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• Women’s own Hell | Sukumaran C.V.

  2 July 2021, by Sukumaran C.V.

  Violence against women in Kerala is developing into bleaker and bizarre dimensions. In June 2021 alone, within forty eight hours, four young women killed themselves or were murdered by domestic violence related to dowry.
  Last year, a young woman, Uthra, was killed by her husband who did the murder by procuring a snake with the help of a snake catcher and making it bite her. His first attempt failed because the snake was not as venomous as to kill the victim, but nobody suspected that the (…)

• COVID - 19 and Child Labour: A Time of Crisis | Arpita Giri and Swati Singh

  2 July 2021

  by Arpita Giri and Swati Singh*
  Introduction
  The onset of International Child Labour Day came as an oxymoron with the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it had on children. This is the first time in nearly two decades, the world has seen an increase in child labour. Millions of children were pushed into exploitative work conditions following the closure of the school, rising poverty and unemployment among the poor and vulnerable population. The situation became more alarming as many (…)

• Farmers on the March for Acquiring Political Power | Arun Srivastava

  2 July 2021

  by Arun Srivastava
  June 30, 2021
  On June 26, the day the farmers’ movement entered into its 8th month of survival it heralded the birth of a new class of farmers which has the audacity to question the character of the governance, has been increasing its political space and has been striving to emerge as a new political power.
  These three aspects are entrenched in the memorandum submitted by the farmer unions to the governors to be forwarded to the President of India being the (…)

• GB Road: Love in the Labyrinths of Carnality! | Sujit Chakraborty

  2 July 2021

  by Sujit Chakraborty
  INVESTIGATION
  Pushed into a ‘punishment assignment’ by a terrible editor, who wanted the writer to get trapped in a sex racket, he found depths of humanism beyond anything anyone had seen or heard. A life-changing true story
  It was a narrow, dark and steep staircase that rose straight up from a mirthless street. The uniformed policeman paused a bit after climbing those first thirty odd steps. I stood next to him. Then he turned left and started climbing a few more (…)

• Contesting the Monolithic Idea of India | Arup Kumar Sen

  2 July 2021, by Arup Kumar Sen

  In recent years, a monolithic idea of India reigns supreme in the Statist discourse of nationalism. Anyone who contests the language of nationalism being promulgated by the Indian State may be branded as “anti-national”. This is not the idea of India preached by the great thinkers of our country.
  Recently, our prime minister, Narendra Modi, quoted Rabindranath Tagore in his speech on the occasion of a cultural event in Kolkata — “India’s history is not what students study for (…)

• Dharwar Firing Centenary | Anil Nauriya

  2 July 2021, by Anil Nauriya

  Today, 1 July, is the centenary of the police firing in Dharwar during the movement for Non-violent Non-co-operation with the Colonial Government in India 100 years ago.
  The firing started around 8.20 at night when non-co-operators were picketing market toddy and liquor shops. At least 42 bullets were fired, killing 3 and injuring around 39 persons.
  The All India Congress Committee appointed an Inquiry Committee to inquire into the incident and fix responsibility for the casualties, (…)

• A short note on Shapurji Saklatvala (1874–1936) | Jairus Banaji

  2 July 2021

  by Jairus Banaji (via Facebook)
  Shapurji Saklatvala (1874–1936), the first and one of only two Communist members of Britain’s parliament.
  His grandfather was both related to and a business partner of Nusserwanji Tata, father of the famous Jamsetji Tata whose 182nd birth anniversary was recently commemorated by Ratan Tata. Saklatvala was born in Bombay and spent much of his youth in Jamsetji’s (J.N. Tata’s) home.
  As late as 1926 Saklatvala felt his own father Dorabji and his immediate (…)

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  Those magnificent men with beautiful minds | L K Sharma

  2 July 2021, by L K Sharma

  Reviewed by L K Sharma
  __0__ Space. life. Matter: The Coming of Age of Indian Science
  by Hari Pulakkat
  Publisher: Hachette India Print ISBN: 9789389253801, 9389253802 Print ISBN: 9789389253801, 9389253802 eText ISBN: 9789389253801, 9389253802 https://www.hachetteindia.com/TitleDetails.aspx?titleId=47092
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  Independent India’s scientific achievements fascinate the common man and impress the global community of scientists. Scientific endeavour in India has had a tremendous impact (…)

• Wall Street Journal Oped by Senior Doctors Adds to Covid Vaccine Concerns | Bharat Dogra

  2 July 2021, by Bharat Dogra

  On June 22 the Wall street Journal published an oped which has added to concerns regarding some aspects of Covid vaccines. This article stated, “Public health authorities are making a mistake and endangering public confidence by failing to report the possibility of harm from certain side effects of (Covid ) vaccines.” In addition, this article said that many of the problems in this context are caused by “deep entanglement of pandemic politics in science.”
  This article titled ‘Are Covid (…)

• Pandemic, India and The Hope! | Sparsh Sharma

  2 July 2021

  by Sparsh Sharma*
  As a student in a premier Indian institute, my agony till yesterday surrounded the fact that the colleges are unable to reopen
  But today, it saddens me even more, albeit I have not lost any of my family members due to the second wave of the virus. And this is simply because it is no less than a personal loss when I see thousands of people dying Hence the legitimate question arises, why on Earth are these congregations needed in the first place when it would ultimately (…)