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Sri Lanka: The Future of Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism | Shashik Silva & Ammaarah Nilafdeen
16 December 2023During his recent visit to the United States, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the National People’s Power, addressed an interesting question from a Sri Lankan resident. The person highlighted the significant dominance of the white (...) -
Why don’t we do what matters? The world should demand that Norway uses its oil wealth for a green future | Erik Solheim
16 December 2023by Erik Solheim
A close to united Norwegian political elite portrays the climate challenge as an existential crisis. It is the biggest challenge of our time. It is a matter of the survival of humanity. It’s about the future of our children and (...) -
Problems with Israel/Palestine Left Activism & More: A contribution to the debate on left renewal and transformation
16 December 2023FOR A CONSISTENTLY DEMOCRATIC AND INTERNATIONALIST LEFT
A contribution to left renewal and transformation
We have been watching the civilian death toll in Gaza mount, in horror, day by day, for weeks on end now. We are appalled and outraged at (...) -
PUCL Statement on Expulsion of Mahua Moitra | 13 Dec 2023
16 December 2023PUCL PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES
332, Patpar Ganj, Opp. Anand Lok Apartments, (Gate No. 2), Mayur Vihar-I, Delhi 110 091
Founder: Jayaprakash Narayan; Founding President: V M Tarkunde
President: Ms. Kavita Srivastava (Rajasthan); (...) -
Review of India’s National Security Challenges Edited by NN Vohra
16 December 2023, by K S SubramanianReviewed by KS Subramanian IPS (retd)
India’s National Security Challenges Edited by NN Vohra India International Centre, New Delhi Primus Books
2023 HB ISBN : 978-93-5852-037-8
This is a collection of articles on India’s national (...) -
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 9, 2003
9 December 2023Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, December 9, 2023
At the recently held world climate conference COP28 in Dubai, top executives of energy multinationals argued in favour of oil and gas and painted their credentials as climate-friendly. Global (...) -
Face of terror in Gaza: Hamas’ birth, evolution and a nuanced rethink | Debangana Chatterjee
9 December 2023Terrorism, when defined as the deliberate use of violence against civilians to make political gains, casts a broad ambit, covering the various acts of terror. The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 fits this definition perfectly, and so does (...) -
Savagery of the “Civilized” | Arup Kumar Sen
9 December 2023, by Arup Kumar SenIn the context of America’s war against Islam in the wake of 9/11 attacks, the eminent critical voice of our time, Arundhati Roy, raised a fundamental question in her article, ‘The Algebra of Infinite Justice’, carried in The Guardian (2001). Roy (...) -
Will Mahua’s expulsion act as a glue for INDIA alliance? | Faraz Ahmad
9 December 2023, by Faraz AhmadDecember 10, 2023
After days of suspense over the fate of the INDIA alliance following the crushing defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party gave to the Congress party in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhatisgarh, presuming that before the (...) -
Big Oil dictating COP28 Agenda | Soma Marla
9 December 2023, by Soma S. MarlaCOP28, the United Nation’s climate Summit is being held in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 30 November to 12 December 2023. Some 200 government representatives, the signatories of Climate Agreement in 1992 and several hundred (...)