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• The Soviet Union Brokeup In December 1991 - Why And How? | R G Gidadhubli

  7 January 2022

  by R.G.Gidadhubli *
  The former Soviet Union, the second Super Power in the world legally ceased to exist on the 31st December 1991, even as the Soviet flag was brought down in Kremlin in Moscow on the 25th December 1991. While 30 years have passed and the disintegration of the USSR has become a part of history, it is relevant and worth examining as to why and how disintegration took place. From my perspective, there were external and internal factors that played significant role that led (…)

• Lights! Camera! Action! Cut | Sagari Chhabra

  7 January 2022, by Sagari Chhabra

  Unesco recently declared Kolkata’s Durga puja to be an intangible heritage of humanity; something to be cherished, celebrated and preserved forever. However, at the same time we have received the news of the closure of the Films Division, National Film Archive and the Children’s Films’ Society of India – as we know them - and their possible amalgamation into the NFDC – National Films Development Corporation. This news has been received as a shot of horror by the film-makers’ community and (…)

• The Legacy of Dr. Verghese Kurien on the Current Development Discourses: Reflections on Kerala and Beyond | Chathukulam, Joseph and Joseph

  7 January 2022, by Jos Chathukulam, Manasi Joseph, T M Joseph

  Introduction
  November 26, 2021 marked the birth centenary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the legendary ‘Milkman of India’, who catapulted India to be the world’s largest milk producer. Dr. Kurien, the architect of India’s White Revolution once said that “India’s place in the Sun will come from the partnership between wisdom of its rural people and skills of its professionals.” Then on another occasion Dr. Kurien said “India needs to show an honest face, a kind face, a human face - and not an (…)

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  Taking on Imperialist, Bullying China | M R Narayan Swamy

  7 January 2022, by M R Narayan Swamy

  BOOK REVIEW
  Blinkers Off: How Will the World Counter China
  by Gaurie Dwivedi
  Pentagon Press ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9390095417 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9390095414 Pages: 239 Price: Rs 795
  Gaurie Dwivedi, an economist by training and a journalist by profession, has undoubtedly written one of the most important books on today’s China, a China which inspires less awe but more fear, a China which is trying to dominate the world hook or by crook, a China which bullies others much the way old-time (…)

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  Happy New Year . . . Covid 2021 - 2022 | Jayaraj Velur

  7 January 2022, by Jayaraj Vellur
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  FCRA registration renewal request denied - Statement by Oxfam India Jan 2, 2022

  7 January 2022

  PRESS STATEMENT:
  02 January 2022
  GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’S DECISION TO RESTRICT FLOW OF FOREIGN FUNDS AFFECTS CRUCIAL HUMANITARIAN WORK IN THE COUNTRY: OXFAM INDIA
  The Government of India’s decision to refuse renewal of Oxfam India’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration will severely affect the organisation’s ongoing crucial humanitarian and social work in 16 states across the country. This includes setting up of oxygen plants, providing lifesaving medical and diagnostic (…)

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  Joint Memorandum from Women’s Organisations to the President of India | Jan 3, 2022

  7 January 2022

  Joint Memorandum from Women’s Organisations to President Date: January 3, 2022 To, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India. Ensure severe punishment for public incitement for sexual abuse of Muslim women
  Respected Sir,
  We have unfortunately witnessed the most disgusting display of brazen misogyny for the second time in less than a year. Earlier in July, 2021, an app called ‘Sulli Deals’ was shared on social media which purported to ‘auction’ prominent (…)

• Rajput Sodhas suffer due to India-Pakistan visa issues | Beena Sarwar

  7 January 2022

  This is the story of Ganpat Singh from Pakistan’s Sodha Rajput community of less than half a million. Like him, each member of this community has matrimonial linkages across the border in neighbouring Rajasthan, India. This is the only way they can keep their community alive, as they are barred from marrying within their own ‘gotra’. A special dispensation over a decade ago provided them relief with six-month visa extensions – but now those who apply for such extensions are being (…)

• As Kazakhstan burns over inequality, the elite’s wealth is safe and sound in London | Thomas Rowley

  7 January 2022

  by Thomas Rowley
  6 January 2022
  London is home to some £530m in luxury property owned by the country’s ruling class
  Protests in Kazakhstan started quietly this week. A sudden increase in the price of liquefied petroleum gas, popular as a secondary fuel for its low cost, sparked public meetings in towns, according to a local police spokesperson.
  Four thousand miles away in London, though, the UK assets of the Kazakhstani ruling class are sitting quietly. The Central Asian state’s (…)

• On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs | David Graeber

  7 January 2022

  by David Graeber
  2013
  In the year 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by century’s end, technology would have advanced sufficiently that countries like Great Britain or the United States would have achieved a 15-hour work week. There’s every reason to believe he was right. In technological terms, we are quite capable of this. And yet it didn’t happen. Instead, technology has been marshaled, if anything, to figure out ways to make us all work more. In order to achieve this, jobs (…)