2025

[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEW[/blanc][/fond noir]

[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEW[/blanc][/fond noir]
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The Muslim Secular: Parity and the Politics of India

It might appear to be obnoxious but it is an impermeable reality that the people of Delhi did not say anything nor they scripted a thumping victory for BJP. Narendra Modi, as always, this time too is far from the truth when he says "The people of Delhi have ousted AAPda!

Excerpt from a new book
Food, Clothes, Men, Gas, and Other Problems
by Martha Rosenberg
2025
Paperback: 248 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8304898270
The book is available here on Amazon
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In 2020, China

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Letter to the Readers
In a very shocking development on February 5, 2025 a large mob of protestors demolished the Dhaka house of

Indian communist parties have often failed in weaving Indian identities into the language of left politics; Dalit or lower caste identities, gender-based identities, tribal identities are prominent among those. India

February 8, 2025
The most prestigious and widely awaited Delhi Assembly election results are out. Though there were three national Parties which were in the fray, the results have shown beyond any shadow of a doubt that the contest was bipolar between the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) with the grand old Party the Indian National Congress (INC) being on the margins, though some of the Party leaders stated that they are in the race for power, at least as

The budget is broadly growth-oriented like the earlier ones of the BJP-led government. This time the path of pushing investment is by raising the urban demand and increasing exports.The urban demand was showing signs of slackness over the previous two years or so due to inflation and jobs lost after COVID-19. Assessing the situation, the Finanace Minister has aptly raised the income tax exemption limit from Rs.7 lakh to Rs12 lakh for the middle class and even reduced slab rates up to income (…)

The Union Government has brought forward the