Mainstream WeeklyTheir protest against misgovernance has succeeded beyond belief, but Sri Lankans appear to be a bit confused. They are of course rejoicing at the complete fall of the Rajapaksas from absolute power. Yet, one sentence in ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksas’s resignation letter has sent them thinking and thinking deeply.
“I have contributed my utmost for the country and in the future too, I will contribute for the country,” Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in his resignation letter which was (…)
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Post-Gotabaya: Is Lanka confused? | Apratim Mukarji
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Statement by Bar Association of Sri Lanka on the Declaration of the State of Emergency
22 July 2022BAR ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA
18.07.2022.
STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA ON THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) notes that a State of Emergency has been declared by the Acting President with effect from 18th July 2022, the third time since April 1" 2022 that the country has been placed under the same. On one such occasion the State of Emergency was rescinded by the President before any Regulations were made (…) -
Roll back these GST Hikes | Press Statement by CPI(M) July 20, 2022
22 July 2022Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the latest round of unprecedented burdens imposed on the people through the GST hikes on all essential commodities such as pre-packaged rice, wheat, milk. The PB demands that these hikes be immediately rolled back.
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Text of Press Release by Margaret Alva - joint opposition candidate for the post of Vice President of the Republic of India | July 20, 2022
22 July 2022[Margaret Alva has been a five Term Member of Parliament in India. She is a Lawyer. Former Union Minister & Governor. Kannada Rajyotsava Awardee. She is a joint opposition candidate for the post of Vice President of India, 2022, she has issued the below press release via her Twitter account: @alva_margaret]
Margaret Alva
[July 20, 2022]
PRESS RELEASE
It is a privilege and honour to be nominated as the candidate of the joint opposition for the post of Vice President of the (…) -
Statement of the Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan on the recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of the Gompad Massacre of 2009
22 July 2022Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan
PRESS RELEASE: | [July 20, 2022]
On 14th July 2022, Supreme Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Himanshu Kumar and twelve other people in a 2009 case that sought an independent investigation in the extra-judicial killings of Adivasis in the villages of (then Dantewada) now Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. This came to be known as the Gompad massacre, and it includes two major incidents of violence in September and October 2009 that happened in the (…) -
When Accused Become Innocent and Innocent Are Made Accused | Sandeep Pandey
22 July 2022, by Sandeep PandeyMahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathu Ram Godse. There are some people subscribing to Hindutva ideology who idolize Godse. Various leaders, and activists associated with the Hindutva ideology from time to time have portrayed Godse as a patriot. The question is Gandhi was the tallest leader of India’s freedom movement and even before India achieved independence Godse was making an attempt to kill Gandhi, so, how could Godse be a patriot? But by describing Godse as a patriot Mahatma (…)
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Contractual soldiers: The natural outcome of neoliberal reforms | Prem Singh
22 July 2022, by Prem SinghIt is true that the Agnipath recruitment scheme is a contractual-soldier scheme. That is, a youth of 17 to 21 years of age will be recruited in the three armies on a contract for four years term. They will not be entitled to the facilities and social security available to the regular soldiers till now. (The concessions being talked about after massive, and widespread violent protests against the scheme are the government’s after-thought. How long this after-thought will last cannot be said.) (…)
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Impact of Migration to the Gulf in a Odisha Village | Radhakanta Barik
22 July 2022, by Radhakanta Barikby Radhakanta Barik *
INDIA IS THE LARGEST country of origin for international migrants. It is, thus, the world’s top recipient of remittances from Indians working abroad. Eight million workers working in the Gulf region help about forty million people within the country live well through these remittances, which not only benefit society but the government too. Besides the material benefits to families living in India, this access to funds allows people from small towns and villages to (…) -
The Panchayat Raj Plant In A Barren Soil | Farooq Ahmad Bakloo
22 July 2022by Farooq Ahmad Bakloo *
Panchayati Raj means to uplift the common people socially, politically, and economically and also connect them with the governance. In India, the Panchayati Raj system is one of the significant cornerstones of the democratic structure. This Panchayati Raj system is also acknowledged by the constitution of India under the 73rd constitutional amendment. Its prime purpose was to provide the citizens with the right to run their local administration themselves according (…) -
IFS Officer Recalls Charms, Challenges | M.R. Narayan Swamy
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Nawaz Sharif told Inder Kumar Gujral that neither could India give Kashmir to Pakistan nor could Islamabad take it; most Indian expatriates may have their minds in India but do not want to live there; Foreign Secretary Jagat Mehta was eased out of office by a (…)