Mainstream WeeklyThe long-drawn peaceful movement by the farmers against the three agri-laws, enacted at the time of Covid-19, is the manifestation of the persistent and deep-rooted agrarian crisis and farmers’ distress in the country. In the understanding of the farmers, and rightly so, the implementation of these three laws would not only accentuate their crisis but would also pose a serious threat to their livelihood. Pan India, the movement is getting amazing support and cooperation from the farmers, (…)
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Appeal to the Union Government and to the Leadership of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha From Concerned Scholars & Intellectuals
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Concerned Citizens Letter to Chief Minister Chhattisgarh Seeking Release of Hidme Markam Indigenous Rights Activist | April 21, 2021
23 April 2021PRESS RELEASE
1,000 + activists, academics, concerned citizens from 20+ states in India and across the globe write to Chief Minister Chhattisgarh
Call for the immediate release of Hidme Markam and end state excess on Adivasis in Bastar
21 April, 2021: Deeply outraged by the arbitrary incarceration of Hidme Markam, an Adivasi human rights defender and environmental activist, for over 40 days, more than a thousand activists, academics, concerned citizens from across the globe sent a (…) -
Act Together on the Climate Crisis - Letter to Prime Ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan and India | SAPACC, April 29, 2021
23 April 2021Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh Madam Shaikh Hasina,
Honourable Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr Lotay Tshering,
Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi,
April 20, 2021.
We, the South Asian People’s Action on Climate Crisis (SAPACC), a rainbow coalition of climate, ecology and rights groups from across South Asia, welcome the fact that you will be participating in the “Virtual Summit on Climate Change” being organised with the initiative of new (…) -
Ganges water and myths of immunity from Coronavirus | Chetan Sinha
23 April 2021by Chetan Sinha *
The recent wave of coronavirus pandemic across the world has a deep impact on the people’s lives and they tried to resolve, as in the time of dearth of vaccines, by aligning with their cultural myths and faiths. One of the most interesting cases that we encountered recently is people taking bath during Kumbh mela in Uttarakhand, as a matter of their religious faith which also induced a carefree attitude towards the current pandemic. This was indeed politically motivated (…) -
A Photo of Some Prominent Members of Progressive Writers Association in Bombay in 1946
23 April 2021From the left: Sultana Jafri, Ismat Chughtai, Vishwamitra Adil, Ali Sardar Jafri, Krishan Chander, Mahendranath, Mumtaz Husain, Rajinder Singh Bedi & (in the front) Sahir Ludianvi & Habib Tanvir.
Date: 1946
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Politics and Photography in Apartheid South Africa | David L. Krantz
23 April 2021Resistance or struggle photography is a term describing the photographic documentation of conflict between oppressed and the oppressor from the perspective of the subjugated. An example of this genre is explored in the context of apartheid south Africa during the 1980s through the work of a collective called Afrapix. This group’s images of the repression of Black and Coloured populations by the apartheid regime, although largely curbed in South Africa, found an extensive international reception. These photographs contributed to the worldwide condemnation and sanctions that ultimately led to the collapse of the apartheid government. Whether photographs should be used as weapons in the political struggle, a position fostered by the African National Congress (ANC) and accepted by Afrapix, is explored through the divergent views of the photographer David Goldblatt. The decline of Afrapix is examined in relation to shifting market and aesthetic considerations following the end of apartheid. [This material from South African History Online (SAHO) is embeded here under a Creative Commons license ]
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Audio: BR Ambedkar - The Dalit hero of India | BBC Sounds (11 Mar 2021)
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Poland and the fight over sexual morality | DW Documentary
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Table of Contents, Mainstream, April 17
16 April 2021* Mizzima and The Story of Indo-Myanmar Relations | Nandita Haksar
* Academic Autonomy: Needed a Holistic Societal Perspective | Arun Kumar
* Book Review: Malhotra on Rakesh Batabyal’s The Modern School
* Passive Euthanasia, Living Will and Right to Die | Minakshi Biswas
* Tribute: PIPFPD Statement on the passing of IA Rehman -
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Apr 17, 2021
16 April 2021Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, April 17, 2021
Since the first week of February 2021 India has seen a steady rise of Covid19 infections that have expanded at a very rapid pace and made the country into the new global hotspot for the COVID 19 pandemic. On April 15, 2021 the official count recorded 216,850 new cases of the disease. In January 2021 India’s health minister had proclaimed that the country had “successfully contained the pandemic”. Soon after restrictions were lifted on (…)