Mainstream WeeklyIt is crystal clear that it is the March 27 ruling of the Manipur High Court to award ST status to the majority Meitei community (mostly Hindu) that led to mass protests by Zo-Kukis in early May which in turn led to violent attacks by Meitei vigilante groups and then a spiral of violence on both sides but with the Kukis easily the principal sufferers. Not the least reason for this being that the ruling BJP government and its Chief Minister Biren Singh have in various ways favoured the (…)
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Radical Socialist Statement on Manipur | 22 july 2023
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Manipur Violence - Statement by CPI MP Binoy Viswam (20 July 2023)
22 July 2023, by Binoy ViswamCPI Parliamentary Party Leader Shri Binoy Viswam serves notice under Rule 267 to have a discussion on the disturbing developments in Manipur
Communist Party of India Parliamentary Party Leader and National Secretary Shri Binoy Viswam served a Notice under Rule 267 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Rajya Sabha to have a discussion on the disturbing developments in the state of Manipur over the last three months. -
A Book on Forgotten Refugees | Joydip Ghosal
22 July 2023Forgotten Refugees, Two Iraqi Brothers in India
by Nandita Haksar
Speaking Tiger Books LLP
2022
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Nandita Haksar is an eminent human rights lawyer who has left her own imprint and set a precedent in the arena of human rights law. Apart from that she is a renowned campaigner and teacher. Both in Indian courts and international fields she fought tirelessly for the rights of refugees whether they were internally displaced people or refugees evicted from (…) -
Chatterjee on Creativity from the Periphery by Deepanwita Dasgupta
22 July 2023BOOK REVIEW
Reviewed by Animesh Chatterjee (Greenhouse Centre for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger)
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Creativity from the Periphery: Trading Zones of Scientific Exchange in Colonial India
by Deepanwita Dasgupta
University of Pittsburgh Press 2021. 312 pp. (e-book), ISBN 978-0-8229-8802-1 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8229-4656-4.
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Audio: Rosa Luxemburg | In our Time - BBC 4 (2017)
22 July 2023Melvyn Bragg discusses the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919), ’Red Rosa’, who was born in Poland under the Russian Empire and became one of the leading revolutionaries in an age of revolution. She was jailed for agitation and for her campaign against the Great War which, she argued, pitted workers against each other for the sake of capitalism. With Karl Liebknecht and other radicals, she founded the Spartacus League in the hope of ending the war through revolution. She founded the (…)
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Video: 8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities - The case for rights and choices
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Table of Contents - Mainstream, July 15, 2023
15 July 2023* Logic and Necessity of Anti-Conversion Laws in Tribal Dominant Areas in India | Chhotelal Kumar
* Manipur: Women and Children in Conflict | Lily Sangpui
* Malerkotla: An Opportunity to Reimagine the Educational Experiences of Muslim Girls Using a Community-Based Approach | Gupta & Kaur
* PUCL Statement — Manipur Govt Criminalising Human Rights Work — FIR Against NFIW fact-Finding Team