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  Review of Vakil, Ganjavii, Khanlarzadeh’s Revolutionary Engineers | Ernest Lee

  20 September 2025

  [fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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  Revolutionary Engineers: Learning, Politics, and Activism at Aryamehr University of Technology
  by Sepehr Vakil, Mahdi Ganjavi, Mina Khanlarzadeh
  MIT Press
  2025. 217 pp. (paper) ISBN 9780262552196 | ISBN electronic: 9780262382830
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  Reviewed by Ernest Lee (University of Chicago)
  Aryameh University of Technology (AMUT)

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  Cartoon: Education Ministry Wants Modi Movie in Schools | Jayaraj Vellur

  20 September 2025

  [See related news report to get the context:
  Education ministry issues directions for screening of film on PM Modi in schools
  https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/education-ministry-issues-directions-for-screening-of-film-on-pm-modi-in-schools-101758046202503.html ]

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  Music: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan I Ekla Cholo I Live Concert At NRK Radio Concert Hall

  20 September 2025

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  Ustad Amjad Ali Khan I Ekla Cholo I Live Concert At NRK Radio Concert Hall I Sarod Records by Sarod Records https://youtu.be/5gXIWYAeKFQ?si=oVJB79D-6SaLERnc

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  Audio: Israel’s Ethic Cleanising of the Palestinians, 1968-1993 | Zachary Foster

  20 September 2025

  Read the article here: https://palestinenexus.com/articles/israels-ethnic-cleansing-of-the-palestinians-1968-1993

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 37, Sept 13, 2025

  13 September 2025

  * Can a Cooperative of India’s Taxi Drivers pose a challenge to Uber & such
  * These Nurses Contribute a Lot to the Health of Remote Villages | Bharat Dogra
  * Categorising Speech & the Crisis of Democratic Discourse in India? | Ayush Mazumdar
  * Letter from Indian CSOs Challenging ADB

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Sept 13, 2025

  13 September 2025

  What message from the wrecking ball in Nepal
  Nepal made big news in the past week with a very violent uprising, which led to a dramatic overthrow of its Government in less than 48 hours. Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli who was supposed to travel to India this week, had to literally flee, like most of his colleagues. On September 3, the Left wing government in Nepal banned Facebook, YouTube, Twitter under a directive requiring regulation of social media seeking to control fake news, (…)

• Nepal

  13 September 2025

  Nepal faced a significant political and social crisis in September 2025 after the government unexpectedly restricted access to major social media platforms. Youth-driven mass protests often referred to as the

• Decoding Nepal Unrest

  13 September 2025, by S N Sahu

  After the unprecedented protest and unrest in Nepal against host of problems including endemic corruption attributed to political leaders of all hues and officialdom President Ram Chandra Poudel administered oath of office to the 73-year-old former Chief Justice, Sushila Karki, to assume office as the interim Prime Minister, making her the first woman to lead the country. Karki agreed to take that responsibility on the condition that she would be free to investigate corruption at high (…)

• There’s More Than Meets The Eye in the Sept 2025 Student Revolt in Kathmandu | Radhakanta Barik

  13 September 2025, by Radhakanta Barik

  Nepal

• Courageous, Committed and Kind

  13 September 2025, by Bharat Dogra

  The health challenges of remote villages are often discussed in the context of the availability of doctors. What is often ignored