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  CPI Condemns Killings of Train Passangers and Haryana Riots - Press Release Aug 2, 2023

  5 August 2023

  Communist Party of India
  New Delhi,
  August 2, 2023
  Press Release
  CPI Condemns Killings of Passengers, Haryana Riots
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on August 2, 2023):
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India condemns the recent killings of passengers in Jaipur-Mumbai train which is being dubbed as mental derailment of the offender. This is over simplification of the fact and is aimed to derail the (…)

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  CPI(M) Press Release on Communal Violence in Haryana (Aug 1, 2023)

  5 August 2023

  Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  Strongly Condemn Communal Violence
  Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2023
  The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
  The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the communal conflagration in the Mewat region of Haryana, starting with Nuh and which has now spread to Gurugram, leading to the death of five persons and incidents of arson. The state government by its acts of omission and commission is (…)

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  Press Release from Progressive Parties (Maharashtra) 28 July 2023

  5 August 2023

  Progressive Parties (Maharashtra)
  Press Release
  28 July 2023
  Progressive Parties Plan Public Meetings, Jail Bharo and March to Mantralaya around Peoples’ Burning Problems in Maharashtra
  The front of 13 Progressive Parties in Maharashtra has decided on a plan of united struggle around the burning problems of the people in Maharashtra, at a meeting held in Mumbai last week.
  These issues include remunerative price for agricultural produce, minimum wage and social security to (…)

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  The Crisis of Higher Education in India - Press Release and the Resolution adopted at the FEDCUTA (24 July 2023)

  5 August 2023

  Press Release and the Resolution adopted at the FEDCUTA’s National Convention on “The Crisis of Higher Education in India”
  The National Convention on The Crisis of Higher Education in India, organised by the FEDCUTA on 24 July 2023 at JNU was attended by a large number of Teachers’ Associations from across the country including Nagaland University Teachers’ Association, Assam University Teachers’ Association, Jamia Teachers’ Association, Delhi University Teachers’ Association, Aligarh (…)

• Book Excerpt: Hindi Cinema and Society | Bharat Dogra and Madhu Dogra

  5 August 2023, by Bharat Dogra, Madhu Dogra

  [This is a slightly edited version of an extract from the recently published book Hindi Cinema and Society written by Bharat Dogra and Madhu Dogra (published by Saptarishi, pages 234, Paperback) ]
  Hindi cinema has an overwhelming presence in Indian society. Whether it is a young man humming a romantic song constantly, or a girl trying to dress up like her favorite film star, these are only the more obvious signs of the presence of popular films in our life. Much more important are the many (…)

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  Spiritualty in Indian Freedom Struggle | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  5 August 2023, by M R Narayan Swamy

  BOOK REVIEW
  Indian Ideas of Freedom: B.R. Ambedkar, Aurobindo Ghose, Mahatma Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, M.N. Roy, Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda
  by Dennis Dalton
  HarperCollins India Pages: xv + 519; Price: Rs 699
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  Indian ideas of freedom dew deeply on indigenous traditions of thought, especially religious. But the men and women who led the long and arduous campaign for independence were no religious bigots. They incorporated Indic traditions in their focus on inner (…)

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  Rise of Hindutva Politics and Crisis of Congress Party: Search for an Alternative Politics | Badre Alam khan and Sanjay Kumar

  5 August 2023, by Badre Alam Khan

  BOOK REVIEW
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  Ideology and Organization in Indian Politics Growing Polarization and the Decline of the Congress Party (2009-19)
  by Zoya Hasan
  Oxford University Press
  23 August 2022 | 216 Pages
  ISBN: 9780192863416
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  The Grand Old Congress Party has for some time now been going through an existential crisis at the ideological and organizational level in current Indian politics. However, the Karnataka Election verdict (2023) has given a new lease of life to the Party. In (…)

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  Artwork: Not your Muse | Sukhvinder Shahi

  5 August 2023
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  Video: Book Launch discussion — Jan Toporowski - Interest and Capital: The Monetary Economics of Michał Kalecki

  5 August 2023

  Play
  Book Launch: Jan Toporowski - Interest and Capital: The Monetary Economics of Michał Kalecki by SOAS University of London https://youtu.be/zru9dkL7c3c

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  Audio: Life & Work of Annie Besant | In our Times - BBC4 (2012)

  5 August 2023

  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of the prominent 19th-century social reformer Annie Besant