2024

27th December, 2023
We the undersigned women, human rights, and other social groups, have been pained once again by the recent events of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). We are happy that the Sports Ministry suspended the newly elected panel, that was led by Sanjay Singh, business partner and loyalist of the outgoing WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (MP), whose intention was to wield full control of the WFI on all matters. This was amply demonstrated when slogans were raised (…)

REVIEW
by Joydip Ghosal
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Who Killed Moosewala? by Jupinderjit Singh
Westland Non-fiction 2023 195 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9357764615 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9357764612
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Jupinderjit Singh’s book Who Killed Moosewala ? The Spiralling Story of Violence in Punjab laid bare the different aspects of violence that tormented Punjab for a long time. The author delved deeper into the social and political realties to peel off the layers in order to unearth the menace that shoved a bright (…)

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Indian Cities: Ancient and Medieval by Raghavan Srinivasan
Hachette India Pages: xi + 180; Price: Rs 399 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9357312501 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9357312509 __0__
It is a matter of immense pity that Indians do not build and maintain their cities the way their ancestors did during the Harappan Civilization.
The baths in houses, public wells, bathing areas and high-quality drainage were among the most startling discoveries that archaeologists made when they began (…)