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  Video: A New Foreign Policy - Beyond American Exceptionalism - Jeffrey Sachs

  27 November 2021

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  A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism - Jeffrey Sachs by Cornell CSES https://youtu.be/JY5sQDyNNLI

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  Mrinal Sen - An Era in Cinema | Directed by Rajdeep Paul

  27 November 2021

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  Mrinal Sen: An Era in Cinema by Indian Diplomacy https://youtu.be/KnZd-uNXlSk

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  Table of Contents, Mainstream, Nov 20, 2021

  19 November 2021

  * Thoughts on 2021 West Bengal Elections & A Future for the Left - A non-CPIM Left perspective | Samir Putatunda
  * Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 & a hidden episode of India’s role | Sumanta Bannerjee
  * This path of development is toxic | Arun Kumar
  * Mexican women win abortion rights, state by state | Carli Pierson

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Nov 20, 2021

  19 November 2021

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, November 20, 2021
  Under the Modi regime one thing we get for free every day is high public spectacle. Last week, the day after the speaking (and near force hugging some of the world leaders) at the Glasgow summit on climate, the Prime Minister could be seen dressed in military fatigues in the midst of soldiers in the Indian Himalayas. And this week we saw an incredible sight of Prime Minister Modi stepping out of a giant American-built military airplane (…)

• Thoughts on 2021 West Bengal Assembly Elections & Building A Democratic Left Secular Alternative: A non-CPIM Left Perspective

  19 November 2021

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  Leftists have to regain the confidence of the people - Samir Putatunda a leader and co-founder of Party for Democratic Socialism (PDS)
  Mainstream Desk
  “CPI-M -led Left Front has lost popular support in the recent past for moving away from the people. It has gradually reached a point where, after 34 years in government, within 10 years of leaving the government, the Left in the State has not won a single seat in the Lok Sabha and Assembly. Due to political mistakes, the (…)

• Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 - and a hidden episode of the Indian government’s role | Sumanta Banerjee

  19 November 2021, by Sumanta Banerjee

  Both Bangladesh and India are celebrating the year 1971, on the occasion of the liberation of a territory known as East Pakistan then, which came to be recognized as Bangladesh at the end of that year. The transformation was brought about through a combination of two main factors among others. First was the valiant resistance put up by Bangladeshi freedom fighters against the Pakistan army within their country, and the next was the external aid that they received from India. The latter aid (…)

• This path of development is toxic | Arun Kumar

  19 November 2021, by Arun Kumar

  (The Following is an English translation of विकास की यह राह विषैली, (vikas ki yeh rah vishaili hai) Hindustan, 18 Nov 2021)
  There are many discussions going on regarding pollution. But the one aspect that is being overlooked in all these debates is our development model. It has a major contribution in increasing pollution. It considers material development as the measure of human development. This model, which is about 150-200 years old, emphasizes maximising production, so that people’s (…)

• When Rowdies Become Presidents | TJS George

  19 November 2021, by T J S George

  IMPRESSIONS
  "If I see you, get out of my way. You son of a b–ch, I’ll slap you. Believe me, I’ll slap you in front of a lot of people. You really want to test if we really have (it)? You have a wife. You lend her to me, you son of a b–ch."
  Classic street language used by rowdies. But these sentences were used by the President of a country. And in public. People in the know will say that in this case, there is not much difference between a rowdy and the President. (…)

• A country without comedians / Zakia Jafri The ‘Bravest Woman’ | Humra Quraishi

  19 November 2021, by Humra Quraishi

  MUSINGS - 17 November 2021
  A country without comedians or conversations or counter views!
  At first it was the hounding of stand-up comedian, Munawar Faruqui (mind you, his hounding continues, as his shows are getting cancelled in city after city) and now news just coming in is this - a case has been filed against the absolutely brilliant comedian, Vir Das. Why? Because of his latest show where he spoke out, on the huge range of disparities and double standards and the hitting (…)

• Understanding of the Island society through the paradigm of fish market | Radhakanta Barik

  19 November 2021, by Radhakanta Barik

  by Prof Radhakanta Barik *
  There has been some studies on the island in Ocean but very limited study has been conducted on the Island in the river. (Gloria Pungetti 2021) Some studies are available in the island of Brahmaputra by geographers which are very much relevant for our study. (Nikhil Roy and others 2020; P Kokoky and others 2003) They have examined the erosion in each flood of the island which affects the villagers but here in Odisha the erosion has affected the island. Island is (…)