Mainstream WeeklyBeyond the tragic blows and the brooding over violence, Beyond the labour over errors and repenting over deeds, Beyond the evenings without dialogues and the nights full of suspicion, Beyond the days in which the happy ones revel in their narrow happiness — Is it possible that to give blows to one another is the only reality? —Aldo Capitini, Colloquio Corale (Choral Dialogue), 1956. Translated into English by Maddalena Rayner.
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Nalini: A Lost Opportunity for India’s GoP | Papri Sri Raman
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Remembering the Nehruvian foreign policy and its relevance today | P.S. Jayaramu
19 November 2022by P.S. Jayaramu
November 15, 2022
Only a few days ago, the national observed Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birth anniversary. At a time when there are animated discussions going on within the political class about the contribution ( or the lack of it) to Indian foreign policy and external relations, it is useful to take as detached a view as far as possible about the issue.
Irrespective of the positions taken by the political leaders in contemporary India, it is pertinent to recognise (…) -
Nehru Warned that Majoritarianism Masquerading as Nationalism Would Endanger Democracy and Secularism in India | S N Sahu
19 November 2022, by S N SahuOn the occasion of birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru the nation while paying rich tributes to him gratefully recalls his many splendoured roles as a towering freedom fighter, architect of modern India, brilliant writer and above all a statesman of planetary significance. His legacy anchored in science,scientific temper, secularism and inclusive nationalism. He creatively adopted modern technology by blending it with our rich civilisational and cultural (…)
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Indian Foreign Policy: From Non-Alignment to Multi-Alignment | Gull Mohammad Wani and Ouffee Naik
19 November 2022by Gull Mohammad Wani and Ouffee Naik *
India’s neutral position on Russian invasion of Ukraine is still a subject- matter of debate among policy circles. The different political parties in India have also stated their position on this policy stance. The opposition parties supported PM Modi but some congress leaders promptly pointed out that Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy of Non-Alignment (NAM) has stood the test of the time. It was during the meeting of Shanghai Cooperation (…) -
Adivasis threatened with the spectre of losing their identity and exstence | Arun Srivastava
19 November 2022, by Arun Srivastavaby Arun Srivastava
The Supreme Court’s February 13, 2019, the keeper of the Constitutional conscience and justice had directed state governments to evict nearly one million Adivasis and other forest communities. This order not only impended their autonomy, liberty and dignity it also trampled Adivasis of their rights to life and health. It is undoubtedly the worst nature of infringement of the right to life of an already vulnerable community, which is disparaged by the civilized people as (…) -
Can India seize the demographic advantage? | Jayan Jose Thomas
19 November 2022If India is to seize the advantage of its burgeoning young workforce, it needs to strategically implement economic and industrial policies.
There is a new urgency in India to create jobs for the rapidly growing number of young people set to enter the workforce in the next two decades.
India will account for 20 percent of the worldwide increase in the working-age population over the two decades from 2020. Projections from the World Bank show that between 2020 and 2040, India’s population (…) -
Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Divisions Within The Left | Achin Vanaik
19 November 2022by Achin Vanaik
It was never expected that the response to the war on Ukraine of the Left internationally, would be so divided. Broadly there have been four positions held by those who consider themselves to be anti-capitalist socialists of one kind or the other. The arguments, rationalisations and justifications provided by the first three of these groups do, in some degree or the other, overlap.
The first group (which is certainly the smallest of the four categories) includes those who (…) -
Redistributing wealth to save the planet | Thomas Piketty
19 November 2022[The following post appeared on November 8 2022 on Thomas Piketty’s Blog ]
Let’s say it straight out: it is impossible to seriously fight global warming without a profound redistribution of wealth, both within countries and internationally. Those who claim otherwise are lying to the world. And those who claim that redistribution is certainly desirable, sympathetic, etc., but unfortunately technically or politically impossible, are lying just as much. They would be better off defending what (…) -
Threats to journalists in Kashmir | Statement by Editor’s Guild
19 November 2022The Editors Guild of India Address: 4/7- A, INS Building, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
PRESS STATEMENT
November 18th, 2022
The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned about the recent threats issued to journalists working in Kashmir, by alleged terror organisations, and the subsequent resignations of five of the journalists from their respective media outlets.
Journalists in Kashmir now find themselves in the firing line from both the state authorities as well as terrorists, in (…) -
DUJ Concern at Central Monitoring of Clubs & Other Bodies
19 November 2022DELHI UNION OF JOURNALISTS (REGD) Flat No.29, Central Market, Connaught Place, New Delhi-1 Phone: 23413459, Email: duj.delhi[at]gmail.com
18 November, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) has expressed serious concern at reports that the Prime Minister’s Office and select ministries are trying to collect details of all institutions and clubs, including press bodies, clubs and conference centers, to monitor the internal affairs of such bodies.
It calls upon the (…)