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• Economic Crisis and MGNREGS | Singh & Dhaka

  23 July 2021

  by Ranbir Singh and Rajvir Dhaka*
  The two ways of Corona that have adversely affected all the sectors of Indian economy in 2020 and 2021 culminated in large scale unemployment in almost all the states of the Indian Union in general and in the relatively backward states of U.P., Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in particular. The flagship rural development programme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), that has been launched by Manmohan Singh led UPA (I) (…)

• Towards Creating A Parallel Pandemic Due To Mis-Management of Wastes In Patna | Raj & Raj

  23 July 2021

  by Papia Raj and Aditya Raj* Waste management has been a chronic problem, especially in Patna, which was called “garbage city” of India by the High Court of Judicature at Patna in 2010. The situation has not improved much since then. Due to rapid unplanned urbanization and uncontrolled in-migration from different parts of Bihar, Patna has a very large population density. Due to lack of required behavioral practice by its populace, the city generates huge amount of wastes. Our research (…)

• Centenary of Foundation of Communist Party of China | Anil Rajimwale

  23 July 2021, by Anil Rajimwale

  The completion of hundred years of CPC (Communist Party of China) is a historic event, both in its positivity and negativity. Officially, its centenary was completed on July 1, though the foundation congress was held in third week of July.
  It has been a fascinating journey for the party as well as for Chinese revolution, full of extraordinary events, successes and tragedies. Second in importance only to Russian revolution, Chinese revolution has left a lasting imprint on Asia and world. (…)

• Chinese Communism: A Left Critique | Shubham Sharma

  23 July 2021

  by Shubham Sharma*
  History
  As a young Marxist dreaming about the triumph of labour over capital, it was a moment of near absolute nausea to stand witness to the uncritical applause received by the Communist Party of China (CPC) on its birth centenary. I was wondering whether those overjoyed reds were also secretly weeping on the recent weight loss of Kim Jong-un! Although birthdays are not the best of times for critical evaluation, but if it is the birthday of a communist party, matters (…)

• The reality of China’s fertility decline | Zhao & Zhang

  23 July 2021

  by Zhongwei Zhao and Guangyu Zhang *
  8 July 2021
  The relaxation of China’s one-child policy in 2013, and its termination in 2015, generated only a moderate and temporary fertility increase. China’s total fertility rate in 2020. Because of this change, China’s annual population growth rate dropped to a new low of less than 0.3 per cent in 2020.
  A newborn baby is seen being cared for in the ward of the hospital neonatal care center, 25 April 2021 (Photo by Sheldon Cooper / SOPA (…)

• Population Control: Will Coercive Measures Work? | Ram Puniyani

  23 July 2021

  by Ram Puniyani
  On the back of population control policy adopted by Assam, where those having more than two children will be barred from contesting local elections and will not considered for promotions in Government service, now UP is coming up with the similar bill, the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021. The claim is that this will control and stabilize the population of the state.
  Both these states are aiming at coercive measures, carrot on one (…)

• Remembering Parbati Giri: Role in India’s Freedom Struggle | Roul & Raul

  23 July 2021

  by Kamalakanta Roul and Bimal Kumar Raul*
  Introduction: India’s Freedom Struggle Empowered the Women
  The contribution of women to India’s freedom struggle occupies a prominent space in the history and politics. Responding to the clarion call of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian women massively came forward and led the struggle from the front even when male freedom fighters were in prison. In the same process, “Mahatma Gandhi consciously feminised India’s freedom struggle to win against the brute (…)

• Witch Killings of Malda: A Study in ‘Our’ Conspiracy | Sujit Chakraborty

  23 July 2021

  by Sujit Chakraborty*
  INVESTIGATION
  [brun]Dozens of women are killed in the tribal belts of North Bengal each year, accused of being ‘witches’. But more than superstition, the story is really about non-tribals marginalising tribals, grabbing their lands and pushing them to the edge of existencebrun]
  Meghdoot Lodge. One of the best hotels in Malda city in those days, almost bang on the highway.
  “Eita khoob bhalo,” (This is a nice hotel) Polu said, towering over the diminutive (…)

• Snooping / War over our past / Sahir | Humra Quraishi

  23 July 2021, by Humra Quraishi

  MUSINGS 21 July 2021
  I have been focusing on the fact that the Coronavirus is just one aspect to our dismal existence. Today many more unsettling realities are intruding into our lives, making our everyday survival extremely, extremely difficult. Now comes up another hitting reality. We are under watch. We are no longer azaad. Nah, we are not. As there exist intrusions by the various sarkari characters and the machinery under their direct control. Everything, big and small, in our (…)

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  A tale of love, truth and victimhood | Prasenjit Chowdhury

  23 July 2021

  BOOK REVIEW by Prasenjit Chowdhury __0__
  One Love, and the Many Lives of Osip B
  by C. P. Surendran
  Niyogi Books, New Delhi
  www.niyogibooksindia.com/
  Email: niyogibooks[at]gmail.com
  IMPRINT: OLIVE TURTLE June - July 2021, 372 pages
  ISBN-13: 978-93-91125-12-7
  Rs. 695
  # Fiction
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  ‘This is my moment of truth. Kashmir’s too. Shaheed Osip Bala Krishnan. I shall redeem honour by throwing myself in the way of bullets fired by the Indian army. Someone will take a (…)