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• Japan: Suga’s choice of pro-Taiwan Kishi as Defence Minister could impact ties with China | Rajaram Panda

  31 October 2020

  by Rajaram Panda
  After Yoshihide Suga succeeded Abe Shinzo as Japan’s Prime Minister and formed his Cabinet, he chose Nobuo Kishi as his defence minister. Suga’s choice of Kishi has sparked diplomatic curiosity and discussion about his likely Taiwan policy. Known for his Taiwan-friendly stance, his policy could have significant implications on Japan’s relations with China and a clear departure from Abe’s accommodative position, notwithstanding the perceived threat that its giant neighbour (…)

• Sri Lanka: A lessened democracy | Apratim Mukarji

  31 October 2020, by Apratim Mukarji

  Late in October 2020, Sri Lanka’s all-powerful Executive President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his eldest brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa together brought about a constitutional amendment which seeks to remove a recent handicap that was constitutionally placed on the presidential powers. Their move has since led to a turmoil in the country with significant sections of the population opposing it constitutionally.
  The oldest democracy in South Asia, Sri Lanka has travelled through (…)

• Modi government silencing the voice of democratic protest | Arun Srivastava

  31 October 2020, by Arun Srivastava

  by Arun Srivastava
  NIA is on the mission to accomplish the unfinished task of CBI. We all know how the CBI as used by the political system of the country to serve the interest of the ruling elite. The situation has reached to such a stage that the CBI was described as the “caged parrot” that sings the Centre’s tune. Professionally the CBI enjoys highest order of trustworthiness, but for its own misdemeanour of pleasing the political masters by agreeing to become an active partner in (…)

• Barrett Confirmation: Heralding A Dangerous Turn To Right In U.S. Supreme Court | Vijay Kumar

  31 October 2020

  by Vijay Kumar
  The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice of US Supreme Court in the wake of vacancy arising after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September 2020 marks the advent of brute dominance of right after long time. The replacement of one female judge by another, however, is not without poignant touch of irony. Justice Ginsburg was quintessentially liberal, staunchly feminist and principled abortionist, whereas justice Barrack is confirmed atavistic, (…)

• India - China border dispute: The 1959 LAC Solution | Praveen Davar

  31 October 2020

  by Praveen Davar *
  In an editorial a few days ago a leading daily suggested that India should explore the possibility of 1959 LAC as a permanent solution to the India - China border dispute. That it was taken seriously was amply demonstrated by the fact that many tv channels debated the issue on prime time the same day. Before commenting on this seemingly controversial proposal it is worthwhile to go back to the pre -1959 years and analyse whether this solution will be acceptable to both (…)

• Sadness of a secular citizen! | Suresh Khairnar

  31 October 2020, by Suresh Khairnar

  Today is Vijaya Dashami i.e. Dussehra Day! First of all, heartfelt greetings of Dussehra! Today, on the day of Dussehra 95 years ago, Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar had started a branch in the name of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Mandal with five volunteers in Mohite Wada, Nagpur. Its name today is Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
  The Sangh Parivar which began in Mohite Wada with 5-10 people today has its own units in every sphere of life and at least more than one crore committed Swayamsevaks. In many (…)

• From Vulnerability to Violence: Tragedy of Child Marriage In Times of Covid-19 | Nupur Pattanaik

  31 October 2020

  by Nupur Pattanaik *
  The Corona-virus despair has led to rise in child marriages globally, According to estimates by Global child Report, it has been found that it has affected gender equality. Due to acute poverty families are at the risk of vulnerability and girl child are sold in the name of marriage. The Covid-19 Pandemic has made their lives quite miserable and made them more endangered vulnerable to trafficking It also depicted that girls are affected by the humanitarian pandemic and (…)

• National Education Policy 2020: A Fall into the Abyss of Neo-colonization | Prem Singh

  31 October 2020

  by Prem Singh
  In the new National Education Policy 2020 (hereinafter NEP), there has been a quantum leap towards neo-colonization of Indian education via privatization to further corporatization of education. There is a crucial need to understand this new dimension of the NEP. Significantly, under the NEP, foreign universities and foreign direct investment (FDI) have been allowed entry in the realm of higher education. The country is already full of private schools, colleges, institutes (…)

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  Audio: Aspects of Labour Protest in the Late 1990 Soviet times and in Ex-Soviet world - the case of Belarus | Volodya Artyukh

  31 October 2020

  Volodya Artyukh, who is a Ph.D researcher at C.E.U., talks about labor aspects in the Eastern European space, specifically in Belarus. [2018)

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Oct 24, 2020 | Lockdown Edition no. 31

  24 October 2020

  * Letter to the readers, Mainstream, October 24
  * Domestic workers in Maharashtra in the High Court | Sujata Gothoskar
  * Double Standards in Politics | Barun Das Gupta