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• Lenin 150: Revisiting Lenin’s Understanding of Democracy in post-revolutionary Russia | Sobhanlal Datta Gupta

  31 July 2020, by Sobhanlal Datta Gupta

  The literature on Lenin spanning the Cold War as well as the post-Cold War era has been broadly characterized by two rather opposite viewpoints: deification or demonization of this iconic figure of the twentieth century.

• Hagia Sophia: Heritage of Entire Humanity | Irfan Engineer

  31 July 2020

  by Irfan Engineer
  The re-conversion of Hagia Sophia from a patriarchal cathedral built by Justinian I in 537 CE to Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in 1453 after the conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmet II and into a museum of the same name by Kemal Ataturk in 1934 and again into a mosque of the same name on 24th July 2020 has thrown up quite a controversy. The reconversion of the Christian-Muslim monument in 21st Century that was a museum for nearly a century signifies the global rise and (…)

• Pandemic 2020: Toxic Leaders, Selfish Nations And An Orphaned World ! | RK MIshra

  31 July 2020

  by R.K.MISRA
  July 25, 2020
  Never have so many suffered so much for the sins of so few.
  As the puny and the petty head nations, a leaderless world hovers on the brink desperately clutching at miracle cures and searching for economic succour . Neither seem at hand.
  The pandemic crisis is best summed up by free reference website, Worldometers which monitors COVID-19 round the clock. As of July 25, 2020, the outbreak of the coronavirus has been confirmed in around 210 countries or (…)

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  Paresh Chattopadhyay on Socialism and Commodity Production | Review by Sankar Ray

  31 July 2020

  Book Review:
  Socialism and Commodity Production: Essay in Marx Revival (Historical Materialism) by Paresh Chattopadhyay | Haymarket Books (19 September 2019) ISBN-10: 1642590509 ISBN-13: 978-1642590500
  Review by Sankar Ray
  The rarity of scholarship, taken randomly, is manifest in the manner Chattopadhyay reads Marx’s magnum opus, ‎’Das Kapital:Kritik der politischen’ (Capital: A Critique of Political Economy). He compares this with the French version, Le Capital, written by Marx, (…)

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  Differently Twice Born | Kaki Madhava Rao

  31 July 2020

  BOOK REVIEW
  by Kaki Madhava Rao
  From a Shepherd Boy To An Intellectual—My Memoirs By Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Published by Samya/Sage/ Select New Delhi PP 360, 2019
  Kancha Ilaiaha Shepherd’s first book, Why I am not Hindu, published in 1996’ made waves both in India and abroad.
  Having read that book and his subsequent books, Post Hindu India and Turning the Pot and Tilling the Land, I quickly started reading his just released Autobiography, From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual—My (…)

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  Avoid Telecast of Religious Function in Ayodhya of 5th August 2020 on Govt. Owned TV Network - Letter from CPI Leader Binoy Viswam

  31 July 2020, by Binoy Viswam

  DOCUMENT
  Binoy Viswam 116, North Avenue New Delhi - 110 001 [Phone & email]
  To
  Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Government of India
  Date: 27.07.2020
  Respected Shri Prakash Javadekar ji,
  The demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 and the subsequent mobilization around the Ram Janbhoomi Temple in Ayodhya has been a source of conflict and disharmony in the country for decades now. Despite the ruling of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the fissures (…)

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  Central Universities Teachers Platform (FEDCUTA) condemns the arrest of Prof. Hany Babu - Press Release 29 July

  31 July 2020

  The arrest of Prof. Babu can be seen as part of the attempt to criminalize dissent, as was seen in the arrests of students who participated in the anti-CAA protests, and portends ominous times ahead for the academic community. It is extremely unfortunate that academic censorship and criminal vitiation of academic spaces stares us in the face and we rise in complete protest and rage. In this hour of strife and challenge, teachers from across the country have expressed their complete solidarity with Prof. Hany Babu and his family.

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  Statement On Rights Of Migrant Workers In The Pandemic Context And Building A Post-covid Economy In Odisha

  31 July 2020

  Development Research Institute (A Research Unit of Gabeshana Chakra Regd. No. 21719/153 of 2003-04 ) 34, Laxmi Vihar, Bhubaneswar-751005, Email: mmohantydu[at]gmail.com sansristi[at]gmail.com
  NEWS RELEASE
  For Immediate Release
  July 20, 2020
  Contact: 9937972470 / 9437004647
  STATEMENT ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE PANDEMIC CONTEXT AND BUILDING A POSTCOVID ECONOMY IN ODISHA
  Development Research Institute, Bhubaneswar had started a process of continuous information (…)

• Covid 19 and Furthering of Sectarian Agenda in Education | Ram Puniyani

  31 July 2020, by Ram Puniyani

  As Covid 19 has created havoc all rounds, the rulers of certain countries are using it to further intensify their set agendas. The democratic freedoms are being curtailed in certain forms

• Nomination of Lavasa In Asian Development Bank: Blow To Integrity of Referee | Vijay Kumar

  31 July 2020

  The Modi Government’s decision to nominate Ashok Lavasa, an Election Commissioner, who was slated to become the next Chief Election Commissioner in April 2021, as a Vice President of Asian Development Bank has fateful implications for democracy.