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• The ongoing Ukrainian war: Some reflections | P S Jayaramu

  27 May 2022

  by P. S. Jayaramu
  21st May 2022
  The Russian invasion of Ukraine is an ongoing, yet unfortunate, phenomenon. It is not clear as to how long it will prolong and on whose and what terms it would end, since both Russia and Ukraine, are not showing any interest in finding a diplomatic solution to the problem. At this stage, it is worth reflecting on the war aims of Putin, those of the US and NATO powers and of Ukraine itself. Going by the intensity with which the Biden Administration is (…)

• The Staying Power of A Myth | Emma Goldman

  27 May 2022

  by Emma Goldman
  Spain and the World, Vol. 2, No. 27, January 5, 1938
  The glad tidings from Moscow under date of November 27th about the pact between the Soviet Trade Unions and the International Federation of Trade Unions (Amsterdam International) shows once more the staying power of a myth.
  The Soviet Trade Unions have long ago ceased to exist as a living body, as have indeed all other organisations that have played their part in the Russian Revolution. As long ago as 1920, they had (…)

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  Audio: The Day of the Jackal Audiobook by Frederick Forsyth

  27 May 2022

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  The Day of the Jackal Audiobook by Frederick Forsyth read by George Sewell. Abridged. by Great Books on Tape https://youtu.be/7lXQ53fB3sA

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  Table of Contents, Mainstream, May 21, 2022

  21 May 2022

  * Sri Lankan situation is fraught with danger | M K Bhadrakumar
  * Open letter from the sanitation workers to the residents of Chennai
  * Sino-Indian Border Dispute & Arunachal Pradesh | Pranjit Agarwala
  * Overthrowing Roe V Wade: Crushing Blow To Women’s Rights | Vijay Kumar

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 21, 2022

  21 May 2022

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 21, 2022
  Unemployment is on the rise, inflation is on the rise, a heat wave like never before is in the air with no government advisories on safety and protection, electricity cuts are reported from across the country, there is alarm on water levels running short in our rivers, high air pollution levels in our cities, a spike in coal production, new permissions for coal mining zones given contrary to our big commitments to a transition away from (…)

• Secrets In The Taj Mahal’s Rooms? | T J S George

  21 May 2022, by T J S George

  IMPRESSIONS
  The Allahabad High Court has rejected a petition seeking the opening of the Taj Mahal’s closed rooms. The petition was prompted not by archaeological interests but, as more usual these days, by Hindutva interests. They wanted to see if the shuttered chambers were home to Hindu idols and scriptures. There have been enthusiasts who believed that the immortal memorial was originally Tejo Mahal, a Shiva temple, until the Mughals came and violated everything.
  The Sree (…)

• Freedom And The Law | S.G.Vombatkere

  21 May 2022, by S G Vombatkere

  Freedom as ‘mukti’
  “Human freedom, in its widest and deepest sense is fundamental, and needs to be fought for at every step. That is the most central of Vedantic messages” — was a comment made by a learned friend, during a conversation about freedom. This is of course, about “mukti” as a spiritual concept of freedom or final liberation from mortal bonds. But it is equally about striving for freedom of thought, belief and expression in real-life, without which contemplation for “mukti” (…)

• Sri Lankan situation is fraught with danger | M. K. Bhadrakumar

  21 May 2022, by M K Bhadrakumar

  May 15, 2022
  India finds itself between the rock and a hard place in its approach to the Sri Lankan crisis. There is no question that the government attributes primacy to Sri Lanka remaining a practising democracy. But the developing situation in that country is going to be a cliff hanger right up to the final whistle.
  Things can take different turns. The best hope is that although the political class is throughly discredited and the legislative is dysfunctional, the democratic spirit (…)

• Impact of the Rahul factor at the Chintan Shivir | Arun Srivastava

  21 May 2022

  by Arun Srivastava
  For Rahul Gandhi, the Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir at Gwalior was a big success. While it provided the right forum to establish his leadership in the backdrop of his severe criticism by the senior party leaders, no one questioned his failure to lead the party from the front or why he failed to rejuvenate the party at grass root level. Though some of the senior leaders praised the outcome of the shivir they also observed that it would enthuse the party to face the future (…)

• Congress’s Udaipur conclave: will chintan lead to manthan? | P. S. Jayaramu

  21 May 2022

  by P. S. Jayaramu
  May, 16, 2022
  The much hyped about ‘Chintan Shivir’ of the Congress Party is over. The deliberations largely reflected the chintan ( thinking ) among the Party leaders, some of which were indeed good, but the more serious question is will all that chintan lead to manthan?
  First things first. About 400 plus national and state level eaders of the Party were invited. But, care was taken not to invite seniors like Mr. Kapil Sibal, a member of the G-23, probably fearing (…)