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[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEW[/blanc][/fond noir]
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Socialism, and Modernity
by Andrew G. Bonnell. Robert Michels
Oxford University Press
2022
viii + 282 pp.
(cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-287184-8
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Sociology and Socialism
Andrew G. Bonnell

* Sonu Surrender & its Significance/Insignificance | Kobad Ghandy
* SC must act, or the ECI, a constitutional body, would lose credibility | Arun Srivastava
* Identity Politics and the Bihar Election 2025 | Dewendra Pratap Tiwari

(This article is in response to recent news reports in India on the surrender by a Maoist leader, Sonu and his associates[[Sonu

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court in which it has accused petitioners, who have challenged the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, of having made incorrect and false claims in an attempt to derail the process. Certainly it is within its right but at the same time, ECI owes a moral responsibility of putting the incorrect claims in the public domain, which ECI ironically did not do.
Instead of coming clean with (…)

There was a very popular Hindi movie named Tridev, with multi star cast in 1989 with catchy songs. But that

Despite of more than one-third of the total population (Singh, 2021), Scheduled Castes (Dalits) of Punjab are feeling unrepresented in the contemporary politics of Punjab. They are divided among 39 major and minor sub-caste groups. Among the major ones, Mazhabi Sikhs, Balmikies and Ramdassias constituted larger part of the SC population in the state and are benefiting most with current reservation policy. Other 36 sub-caste groups of SCs are the most marginals. It may be due to the lack of (…)

Bihar’s political landscape has always been deeply tied to identity. Each election in the state illustrates the complex interactions of caste, community, and religion. However, as Bihar gears up for the 2025 Assembly elections, the elements of identity politics appear both recognisable and transformed. While traditional caste equations continue to shape electoral strategies, emerging factors such as youth aspirations, populist welfare promises, legal disputes, and developmental politics are (…)

The state government

[fond noir][blanc]FILM REVIEW[/blanc][/fond noir]
Cinema is the mirror of society, as said by renowned Hindi filmmaker Satyajit Ray, noting it as the growing prospect of mass media and the message films were inculcating in the minds of the audience. The statement often gives leverage to the filmmakers to justify their schmaltzy, sometimes immoral. However, like all the mirrors, this mirror also gleams the noisy rays of star-ridden, ideologically affected movies, dashing Ray