BOOK REVIEW
Reviewed by Emily Laurent-Monaghan
Pleasure Erased: The Clitoris Unthought by Catherine Malabou
Polity 2022. 150 pp. ISBN-10 : 1509549935 ISBN-13 : 978-1509549931
Unlike ‘woman’ or ‘sex’, the clitoris is not an (...)
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Review: Emily Laurent-Monaghan on ‘Pleasure Erased’ by Catherine Malabou
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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 16, 2003
16 December 2023Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, 16 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates just concluded on Dec 13, 2023. This conference was crowded with technocrats & lobbyists, and dealers from the (...) -
New Constitution: A Fig Leaf for Hindu Rashtra | Vijay Kumar
16 December 2023, by Vijay KumarThe idea of a new Constitution is being floated, especially by those who are perceived to be close to the Narendra Modi Government. It started with Derek Debroy, writing in Mint, followed by others, and gained currency after the publication of a (...) -
Diplomatic blow to India as Biden turns down invite | M K Bhadrakumar
16 December 2023, by M K BhadrakumarDecember 14, 2023
It is easy at once to exaggerate or underestimate the sensational case of the aborted assassination attempt on Sikh separatist leader and US citizen, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York and its ramifications.
At one end is the (...) -
High-Interest Microfinance by NBFCs: A Challenge to Commercial Banks | S S Sangwan
16 December 2023Abstract
Microfinance through NBFCs and banks is a fast emerging sector which has registered a 21 % growth compared to 15.9 % in the total credit of all banks during 2022-23. The removal of the cap on interest for unsecured loans and enhancing (...) -
Urban Poor Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Meet Basic Needs | Bharat Dogra
16 December 2023, by Bharat DograRecently this writer visited some working class settlements as well as gathering places of daily wage workers in Delhi. Conversations with people here revealed serious, persistent and increasing difficulties in meeting basic needs in a situation (...) -
Climate Crisis, Human Suffering, and Hope: A Global Perspective | S N Tripathy
16 December 2023, by S N TripathyIn a world where hunger, drought, and gender-related conflicts intertwine, the narrative of despair becomes palpable, especially for the vulnerable, our children. As unsustainable changes in land and sea wreak havoc on nature and biodiversity, (...) -
Citizens Memorandum on Elections / Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer | Humra Quraishi
16 December 2023, by Humra Quraishi14 December 2023
There’s a strange sort of unease cum disbelief amongst the voters to the elections results in the backdrop of the EVMs and much of the connected factors. In fact, last week, on 8 December 2023, M. G. Devasahayam, a former (...) -
Revisiting Pathaan: Identities performed, Nation redeemed | Alok Ranjan, Sanjana K.S.
16 December 2023Abstract
Cinema often anticipates and projects collective fancies and discomforts within popular culture. ’Mainstream’ or conventional cinema is assumed to be a usually accessible suspect that performs this function. This essay moves against (...) -
Ahimsa’s Song
16 December 2023, by Sagari ChhabraBring women to the table we said, you will get the wellsprings, of motherhood and sisterhood, the fragrance the world has been denied, for we have always relied on men, guns and oil, while we women are clean, unspoiled. You have kept us away (...)