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  Photo: Lamontville, Natal, South Africa, 1994. Supporters climb to every vantage point whilst awaiting the arrival of Nelson Mandela

  25 March 2023

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  Ramanujan: Letters from an Indian Clerk | Christopher Sykes (1987)

  25 March 2023

  A 1987 documentary for the Channel 4 ’Equinox’ science series. Directed by Christopher Sykes

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  Daniel Ellsberg Talks about the Pentagon Papers and Vietnam

  25 March 2023

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  Daniel Ellsberg Talks about the Pentagon Papers and Vietnam by Witness to War https://youtu.be/eCfjS8YsDic

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Mar 18, 2023

  18 March 2023

  * Science as a way of life | Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan
  * Conspiracy ’Kaal’ Begins | L K Sharma
  * Protect Rights of LGBTQIA+ Community: CPI
  * Monks and militias in Myanmar | Thiha and Nilsen
  * Film: The Tenth Man directed by Jack Gold

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Mar 18, 2023

  18 March 2023

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, March 18, 2023
  In the past week, the media machine and top leaders of BJP - India’s ruling Party have gone in top gear to target the Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent remarks in the UK, suggesting deteriorating condition of India’s democratic institutions, under the Government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Many serving ministers have spoken out in the Parliament against Rahul Gandhi along with other leaders of the BJP in this hot (…)

• Science as a way of life: the political apathy and the way out | Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

  18 March 2023, by Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

  On the 28th of February, we celebrated National Science Day in India. This day commemorates Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman’s discovery of light scattering by molecules of a medium in 1928

• Conspiracy ’Kaal’ Begins | L K Sharma

  18 March 2023

  by L K Sharma
  “The clawing “foreign hand” is out to harm the Prime Minister and the nation”, Indians are warned. It caused a triple whammy, unleashing on India a foreign broadcasting company, a foreign corporation, and an old American.
  The “foreign hand” reached out from the evil West that breeds human rights, activists, and anti-corruption crusaders. It appeared as a European NGO and an Australian journalist. It used a British university and a think tank. It made The New York Times and (…)

• Enter The Monster | Kobad Ghandy

  18 March 2023, by Kobad Ghandy

  Bill Gates said : The next pandemic could be far more fatal than this one. This one killed over 20 million, mostly older people. You could have a pandemic that would kill hundreds of millions - like small pox level of fatality. It might be particularly risky for younger people.
  Has Bill Gates come to India to frighten us and create a fear psychosis? According to the WHO the number of people who have died globally of Covid till end February 2023 is about 70 lakhs (actually 68,59,096) of (…)

• Nation Fails When the States Fail | Srinivas K. Saidapur

  18 March 2023

  by Srinivas K. Saidapur *
  Human development is making of a man for harmonious living with fellow human beings, animals and plants. The overall ecosystem must be congenial for all living beings including the microbes- lest they become virulent! Whereas, national development pertains to overall welfare of the citizens, material prosperity and economy, business and trade, security of the nation, maintenance of law and order as well as good international relations. The human/national (…)

• Journey from Extremist Hindu to Humanist Ambedkarite: A Conversation with Dalit Author Bhanwar Meghwanshi | Neeraj Bunkar

  18 March 2023

  by Neeraj Bunkar
  Abstract: In this interview, Meghwanshi recollects his experience in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and his active engagement in the fact-finding group for the Gujarat riot, 2002. He characterises his book I Could Not Be Hindu as a “guide note” not only for fighting against the RSS but to show a path to Dalit youths who, knowingly and unknowingly, get caught in the trap of the Sangh Parivar organisations and their mission of hatred. His transformation from hardcore (…)