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  Music: Rokia Traore - Kamounke - at Afrikafestival Hertme 2017

  30 August 2025

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 34, Aug 23, 2025

  23 August 2025

  * Will Rahul Gandhi succeed in mobilising the public on rigged voter rolls ? | Ajay Gudavarthy
  * Revisiting the Central Pay Commission | Amarbahadur Yadav, Nitish
  * The Paradox of Freedom for Teachers in India

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Aug 23, 2025

  23 August 2025

  Stand up and stop the Bully
  Israel

• Will Rahul Gandhi succeed in mobilising the public on rigged voter rolls robbing Indian democracy? | Ajay Gudavarthy

  23 August 2025

  The response of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to charges of voter list manipulation by Congress party Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi suggests that there may have been massive fraud in the electoral processes.
  Instead of offering a clarification or an investigation into the alleged

• Shriman Satyawadi Amit Shah | Faraz Ahmad

  23 August 2025, by Faraz Ahmad

  Shall we call Union Home Minister Amit Shah

• Revisiting the Central Pay Commission: Aspirations, Anxieties, and Accountability | Amarbahadur Yadav, Nitish

  23 August 2025

  Keywords: Central Pay Commission, Eighth Pay Cmmission, Economic Growth, Salary Increase, Allowance
  India has one of the largest central government workforces in the world, which includes the Indian Armed Forces, the Indian Railways, and India Post, among other ministries and departments. India spends about 2 percent of its GDP annually on the emoluments (salaries, allowances, and pensions) of these employees. The Central Pay Commission is responsible for reviewing salary hikes for (…)

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  Tribute to Comrade Sudhakar Reddy by the Communist Party of India (Aug 23, 2025)

  23 August 2025

  Communist Party of India
  Central Office
  New Delhi
  August 23, 2025
  For Favour of Publication
  CPI mourns the passing of our beloved leader and former General Secretary Comrade Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
  The Communist Party of India bows its red flag in homage to Comrade Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy (25 March 1942

• Human Menace in Dog Paradise | Swaswati Borkataki

  23 August 2025

  [This article was recieved before the revised ruling [1] of the Supreme Court of India that scales down its strictures vis a vis dog citizens of Delhi]
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  The following is a depiction of the terrible state of animal welfare in the country in the light of the new Supreme Court judgement [2] on dog relocation in the Delhi NCR region and its adjoining areas.
  Keywords: Dog, menace, relocation, judgement, animal welfare
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  Setting:
  A meeting was convened where elder dogs (…)

• Empty Desks: Crisis in Indian Classrooms | Jacob, Nair, Kumar

  23 August 2025

  Keywords: Neoliberalism, Education, Privatisation, Inequality, Public Schools, and Social Justice
  Introduction
  Education in India has long been hailed as the most powerful tool for social mobility, particularly for the poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and other marginalised communities. Yet, the neoliberal turn of the Indian economy since the 1990s has fundamentally reshaped classrooms, altering access and redefining education. Once a public good, education is increasingly treated as a commodity (…)

• The Paradox of Freedom for Teachers in India

  23 August 2025

  Abstract
  While India commemorates over seven decades of political independence, many teachers in the country