512-1.
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  Reviewed by Henk-Jan Dekker (Bielefeld University)
  It is quite common for historical accounts of electrification to focus either on urban or rural electrification. The relationship between the two and the ways urban-rural relationships are defined and reconfigured in the process of (…)

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  Music:: Which Side are You On?

  15 February

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  Which Side are You On? by The Almanac Singers - Topic https://youtu.be/WgmewUP-E-w?si=bMCWXsbByvZgs7E2
  Which Side are You On?

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  Documentary: The Great Nicobar Mega Project: Development at What Cost? | Newslaundry

  15 February

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Feb 7, 2026

  7 February, by Papri Sen Sri Raman

  Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja sheetalam

• The Silent Spectators of Wage Theft | Saikat Chakraborty

  7 February, by Saikat Chakraborty

  Jan 17, 2026
  In the months I spent collecting data on working conditions of security guards in India, I repeatedly returned to a particular arithmetic that governed lives with ruthless precision. It was not the arithmetic of balance sheets or profit margins, though those also had significant bearing. Rather, it was the silent arithmetic of survival: how many hours one must work to feed a family, how many days one can go without speaking up before disrespect becomes unbearable, how much (…)

• Justice Delayed is denied, but only for the chosen ones | Faraz Ahmad

  7 February, by Faraz Ahmad

  The issue of Special Intensive Review (SIR) of the electoral rolls, imposed by the Election Commission (EC) on the people of India, beginning with Bihar, started in June last year, just few months before the state Assembly elections were scheduled and eventually held.
  The EC, led by a very questionable CEC Gyanesh Kumar set about disenfranchising crores of voters in Bihar, mostly from the marginalised sections and minorities, who are easily identifiable as Opposition voters in the ruling (…)

• Why the Indus Cannot Be Held Hostage to National Power? | Ranjan Solomon

  7 February, by Ranjan Solomon

  Pakistan has warned the United Nations (UN) that India

• COP30: Key Actions Missing Despite Climate Urgency | K N Ninan

  7 February

  The COP30 conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which met in Bel

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  Tribute to Madhav Gadgil (1942-2026) | Jos Chathukulam

  7 February, by Jos Chathukulam

  Abstract
  Madhav Gadgil, was one of India