2024

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Red Tape: Radio and Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1969
by Rosamund Johnston
Stanford Studies on Central and Eastern Europe Series
Stanford University Press
2024. 308 pp.
(paper), ISBN 978-1-5036-3869-3
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Reviewed by Frank Henschel (Kiel University)
Communism on Air
Rosamund Johnston

* A mother

Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Sept 21, 2024
Over the past decade, the troubled relations between India and Pakistan have been at an impasse. Bilateral ties have remained frozen particularly since 2019 in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir and the retaliatory Balakot airstrikes. At that time when tensions ran high, a minister of the ruling Modi government threateningly called for water supplies from the Indian side to be blocked. Back-door secret talks between the two (…)

The most significant aspects of identity construction by the Right Wing/Brahminical Organisations have been deliberate selection of parts of historical stories and mythologies that cast the marginalized sections of Dalit communities as the real anchors of history and then, taking steps towards incorporating these aspects into broader narratives to form the cognitive basis for the socialisation of marginalized sections.
History and Mythology
The BJP-RSS combo reconstructed and retold the (…)

Rajni Kothari, the eminent political thinker in India, drew our attention to the failure of the institutions of democracy about two decades back. He argued:

Introduction
International decisions are often complex due to the interconnected nature of global issues. Humanitarian, security, environmental, and economic problems frequently overlap. Interdependence means that decisions taken by one nation or group of nations can have profound effects on other nations, requiring coordinated responses. But depending on how well the interests of each state match, prioritizing their sovereignty and national interests during the decision-making process may (…)

Letter to Ernst & Young India chairman Rajiv Memani regarding the death of Anna Sebastian Perayil, a chartered accountant who worked for the audit team at SR Batliboi, in Pune, a member firm of Ernst & Young (EY) Global.
From:
Anita Augustine, Mother of Late Ms Anna Sebastian Perayil
To,
Rajiv Memani, EY India Chairman
Dear Rajiv,
I am writing this letter as a grieving mother who has lost her precious child, Anna Sebastian Perayil. My heart is heavy, and my soul is (…)

September 18, 2024
In September 2024, the United Nations

For centuries, diplomacy has often operated in a space where truth is moulded, concealed, or reshaped to suit the interests of nations. Sir Henry Wooten’s famous aphorism,

19 September 2024
The war is definitely expanding