Table of Contents - Mainstream, Apr 1, 2023

In this Issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, April 1, 2023
• The Curious Case of China through the Lens of Two Doctors and Two Pandemics | Chathukulam & Joseph
• Big Questions Over India’s ‘Green Hydrogen’ Mission | Singh & Pirani
• The case of Kashmir: A Gandhian Resolution | Sharma & Pandey
• Kashmir’s Trader Forum Polls Fosters Hope for Democracy | K Gireesan
• Odisha Day Celebrations on 1st April are of Contemporary Significance | S N Sahu
• Media Pundits presenting a skewed picture of Rahul’s crusade against Narendra Modi | Arun Srivastava
• American Banking Crisis & Role of Finance Capital | Soma Marla
• Joint statement by Burma resistance on the situation of Burmese refugees in Manipur, India - 2 March 2023
• Elon’s Twitter ripe for a misinformation avalanche | Daniel Angus
• Jihadists target Africa & Afghanistan, but also eye China & Russia | James M. Dorsey

DOCUMENTS:

• Defend Parliamentary Democracy — Citizens statement (March 28, 2023)
• Anganwadi, Mid-day Meal, ASHA Scheme Workers demand status as Govt employees | AITUC Press Release March 28, 2023
• PUCL Rajasthan welcomes court ruling in 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts cases
• 2023 Report on State of Policing in India with focus on Surveillance and Privacy | Common Cause & Lokniti (CSDS)

BOOKS:

• Book excerpt: Slow Disaster by Mitul Baruah
• Review: last days of the American occupation of Afghanistan

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Caricature: Tribute to Vivan Sundaram | Jayaraj Vellur
• Cartoon: How to Idea for Population Control | Nala Ponnappa
• Photo: 1923 Govt of India notification prohibiting entry of publications of International Working Men’s Association
• Audio: W.H. Auden Recites His 1937 Poem, ‘As I Walked Out One Evening’
• Music: ’Si tu vois ma mère’ Sidney Bechet by Claude Luter et Son Orchestre

Editors Pick’s:

• Documentary on India’s Raza Library of Rampur
• A disturbing example of the normalisation of lawfare
• UP government’s message is disturbing, divisive
• Turkey’s Government Uses Disaster for Profit
• Bush did what Putin’s doing — so why is he getting away?
• Use Nature as Infrastructure
• Stranded Countries and Stranded Assets

(Cover page artwork credits: Arthur and Harsh, March 2023)