2022

The Indian women’s cricket team was on the verge of clinching the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, but just missed out on this much-coveted goal. Till the last over the result could have gone either way, but being more experienced, the Australian team could win. It does not matter. A T20 match result can go either way within a matter of five minutes or even less, particularly in such a closely contested match as this final was. Congratulations Australia and well-played India.
If we (…)

In the blink of an eye
they changed the axis of the earth,
the belief that we were equal
that justice would prevail,
but it is of no avail;
and I beg your honour,
for your kind permission,
to place on record,
for I know I cannot afford
to offend,
but some men did descend
to the floor,
to touch their feet,
distributing a mouth-watering sweet,
for raping women
is now an accomplished feat.
We do not aspire to be equal,
we only know,
we are safe,
if we keep out of harm’s way; (…)

BILL GATES, THE businessman, made one of the world’s biggest fortunes by designing, selling and marketing computer technology. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that when it comes to climate change, he’s pushing more technology.
When wealthy people push something, the world pays attention. Practically all major media outlets covered his recent book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, and Gates has been interviewed dozens of times. All this pushing came with the pre-emptive caveat expressed in (…)

People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR)
Stop Denying Political Prisoners the Right to Healthcare in Jails
10 September 2022
On 8th September Vernon Gonsalves, one of the 16 undertrials in the Bhima Koregaon case lodged in the anda cell of Taloja Central Jail, was diagnosed with dengue and likely pneumonia. Gonsalves age 65, had been suffering from fever since 30th August, but it took an appeal from his lawyer and the intervention of the Court for the Taloja Jail authorities to (…)

Communist Party of India
New Delhi,
September 15, 2022
Press Release
Undemocratic Practice of Chhattisgarh State Government Condemned
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on September 15, 2022):
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India has strongly condemned the action of Chhattisgarh government to refuse permission to a Padayatra organized by Communist Party of India under the leadership of our national (…)

Reviewed by Alexander Vari (Marywood University)
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Flowers through Concrete: Explorations in Soviet Hippieland.
by Juliane Furst
Oxford: Oxford University Press 2021 496 pp. (e-book), ISBN 978-0-19-109251-0 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-878832-4
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Although hippiedom emerged first in the 1960s in the United States, attracting scholarly attention from early on, there is a rising interest in contemporary academia in exploring the hippie phenomenon as a global one.[1] For instance, (…)

BOOK REVIEW
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The Temple of Treasures: And other Incredible Tales of Indian Monuments by Storytrails
Hachette India Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9391028179 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9391028176
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Captain John Smith of the East India Company had already shot 99 tigers and was hunting for his 100th kill near Aurangabad in Maharashtra when he spotted a series of caves hidden behind a waterfall. He had to light a makeshift torch to beat the pitch darkness. The caves smelled. (…)

BOOK REVIEW
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The Bolivian Diaries - Authorised edition by Ernesto Che Guevara Introduction by Fidel Castro, Preface by Camilo Guevara Ocean Press, Melbourne-New York 1st ed. 2006, Pages 303, Indian price, Rs. 450/ __0__
This is one of most important book of world revolutionary movements. This is Che Guevara’ diary notes in his Bolivia mission. Beginning 7th November 1966, (…)

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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, September 10, 2022
There was much talk recently in sections of the Indian media over the leadership contest in the Britain’s ruling Conservative party, where Indian origin politician Rishi Sunak was among the top contestants. Sunak finally lost the race but won some 42.6% of the vote in the conservative Party; Had he won the numbers he would have been the Prime Minister of England. Sunak along with many others from the South Asian Diaspora have already (…)