Mainstream Weeklyby Jitendra Ram *
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore the Covid-19 and its impact on the people of India from sociological point of view. This pandemic has brought lots of challenges for the whole humanity in contemporary time. In this regard, an attempt has been made to focus on how coronavirus is being used as stigma or social stigma rather than a disease. Subsequently, people are treating infected persons as untouchable which seem a very adverse mark of social cohesion (…)
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Social Exclusion and Stigma during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Sociological Interpretation | Jitendra Ram
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New Study Confirms Pesticides Link to Childhood Cancer | Bharat Dogra
8 November 2020, by Bharat DograPesticides have been linked to childhood cancers in a recent study which is attracting a lot of attention in the USA. These findings also have a lot of relevance in developing countries like India where, due to less awareness of hazards and precautions as well as the prevalence of child labour, chances of children including child labourers coming in close or direct contact with pesticides are higher.
This study (2020) titled ’Childhood Cancer - Cross-Sector Strategies for Prevention’ has (…) -
Letter to Election Commission of India - Violation of Model Code of Conduct by PM Modi | Binoy Viswam
8 November 2020, by Binoy ViswamDOCUMENT
Binoy Viswam Member of Parliament (Raja Sabha) 116, North Avenue New Delhi - 110 001 Mob: 96057667022 E-mail: binoyviswam55[at]gmail.com
To Shri Sunil Arora Chief Election Commissioner Election Commission of India
Respected Shri Sunil Arora ji,
Date: 02.11.2020
It has been reported by various news organizations that an egregious violation of the Model Code of Conduct has been committed by the Hon’ble Prime Minister in October 2020. It is alleged that the Prime Minister’s (…) -
Book Review: Kramer on Woodhouse, ’The Ecocentrists: A History of Radical Environmentalism’
8 November 2020Keith Makoto Woodhouse. The Ecocentrists: A History of Radical Environmentalism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. 392 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-16588-4
Reviewed by Anna Kramer (University of Colorado)
(August, 2020)
One of our central tasks as historians is to take our subjects seriously, and Keith Makoto Woodhouse does just that in The Ecocentrists: A History of Radical Environmentalism, successfully wrestling with the ideas and methods of radical environmentalists (…) -
Peace: US Exerts Pressure on the Signatories of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons | Thalif Deen
8 November 2020With the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons (TPNW) receiving its 50th ratification last week, and scheduled to go into force in 90 days, there is a lingering fear as to the effectiveness of these treaties, particularly when the world’s nine nuclear powers stand defiant or are openly violating these treaties.
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A life in struggle against apartheid: An interview with E.S. Reddy | Archishman Raju
8 November 2020by Archishman Raju
We lost a great fighter for freedom, E.S. Reddy, on November 1st. I had first come in contact with E.S. Reddy as part of the yearlong celebration of W.E.B Du Bois organized by the Saturday Free School in Philadelphia in 2018. Subsequently, I became familiar with his works, explaining Gandhi’s struggle in South Africa, and the role of poor and working Indians in Gandhi’s satyagraha there. As someone who dedicated his life to fighting apartheid in South Africa and in that (…) -
For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination | Sarah Aziza
8 November 2020by Sarah Aziza
October 30, 2020
Trapped in crowded, unsafe accommodations with little access to health care, millions have been abruptly deprived of income.
On March 20, Susmi Gurung, a 29-year-old migrant worker from Nepal, began her day as usual. She awoke in the room she shared with nine other employees of Transguard Group, the United Arab Emirates–based company that had placed her in customer service at the Dubai International Airport nearly three years prior. The room was one of (…) -
Audio: Kalpana Viswanath on Making Cities Safer For Women | WINGS podcast #17-20
8 November 2020DESCRIPTION: In 2005, the Jagori Women’s Resource Centre in Delhi began to develop a multi-stakeholder research and organizing project for women to evaluate their cities for safety, map the results, and use the data to call publicly for change. As of 2020, the project, now based in Haryana, India, and known as Safetipin, has spread to Latin America, Africa, and much of the Asia-Pacific region. Their reports can be found at safetipin.com Founder Kalpana Viswanath described the project in her 2015 address to the International Association of Women in Radio and Television
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Video: Rim Banna - The voice of Palestine | Majd Samara (Al Jazeera World)
8 November 2020a film on Rim Banna a much-loved Palestinian singer-songwriter whose life encompasses creativity, artistic success, political activism.
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Table of Contents - Mainstream, Oct 31, 2020
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