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India’s 21st century dungeons | John Dayal
19 December 2020, by John DayalA little plastic hollow straw, much like you’d get with you fresh tender coconut or cold rink at a roadside vendor’s, has focused world attention not just on the vagaries of the law of the land and its courts, but even more on the conditions in (...) -
The Long March: Indian Version | TJS George
19 December 2020, by T J S GeorgeSomething India has never seen before is happening now. Tens of thousands of farmers are on the march. Remarkably, there is no political party behind them, nor any identifiable leader. If ever there was a "people rising" this is it. (...) -
By not conceding farmers’ demand Modi is determined to crush their movement | Arun Srivastava
19 December 2020by Arun Srivastava
Narendra Modi’s intentions ought to be not thrown to the winds. His words that he sincerely intends to serve and help the farmers should be believed. He uttered these words in Kuchch of Gujarat while on a tour to talk to the (...) -
Indian State Wants the Right to be Absent for Protection of Farmers and Citizens | Gopal Krishna
19 December 2020by Gopal Krishna *
After granting the right to anonymity, the ultimate privilege to the investors and donors of ruling parties, the Indian State wants the right to be absent in the face of cries for social, political and economic injustice in (...) -
Farm Laws: Privileging Private Players | Suranjita Ray
19 December 2020, by Suranjita Ray
The recent Farm Laws have seen country-wide protests by the farmers. The three new laws - Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and (...) -
Exploring the Indian Ocean as a rich archive of history – above and below the water line | Isabel Hofmeyr and Charne Lavery
19 December 2020by Isabel Hofmeyr and Charne Lavery
June 7, 2020 - Updated December 6, 2020
On many beaches around the Indian Ocean, keen observers may spot bits of broken pottery. Washed smooth by the ocean, these shards are in all likelihood hundreds of years (...) -
Text of Open Letter by 78 Former State Officials of India Regarding the Farmers’ Agitation | Dec 11, 2020
19 December 202011 December 2020
We are a group of former civil servants belonging to the All India and Central Services who have worked with the Central Government as well as different State Governments of India. As a group, we have no affiliation with any (...) -
Letter to General Secretary CPI-M - Convene Kerala Legislature to pass a resolution and to frame state laws to protect farmers rights | Dec 17, 2020
19 December 2020To Sitaram Yecuhuri General Secretary CPI(M), New Delhi
[December 17, 2020]
Dear comrade
Sub: Three controversial farm bills passed by the Union Govt. Convening a special session of Kerala Legislature to pass a resolution and to frame state (...) -
And the river flows upwards - Escher’s diagrams and Penrose Staircase: Unlock Phase and Reverse Migration | Atanu Sengupta and Asish Kumar Pal
19 December 2020by Atanu Sengupta and Asish Kumar Pal *
“Morone Kshoti nai, kintu se somoye jeno ekti snehakorsporso tahar lolate pouchai- jeno ektio koruadro snehomoy mukh dekhite dekhite e jiboner onto hoy. Moribar somoy jeno kaharo ekphota chokher jol dekhia (...) -
India was prepared to enter East Pakistan much before Dec’71 | Sankar Ray
19 December 2020by Sankar Ray
The continuous inflow of thousands of people from the erstwhile East Pakistan into eastern India, mainly West Bengal, followed by Assam and Tripura, following a crackdown by military-feudal clique of West Pakistan, led by General (...)