2020

by Chittarvu Raghu
In the midst of sever Covid-19 pandemic the world is witnessing human right violation exhibited by the police force whose primary duty is to enforce law and order. In US George Floyed was arrested by police outside a shop, hand cuffed and a white police officer knelt on his neck resulting in his death. It demonstrates infringement of due process of law as envisaged under the fifth and fourteenth amendments of the US constitution. The brutal treatment of father and son in (…)

by Prof. Radhakanta Barik
To understand the role of Vikas Dubey and policemen of UP one has to go for a reading of Srilal Shukla’s Rag Darbari which is based on Shivpalganja. The local Brahmin landlord could transfer the police officer. This happened in 1960s. Local landlord and his children are involved in petty crimes. But defended by the police. But the police officer cannot handle some problems of the village as suggested by the landlord he got transferred. Today the landlord has (…)

by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
July 16, 2020
Calamities are the occasion when nations and societies unlearn many things and build bridges in the greater interest of humanity. The COVID-19 crisis had the potential to be a great learning opportunity for countries like India to overcome the historical baggage of deep-rooted prejudices, and to build social structures which respect the dignity of work and the contributions of those who have made our homes, offices, cities and villages clean and (…)

by Jos Chathukulam, K.Gireesan & Manasi Joseph
Introduction
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was more than just an anti imperialist and the father of the nation of the largest parliamentary democracy. In addition to his role in the nonviolent struggle, Gandhi made significant contributions in the field of development and welfare. Health and hygiene was one such sector. Gandhi looked at many minute aspects of health and contributed extensively on the theme. COVID-19 is a wake — up call (…)

In spite of Cuba’s small size and population, and its lack of material resources, it has been one of the most successful countries in the world in dealing with the pandemic.

system where the rate of mortality is on a par with the Central African Republic. Marc Bennetts reports

No culture is pure, uncontaminated, hermetically sealed, existing purely within its own universe.

The New York Times
A Photographer’s Quest to Reverse China’s Historical Amnesia
By Amy Qin
Jan. 1, 2019
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HONG KONG — The photographer Li Zhensheng is on a mission to make his fellow Chinese remember one of the most turbulent chapters in modern Chinese history that the ruling Communist Party is increasingly determined to whitewash.
“The whole world knows what happened during the Cultural Revolution,” Mr. Li said. “Only China doesn’t know. So many people have no (…)

Contents - Mainstream, VOL LVIII No 30, New Delhi, July 11, 2020: LETTER TO THE READERS - Mainstream’s, COVID 19 Lockdown Edition No.16 | July 11, 2020 Statement on China by Veterans of the Indian Armed Forces To Heads of Government and Top Military Brass | July 2, 2020 DOCUMENT: While administrative approvals can be expedited, But processes of vaccine development cannot be, without compromising scientific standards - Press Release by Indian Academy of Sciences | 5 July 2020 DOCUMENT: (…)

Talk of De-escalation on the India-China border is good news: Sino-Indian standoff seems to have moved away from a full-blown confrontation. New Delhi appears to have elevated its diplomatic contacts with Beijing. On July 5, 2020, Special Representatives of India and China on border dispute Ajit Doval and Wang Yi reached a ‘positive consensus’ over de-escalation and disengagement in Eastern Ladakh. Time will tell if this holds. Though reports still point at round the clock monitoring by (…)