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  Letter from National Trade Unions to Chief Minister of Bihar regarding on-going strike of the Anganwadi Workers and Helpers

  9 December 2023

  PRESS RELEASE
  8th December, 2023
  To,
  Shri Nitish Kumar ji,
  Hon’ble Chief Minister, Bihar state.
  Sub : Settle the ongoing strike of the Anganwadi Workers in Bihar state by discussing with the Joint Action Committee formed by all unions.
  Respected Sir,
  We are the Joint Platform of ten Central Trade Unions, namely, INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC. We are concerned about the anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national stand taken by the Central (…)

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  Ghosal’s Review of The Lone Wolf by Neha Dwivedi

  9 December 2023

  BOOK REVIEW
  Review by Joydip Ghosal
  __0__ The Lone Wolf The Untold Story of the Rescue of Sheikh Hasina by Neha Dwivedi
  Penguin Veer 2021 ISBN: 9780143452720 https://www.penguin.co.in/book/the-lone-wolf/
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  Neha Dwivedi was the daughter of a Kargil martyr. After her father’s untimely demise she found solace in writing. She is a child feeding specialist and child birth educator. She deeply believes in inspirational healing power of stories. Her book The Lone Wolf : The Untold (…)

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  Buxton’s Review of Chen, Thomas, Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film

  9 December 2023

  BOOK REVIEW
  Review by David Buxton
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  Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film
  by Thomas Chen
  Columbia University Press 2022. 248 pp. (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-20400-2; (paper), ISBN 978-0-231-20401-9
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  Tiananmen and Censorship in China
  Any book about China at present runs the risk of being commandeered by the latent, impending Cold War between China and the United States; an analysis of the former’s political system that highlights its (…)

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  Painting: Vincent van Gogh - Flower Beds in Holland (1883)

  9 December 2023
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  Photo: 1983 Mine workers strike in Carmaux, France

  9 December 2023
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  Music: The Window Cleaner | George Formby

  9 December 2023

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  The Window Cleaner by George Formby - Topic https://youtu.be/DSL0WjuAQJA?si=gFQ6f9o7zUzwuqK-

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  Video: NLSIU’s M K Nambyar Annual Lecture 2023 | Prof. Sudipta Kaviraj

  9 December 2023

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  NLSIU’s M K Nambyar Annual Lecture 2023 | Prof. Sudipta Kaviraj by NLSIU Official https://youtu.be/7iXEjnWdRgE?si=oXedYnCp7sApH7Qk

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  Video: The Changing Concept of Labour in Marx | Michael Heinrich

  9 December 2023

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  The Changing Concept of Labour in Marx by Jackman Humanities Institute https://youtu.be/ht7X_Utt3R8

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Dec 2, 2023

  2 December 2023

  * Kerala’s Economic Conundrum: Decline of Industries & the Exodus of Youth | S N Tripathy
  * Telangana politics: A case of cultural hegemony debunked | CR Annapurna
  * Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction | Norberto Bobbio

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 2, 2003

  2 December 2023

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 2, 2023
  India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru speaking on December 13, 1947 in a special convocation of the University of Allahabad defined the role of universities as mind-opening spaces. “A university stands for humanism, for tolerance, for reason, for the adventure of ideas and for the search of truth,”, he said. But we have a long way from those objectives with current-day administrators of Universities in India getting busy pleasing (…)