Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, March 12, 2022
The just-concluded state assembly elections of February March 2022 in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa have forcefully demonstrated again the overwhelming dominance of the Bharatiya (...)
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Letter to the readers, Mainstream, March 12, 2022
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Too soon for obituaries, or naming a crown prince | John Dayal
11 March 2022, by John DayalThere is a grassroots saying in the bundocks of North India, criminally casteist in its original Hindi, which could be translated into politically correct English as “Don’t write anyone off till their death anniversary has been observed.”
It will, (...) -
Tribute to Professor Aijaz Ahmad | Prabhat Patnaik
11 March 2022, by Prabhat Patnaik(The below tribute by Prabhat Patnaik was received by us via multiple sources including WhatsApp groups and via public listserves on the evening on March 10, but there was no publication source attributed. Just prior to publication we have (...) -
A “family matter”? Caste-patriarchy-politics nexus in a case of illegal adoption in Kerala | Kalyani Menon Sen, Nivedita Menon, JM Rugma, Cynthia Stephen, Enakshi Ganguly
11 March 2022, by Cynthia Stephen, Enakshi Ganguly, JM Rugma, Kalyani Menon Sen, Nivedita MenonI. Background
This note is a product of our effort to investigate the “Kerala illegal adoption case” where a new-born infant was forcibly snatched and handed over to an adoption agency by the mother’s family, against the mother’s will and without (...) -
Pakistan’s ‘Aurat March’ 2022: To be or not to be | Nadra Huma Quraishi
11 March 2022March 6, 2022 by Nadra Huma Quraishi On March 8, women around the world mark a day they call their own — International Women’s Day, highlighting achievements and dialoguing about issues still unresolved. The Women’s Day theme this year is (...) -
Are ’Low-Calibre Men’ India’s Destiny? | TJS George
11 March 2022, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Winston Churchill hated India. Which was natural because his mind was mutilated by imperialism, so he couldn’t understand why the stupid Indians agitated for independence.
Rudyard Kipling had no such problem. Being a (...) -
Alternative to Narendra Modi: Is Mamata Banerjee the answer? | K N Ninan
11 March 2022by K N Ninan *
While Indians await the results of the ongoing assembly elections to gauge which way the wind is blowing in the country, either for or against the ruling BJP, both BJP and opposition leaders have started manoeuvring in preparation (...) -
Significant Gains Achieved After Long Struggle by Construction Workers Are Threatened Now | Bharat Dogra
11 March 2022, by Bharat DograVery significant gains were achieved by construction workers of India in the form of two laws enacted in 1996 for their social security and welfare. Then for over two decades another phase of struggle had to continue for their implementation in (...) -
Assembly Elections: Missing NEP in the Debate | Prem Singh
11 March 2022, by Prem SinghThe assembly elections of five, which lasted for about a month, are going to end. Only last phase of the elections is left in Uttar Pradesh to be held on March 7. Much of the debate during the elections was lost to accusations and (...) -
Understanding the Phenomenon of ‘Criminal Politicians’ in Uttar Pradesh Elections | Amitanshu Verma
11 March 2022by Amitanshu Verma *
Abstract
In the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections the focus is yet again on ‘criminal politicians.’ Almost every other speech teems with invocation of words like mafia, bahubali and tamancha-wadi. As the incumbent BJP (...)
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