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• Myth of Organic Farming Being Low Yielding Busted in the Heart of Green Revolution Region | Rajinder Chaudhary

  16 September 2022

  by Rajinder Chaudhary*
  Renowned agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug opined that “Even if you could use all the organic material that you have—the animal manures, the human waste, the plant residues—and get them back on the soil, you couldn’t feed more than 4 billion people. ... don’t tell the world that we can feed the present population without chemical fertilizer. That’s when this misinformation becomes destructive” (Bailey 2000). Nobel Laurate was not alone in questioning the yield (…)

• Civil servants serving interest of their political masters | Arun Srivastava

  16 September 2022, by Arun Srivastava

  by Arun Srivastava
  A group of retired bureaucrats have petitioned the chief election commissioner (CEC), that the AAP be de-recognised as a political party as its leader Arvind Kejriwal has been trying to "induce" public servants in Gujarat to help his party in the state Assembly polls due later this year.
  This is indeed a sagacious move and every liberal person possessing moral ethics should appreciate this move. The immediate reason for their writing to the CEC owes to Kejriwal’s (…)

• Anti-Defection Law: A Review | Gireesan & Bendre

  16 September 2022

  Abstract
  The Anti-Defection Law introduced by the Constitution (Fifty-Second Amendment) Act, 1985 has curbed defections and shifting allegiances in our legislatures. However, the law has failed to address some complex problems in Indian politics. The powers of the Presiding Officer to disqualify legislators for defection remain controversial. Over the years, expert Committees and Commissions have concluded that the conditions of the Office subject the Presiding Officers to political (…)

• The Empire Strikes Back | L K Sharma

  16 September 2022, by L K Sharma

  by L K Sharma
  India continues to loom large in British imagination. The national dish of Chicken Tikka Masala is an old story. This year, first came the unbearable Indian summer. Then in the prime-ministerial race, a politician of Indian origin reached the semi-final. And now comes the new King whose thoughts resonate with Indian traditions.
  King Charles III has spiritual leanings. He has a philosophical bent of mind and a deep interest in nature, environment and organic food. In the (…)

• Hijab in Iran or India? | Faraz Ahmad

  16 September 2022, by Faraz Ahmad

  A leading English daily from the Capital carried on October 3, a remarkable photo of a young Iranian woman abandoning her ‘chador’ dancing in a state of trance before a crowd including men clicking her act on their mobile cameras as a form of protest against the repression unleashed by the Iranian clerical state forcing women to dress in a particular manner which they consider Islamic to ensure modesty of women.
  A crucial judgement of the apex court is eagerly awaited on whether the state (…)

• What if they missed the gold medal, the Indian women cricket team won the hearts of people | Bharat Dogra

  16 September 2022, by Bharat Dogra

  The Indian women’s cricket team was on the verge of clinching the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, but just missed out on this much-coveted goal. Till the last over the result could have gone either way, but being more experienced, the Australian team could win. It does not matter. A T20 match result can go either way within a matter of five minutes or even less, particularly in such a closely contested match as this final was. Congratulations Australia and well-played India.
  If we (…)

• On Rapists’ Remission | Sagari Chhabra

  16 September 2022, by Sagari Chhabra

  In the blink of an eye
  they changed the axis of the earth,
  the belief that we were equal
  that justice would prevail,
  but it is of no avail;
  and I beg your honour,
  for your kind permission,
  to place on record,
  for I know I cannot afford
  to offend,
  but some men did descend
  to the floor,
  to touch their feet,
  distributing a mouth-watering sweet,
  for raping women
  is now an accomplished feat.
  We do not aspire to be equal,
  we only know,
  we are safe,
  if we keep out of harm’s way; (…)

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  Cartoon: India@75 - Freedom for whom? | Poorva Goel and Ashish Kothari

  16 September 2022

  via: Ashish Kothari on Twitter
  4th in series ’India@75: Freedom for whom?’ Adivasis, fisherfolk, farmers, have resisted the corporate take over of their lands for dubious ’development’ projects, and been charged with ’anti-national’ activities - whose nation is this?

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  Caricature - Tribute to Jean Luc Godard | Jayaraj Vellur

  16 September 2022, by Jayaraj Vellur

• Bill Gates and Techno-fix Delusions | Ramana and Jeffery

  16 September 2022, by Cassandra Jeffery, M. V. Ramana

  BILL GATES, THE businessman, made one of the world’s biggest fortunes by designing, selling and marketing computer technology. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that when it comes to climate change, he’s pushing more technology.
  When wealthy people push something, the world pays attention. Practically all major media outlets covered his recent book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, and Gates has been interviewed dozens of times. All this pushing came with the pre-emptive caveat expressed in (…)