Mainstream Weekly[October 21, 2021]
As South Asians, we are deeply distressed and saddened by the spate of violence and killings in Bangladesh on the occasion of Durga Puja and Vijayadashmi.
Attacks on minorities are a sign of injustice and a matter of shame for any society and bring a bad name to the Government.
Our heartfelt empathy and solidarity with all those killed, injured and affected in any way by this inhuman and mindless violence.
Even as we were feeling some relief at the Government of (…)
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South Asians Condemn and Demand Action: Bangladesh Violence - Oct 21, 2021
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Honour slain French teacher Samuel Paty by defending rights, defying fundamentalism – Statement from UN experts
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Personalities split Nepal’s communist parties | Anil Sigdel
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Texas schools are being told to teach ‘opposing views’ of the Holocaust. Why? | Francine Prose
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I’ve been trying to imagine what Gina Peddy could have been thinking when, on 8 October, she informed a group of Southlake, Texas, elementary school teachers that, if their classroom libraries included books about the Holocaust, students should also be steered toward books with “opposing views”.
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Dusshera 2021 | Badri Raina
23 October 2021They burn the wicked one
Who does not exist.
Those that deserve extinction
Are not on their list.
The thief who takes the biggest cut
Is new global hero.
Those that squeal for a loaf of bread
Are dangerous to the marrow.
Effigies are obliging antagonists,
Harmless, insensate things–
Lighting up to deluded cheer,
They protect the real kings.
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