Mainstream WeeklyPRESS CLUB OF INDIA
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[October 20, 2022]
PCI fails to comprehend the Government decision to stop Pulitzer prize winning Kashmiri journalist Sanah Mattoo to travel to the US to receive the prize.
On the one hand, the Government is making all out efforts to integrate Kashmir with the national mainstream, on the other such actions will only act as deterrents and further aid in alienating people from Kashmir.
We note with concern that this is the second time in four months that (…)
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Full Text of Statement by Press Club of India - Kashmiri Journalist denised premission to Travel to the US
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Statement by General Insurance Employees All India Association Oct 19, 2022
21 October 2022GENERAL INSURANCE EMPLOYEES’ ALL INDIA ASSOCIATION (Affiliated to Trade Union International) e-mail address: - gieaia1971[at]yahoo.com Sterling Cinema Building, Third floor, No.65, Murzban Road, Fort, Mumbai –400 001 Working Office: 15-16, Scindia House, KG Marg, New Delhi-110001
President : AMARJEET KAUR Working President: R.SRINIVASAMURTHY General Secretary: TRILOK SINGH Addl. General Secretary: A.KUMARVELU
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Reporting at its Courageous Best | M.R. Narayan Swamy
21 October 2022, by M R Narayan SwamyReview by M.R. Narayan Swamy
__0__ Bullets and Bylines: From the Frontlines of Kabul, Delhi, Damascus and Beyond by Shyam Bhatia
Speaking Tiger Pages: 249; Price: Rs 599 ISBN-10 : 1720226733 ISBN-13 : 978-1720226734
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Shyam Bhatia got out of two tense situations because of Bollywood. The India-born Bhatia was walking in Baghdad towards the ousted Saddam Hussein’s presidential palace when he saw 40 to 50 Iraqis shouting hoarse at an American soldier on a US Army Humvee. (…) -
Review: Raghavan on Vijayan’s Midnight’s Borders
21 October 2022, by G Narasimha RaghavanBOOK REVIEW
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Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India
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The Dawn, on Sep 14, 2022, carried a piece on the demise of Queen Elizabeth II, and the last line went this way: “The queen is dead; I hope the system of corruption and looting, of occupation and genocide that she represented perishes too”. Along with these cardinal debaucheries, one would add wanton (…) -
Photo: Juan Miguel Pando Barrero - Farmacia de la Gran Vía de Madrid durante la Guerra Civil (1937)
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Video: Thoughts on the Fascist Movement in India | Arundathi Roy (Oct 9, 2022)
21 October 2022This is a recorded speech of Arundhati Roy at a meeting organized in memory of late Dr K Balagopal at Hyderabad on 09.10. 2022 by Human Rights Forum
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Music: La Petite Fille De La Mer | Vangelis
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Table of Contents - Mainstream, Oct 15, 2022
15 October 2022* West Bengal: Skirmishes at Mominpur | Upal Chakraborty
* Challenges Before the Left — Internationally & India | Kobad Ghandy
* Discontent Between the Governor & Left Govt. in Kerala | J Chathukulam
* AAP’s Mohalla Clinics | Priyanka Yadav
* Can the Bharat Jodo Yatra spur democratic governance? | Vikash Narain Rai -
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Oct 15, 2022
15 October 2022Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Oct 15, 2022
In the past weeks there were a series of disturbing developments that were reported in the news. We recapitulate some of these here in public interest; First is an instance of a public flogging of Muslim youths by policemen in rural Gujarat in front of a cheering crowd. Police are supposed to protect law and must observe rules they are trained for. Action must be taken over this blatant act of wrong-doing by the police as this can be read as (…) -
West Bengal: Skirmishes at Mominpur | Upal Chakraborty
15 October 2022, by Upal Chakrabortyby Upal Chakraborty *
Mominpur is a locality in Kolkata familiar to me personally because of various reasons.
The most vivid memories date back to a period in the late eighties when I recollect my father taking up a consultancy assignment with a pharmaceutical company in that locality after his retirement. The owner of the company was an eccentric person with a penchant for late-night discussions. His meets meetings normally commenced around 7 pm, and continued till 10 or 11. After (…)