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  Painting: ’An Indian Jay’ by J Whatman (1820)

  17 June 2023

• The Trendsetter, Daniel Ellsberg whose Conscience Hurt | Papri Sri Raman

  17 June 2023, by Papri Sen Sri Raman

  The United States of America has been the loudest in calling itself a Democracy ever since it was born. With the death of Daniel Ellsberg on 16 June, an epoch that championed transparency globally has truly come to an end. Perhaps, progressive ideology worldwide no longer has an icon to look up to. Ellsberg died at the ripe old age of 92, in his home in California; he had been suffering from pancreatic cancer and had in March said, he would be working for world peace.
  Ellsberg is best (…)

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  Music: Reggae Fi Radni [Walter Rodney] by Linton Kwesi Johnson (1983)

  17 June 2023

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  Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae fi Radni by sidewaysx7 https://youtu.be/aDQOFyvG6Tg
  You nuh see how de clou’ them jus’ came sit upon me dream Came sit upon me dream like a dark silk screen A dark silk screen over de vision I had seen Vision I had seen, the vision I had seen
  So me say that Walter Radni was a victim of hate Someone say that him gone thru heaven’s gate Someone that Walter Radni shouldn’t tek up his true weight An’ go carry ’pon ’I’m back like ’I’m (…)

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  Video Recording: The Wrestlers’ Struggle Against Sexual Harassment - Accountability of Institutions

  17 June 2023

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  The Wrestlers’ Struggle: Accountability of Institutions by Anhad India https://youtu.be/5z-xQHWoK0c
  Justice Madan Lokur, former judge of the Supreme Court of India
  Vrinda Grover, Supreme Court advocate (tbc)
  Shahrukh Alam, Supreme Court advocate
  Bhasha Singh, senior journalist
  Moderated by Anjali Bhardwaj, social activist
  Organised by Anhad & NAPM

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, June 10, 2023

  10 June 2023

  * Our Times, Our Challenges, and Our Options | Ravi Kiran Jain
  * Reading Gramsci Ethnographically | Arup Kumar Sen
  * Turkey: what to expect from Erdoğan & his ultranationalist alliance | Balki Begumhan Bayhan
  * International Call to Defend Democracy & Against the Soft Coup in Colombia

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, June 10, 2023

  9 June 2023

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, June 10, 2023
  Misplaced priorities & lack of accountability On June 2, 2023, a huge railway accident happened in Balasore, Odisha state, which caused 288 deaths and 1100 injuries — making it one of the biggest such accidents in recent times. A large number of the victims were migrant workers and labouring poor. Railways continue to act as a lifeline for millions, but the system is crowded and under stress. Accidents may have decreased compared to (…)

• Our Times, Our Challenges and Our Options | Ravi Kiran Jain

  9 June 2023, by Ravi Kiran Jain

  The first years of Indian Independence were very fraught indeed. Jawaharlal Nehru became the prime minister serving for sixteen years. Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and technology during the 1950s. In January 1950 a new republican Constitution came into being. The Congress under Nehru’s leadership established a democratic constitution and oversaw a series of mostly fair elections. Another great gift it gave to the people of India was a positive ideology of (…)

• Why distress from railway accidents may be much higher than is commonly believed | Bharat Dogra

  9 June 2023, by Bharat Dogra

  The recent disastrous Odisha train accident has re-emphasized the need for ensuring better train safety. Taking an average figure for the last decade, nearly 24,000 deaths are caused by railway accidents in a year. This may be compared to less than 700 deaths in the entire European Union related to train accidents in 2021.
  In India, the deaths caused by train accidents in 2021 were lower than the average for the last decade, and one reason may be that the sharp dip in rail traffic during (…)

• "B.C. Agenda" is the major weapon of Telangana’s main parties for the 2023 elections! | Kandagatla Sravan Kumar

  9 June 2023

  by Kandagatla Sravan Kumar *
  The caste issue was a significant element in the recent Karnataka assembly elections in 2023 and is anticipated to have an impact on the Telangana elections scheduled for the end of this year, 2023. To win over the majority segment to their side, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress Party, and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) are perfecting their courting techniques and refining their political strategies. All of the major political parties in (…)

• Misogynists Rule the place / Prison Conditions / Refugees Day | Humra Quraishi

  9 June 2023, by Humra Quraishi

  7 June 2023
  Now it seems somewhat more than clear why women hesitate to lodge formal complaints against their tormentors, even if they are subjected to sexual exploitation and harassment of the worst kind. The situation gets rather too obviously compounded if the culprit is from the so-called who’s who category or part of the ruling lot.
  Well, quite obviously I’m writing this in the backdrop of the ongoing situation of wrestlers accusing the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (…)