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• Reading “Asiatic” Despotism | Arup Kumar Sen

  12 February 2021, by Arup Kumar Sen

  Marx’s reading of the Asian societies, particularly his concept of the “Asiatic mode of production”, has led to controversies in the political and academic communities at different points of time. A scholar, Kimio Shiozawa, argued: “Marx’s view of Asian society and his theory of the Asiatic mode of production developed gradually over time, and his early views are not the same as those of his later years”. (Kimio Shiozawa, Marx’s View of Asian Society and His “Asiatic Mode of Production”, The (…)

• Ageing dams are ‘ticking time bombs’ | Ranjit Devraj

  12 February 2021

  by Ranjit Devraj
  [NEW DELHI] Perched high up in the Western Ghats, adjacent to Kerala’s famed Periyar wildlife sanctuary, is a 126-year-old dam that has dangerously outlived the 50 years of life intended for it by colonial British engineers.
  N.K. Premachandran, a member of parliament from Kerala, describes the 53.6 metre-high Mullaperiyar dam on the Periyar river as “a ticking timebomb waiting to explode, not only because of its antiquity but also because it is located on an acknowledged (…)

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  WSS Statement condemning the arrest and custodial sexual violence by the Haryana Police against labour organiser Nodeep Kaur [Feb 2, 2021]

  12 February 2021

  [TEXT OF STATEMENT RELEASED BY WOMEN AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND STATE REPRESSION (WSS) ON FEBRUARY 2, 2021 - contact E-mail: againstsexualviolence[at]gmail.com]
  WSS strongly condemns the arrest and custodial sexual violence perpetrated by the Haryana Police in Kundli Industrial Area against 24-year-old Dalit worker Nodeep Kaur
  Demand the immediate release of Nodeep Kaur and Shiv Kumar and cessation of targeting of workers and peasants by the Haryana Police!
  On January 12th 2021, the (…)

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  Concern over ED raids at newsclick.in - Statement by the Editors Guild

  12 February 2021

  The Editors Guild of India
  PRESS STATEMENT
  February 10, 2021
  Editors Guild of India statement on ED raids at the office of NewsClick.in, and residences of its senior journalists and officials
  The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned about the raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), at the office of the independent news website NewsClick.in, the residences of its editor-in-chief and promoter, the editor, as well as some of its senior management officials.
  In the recent (…)

• India: Statement of Delhi Union of Journalists Against Targeting of Newsclick and Critical Media Voices by the Government Deserves Wider Support | Bharat Dogra

  12 February 2021, by Bharat Dogra

  The prompt and timely statement issued by the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) on February 9 against the targeting of online news and opinion portal Newsclick (as well as the targeting of other independent and critical media voices) by the union government deserves wider support and backing by other media organizations, journalists, citizens, and all those who value free press and democracy.
  The statement issued by the DUJ says, “We view these raids as a serious attack on the online media (…)

• In My Own Voice: And then they came for me . . .

  12 February 2021, by Sagari Chhabra

  On 30th January I drove to Gandhi Smriti to pay my respects to Bapu – a man who led the freedom struggle and laid down his life for us. I was denied entry as it was being ‘visited by VVIPs’. So I drove on to the Press Club of India where there was a large gathering to protest against six journalists being charged with sedition; including Caravan editors, Paresh Nath, Anant Nath, and journalists, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Jose, Zafar Agha and Mrinal Pande. Also Shashi Tharoor well known (…)

• Hindu Nationalism; From Genesis to Present Rule: An Overview | Ram Puniyani

  12 February 2021, by Ram Puniyani

  by Ram Puniyani
  As per Indian Constitution India is a secular democratic Country. Lately Hindu nationalism has started impacting the nature of state and citizenship in a very strong way. As Indian Nationalism developed during freedom movement, Hindu nationalism and Muslim Nationalism came as opposites of Indian Nationalism. The origin of Hindu nationalism and also Muslim Nationalism can be traced to colonial period. During colonial period, when the rising freedom movement was articulating (…)

• Persevere | Badri Raina

  12 February 2021, by Badri Raina

  When people of my hoary age
  Fight for life at the embattled border,
  Undeterred by the bitter of the chill,
  Or by the strangulations wrought by order
  Of authority deaf to human sound,
  Smirking reptilian at their plight,
  Is it meet that I look for a pillow
  To go into a tired, restful night?
  Let me rather draw example from those
  Who spoke of life in their dying breath,
  And snatched warm human camraderie
  And denied justice from the jaws of death.
  Let death come when it will
  While (…)

• Video: An Untoppable Parliamentarian Speaks - Speech by TMC MP Mahua Moitra in Lok Sabha in the Budget Session 2021 | Feb 8, 2021

  12 February 2021

  see original source: https://loksabhatv.nic.in/sites/default/files/videos/speeches/Mahua%20Moitra%208%20feb.mp4

• Navalny Vs. Putin — Russia In Turmoil | R G Gidadhubli

  12 February 2021

  by R.G.Gidadhubli *
  Alexei Navalny has hit the media headlines both in Russia and abroad in January 2021. Hence several questions arise. Why Navalny has gained so much immense popularity both domestically in Russia and globally? At the same time why despite getting immense popularity, he has been facing repeated punishment of imprisonment by the Russian government? An effort has been made to enquire and seek answers to these questions.
  Navalny Contentions
  44-year-old law graduate (…)