Table of Contents - Mainstream, VOL LVIII No 34, New Delhi, August 8, 2020
Letter to the Readers of Mainstream’s Lockdown Edition 20 (August 8)
Towards Theocracy: the ignominious collapse of Secular Democracy in India ; Badri Raina
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Letter to the Readers of Mainstream’s Lockdown Edition 20 - August 8
7 August 2020The remarks made by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, on August 5, 2020 in the town on Ayodhya comparing the sectarian campaign of the Hindu right-wing to build the Ram Temple in Ayodhya with the anti-colonial movement for freedom in (...) -
Towards Theocracy: the ignominious collapse of Secular Democracy in India | Badri Raina
7 August 2020, by Badri RainaThe constitution of India is there, like many other artifacts in the archives, but, like the human appendix, it may now be vestigial.
No political force, including the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party, has taken a formal divorce from it; it has (...) -
August 5, a Blot on our Secular Democracy | Sukumaran C.V.
7 August 2020, by Sukumaran C.V.August 5 will be written as the most bizarre day in the history of secular democratic India. On August 5, 2020, the Prime Minister of secular democratic India was seen kneeling down, participating in the foundation laying ceremony of Ram Temple (...) -
Abrogation of Article-370: A Monumental Blunder | Praveen Davar
7 August 2020• It was exactly one year ago the Modi government abrogated Article -370 and bifurcated the state of Jammu & Kashmir into two union territories -J&K and Ladakh.The bill to do so was rushed through both Houses virtually within last two days of (...) -
Contempt of Court | Barun Das Gupta
7 August 2020, by Barun Das GuptaIn a democracy, no institution of the State — the judiciary included — can or should be above public scrutiny and criticism. Criticism is not contempt. Contempt is when the judiciary as an institution is sought to be brought into public (...) -
Open letter to a Maoist friend: Is it time to hang up your boots? | Shubhranshu Choudhary
7 August 2020by Shubhranshu Choudhary
Dear Vasu
Heard your voice after a long time when you sent an oral press note opposing our Peace initiative. Same voice, same passion...
It was good to know that you are now an official spokesperson for the Maoist party. (...) -
Yes to India’s relations with Israel but not at the expense of our support to the Palestinian cause | Eduardo Faleiro
7 August 2020, by Eduardo FaleiroThe relationship between India and Israel should be sustained but not at the expense of our traditional loyalty to the Palestinian cause. India should not dither on its long standing and unequivocal support to the struggle of the Palestinian people for national liberation and for an independent State.
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‘My hero’: the complexity of Afghan society | Apratim Mukarji
7 August 2020, by Apratim MukarjiQamar Gul, 15 and married, became modern Afghanistan’s hero overnight after her bravery in gunning down Taliban attackers was reported to the media by the local government in mid-July. Since then, the incident, which happened on the midnight on (...) -
Can Nepal cope with the return of migrant workers? | Richa Shivakoti
7 August 2020With thousands of Nepali migrant workers forced to return home because of COVID-19, the country is facing serious challenges.
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