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  The Holy Cow & The Eclipse of Scientific Temper - Cartoon by Jayaraj Vellur

  11 September 2021, by Jayaraj Vellur

  [See also: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/scientists-believe-cow-only-animal-that-inhales-exhales-oxygen-allahabad-hc-7487284/]

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  Walter Benjamin in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris | Photo: Gisèle Freund, 1937

  11 September 2021
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  Video: Modi government’s asset monetization plan - panel discussion with Faye D’Souza

  11 September 2021

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  Govt’s Asset Monetisation Plan: What Does It Mean? | Faye D’Souza by Faye D’Souza https://youtu.be/YsO_ELCZ508

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  Sri Lankan Baila Music: Irene Josephine by Wally Bastiansz

  11 September 2021

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  Irene Josephine - Wally Bastiansz (God Father Of Sri Lankan Baila) by goonewj https://youtu.be/eWYL6SO2JAo

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  Video: The Many Lives of William Klein (2012)

  11 September 2021

  William Klein has lived many lives. One of the world’s most influential photographers, he pioneered the art of street photography and created some of the most iconic fashion images of the 20th century. He also made over twenty films, including the first ever documentary about Muhammad Ali

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  Resist this loot of our national assets - Statement by CPI(M) Aug. 24, 2021 / Do Not Sell National Assets - CPI resolution Sept. 5, 2021

  11 September 2021

  Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  Stop Sale of India
  August 24, 2021
  The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
  The Central Government has officially announced the sale of India.
  The National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) released by the Finance Minister yesterday, details the loot of our national assets and infrastructure. This is an outright plunder of people’s wealth.
  Selling family silver to meet daily expenditure makes (…)

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  Restore the writings of Mahasweta Devi, Sukirtharani and Bama’s Writings into the English Hons. Syllabus in Delhi University - Urge over 1000 scholars

  11 September 2021

  Why We Should Study Mahasweta Devi, Sukirtharani and Bama’s Writings in the English Hons. Syllabus in Delhi University
  On August 24, 2021, ‘Draupadi’, the short story by Mahasweta Devi, two poems by Sukirtharani and selections from Bama’s Sangati were deleted from the syllabus for students of English Literature by Delhi University. Mahasweta Devi has been part of the syllabus for a while now, while Sukirtharani and Bama have been added later in a continuous exploration and expansion of the (…)

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  Statement demanding a postponement of COP-26

  11 September 2021

  Friends of the Earth International.
  "Statement demanding a postponement of COP-26
  (Several other large Climate Justice networks have issued similar demands).
  7 September 2021
  "Friends of the Earth International joins calls for the postponement of the Glasgow COP26 climate negotiations in less than eight weeks. The UK government has not created the conditions necessary to host a safe, accessible and equitable COP, and the conference should not be held at the risk of human life and (…)

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  Table of Contents, Mainstream, Sept 4, 2021

  3 September 2021

  * Letter to the readers, Mainstream, September 4, 2021
  * A Plea for Liberal Education | Avijit Pathak
  * J.P. Naik and The Art of The Educational Revolution | Murzban Jal
  * Pandemic, Knowledge and Society | Banhi Baran Ghosh
  * Socialism and the Human Individual In Marx’s Work | Paresh Chattopadhyay

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Sept 4, 2021

  3 September 2021

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, September 4, 2021
  In the past seven years, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government of India and the various arms of the Hindutva right have been busy marking governmental institutions and society with their own ideological and social trademark. A reshaping of the social environment has been underway for some time. The process underway is directed at our minds at our social heritage and historical backdrop –-from built heritage, monuments, to social (…)