2022

Review by Sreerupa Saha*
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The Fall and Rise of Telangana
by Gautam Pingle
Orient Black Swan, India
2014
pp xvii+ 326
Paperback
Rs. 395
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The demand for separate statehood soaked in the spirit of subnationalism had a number of eruptive nodes in Indian federal polity, of which the demand for a separate Telangana state carved out from Andhra Pradesh remained active for the longest period in the history of independent India with a successful fulfillment of the (…)

Reviewed by Samuel Clevenger (Towson University)
__0__ Sport in History Podcast. United Kingdom:
British Society of Sports History, 2020-21
by Geoff Levett, ed.
Podcast, https://www.sportinhistory.org/categories/podcast __0__ Published on H-Podcast (February, 2022)
Since 2020, the British Society for Sports History (BSSH), self-described as the United Kingdom’s “leading scholarly society for the history of sport,” has produced a podcast titled Sport in History Podcast. As of this (…)

BIRTHDAY
What’s special about birthday?
When you came to the world,
you just filled in a vacancy,
creating another in the future
to be filled when you’ll depart.
It’s a remembrance that ends
with the outer glitter fading.
Then life moves on as usual,
staying close to the route,
wary of charting unknown paths.
You remain satisfied, engrossed
in small joy, but feel heartbroken,
when small sorrow befalls you.
Sailing on wavelets of a placid sea,
you navigate to another shore. (…)

Address by the President of the Russian Federation - February 24, 2022, Moscow
Russia has launched a new military operation against our state, martial law is being imposed throughout Ukraine - 24 February 2022 | The Presidential Office of Ukraine
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the new wave of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine - 24 February 2022, Kiev
Press statement by President von der Leyen on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine - 24 (…)

by Feminist Anti-War Resistance
Translation by Anastasia Kalk, Jan Surman
The below text is a manifesto by Russian feminists who have united against the occupation and war in Ukraine. Feminism is one of the few opposition movements in contemporary Russia that has not been destroyed by the waves of persecution launched by Vladimir Putin’s government. At the moment, several dozen grassroots feminist groups are operating in at least thirty Russian cities. In this text, feminists taking part (…)

More than 100 Nobel Laureates from various disciplines are calling for peace in the face of the war in Ukraine emanating from Russian soil
Declaration 2022
In the view of war emanating from Russian soil and the explicit threat of nuclear weapons, we, Nobel laureates in science, economics, and literature, have decided to make this appeal to government leaders.
While we, as scientists, have no political mandate, we are aware of the power that the knowledge we have gained conveys to (…)

Statement on Ukraine
"The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) India, expresses its grave concern at the situation in Ukraine. The CNDP calls for an immediate end to the invasion and for wide-ranging peace talks covering all the relevant issues—including security guarantees for the Russian Federation, the freedom and rights of the people of Ukraine which includes the legitimate concerns of the Russian-speaking regions in Ukraine.
We are concerned about statements made by (…)

Joint statement by the South Asian affiliates of IPPNW on Russia Ukraine conflict
Date: 28.02.2022
Various affiliates of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) from South Asian countries have expressed grave concern at the serious health and humanitarian crisis due to war between Russia and Ukraine. Affiliates who participated in a virtual meet include Pakistan Doctors for Peace and Development (PDPD), Physicians for Social Responsibility Nepal (PSRN), (…)

[March 1, 2022]
1. We condemn Russia as an imperialist aggressor using the dreams of an old imperial epoch to justify expansionism, and are deeply concerned at this precedent that may later affect any other former Soviet republic.
2. As when the US invaded Iraq, we do not use the language of diplomacy, we do not seek UN intervention, but call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the aggressors.
3. This demand does not date only to 2022. We demand the Russian withdraw from (…)

Communist Party of India Central Office New Delhi
March 01, 2022
Press Release
Appeal for Ending of War: Continuing Dialogue for Peace
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today (on March 01, 2022) the following statement:
Last few days marked with the advance of Russian forces in different parts of Ukraine resulting in huge human and material loss. The CPI denounces the military action and demands stop the further advance of Russian forces in Ukraine, (…)