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• Khushwant Singh was far-sighted saw fascism rising / Dipankar Gupta’s book of Lockdown | Humra Quraishi

  7 July 2023, by Humra Quraishi

  6 July 2023
  Khushwant Singh was far-sighted. Over 10 years back, before he passed away in 2014, he was worried about — RISE OF FASCISM in the country.
  Khushwant Singh’s worries were several in terms of the political scenario in the country. He would talk and write of the communal poisoning spreading around, and the rise of the fascist forces, spreading fear.
  Khushwant Singh brought to the fore this vital fact: ‘Don’t overlook the fact that before Jinnah had come up with the two-nation (…)

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  Review: Fighting the Left | Matthew A. Hall

  7 July 2023

  BOOK REVIEW
  Reviewed by Matthew A. Hall (University of California, San Diego)
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  Anti-Leftist Politics in Modern World History: Avoiding "Socialism" at All Costs
  by Philip B. Minehan
  Bloomsbury Academic 2022 - Illustrations. 288 pp. (cloth), ISBN 978-1-350-17064-3 (paper), ISBN 978-1-350-22979-2
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  When Francisco Franco and other officers rose against the Spanish Republic in July 1936, it was above all the working class that fought the attempted coup d’etat to a (…)

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  Two Photos from Istanbul of 1950s | Ara Güler

  7 July 2023
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  Displaced and Detained – Rohingya in India, a short documentary by The Azadi Project and Refugees International

  7 July 2023

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  Displaced and Detained – Rohingya in India by Refugees International https://youtu.be/1Ol8rlF-J7c

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  Paul Robeson: The singer who fought for justice and paid with his life | ABC News

  7 July 2023

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  Paul Robeson: The singer who fought for justice and paid with his life | Planet America by ABC News (Australia) https://youtu.be/42MzMWjFtXQ

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, July 1, 2023

  1 July 2023

  * Modi Rule vs Nehru’s Era: Comparing the Incomparable | Arun Kumar
  * How to Draw a Line on the Ground | Ravi Sinha
  * Punjab’s Economic Development Undersiege | Singh & Shergill

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, July 1, 2023

  1 July 2023

  Letter to the readers, Mainstream, July 1, 2023
  It may be difficult to recall a moment from India’s political and administrative history when a region was gripped by violence & conflict and the Prime Minister of the country maintained pin drop silence. The summer 2023 ethnic strife in Manipur has gone on for two months causing 130 deaths, with hundreds of properties destroyed, some 200 tribal villages burnt and more than 300 churches burnt, over 4000 arms robbed from state armouries by (…)

• Modi Rule vs Nehru’s Era: Comparing the Incomparable | Arun Kumar

  1 July 2023, by Arun Kumar

  Mr. Modi entered tenth year of his rule over India as PM on May 26. Nehru passed away 59 years back as PM on May 27. Mr. Modi has been highly critical of Nehru. Worse, he implies that India has only progressed in the last 9 years under his rule. This propaganda has gone deep down and is accepted by his followers. The BJP highlighted Mr. Modi’s achievements on the occasion while the Congress Party issued a booklet questioning them.
  BJP claims, it has grown the economy, expanded road, rail (…)

• Summer 2023 Ethnic Violence in Manipur is an All Out Attack on Shared Culture | Radhakanta Barik

  1 July 2023, by Radhakanta Barik

  I as a teacher had students from Manipur and friends teaching in DU and JNU, IGNOU, and Jamia have an understanding of Manipur. I have visited the state and found women merchants in the state to cater to the needs of others. Four months back I evaluated a thesis written by a woman scholar belonging to Kuki community and argued that in their community women are taking to trade and business like the Meitei community. It is a good development. Some time back as a teacher in School of Planning (…)

• Decoding ‘Paschimbanga Dibas’ | Arup Kumar Sen

  1 July 2023, by Arup Kumar Sen

  Very recently, a controversy has cropped up in the public sphere in West Bengal in the light of the decision of the West Bengal governor, C. V. Ananda Bose, to celebrate ‘Paschimbanga Dibas’ (‘West Bengal Day’) on June 20, 2023, as the State’s foundation day. The governor did so, honoring the advisory for the commemoration of Foundation Day of States, communicated by the Government of India on May 11, 2023. It should be mentioned in this connection that the Chief Minister of West Bengal, (…)